05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[05Single]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Got new shoes. 2011'ish Denali 20s on bald tires. You don't wanna know how much I paid for them. But hey they look clean. Get new rubber this fall.
Loaded them up in my cousins Silverado. He's gonna buy those black Denali 20s we set next to his wheels.
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I thought 20's would look bigger than 18s. But they were only 2 inches bigger. So now I want 22s

Hmmm... Did you expect them to be more than 2" bigger? Lol

 

[HiHoeSilver]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

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What?!?!

 

[05Single]

Hmmm... Did you expect them to be more than 2" bigger? Lol

In my head I did lol

What?!?!

I have no idea why but that was THE hardest tire change over I've ever done in my life. Was like the the lugs were seized onto the wheels. On a side note I fell like the hulk since I busted all this parts with my bare hands

 

[Rocket Man]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

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No wonder, those look like 3/8 drive? I always use a 1/2" breaker bar to remove them and a 1/2" torque wrench to install. Those little tools were way over their head.

 

[05Single]

They were 3/8. I've never had an issue with using 3/8 on any vehicle if properly torqued right to begin with. Of course the only 1/2 size I needed I didn't have. They were cheaper tools so I'm not even upset about it, I still have a bunch left. After the 2nd day i bought the right size 1/2 socket size and still wouldnt budge. 3rd day I borrowed a friend's impact driver and zipped them off. 4th day installed and torqued.
Either way they're not suppose to be that tight.

 

[05Single]

The jack stated leaking fluid all over on when installing the last tire. Had to get my backup floor jack to lift it back up.
But I wasn't about to pay someone to bolt on tires. Unlike in Seattle where I worked at discount tire they would rotate for free , here you have to pay

 

[Rocket Man]

They were 3/8. I've never had an issue with using 3/8 on any vehicle if properly torqued right to begin with. Of course the only 1/2 size I needed I didn't have. They were cheaper tools so I'm not even upset about it, I still have a bunch left. After the 2nd day i bought the right size 1/2 socket size and still wouldnt budge. 3rd day I borrowed a friend's impact driver and zipped them off. 4th day installed and torqued.
Either way they're not suppose to be that tight.

What did you torque them to? Torque specs are 140 ft/lbs which is near the limits of a normal 1/2" drive torque wrench. Mine only goes to 150. Which is way past what I'd try to do with any 3/8" drive ratchet or socket.

 

[05Single]

Was set at 140. The guy at the tire shop said 80 when he did them. Told him to retorque to specs. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "I've never had to torque a vehicle that high before" smh, maybe he went higher.
I had to show him what It said in the owners manual.
And to be fair I've never rotated or rebalanced these tires in almost 2 years. So they've never been unbolted. Maybe rust and corrosion got the best of me.
I was a tire shop supervisor, you have to believe me when I say they were insane tight. Took impact driver awhile to take each nut off.

 

[05Single]

Btw reason I've never rotated them is because I've maybe put 10k on the truck since I got it.
Put all this time and money into something I never drive lol. But when I do its worth it

 

[Rocket Man]

Somebody probably had their impact set on kill when they were put on. Plus the rust and corrosion. Just glad you got them off without breaking any studs!

 

[Tonyrodz]

HD grille. Trimmed the lower part a little more than an inch. There's a middle bracket. Trimmed that as well and kept it for extra support. Everyone asks how much need to be trimmed. Well after I did mine it's hard to measure exactly so I trimmed it to where it's flush with the lower mounting tabs.
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You can see the middle brace that bolts on the back side along with the bowtie. It hangs down. I was able to slide that part behind the bumper pad but it wouldn't pop the rivet into place.
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You can also see where the trimmed part is flush with the outer mounting spots.

I trimmed about 1 1/2 inches off the bottom of mine. I think I should've went maybe another 1/8 or so more.

Swapped out a pretty clean fram filter for a k&n panel.
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2 miles later I immediately get the infamous check engine light
Only lightly oiled one side, the dirty side. Might take it out and clean it and run it dry, should be OK ?View attachment 181592

I ran an oiled k&n in mine for awhile and never had any issues, fortunately.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Somebody probably had their impact set on kill when they were put on. Plus the rust and corrosion. Just glad you got them off without breaking any studs!

I'm amazed he didn't!

 

[05Single]

Somebody probably had their impact set on kill when they were put on. Plus the rust and corrosion. Just glad you got them off without breaking any studs!

Wouldn't surprise me. Bunch of morons that work on tires up here. I gotta baby sit people. Went to 3 different shops to have my Nissan wheels installed. Every single one of them said they can't do it because I drive a Chevy truck and the wheels are for a Nissan truck. Lost a sale plus I was buying tires at the time. Found some tires at one place then had another put them on the rims. Then another to install them.
Anyway yes glad I didn't do any damage. At least now I have gm wheels on a gm lol

 

[05Single]

Cleaned up the wheels to be sold the next day. They went back to their home on a Nissan titan.

Was bittersweet , had these for 2 years. Won't be known as the guy with the Nissan wheels anymore. I personally love how they looked and they drove great.

All that's left are the center caps i made lol. Which actually held up great for being home made.

 

[05Single]

Did this same thing on my Silverado with the 3 piece 6.0 cover and planned to do it to this one too.
Took my 5.3 cover and trimmed it to fit the 6.0 side covers so it doesn't look like im reppin a 6.0 , which everyone assumes when I pop the hood
So no more vortec 6000, now just vortec

 

[05Single]

Hated having the switch for my underglow down at the bottom of the dash and decided to make a switch in place of the rear wiper button.
Used a face plate from a Silverado with and cut out a hole for a simple aftermarket switch. Used the same insides of our switch but gutted out the wiper button to make room for the different switch. I over cut the hole slightly you can see in the pics but it's not too bad and I can love with it. Later I'll grab another face plate and play with it more .

 

[05Single]

Drivers seat

Also took out the outdated cigarette outlet and put in a dual usb ports for charging only. Still have my custom cigarette outlet in center console for random accessories.

 

[PG01]

Looks good. How about another fog light switch adapted to the wiper switch body or even the switch from a silvy bed light? Just throwing ideas at you if youre going to junkyard for parts again.

 

[05Single]

Tried on black turn signal lights again with the HD grille. Didn't like em.

Got a 4.5" resonated exhaust tip. Need to get it welded on when I find the muffler I want.