05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[05Single]

Picked up a denali bumper (suppose to be saving for drop parts )

All cleaned up

The frame doesn't look as clean, but after closer investigation it's all surface rust, no holes or deep pitting. Gonna wire brush and sand then apply a rust inhibitor and a primer sealer and be done with it.

If after sanding it's too bad I'll find another bumper brace or try and use my existing chome bumper (original plan).
Always say gotta love alaska and it's ****** weather

 

[05Single]

Carpet looks good.

If not buying an actual cargo liner and not shooting for a pretty application...

... just a thought why not get a big piece of rubber matting off the roll and cut to fit.

Or this stuff is pretty badass. We use it on the boats. Again not sure what application you are shooting for so just winging ideas into the Last Frontier.

http://www.dri-dek.com/?gclid=CO3pot7T684CFY4kgQodknANVg

Need to contain water and debris, but I have a few ideas rolling around in my head as always lol.
One of them is tub liner.

 

[05Single]

View attachment 66128
I had to remove that metal brace behind the radio to get my Pioneer in. Mine was too deep and it wouldn't go all the way in. Fyi-metal edges we're very sharp! I think mine is the AV-X2600BT.View attachment 66127here's my parking brake bypass.

I need the parking brake bypass. Once I get a new deck I'll wire it up.
My 03 I just had to cut the plastic.

 

[osiris94ej]

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[Tonyrodz]

The green is the parking brake wire and the black is the ground hooked to an on/off switch .I actually grabbed this off another car and just added it to mine .Hopefully you can tell from the pic.

 

[Tonyrodz]

 

[Tonyrodz]

Picked up a denali bumper (suppose to be saving for drop parts )

All cleaned up

The frame doesn't look as clean, but after closer investigation it's all surface rust, no holes or deep pitting. Gonna wire brush and sand then apply a rust inhibitor and a primer sealer and be done with it.

If after sanding it's too bad I'll find another bumper brace or try and use my existing chome bumper (original plan).
Always say gotta love alaska and it's ****** weather

The chrome bumper doesn't have the lower impression for the lower plastic panel that hides the hitch. I don't think it'll work .

 

[05Single]

The chrome bumper doesn't have the lower impression for the lower plastic panel that hides the hitch. I don't think it'll work .

Yea I figure I would have to drill a few more holes and do some fab work, was the original plan but I found this complete bumper at a great price so I grabbed the whole thing.
And Im still thinking of a tablet install too. But I'm far from stereo upgrades now

 

[05Single]

People always asking so here's the part numbers I used for the hatch plugs. @Fosscore

Here's the plugs I used. Don't have part number for the big hole, just have to use your imagination like I did lol. I need to redo mine anyway and I'll post what I use.

I used the top left (1.59) for the 3 small holes. And the bottom right (.70) for the medium hole.

 

[05Single]

On second thought it looks to bolt up perfectly on a basic tahoe/silverado bumper.

 

[Fosscore]

The big plug I used was the same size as the under hood heat shield body plug. Not sure of the size, but that was how big the plug was that I used.

 

[05Single]

Oh yea. I have those. Took my liner off. I might do the same then

 

[Fosscore]

It was big enough to cover the wiper hole, but leave enough to silicone the outside and with the ribs, you can squeeze a washer up tight against the inside and be done. But why are we talking plugs...just shave it already!

 

[05Single]

Haha ok ok you got me back on that one lol.

 

[Fosscore]

 

[kwOH]

On second thought it looks to bolt up perfectly on a basic tahoe/silverado bumper.

So whats going on here? Lol.


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[jerryjoe28]

no idea how I missed out on all of this but I just read the whole thing. nice work so far!

 

[05Single]

Just test fitting. Ideas. Options.

 

[kwOH]

Just test fitting. Ideas. Options.

Is it just the lower step? Is it going to fit/bolt up?


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[Rocket Man]

Picked up a denali bumper (suppose to be saving for drop parts )

All cleaned up

The frame doesn't look as clean, but after closer investigation it's all surface rust, no holes or deep pitting. Gonna wire brush and sand then apply a rust inhibitor and a primer sealer and be done with it.

If after sanding it's too bad I'll find another bumper brace or try and use my existing chome bumper (original plan).
Always say gotta love alaska and it's ****** weather

That kinda looks like me, using my lawn furniture to sand and paint on!