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

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So not a lot to update. I put in the 1 inch coil spacer in the rear and installed 1 inch BORA spacers on the wheels (which I should have done 1.5" up front personally) and I've purchased a Denali cluster that will be fixed/ modified and installed. That's about all I've done to it right now.

But here are some pictures...

 

[massivespl]

Looks sexy! Your Tahoe looks like mine with different wheels

 

[felixgun]

I miss my 01 z71 in this exact color. Great pics. Looks super clean!!

 

[Fosscore]

Looks really nice man. Nice pics.
Wondering what your ground to fender lip measurements are? Front is looking low.

 

[05Single]

So clean and sexy. Think about color matching or at least glossing the z71 plastics?

 

[#1taho]

So clean and sexy. Think about color matching or at least glossing the z71 plastics?

Some one on here painted there Z-71 plastics black. It turned out good but it didn't look good on the truck IMO.

 

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@Fosscore, I'm not sure what the height is honestly... All I know is I am content at the moment since I know the route I plan to go to make it look even lower.

@05Single, the plastics will eventually be color-matched as that is how I seem to go with my mod choices over time... but, I have a twist with the plastics to make it look decent...

Today I decided to see if I could figure out how to make this Offroad package more street-ish.. So I picked up some vinyl rain gutters at Lowes for $6 each (10 feet) and whipped out the heat gun.

Here are the photos of the outcome of about 30 minutes of work with them.

Pulled the side steps

Mock up/test fit

and shaped to fit the contour of the Z71 plastics.

Now I need to plastic weld the edge up and possibly run a filler along the seam, rough everything up and, for the mean time, hit it with some spray on bedliner. Hopefully I can get some of this done this weekend, but we will see...

And for gits and shiggles, had two of these made for the back windows.

 

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On a side note, I have the following planned modifications that I just need the time to do

The stock taillights drive me nuts so I plan to simply tint the entire thing red, at least everything but the reverse light. This should give it more of an "updated" look since I hate the yellow lens on there. To me, it appears to be out-dated.

The wheels will be painted (in entirety) a stainless steel gray, so a couple shades darker than what is on there now. The inner lip will be left black though. I've come to the decision that on this one, these wheels do not look good being two toned the way I have them.

I honestly wish I would have picked up the Dub Skillz or something similar to that, but I think a darker gray will bring out the sporty in these wheels. If not, I'll try and trade for something lol...

I really NEED to find an HD grille and bumper cap combo. I keep finding them for over $100 each or about an hour point five away and don't have the time to drive that far one direction anymore. Annoying, that's all it is.

There's also a couple of other things that I know I am forgetting.

Oh, a tune. Need to get some parts sold so that I can get the intake and exhaust work done so I can finalize the tune on the 'Hoe.

 

[AppocAlexx]

No that I'm complaining at all, this is looking good and what I expected when I first saw this post. But, what made you want to lower and off road truck versus a 2wd? Iv always wondered what this looked like and I'm sure they're out there somewhere, just never seen one.

24s are bangin tho, they look way bigger for some reason on this truck than on others I'v seen, maybe its the fender flares?


Subdidid

 

[AppocAlexx]

And I also vote HD hood, anyone else??

 

[05Single]

I vote a sporty hood to go with the sport theme. Like a ram air or cowl induction.

I candied my amber turn too. Looks 1000 times better till I pick out aftermarket tails later

 

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No that I'm complaining at all, this is looking good and what I expected when I first saw this post. But, what made you want to lower and off road truck versus a 2wd? Iv always wondered what this looked like and I'm sure they're out there somewhere, just never seen one.

24s are bangin tho, they look way bigger for some reason on this truck than on others I'v seen, maybe its the fender flares?


Subdidid

The only two reasons I chose the 4wd was because "AWD" and "Why not?" LOL. The winners here are more icy than deep snow so I wanted the 4wd option.

as for the wheel proportion, could be the style, no clue. Might also be the way it's painted. Might also be the fact the wheels are pushed out further to sit better with the flares.

I vote a sporty hood to go with the sport theme. Like a ram air or cowl induction.

I candied my amber turn too. Looks 1000 times better till I pick out aftermarket tails later

the hood is TBD... I plan to make something as apposed to buy something. But thanks for the photo. I like it and will work until I get the led ones I want.

 

[jerryjoe28]

Today I decided to see if I could figure out how to make this Offroad package more street-ish.. So I picked up some vinyl rain gutters at Lowes for $6 each (10 feet) and whipped out the heat gun.

Here are the photos of the outcome of about 30 minutes of work with them.

Pulled the side steps

Mock up/test fit

and shaped to fit the contour of the Z71 plastics.

Now I need to plastic weld the edge up and possibly run a filler along the seam, rough everything up and, for the mean time, hit it with some spray on bedliner. Hopefully I can get some of this done this weekend, but we will see...

cant wait to see how this turns out

 

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I'm pleased. Color match with a satin clear and it'll be perfect!

 

[OHSIXX]

Looks good!

 

[massivespl]

Hell yea looks good you crafty mofo

 

[05Single]

Damn thought it would be a small difference but turned out to be a big difference.looks killer!!

 

[Fosscore]

Wow! That is not what I expected when I saw gutters and ....haha well it looks pretty damn good!
Creative and functional.

 

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and cheap... lol...

There's still a little work I have to do to clean it up, but it's getting there. MUCH happier with the way this thing looks with the darker front air dam and side skirts instead of the steps. Also blacked out the plastics on the rear bumper.

Used some of that crappy Rustoleum truck bed liner that comes in a spray can from Autozone. It worked pretty well lol. Plus, it will be a good base layer when I eventually lay down the color matched green.

Still have to do the passenger side.

I also have a lower bumper extension on the way, picked up for $34 from rock auto. This will line the bottom of the front bumper with the bottom of the skirts. Annoys the hell out of me that they are uneven.

And surprisingly, a "new" front bumper (used but in good condition) is hard to find locally for a decent price. All of them are outside my travel time windows that I currently have and my rusty, cancered front metal section annoys me.

 

[05Single]

What did you use on the rear bumper plastics ?
And are you talking about the 05-06 front lip piece? (I don't think I've seen that piece on a z71 bumper)