Tonny's 2001 Tahoe build

[Fless]

No wonder it sounds terrible -- the speaker "surround" is gone. The cone can't really move air that way. Very typical with age.

 

[Tonyrodz]

A right, so only 1 speaker at each door? I've the LT model but can't find any signs of it being Bose, and it sounds like crap so I hope for Bose this is not their stuff. Also as sad, no sign anywhere of it being bose. I will upload some pictures. My original system is a with a amplifier behind the glovebox. System is a 9 speaker configuration from factory. 16ish cm speaker in each door plus a tweeter connected in the doorpanel. The previous owner still had all stock except for the sub who was lying in the cabin behind the passenger seat. But as those wires are tin, everything is old, and not stock anyways, I'm thinking about removing all the old speakers, wires and amplifier, and create my own system with the Pioneer sub and just two decend speakers in the front doors, just amplfied by my 75watt radio output. Also Busy with weight savings so that will help a lot a since i've like a cabin the speakers in the back doors are not really helping anyways. Also because of this stock amplifier, and a other radio now, it messes with eachother what can disturb the clearness of speakers. You can also make reroute so you don't have to delete the stock amplifier but since this truck is no longer near stock, and will be with me for a long, I'm really leaning towards removing whats unneccessary and make it as I like it. ''I see in your topic you've a 2003 Tahoe, 2003 in also the facelift year so I think you've the facelift model then'' Here some pictures to explain.

Old 1,5din radio with a freaking casettedeck:
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Stock speakers in door, without the speakerholder/rack. And I got some tweakers in the doorpanels, not photo's of that. So I have wires to each door, one for the tweeter and one for the speaker:
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And this is the Amplifier behind the glove box:
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Greets

I'm also using the stock tweeters in .y doors--I forgot those, I'm also using the rear pillar tweeters. I had the same speakers as you, also with the same damage.

If you had Bose, it would say that on your front speaker grills. The 03 started the new Canbus system, and the factory double din setup.
I originally had the factory jumpseat, but I installed a Bose center console and I wired in that sub to my existing system. I don't have a factory sub in my rear cargo area.
You should check out my build page. I installed alot of goodies

 

[Tonyrodz]

No wonder it sounds terrible -- the speaker "surround" is gone. The cone can't really move air that way. Very typical with age.

Typical foam deterioration.

 

[Tonny]

No wonder it sounds terrible -- the speaker "surround" is gone. The cone can't really move air that way. Very typical with age.

Well I understand what you mean and I'm not an audiophile, but all speakers just crack, can't even hear the news properly when driving 80 for example.

@Tonyrodz
Then I'm certain I don't have Bose, but I don't mind. Made up my mind, going for the full removal and new wiring just for the cabin. Yes, already begun reading your topic haha! You only have de 4.8, na na na na na. Haha just joking. Drives fine either I can imagine?

 

[Tonyrodz]

@Tonyrodz
Then I'm certain I don't have Bose, but I don't mind. Made up my mind, going for the full removal and new wiring just for the cabin.

So easy to wire a nice little system in these trucks--nothing crazy, just a nice system.

 

[Tonny]

So easy to wire a nice little system in these trucks--nothing crazy, just a nice system.

Just edited the post just before you replied with a question

Yes exactly my though. Remove the old stuff, weight savings. Also have these speakers laying around, but I'm not sure it's worth cutting the steal of the door for them..

These:

 

[Tonyrodz]

Just edited the post just before you replied with a question

Yes exactly my though. Remove the old stuff, weight savings. Also have these speakers laying around, but I'm not sure it's worth cutting the steal of the door for them..

These:
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Have you tried looking for adaptors?

 

[adventurenali92]

Great looking truck! Shoutout from another detailer that uses a GM full size rig to detail out of! Looks your work is top notch!

 

[Tonny]

Great looking truck! Shoutout from another detailer that uses a GM full size rig to detail out of! Looks your work is top notch!

Thank you very much! A very cool, always good to meet a fellow detailer. instagram.com/nijholtdetails I'm just starting to post some more work of myself. Not always detailing because people not pay enough, but always give 100%. You got your page here of your truck?

 

[adventurenali92]

Thank you very much! A very cool, always good to meet a fellow detailer. instagram.com/nijholtdetails I'm just starting to post some more work of myself. Not always detailing because people not pay enough, but always give 100%. You got your page here of your truck?

Making good money in the detail world is hard to learn for sure. I’m like you I want to give everyone the best. Despite payments. Lol. I had to learn to charge more for my work and stick to my guns. Lol. Yeah my build thread is here:
https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/chases-2006-xl-denali-build.84562/
all 252 pages of it hahaha.

 

[adventurenali92]

Edit double post.

 

[Tonny]

Making good money in the detail world is hard to learn for sure. I’m like you I want to give everyone the best. Despite payments. Lol. I had to learn to charge more for my work and stick to my guns. Lol. Yeah my build thread is here:
https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/chases-2006-xl-denali-build.84562/
all 252 pages of it hahaha.

Haha yes I really had (and sometimes you have) that. I'm to good for this world haha. But it's getting better, and the feedback is always good, so making a name for myself first and investing, and it's just hard work because common people think you can do a full wash and a 10 step polish in 2 hours haha. But I'm getting a little harder and in my area there are a lack of detailers and carcleaners so without even making any advertisements I still have to say no a lot, so that is good and you afford a no from a customer as well.

Oef that's almost a book. But took a quick look already. You have the XL version. But couldn't find out how your interior looks. You just use the large trunk or did you remove any seats or something?

 

[adventurenali92]

Haha yes I really had (and sometimes you have) that. I'm to good for this world haha. But it's getting better, and the feedback is always good, so making a name for myself first and investing, and it's just hard work because common people think you can do a full wash and a 10 step polish in 2 hours haha. But I'm getting a little harder and in my area there are a lack of detailers and carcleaners so without even making any advertisements I still have to say no a lot, so that is good and you afford a no from a customer as well.

Oef that's almost a book. But took a quick look already. You have the XL version. But couldn't find out how your interior looks. You just use the large trunk or did you remove any seats or something?

Yeah when you’re good at what you do the work just flows in. Lol. I hate it when customers are like oh so you can do a 30 minute wash?! I’m like no that’s the cheap car wash in town....
yeah it’s a long one for sure. There’s some interior stuff I’ve done this year. But nothing really special for a work setup. Just have everything in storage totes. And then I have a pressure washer, a shop vac, and a blower that go in along side my gear all in the tail gate area. Usually my third row seat stays in the truck but I’ve had it out a few times to make room for extra gear when needed. I’ll be picking up a moderate sized air compressor soon to keep on hand to be able to properly blow dry all the water out of the all the nooks and crannies. Lol.

 

[Rocket Man]

Guys! Very busy lately. This afternoon my college and I finished the interior part as far a planned for now. It came out really great! Most credits go to my college though!

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Next up is maintenance and chasing the noise. Also would love to detail the rest of the car. Everything at it's time

Man that interior work is awesome. It’s nice to hear from you guys on the other side of the pond. The LPG conversion sounds cool. Looking forward to updates as you go on.

 

[Tonny]

Yeah when you’re good at what you do the work just flows in. Lol. I hate it when customers are like oh so you can do a 30 minute wash?! I’m like no that’s the cheap car wash in town....
yeah it’s a long one for sure. There’s some interior stuff I’ve done this year. But nothing really special for a work setup. Just have everything in storage totes. And then I have a pressure washer, a shop vac, and a blower that go in along side my gear all in the tail gate area. Usually my third row seat stays in the truck but I’ve had it out a few times to make room for extra gear when needed. I’ll be picking up a moderate sized air compressor soon to keep on hand to be able to properly blow dry all the water out of the all the nooks and crannies. Lol.

aah, sounds nice, so you only work on location I can imagine? I always surprise myself how much gear I need to take with me. I've had a 10 x 4,5 m unit last year, where I did my work. But I couldn't find the flow there alone so it was hard work for poor money. But with age we learn. Last months I only had a storage unit and since this month I got rid of my storage unit and got everything at home. But most of the time I choose locations that have a pressure washer and air, but a month ago I also decided to sell my 400v 200liter compressor and now have a 70 liter low noise compressor with a max off 2250 watt with 260 liter netto air per minute, and the Tornador I use half of time and this compressor is the like minimum air per minute I need. Pretty stocked about this machine, but a little to heavy to get in my Chevy on my own..

Man that interior work is awesome. It’s nice to hear from you guys on the other side of the pond. The LPG conversion sounds cool. Looking forward to updates as you go on.

Thanks man, still very happy with that and planning to also make like the part against the partition nice and tailored. I've vacation now and a lot I want to do, and I've some stuff that has more priority, new tires for example. LPG conversion is cool in the way you drive very cheap compared to gasonline. Though I decided to remove the LPG conversion because the
evaporator is to small for the engine, and second of all you've some power-loss driving on LPG. Third: The first 5.3 Vortec engines until the bi-fuel facelift don't have hardened valves and will eventually destroy the valves and head. And since I know this engine only ran like 70000 kilometers on gas, and I just went over 300.000 kilometers. So if I quit driving LPG, what will be twice more expensive at the pump. But I'm going to drive less, want all the power for the most fun (People in the Netherlands often don't except this American thing to be as fast as it is already off factory, so I'm very excited what the tune and the little engine updates will do!

You've got some sick rides I see, will check your topics also Thanks for your reply, and when Corona gets better, I hope to go to America again one time soon! Got a cousin living there.. That's where the will love with American cars started, he let me drive his 2008 Suburban all the time, had an amazing time!

 

[Rocket Man]

aah, sounds nice, so you only work on location I can imagine? I always surprise myself how much gear I need to take with me. I've had a 10 x 4,5 m unit last year, where I did my work. But I couldn't find the flow there alone so it was hard work for poor money. But with age we learn. Last months I only had a storage unit and since this month I got rid of my storage unit and got everything at home. But most of the time I choose locations that have a pressure washer and air, but a month ago I also decided to sell my 400v 200liter compressor and now have a 70 liter low noise compressor with a max off 2250 watt with 260 liter netto air per minute, and the Tornador I use half of time and this compressor is the like minimum air per minute I need. Pretty stocked about this machine, but a little to heavy to get in my Chevy on my own..

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Thanks man, still very happy with that and planning to also make like the part against the partition nice and tailored. I've vacation now and a lot I want to do, and I've some stuff that has more priority, new tires for example. LPG conversion is cool in the way you drive very cheap compared to gasonline. Though I decided to remove the LPG conversion because the
evaporator is to small for the engine, and second of all you've some power-loss driving on LPG. Third: The first 5.3 Vortec engines until the bi-fuel facelift don't have hardened valves and will eventually destroy the valves and head. And since I know this engine only ran like 70000 kilometers on gas, and I just went over 300.000 kilometers. So if I quit driving LPG, what will be twice more expensive at the pump. But I'm going to drive less, want all the power for the most fun (People in the Netherlands often don't except this American thing to be as fast as it is already off factory, so I'm very excited what the tune and the little engine updates will do!

You've got some sick rides I see, will check your topics also Thanks for your reply, and when Corona gets better, I hope to go to America again one time soon! Got a cousin living there.. That's where the will love with American cars started, he let me drive his 2008 Suburban all the time, had an amazing time!

Yeah, my 02 Denali would be a big hit over there. It’s got a Whipple supercharger, cam, headers, built trans, Wilwood 16” brakes, etc. My build thread on that one is something like 300 pages. My Silverado is bagged and bodydropped on a custom tube frame. I’ll definately be watching your build. Nice work so far.

 

[Tonny]

Yeah, my 02 Denali would be a big hit over there. It’s got a Whipple supercharger, cam, headers, built trans, Wilwood 16” brakes, etc. My build thread on that one is something like 300 pages. My Silverado is bagged and bodydropped on a custom tube frame. I’ll definately be watching your build. Nice work so far.

Gees man, it would indeed, I only dream about it haha. Reminds me of a yt channel called High PSI tv who has or had a supercharger cammed, headers, a built 4l60e (which is quite unusual) Tahoe. You prolly have a l80? Well some sick builds, will definitely start ready yours as well!

 

[Rocket Man]

Gees man, it would indeed, I only dream about it haha. Reminds me of a yt channel called High PSI tv who has or had a supercharger cammed, headers, a built 4l60e (which is quite unusual) Tahoe. You prolly have a l80? Well some sick builds, will definitely start ready yours as well!

No mines a Level 3 4l60 rated for 800 hp from these guys www.Performabuilt.com. My transfer case makes it hard to do the 4l80 conversion.

 

[Tonny]

No mines a Level 3 4l60 rated for 800 hp from these guys www.Performabuilt.com. My transfer case makes it hard to do the 4l80 conversion.

Gees what a gearbox. It's almost worth buying one would the transmission ever die. You guys in America have something for everything! If my transmission ever dies, I will just buy a new one from there, let it only be a 1 series haha. Already busy reading your thread, audio wise it's different also from a Tahoe... not at your supercharger yet haha

 

[05Single]

Nice interior work. excited to see the titan wheels installed. They come with an aggressive offset and they ride good.

 

[Tonny]

Nice interior work. excited to see the titan wheels installed. They come with an aggressive offset and they ride good.

Cheers mate! Yes I can't wait how it will look in real life. And now running spacers 10mm so can make it a little more aggressive if I want