Just a quick "Hello".

[Beau]

I just bought a '12 Tahoe PPV K9 unit at a local auction in NC. White, 116K with only the 2 front seats for the interior. First thing I did was strip out all of the interior, scrub everything, Lysol everything, vaccummed out all of the dust and dog hair and put it back together.

Seems to run well but I need A LOT of interior stuff to get it more user friendly. Just gonna use it as a "work truck" but I'm used to the creature comforts of my Jeep JKU.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello.

 

[Rocket Man]

Hey Beau welcome from Oregon.

 

[wjburken]

Hello and welcome to the forum from Iowa.

 

[PPV12HOE]

Forum rules.... Gotta post a pic...

 

[OR VietVet]

Welcome to the forum again from Oregon.


We recommend that you put all your rig(s) info in your signature so we all don’t have to guess at year, make, model, engine size, trans, rear axle locker…….etc. While you may have posted pertinent info in your first post, you may forget to do it again and the info is needed by us anyway. Makes it way easier on all members that attempt to help, to have that info right up front. It is also recommended that you take a pic of your RPO codes, on the inside cover of the glove box, and post that image in your signature. All this info will greatly help those that will try to help with a problem.


If there is any other info, like upgrades, mods or recent mechanical/maintenance work done, that would be helpful in any post as well. Too many times a question is asked by the poster and after about 10 responses we find out that the poster has done recent work to attempt to fix the problem or work that was done that SEEMS not related to the problem.

 

[Beau]

PPV12HOE has already remedied my horn issue. Thanks!
Let's see if this works. Post initial wash but before adhesive removal. More to come.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Welcome from NJ. Love those ppvs.

 

[Beau]

I've bee searching for info on removing the rear bumper reinforcement piece and installing a hitch but haven't found anything yet. Can anyone chime in??

 

[RTLINGR2]

I just bought a '12 Tahoe PPV K9 unit at a local auction in NC. White, 116K with only the 2 front seats for the interior. First thing I did was strip out all of the interior, scrub everything, Lysol everything, vaccummed out all of the dust and dog hair and put it back together.

Seems to run well but I need A LOT of interior stuff to get it more user friendly. Just gonna use it as a "work truck" but I'm used to the creature comforts of my Jeep JKU.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello.

Hey Beau, I work for a City in Florida. We have had many K9 units over the years. As a suggestion for cleaning, I would drop the headliner as well and clean the topside. The dog dander gets there too and hard to get the odors out if its not all clean. Also I know its a bunch of work but try to clean both a/c evaporators maybe even replace both. Dog hair packs them up, you will have low volume, and still possible odor.

 

[RTLINGR2]

I've bee searching for info on removing the rear bumper reinforcement piece and installing a hitch but haven't found anything yet. Can anyone chime in??

As far as a hitch you can install an aftermarket one and IMO it doesn't look right or find an OE one to install. The OE one replaces the factory rear bumper with the hitch integrated in to it and than sits up behind the bumper skin and not below it like the aftermarket one does.

 

[Peacock]

Welcome to the group, here's my OE hitch on my 13 PPV with the part number.

 

[Beau]

As far as a hitch you can install an aftermarket one and IMO it doesn't look right or find an OE one to install. The OE one replaces the factory rear bumper with the hitch integrated in to it and than sits up behind the bumper skin and not below it like the aftermarket one does.

Thanks for the info Chris. The headliner and dash are the only pieces that I didn't take out. May need to drop the headliner if the smell doesn't go away. Yep, I'm on the hunt for a OE hitch.

 

[Beau]

Found a salvage yard 45 minutes away with a OE hitch. Ended up getting hitch, 2nd row black leather buckets, passenger side door panel, 2 second row Bose speakers, center dash panel for DIC ...$300. Very happy. Thanks for all of your help. Now looking for front leather seats, leather steering wheel and driver side 2nd row door panel. I'm still all in under $6000. My bad transmission...added Lucas trans treatment and it's shifted perfectly ever since.

 

[Miami-Dade]

Welcome from Miami Beach! Nice PPV Tahoe.

 

[RichardCranium]

Welcome, from the Triangle area.

 

[Robslost]

Welcome, from Coastal NC.

 

[s0lohans]

Hello! Did you ended up removing the headliner to clean it? I’m about to do it and paint to black but want to see instructions/ guide first to ensure I don’t break anything in the process.

 

[Jr_Davis]

Hello! Did you ended up removing the headliner to clean it? I’m about to do it and paint to black but want to see instructions/ guide first to ensure I don’t break anything in the process.

I painted a headliner recently and I wasn’t a fan of the outcome. You would be better off to get it wrapped. Anytime something touches it, there is a trace of it left behind.

 

[Rocket Man]

I painted a headliner recently and I wasn’t a fan of the outcome. You would be better off to get it wrapped. Anytime something touches it, there is a trace of it left behind.

I was gonna say just recover it.

 

[s0lohans]

Wow thanks so much guys. So the material of headliner is not fond of getting repainted? I’ll just clean it with super clean and a orbiter per some YouTube videos and call it even. I wanted to black out the interior but seems like a big hassle.