05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[kwOH]

Some output shots of the engine bay and hatch lit up.View attachment 185119 View attachment 185120 View attachment 185121 View attachment 185122 View attachment 185123

I can see that from here! [emoji41]

 

[Sevenevez]

Out of curiosity mocked up black lights to see how they looked. I'll get far away pics tomorrow.

awesome job. i'll be on this soon!

 

[ScottyBoy]

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 .View attachment 185085 View attachment 185086 View attachment 185087 View attachment 185088 View attachment 185089

That's basically what I did on mine. However, my truck still has the rear wiper but I had to drill the bottom part of that switch and add a rocker switch since my truck didn't come with fogs from the factory. But at least the rocker switch has blue LEDs to match my blue LEDs in the rest of my switches.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Some output shots of the engine bay and hatch lit up.View attachment 185119 View attachment 185120 View attachment 185121 View attachment 185122 View attachment 185123

Looks like an 05Single truck commercial.

 

[05Single]

Are these current pics, like as of right now, is it dark already?

It's always dark here now.

 

[Fosscore]

Haven't you guys noticed the pattern? Alaska gets dark and his lighting mods start getting active. Which BTW look really cool.
Even for a blue Tahoe...

 

[05Single]

Haven't you guys noticed the pattern? Alaska gets dark and his lighting mods start getting active. Which BTW look really cool.
Even for a blue Tahoe...

I guess subconsciously when we lose daylight here i try and take advantage of the long darkness and make it a little more fun lol

 

[Fosscore]

Yessir. And some cool LEDs mods at that.

 

[05Single]

Speaking of lights, found a 3rd brake light from a EXT. Got it home to find out it doesn't fit. These have the same lens but the housing is deeper compared to the regular suv escalade. Thought about fabricating to make it work but I'm at a lost of how I would do it without major work.
So fyi everyone on here the truck lights do not fit suvs. Don't make the same mistake I did

 

[BADRIDES]

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

 

[adventurenali92]

Yeah I found a couple ext thirds when I was looking for mine. I read on the caddy forums that they didn’t fit the suv hatch. I was like dang it.... they were cheap too.. but oh well.. lol

 

[05Single]

Holy Huge tip Batman!!!!

I like big tips and I cannot lie

Haha but seriously everyone is running the dual tips. I wanted a single with a rolled edge but also something with girth
Imo up to 5" is a good size for a full-size truck. Anything bigger belongs on a diesel.

 

[05Single]

Had to redeem myself for not one but two paint mishaps over the past couple weeks. Decided to paint my GM accessories smoked window vent visors which i dearly miss after near record summer of days where it did nothing but rain
Was looking at in-channel visors for a a smoother look but I already had these and they're a quality product and i love the way ptm visors look. In-channel visors don't look as good painted imo

Taped off the back side and only painted the outside. I didn't feel like it was necessary and wanted to see how it looked and if I could see through it out of curiosity.

Wet sanded with 600 grit (i know a little harsh but its fine) 3 coats of Duplicolor perfect match indigo blue metallic and 2 coats of duplicolor perfect match clear coat. Same procedure as my escalade rack caps that I painted. Less than $20 to paint all four isn't bad.

I let these guys sit for a few days and cure before I wet sand with 2000 and then polish. Then stick em back on.
Success!

 

[Sevenevez]

Had to redeem myself for not one but two paint mishaps over the past couple weeks. Decided to paint my GM accessories smoked window vent visors which i dearly miss after near record summer of days where it did nothing but rain
Was looking at in-channel visors for a a smoother look but I already had these and they're a quality product and i love the way ptm visors look. In-channel visors don't look as good painted imo

Taped off the back side and only painted the outside. I didn't feel like it was necessary and wanted to see how it looked and if I could see through it out of curiosity.

Wet sanded with 600 grit (i know a little harsh but its fine) 3 coats of Duplicolor perfect match indigo blue metallic and 2 coats of duplicolor perfect match clear coat. Same procedure as my escalade rack caps that I painted. Less than $20 to paint all four isn't bad.

I let these guys sit for a few days and cure before I wet sand with 2000 and then polish. Then stick em back on.
Success!View attachment 185244 View attachment 185245 View attachment 185246 View attachment 185247 View attachment 185248

nice job, man

 

[05Single]

Wet sanded 2000. Followed by polish and wax/sealer.

Removed all leftover previous double sided tape and added new. The $8 wasn't enough at 60" long , even split the 1" in half to make 1/2" strips. Covered 3 out of 4 vents. So I went back and bought the $21 roll at 400" long. Equals to 6 of those $8 roll,...lost with the math yet? Lol. Have left over tape for other projects , lots left over..
(@ Home depot)

Installed

 

[05Single]

 

[Fosscore]

Nice work right here.

 

[Sevenevez]

nice job

 

[05Single]

Thanks y'all. So come to find out the denatured alcohol was soaking into the sanded areas before paint. That's why the tails and vents came out like $H*T . So this time around I went back to the old school way and just used dish soap and water and everything laid down perfect. Which means I didn't lose my beast spray can skills, it was just a step that I added.
So now I'm motivated to paint more

 

[Fosscore]

Funny you mention denatured alcohol. It usually dries clean, but sometimes it creates an issue when it reacts or softens the surface it is meant to be cleaning.

Hence your soft and hazy non-beast painted parts originally. Have experienced this as well. Finished product winner.