Austinite's 07 Escalade Blacked Out on 35s Build

[Sam Harris]

Here's a short video of the vacuum exhaust cutout in action

I like!

 

[Austinite]

Before I bought my 3" lift spindles, I bought a Traxda 2.5" Leveling Kit from Amazon and somehow they messed up with the shipping and eventually I got the kit for free. I didn't think I would ever get around to using them, but I have seen a few people run the 3" spindles and the leveling kit and apparently it worked fine for them. So I said what the hell and installed it. Hindsight I wish I would have gone with the 4.5" lift spindles, but I'm ok for now. I bought the lifetime alignment from Firestone too, so I"ll have that done tomorrow. Before with just the lift spindles I had a slight rub even after trimming a bunch, and now there is no rubbing at all. It did however cause the front to be about 1.5"-2" inches higher than the rear. So I decided to pull the trigger on a set of open box Moog 81069 Coil Springs (Z71 coils) to even it out. They were like $30 and in pretty much new condition with a little dust on them.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Before I bought my 3" lift spindles, I bought a Traxda 2.5" Leveling Kit from Amazon and somehow they messed up with the shipping and eventually I got the kit for free. I didn't think I would ever get around to using them, but I have seen a few people run the 3" spindles and the leveling kit and apparently it worked fine for them. So I said what the hell and installed it. Hindsight I wish I would have gone with the 4.5" lift spindles, but I'm ok for now. I bought the lifetime alignment from Firestone too, so I"ll have that done tomorrow. Before with just the lift spindles I had a slight rub even after trimming a bunch, and now there is no rubbing at all. It did however cause the front to be about 1.5"-2" inches higher than the rear. So I decided to pull the trigger on a set of open box Moog 81069 Coil Springs (Z71 coils) to even it out. They were like $30 and in pretty much new condition with a little dust on them.

B-b-b-b-bad.

 

[Austinite]

B-b-b-b-bad.

No good?

 

[R3cord303]

No good?

Bad to the bone!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

^^^^what he s-s-s-said.

 

[Austinite]

^^^^what he s-s-s-said.

Haha, I thought maybe it was a "you done messed up" kinda b-b-b-b-bad! Thanks y'all

 

[Austinite]

So I looked everywhere for shock extenders that would work with the auto leveling shocks (the Bilsteins are temporary until I get new factory ones) on Escalades and Denalis, and decided to try this Belltech 6654 Shock Extension Kit. Installed them upside down and they worked perfectly. Going over bumps is way less rough now.

 

[Austinite]

I found one of the Handkraftd steering wheels on eBay the other day and pulled the trigger. It seemed like a good deal and I'm not a huge fan of the wood grain trim ring around the stock Escalade one anyway. This new one is a lot thicker and just feels better too. I did lose the heated function, but I've only used it a few times so no biggie for me.

 

[Fosscore]

Not bad looking. Perf hand grips kind of add an element too.

 

[Austinite]

Not bad looking. Perf hand grips kind of add an element too.

Yeah I thought it would go a little better with my future plans of blacking out the wood grain too. I was kinda worried about how I was going to black out the wood grain on the steering wheel.

 

[Austinite]

I finally got around to doing the dual battery setup that I've been meaning to do forever. I replaced the one that was in the stock location with an Interstate battery and moved the old one to the aux location. I had to relocate the aux fuse block, circuit breaker, and relays that I had previously installed in that spot which took the job from about 1 hour to 3. Yay.

Parts Used:

• GM Genuine Parts 25825642 Auxiliary Battery Positive Cable
• 1/0 Gauge Welding Cable
• Fastronix Top Post Military Spec Battery Terminal and Cover Kit
• Dorman 00587 Battery Hold-Down Kit
• Interstate MTP-48 H6 Battery

I only went with the GM cable because I got it for an awesome deal. And even though the Fastronix military spec battery terminals are awesome quality and look good, I will probably go with a smaller one down the road. I only used the negative anyway since I didn't want to cut the brand new OEM terminal off.

I went with the factory parallel setup that is found on ppvs. The new GM positive cable was run under the front of the engine by the oil pan and has a couple of push retainers that go in factory positions and then to the starter. The 1/0 gauge negative cable routes to the open bolt hole in the head behind the alternator.

I know you're supposed to use two brand new identical batteries, but the old one was tested fine, and I've read that it really doesn't make that much of a difference. So I rolled with it. So far so good!

 

[Austinite]

I have been wanting to swap out the original instrument cluster to one from a Platinum Edition for a while now, so I finally found a decent deal on one from eBay. It was from a 2014 Platinum Edition with 127K miles. Only thing is, mine has 190K and I didn't feel like explaining to a GM mechanic why I wanted to upgrade clusters or wait for all that. And I thought maybe I could use my VXDIAG VCX Nano ( Generic GM Tech 2 Tool) to program the miles to it, but apparently you can only do that if it's a brand new cluster and you can only do it once. So I took a chance on this OBDSTAR X100 PRO Programmer that was supposed to be able to adjust odometers. Well I'll couldn't believe it, but it worked!

Anyway...the swap was easy and not only does it look a little better, but it's nice to have all the updated DIC info like oil pressure, voltage, instant mpg, and outside temp. The only thing that's not working is the compass. Which isn't a big deal, but would be nice to have if only to take the dashes off the screen.

Does anyone know what would happen if I updated the 2013 cluster with the 2007 calibration on the ACDelco TIS2WEB?

 

[Tonyrodz]

I have been wanting to swap out the original instrument cluster to one from a Platinum Edition for a while now, so I finally found a decent deal on one from eBay. It was from a 2014 Platinum Edition with 127K miles. Only thing is, mine has 190K and I didn't feel like explaining to a GM mechanic why I wanted to upgrade clusters or wait for all that. And I thought maybe I could use my VXDIAG VCX Nano ( Generic GM Tech 2 Tool) to program the miles to it, but apparently you can only do that if it's a brand new cluster and you can only do it once. So I took a chance on this OBDSTAR X100 PRO Programmer that was supposed to be able to adjust odometers. Well I'll couldn't believe it, but it worked!

Anyway...the swap was easy and not only does it look a little better, but it's nice to have all the updated DIC info like oil pressure, voltage, instant mpg, and outside temp. The only thing that's not working is the compass. Which isn't a big deal, but would be nice to have if only to take the dashes off the screen.

Does anyone know what would happen if I updated the 2013 cluster with the 2007 calibration on the ACDelco TIS2WEB?

160 speedo--Nice.

 

[Sam Harris]

160 speedo--Nice.

X2. Wow. No shit. Didn’t even notice.

 

[Tonyrodz]

X2. Wow. No shit. Didn’t even notice.

I notice these things

 

[adventurenali92]

Cluster looks real good! I’m thinking I also may need to get that scan tool!! Lol. Looks like a cool unit and if it works for the mileage in the cluster that’s a major plus!

 

[Rocket Man]

I have been wanting to swap out the original instrument cluster to one from a Platinum Edition for a while now, so I finally found a decent deal on one from eBay. It was from a 2014 Platinum Edition with 127K miles. Only thing is, mine has 190K and I didn't feel like explaining to a GM mechanic why I wanted to upgrade clusters or wait for all that. And I thought maybe I could use my VXDIAG VCX Nano ( Generic GM Tech 2 Tool) to program the miles to it, but apparently you can only do that if it's a brand new cluster and you can only do it once. So I took a chance on this OBDSTAR X100 PRO Programmer that was supposed to be able to adjust odometers. Well I'll couldn't believe it, but it worked!

Anyway...the swap was easy and not only does it look a little better, but it's nice to have all the updated DIC info like oil pressure, voltage, instant mpg, and outside temp. The only thing that's not working is the compass. Which isn't a big deal, but would be nice to have if only to take the dashes off the screen.

Does anyone know what would happen if I updated the 2013 cluster with the 2007 calibration on the ACDelco TIS2WEB?

Do you have a part number on that cluster? I have an Esky cluster in my 08 Silverado and wouldn’t mind a 160 mph speedo just because.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Do you have a part number on that cluster? I have an Esky cluster in my 08 Silverado and wouldn’t mind a 160 mph speedo just because.

Is yours a 120?

 

[Rocket Man]

Is yours a 120?

Yes. If I would have known the platinums were 169 I would have bought one instead. I probably won’t go to the trouble of swapping it out since I have to send it off to program mileage. I’m not interested in spending $200 on a scan tool since I have a Tech 2.