05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[adventurenali92]

So I recently painted them when I painted the grille. Also painted a rear keyless handle to replace the front passenger side, so no doors will have keyholes in them (theft deterrant)View attachment 221166 View attachment 221167 View attachment 221168yes everything will get a wet sand after curing.

I’ll be the odd man out.... lol. I don’t like the OBS mirrors on the NBS trucks. Just not right in my opinion. But good luck with it if that’s the route you decide to go.

 

[05Single]

I’ll be the odd man out.... lol. I don’t like the OBS mirrors on the NBS trucks. Just not right in my opinion. But good luck with it if that’s the route you decide to go.

All good. I’m excited for them

 

[HiHoeSilver]

All good. I’m excited for them

I like the look, but you won't have fancy turns or foldings!

 

[adventurenali92]

I like the look, but you won't have fancy turns or foldings!

Or puddle lights.

 

[05Single]

Or puddle lights.

I like the look, but you won't have fancy turns or foldings!

Already got plans

 

[Onebad1983]

Or puddle lights.

It's @05Single we're talking about here. He ALWAYS has light mods planned!

 

[ArcticYukon]

Kind of a crazy idea. Got some obs mirrors. Gonna be a time consuming project of trial and errors. Messed with them last fall but didn’t have time to go too deep into the fabrication so they were put on the back burner, only mocked them up. At first glance they look better and sportier imo , and make the stock mirrors look like dumbo ears now.View attachment 221158View attachment 221159 View attachment 221160View attachment 221161

No, I agree with you there. I know Street Scene came out with a set of OBS-style mirrors for the NBS and I saw 'em on a bagged '99 Silverado... looked pretty sporty for sure.

Kinda had the same idea for Dakota mirrors on a 2nd Gen ram.... same reasons.

 

[05Single]

No, I agree with you there. I know Street Scene came out with a set of OBS-style mirrors for the NBS and I saw 'em on a bagged '99 Silverado... looked pretty sporty for sure.

Kinda had the same idea for Dakota mirrors on a 2nd Gen ram.... same reasons.

Lol yea I guess ram mirrors were never sporty till the 4th gens. Dakota mirrors would look clean

Street scene makes sport mirrors for ours and I wanted to get them but they looked too small for the suv, but looked good on the pickups imo. So that's why I went with the obs mirrors. Some had a blinker on the front and I wasnt a fan of that.

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[Sam Harris]

Lol yea I guess ram mirrors were never sporty till the 4th gens. Dakota mirrors would look clean

Street scene makes sport mirrors for ours and I wanted to get them but they looked too small for the suv, but looked good on the pickups imo. So that's why I went with the obs mirrors. Some had a blinker on the front and I wasnt a fan of that.View attachment 221231 View attachment 221232 View attachment 221233 View attachment 221234
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[ArcticYukon]

Lol yea I guess ram mirrors were never sporty till the 4th gens. Dakota mirrors would look clean

Street scene makes sport mirrors for ours and I wanted to get them but they looked too small for the suv, but looked good on the pickups imo. So that's why I went with the obs mirrors. Some had a blinker on the front and I wasnt a fan of that.View attachment 221231 View attachment 221232 View attachment 221233 View attachment 221234
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Haha... yeah I see what you mean. On a Tahoe, it would kinda make it look like Meatlug from How to Train Your Dragon

 

[05Single]

Haha... yeah I see what you mean. On a Tahoe, it would kinda make it look like Meatlug from How to Train Your Dragon

Or like t-rex arms lol

 

[ArcticYukon]

HAHA! Yeah that's probably more accurate.

 

[05Single]

Oops almost forgot happy front end Friday

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Oops almost forgot happy front end Friday View attachment 221834 View attachment 221835

The Hoe logo is fun, but needs brushed or blue or white or black bowtie. No gold. Get the dip.

 

[05Single]

The Hoe logo is fun, but needs brushed or blue or white or black bowtie. No gold. Get the dip.

Yea I threw it on real quick . The gold doesn’t look horrible but I want the bow tie silver to match the rear logo

 

[05Single]

Since I wire brushed and cleaned the frame up in the rear when I did the free travel mod I desperately needed to do it to the front. While I had it up in the air I just took off all 4 tires and rotated them. Painted the rear calipers at the same time (+40hp). Also wire brushed the rotor for cleaner look against the newly painted calipers .

For the front I got used nnbs brakes. You can see the size difference I the pic

 

[05Single]

Applied the same rust transformer then followed with rubberized undercoating.

Cleaned the inside of the wheels

Cleaned the inner fender liners like I did with the rear

 

[05Single]

Painted the nnbs front calipers. Used a “ford” color ....shhhhh don’t tell anyone . Matches pretty close tho.

I was gonna use plastidip and 2k clear but I found this color in engine high heat paint so I gave it a try
Plastidip on calipers video

 

[05Single]

Bad pics but here’s with and without the inserts.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Bad pics but here’s with and without the inserts. View attachment 221854 View attachment 221855 View attachment 221856 View attachment 221857

Front end looks really good, especially with the front bumper color matched. How'd you do the bumper again? Rattle canned it? I forgot.