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    I need your opinion. GMT800 vs GMT900. Which to buy?

    The GMT 800 and 900 2500 SUVs both share the same frame. I had both my 2003 and the 2010 for a few months before I sold the 2003 - and I couldn't find any obvious difference between the two in the frame/chassis area - other than the 2010 has a better rear axle (full floater). The front...
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    I need your opinion. GMT800 vs GMT900. Which to buy?

    LOL. Go drive a 2500 - it doesn't " feel like a car".
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    I need your opinion. GMT800 vs GMT900. Which to buy?

    The 2010 has definitely been better rust-wise , in my opinion - even though it's got body rust. The 2003 had less body rust - but the frame and undercarriage and fuel lines , transmission pan - were all rusting thru. To the point where I felt like it was headed towards a junk yard. All that...
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    I need your opinion. GMT800 vs GMT900. Which to buy?

    I used to have a 2003 Suburban 2500. Bought it in 2009 used - and sold it in early 2016 , after I had already picked up a 2010 Yukon XL 2500. I've had the Yukon since then - it currently has about 145,000 miles on it. Overall I think the 2010 is better quality than the 2003. The 2003 had a...
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    Projector headlight conversions for Yukon

    I have had the Morimoto XB headlights in my 2010 Yukon for 2-3 years now - and they're great. My truck is silver - and I think they look fine. I can say I think the Morimoto's are probably the best headlights I've had in any vehicle I have owned. They're a definite upgrade over the OEM lights.
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Well actually it's roll stiffness that keeps the truck controllable. And you can do roll stiffness other ways as well. I used to do a bunch of autocross when I was younger and there's always a debate in suspension tuning about whether you go with sway bars - or with increased spring stiffness...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    My 2010 2500 Yukon XL has had a banging noise in the front for a while. I can't track it down. I thought that it might be something to do with the front swaybar - so a couple of months ago I just took the swaybar off to see if the noise would go away. Figured I could drive it for a while and...
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    2009 Yukon Replacement Headlight Housings

    Here's the info from the original order back in 2021: 3156/3157 XPR Backup LED Bulbs SKU: DD0378S Color Cool White (6000K) Package Single
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    2009 Yukon Replacement Headlight Housings

    I have the same combination on my 2010 Yukon Xl. I was looking to upgrade the headlights to something better - after trying a number of different bulbs in the stock headlights and not seeing much improvement. Put the Morimotos in - and yes - they are expensive - but they are definitely MUCH...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    If I get a chance - I'll look around and see if I saved the old control arms off my Yukon when I changed them over to the Cognito upper arms. Sometimes I save stuff like that just in case I think I might need them later for a rebuild , sometimes I toss the stuff out because I've got too much...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Another thought came to mind - and again I got this from the Duraburb video ( you might want to go search that out): If I remember correctly Duraburb said that the Suburban 3500 had the "new" style 8 lug circle of 180mm or whatever it is. The "old" lug circle was like 8x 6.5" or something like...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Duraburb has a video where they said that the frame on the Suburban 3500 you have - is the same frame as the previous 2 generations of 2500 Suburban - so the upper A-arms should be the same geometry as those. The fact that there's no other vehicles listed for the part number you posted - might...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    Huh, guess I'll have to look harder. I don't think I'd want one of the armored-up ones anyway - like Leno said they weigh in at like 12,000 pounds. I'd want the thing for towing and that's just dead weight. Maybe some place like Duraburb could get hold of the frames and bodies in white and...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    I don't know about that. I've been trolling government auctions for years and I don't ever recall seeing any of the GMT800 or GMT900 ex-.gov armored Suburbans ever show up there. My takeaway from watching that Jay Leno video is GM now has a heavy duty enough frame to build a civilian 2500/3500...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    Just finished watching that Jay Leno's Garage episode. Most of it was blah blah blah , but they did do a tour of the undercarriage - pretty cool that they stayed with the independent rear suspension and just beefed it WAY up with custom control arms and so forth. Looks to me like GM has all...
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