Blurred's 04 Tahoe Z71 build - Mr. Greenly Greenerson

[massivespl]

I like your truck. Lol no homo stuff. Here's my green Tahoe on winter 22s. Our trucks are Brothers from another mother

 

[blurred]

They sure are.. lol...

 

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I'm needing to get a couple photos of someone's stock torsion keys. The previous owners either swapped them out or just cranked the stock ones, not really sure which it is.

If they swapped them out, then I'll probably need to swap them back in order to get the lows that I am going for.

Once the kit from Tony is installed, and after doing some measurements, this thing will be about 5" lower in the front and about 5" or 6" in the rear.

 

[nharkey85]

What leads you to believe the keys were swapped? When i did my install i thought the same thing but all turned out just fine

 

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Based on previously climbing under the hoe and then looking new... But i just looked again and apparently paint has worn off so I'm sure I'm sitting on stock keys, which is good.

photo test, plus shots of the dirty ass suspension...

 

[jerryjoe28]

late to the party.... love the hoe. cant wait to see what all u do to her

 

[Knope]

A big thumbs up. Headlights and front end look great with that color. The wheels are badass too.

 

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Appreciate it guys. Also appreciate some of the threads on here to help me make the decisions as to what I need to run for the look I have decided on.

And, btw, the plans in my head will require a BFH and some cutting to achieve. I'm excited to get it started.

 

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but, at the moment, I need to figure out the headlight situation.

One lights up as if it were a 5000k bulb and the other lights up like a 6000k bulb. These should be 5500k bulbs to get that nice white color.

I believe that it is because I had one of the ballasts go out and swapped in a spare one that was a different "model" or whatever.

So, hoping a simple replacement set of ballast will correct that.

 

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And because I don't really have the time to sit on this for hours... this is the idea for the final suspension setup I am going for. I like to get things down on paper/computer to keep my mind in some sort of direction, or just see how far I actually deviate with the end result.



With this plan, I have the 3/5 on the way right now. The keys are cranked up on this thing so I will be lowering them beyond stock (while maintaining safety and ride quality) along with the components in the lowering kit.

Since I do not know how the paint is under the Z71 flares/skirts, I will be keeping those. Plus, there are some rivets involved in the mounting and I don't want to dick with that. So, I plan to use what I learned on the old truck and do some plastic welding on the flares and the side skirt. I plan to add a section that drops the center top section of the flares (wheel well) lower by an inch or two, depending on what I want/need based on turning and clearances needed. The side skirt will be turned into a smooth rocker. I've seen it removed and don't like the frame under there. Plus, it REALLY bothers me when it's removed and the bottom of the front bumper doesn't line up with the side skirt.

Yeah, I know it's cheating, but this will give me the look I want without sacrificing ride quality or functionality. Plus, I can plastic weld.

There will be an angled (matching the body lines) 5" exhaust pipe/tip that will exit behind the rear wheel that I will pull up into the body, once again, similar to the old truck.

Not sure what I plan to do with the hood. I like the ZL1 hood they have out there, or at least the idea of it, but unsure what it actually looks like since I really haven't seen anyone running it other than a VERY custom Silverado. I may just do some vents on the stock hood or try and find and SRT10 hood (dual scoop thing) and graph that in. Obviously, that's a project that's a way ahead idea after I have some go under the hood..

 

[jerryjoe28]

sounds like a plan man! and you aren't the only one the bumper issue freaks out. every time I see that its all I can think about. no matter how nice the truck is!

 

[massivespl]

And because I don't really have the time to sit on this for hours... this is the idea for the final suspension setup I am going for. I like to get things down on paper/computer to keep my mind in some sort of direction, or just see how far I actually deviate with the end result.



With this plan, I have the 3/5 on the way right now. The keys are cranked up on this thing so I will be lowering them beyond stock (while maintaining safety and ride quality) along with the components in the lowering kit.

Since I do not know how the paint is under the Z71 flares/skirts, I will be keeping those. Plus, there are some rivets involved in the mounting and I don't want to dick with that. So, I plan to use what I learned on the old truck and do some plastic welding on the flares and the side skirt. I plan to add a section that drops the center top section of the flares (wheel well) lower by an inch or two, depending on what I want/need based on turning and clearances needed. The side skirt will be turned into a smooth rocker. I've seen it removed and don't like the frame under there. Plus, it REALLY bothers me when it's removed and the bottom of the front bumper doesn't line up with the side skirt.

Yeah, I know it's cheating, but this will give me the look I want without sacrificing ride quality or functionality. Plus, I can plastic weld.

There will be an angled (matching the body lines) 5" exhaust pipe/tip that will exit behind the rear wheel that I will pull up into the body, once again, similar to the old truck.

Not sure what I plan to do with the hood. I like the ZL1 hood they have out there, or at least the idea of it, but unsure what it actually looks like since I really haven't seen anyone running it other than a VERY custom Silverado. I may just do some vents on the stock hood or try and find and SRT10 hood (dual scoop thing) and graph that in. Obviously, that's a project that's a way ahead idea after I have some go under the hood..

Nice pic^ I had my green Tahoe dropped on 24s last summer

 

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Dropped the Tahoe with Tony's 3/5-6 kit. Still have to do some trimming up front as well as install the spacers in the rear to give it a little rake but I'm very pleased so far.

 

[brian.roberts.1293]

Love the way it is sitting right there. Pretty truck

04 green Z71 Suburban lightly modding it and eying all the tips on this site

 

[Fosscore]

Dropped the Tahoe with Tony's 3/5-6 kit. Still have to do some trimming up front as well as install the spacers in the rear to give it a little rake but I'm very pleased so far.

Looks great!! Have any profile and ass end shots as well? Curious what you are measuring ground to fender lip? That front tire is sitting nice and low on the fender.

 

[massivespl]

Looks sick!!! More pics please, like 10 more will do

 

[blurred]

Looks great!! Have any profile and ass end shots as well? Curious what you are measuring ground to fender lip? That front tire is sitting nice and low on the fender.

I do.. that one was the best artsy one I have right now lol... I took a couple after I got it aligned the other day while it was nice out and relatively clean. Those are below.

For the measurements, I am right around 33" at all 4 corners. Depending on a couple other measurements once I have some extra time, I'll be modifying the flares to help the wheels tuck a little better IF it's still not sitting exactly how I want it to once I do a little adjusting to the wheel fitment.

If I modify the flares, the ground to fender measurement will be right around 32", at least what I am guessing without doing any clearance checks.

Looks sick!!! More pics please, like 10 more will do

The back quarter image didn't upload correctly and don't have access to it at the moment to upload it.

Like I said, once I get the spacers installed in the rear and then get a few other minor tweaks adjusted as well as the trimming, the stance will be perfect... at least to me.


and a funny note... the top two photos were taken at about 50+ degrees only 1.5 days prior to the bottom photo.

 

[Fosscore]

Looks right. Sitting low. IMO no spacers needed. I like the level look and the Z71 flares and running boards make it look a bit lower. Very nice indeed!!

 

[blurred]

I've become a huge fan of having rake... about an inch of it when lowered. Plus, I feel the rear end needs a little more travel for what I drive on daily. Little too jarring for me when hitting some big bumps.

But, that's also what I got the helperbags for...

 

[Fosscore]

Sounds good. I pulled the spacers and aired out the bags. I also dodge potholes and manholes like an F1 driver.

Well a 2 ton F1 driver.