What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[gooffeyguy]

Just noticed this evening that my passenger low beam bulb (H7) is out. I usually replace both sides. This is going to take longer than it should to replace a headlight bulb, frigging GM engineers

 

[89Suburban]

Just noticed this evening that my passenger low beam bulb (H7) is out. I usually replace both sides. This is going to take longer than it should to replace a headlight bulb, frigging GM engineers

Mine went out too last night. I just replaced both the H11 bulbs 3 months ago. I tore back into it thinking the bulb got damaged from the vibration of my impact driver replacing the radiator. And it was, the filament was broken. I put a new bulb in, but it didn't light up. Which pzs'd me off because I was at work with a manual ratchet driver trying to fix this through the top side tonight.

Turns out the bulb plug wiring is shot. Same thing happened to my pass side headlight plug a year or 2 ago. Had to solder in a new bulb plug from a spare headlight housing harness. Should have expected this. I have a spare headlight housing with the plug/wiring to fix it this weekend.

Seems like the weak spot is right where the wiring enters the weather pack connector, and flexes and takes a beating while replacing the damn bulbs in these things.

Post 300K miles of wear. If anybody is in that range, take a note. Add it to the "preventative" list of sheet to do in your tinkering spare time.

 

[Doubeleive]

Don't feel bad if one of my Morimoto's goes out i'm completely screwed until the whole headlight gets replaced

 

[Geotrash]

New shoes on the '07. Michelin Defender LTX, but made in Brazil. Go figure. Hope they hold up as well as the ones made in the USA. I fear that Michelin may be on a cost-cutting binge, and we know where that usually goes...

 

[89Suburban]

New shoes on the '07. Michelin Defender LTX, but made in Brazil. Go figure. Hope they hold up as well as the ones made in the USA. I fear that Michelin may be on a cost-cutting binge, and we know where that usually goes...

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Nice!

 

[Doubeleive]

New shoes on the '07. Michelin Defender LTX, but made in Brazil. Go figure. Hope they hold up as well as the ones made in the USA. I fear that Michelin may be on a cost-cutting binge, and we know where that usually goes...

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Good tires for a normal driver, I can't use them lol too hard and therefore not enough grip

 

[pwtr02ss]

Good tires for a normal driver, I can't use them lol too hard and therefore not enough grip

They work great on my Denali. The Bridgestones Alenza Plus were terrible. It was spinning all the time, especially on a wet road. These defenders have given't me any trouble. They don't work like a "hard" tire imo. I can see where they are hazing the road when I'm pulling out in a spirited way.

 

[Doubeleive]

They work great on my Denali. The Bridgestones Alenza Plus were terrible. It was spinning all the time, especially on a wet road. These defenders have given't me any trouble. They don't work like a "hard" tire imo. I can see where they are hazing the road when I'm pulling out in a spirited way.

they are a good tire and will go for miles but I drive like i'm late to my own funeral a lot, my experience was slipping/loss of traction, I use the goodyear eagle sport all season which is a step up from the eagle ls/2 and a step down from the eagle rs-a (police)<-due to price, they also have a run flat which is even pricier. they get less mileage but never break grip.
I love them and unless I go spend oodles of money trying various other tires I will probably never switch to anything else again.
the Michelin's slightly beat out the eagle sport a/s on reviews but I can only assume that is because of mileage, driving style and popularity of brand.
mileage is certainly sub-par by comparison but that comes with the territory, sport tires are slightly softer for better grip and this hurts the longevity.
not everybody is trying to take a corner at 80 but I get close to it lol

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Good tires for a normal driver, I can't use them lol too hard and therefore not enough grip

Got to stay gripped up for all those high-speed maneuvers!
Do they make pilot sport cup 4's in your size?

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

they are a good tire and will go for miles but I drive like i'm late to my own funeral a lot, my experience was slipping/loss of traction, I use the goodyear eagle sport all season which is a step up from the eagle ls/2 and a step down from the eagle rs-a (police)<-due to price, they also have a run flat which is even pricier. they get less mileage but never break grip.
I love them and unless I go spend oodles of money trying various other tires I will probably never switch to anything else again.
the Michelin's slightly beat out the eagle sport a/s on reviews but I can only assume that is because of mileage, driving style and popularity of brand.
mileage is certainly sub-par by comparison but that comes with the territory, sport tires are slightly softer for better grip and this hurts the longevity.
not everybody is trying to take a corner at 80 but I get close to it lol

About 10 minutes into my commute, there's an interchange that goes from one lane to two and nobody likes to take that outside Lane because sheeple, so I can hop in there right before the turn and get up to 80 plus through it even with my lifted mud terrain setup and never lose traction meanwhile everyone else is poking along at 50 in the left lane, inside lane, afraid for their life.

 

[Doubeleive]

Got to stay gripped up for all those high-speed maneuvers!
Do they make pilot sport cup 4's in your size?

those look like racing slicks, probably not my style(*edit I was initially looking at the wrong cup model, reviews show them having some common defects, 30k mile rating.)
i found this review with the eagles in it, I have seen before where they say there is poor wet traction but I have never experienced that I think it is due to the weight of a car versus a suv

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Topped off the oil with 1/2qt... normally I'm down a full qt mid 5,000mi interval.
Maybe it's using less oil while I use less gas frome driving it nicer.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Anyone have any experiences with H7 halogen bulbs? I've used the Sylvania Silver Star Ultra and the cheap generic ones that came with the headlights and they've both only lasted 1-2 years.

 

[Rocket Man]

About 10 minutes into my commute, there's an interchange that goes from one lane to two and nobody likes to take that outside Lane because sheeple, so I can hop in there right before the turn and get up to 80 plus through it even with my lifted mud terrain setup and never lose traction meanwhile everyone else is poking along at 50 in the left lane, inside lane, afraid for their life.

People drive like idiots when it comes to a lane ending. Gotta move over immediately instead of just driving until it’s about to end and then merge. Mostly because they have no clue how to merge. Even on freeway on-ramps. I love it when they do that, so I can get on it and move up 1/4 mile and then merge way ahead of them. Bye bye sucker.

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

People drive like idiots when it comes to a lane ending. Gotta move over immediately instead of just driving until it’s about to end and then merge. Mostly because they have no clue how to merge. Even on freeway on-ramps. I love it when they do that, so I can get on it and move up 1/4 mile and then merge way ahead of them. Bye bye sucker.

They don't call you rocket Man for nothing!

 

[89Suburban]

 

[89Suburban]

 

[Coolman1987us]

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Now you need to make them glow, like this.

 

[Sparksalot]

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[gooffeyguy]

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You should mount a small socket holder with 10mm sockets in it to the other side