2003 Yukon V1.0verland

[jESse]

figured after all these years i might as well make me a build thread on my yukon. wasen't planning on doing much other than using it as a daily driver but i can't leave anything alone so mods happen. this thread will start off with mods i did years ago up until current. mods usually happen slow with this thing but i'd rather do things once and do em right with a well thought out plan instead of a bunch of crap thrown together.

Onto the mods. 03 yukon 4x4. 5.3l. big fan of exploring and camping and such so this is heading in a overland expo style build.

one of my first mods was a rear view camera. sooo nice for hooking up trailers

next few mods. 15% tint on the front doors. 32" bfg muds. 3 hella 500ff's with 100w bulbs

drilled slotted rotors

led drl's

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next up, wheels. 18x9 xd addicts -12 backspace

no real pics of it. installed a rough country leveling kit. have z71 springs and 1.5" spacers sitting waiting to go on to replace the stock springs and rc's 3/4" spacer

tire choice: nitto trails. 33's

ddm 35w hids

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next on the list: switch panel. this will be changing very soon. have all new switches and all sitting around. waiting to pick up a new dash piece.

kayak rack

painted calipers red

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led conversion to all the overhead and door lights

flashlight mount

next up was upgraded reverse lights. i have a smaller set from pilot that were under my bumper but they were old and cracked and yellowed so it was time for new ones. 4" led's were brought in

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

i love it where did you get the back up cam? and the flashlight holder?

 

[OHSIXX]

Sweet mods---looks good!!

 

[jESse]

newest mod. baja rack cargo rack. ordered the optional light bar and hi-lift mount to go along with it. being that the rack is almost the exact width of the crossbar mounts i'm considering making custom brackets to bolt the rack down to lower it down slightly. should make it a little more solid too

lights are 55w 7's hids. two spots and two floods. sadly, one showed up d.o.a. have a replacement on the way. something i have to mod slightly is drill new mounting holes for the lights slightly back on the mounting tabs because the lights hit the bar and don't allow me to aim them down lower to be effective. sure do light up the tops of trees like daytime though. lol

were i ran my wiring up to em

that for the most part brings us up to date to the mods. future thoughts are an intake. something for mounting or carrying a full size spare. have a netting system picked out to strap everything down to the roof. just gotta order it. considering a cb set up. rolling around a few other random ideas past all that but not really settled on anything else

sorry all the pics are in one post. guess the forum is just set up so you can't make seperate posts right in a row

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i love it where did you get the back up cam? and the flashlight holder?

back up camera came from ebay. someone here posted a find a few years back on someone selling a ton of em for like $30 each. even came with mounting brackets to hold it in place of the pocket that used to be there in the dash.
flashlight holder is just a maglight brand holder. its like $5ish. flashlight is a 3d led mag

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

ok now I'm super jealous of that roof rack

 

[Goodinblack]

I love your In dash camera mod too......... Slick.

Very nice truck.

 

[nickchowell]

Very cool man, love the look and overall idea. I haven't seen to many other Michigan boys (or maybe I'm not paying attention). How is the wiring for your rack lights holding up under the weather stripping?

 

[jESse]

Very cool man, love the look and overall idea. I haven't seen to many other Michigan boys (or maybe I'm not paying attention). How is the wiring for your rack lights holding up under the weather stripping?

its holding up fine. its only been in there a week



got a few things done today. got a new light in today to replace the one that was out. kinda good and kinda bad on that. i plugged it in and saw the color was different so i opened it up and it was a 5k light instead of the 6k the others are. not too far off but enough that it bugs me. lol. so i popped open the other flood light to check the guts and see if i could see what was wrong with it and saw they were 35w hids instead of the 55w they were supposed to be. prolly order up a hid kit and just replace all the guts in a couple of em so they can all be the same 6k 55w lights i want. so basically right now i've got 2-55w 6k spots. a 55w 5k flood and a 35w 6k flood. i'll get this all straightened out and matching eventually


so since i had the light bar down to replace the light, i redrilled the mounting holes for the lights. the original holes mounted the lights too close to the bar so i couldn't aim them down far enough to be effective.

this is what i used to be able to be able to dismount my rack without cutting up any wires. theres 2 - 4 way trailer harness connectors. each one runs power/ground for two lights. if i need to pull the light bar off its just a quick unplug

next up on my list today was to mount some quickfists to mount my shovel. i went the quick easy hose clamp method for right now. i've got another mounting method i'm going to do soon once i find all the parts i need to do it. i would have been fine with this till i saw some random pics from someone online with an overkill type mounting bracket they made i'm going to steal the design of

the head of the shovel tucks up under the airdam in front to keep it out of the wind

next, i picked up this lock to thread through the hi-lift for a little security. unfortunatly i don't like it once i played around with it. the locking mechanism seems pretty cheap and possibly prone to getting moisture in it which could freeze up in winter and make it next to impossble to unlock. kinda dissapointed since i expected better from masterlock. i think i'm just going to make my own cable in the next few days and use a weather resistant padlock

after messing around with that stuff i had more on my list for the day. i recently lost a led drl due to a burnt out socket. replaced the socket and switched to amber leds this time around. still gotta replace the passenger side socket but i was getting lazy after everything else so i skipped it

lights

 

[NathanJax]

I really like your Yukon and the look it has!

 

[Tahoe02Yukon04]

Your Yukon looks great!

I ran across this thread post from a while back, very cool what you've done to your truck! I have an 02 Tahoe 4WD and an 02 Yukon 2WD. I would love to put bigger tires and wheels like yours on one or both of them. I see the wheels are 18x9 and the tires are 285/65/18, do they rub at all on deep turns? Did you do any other mods to it like give it a lift, etc to be able to get those bigger tires/wheels in there?

 

[jESse]

i see its been awhile since i've updated here. heres a few things i've done since last time i did.

copy/pasting so any referances to time are old now. lol

and got this in today. its from safari straps. 2" webbing. the large model like 46x40 or something like that. should work good to hold everything down on the roof

added an aem brute force

started a new switch panel. also has a blue sea usb port on the left

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finally got some motivation to do some tinkering today. went and installed a ram mounts x grip tablet mount for my ipad mini

http://www.amazon.co...0?ie=UTF8&psc=1

i have "scenic maps" app. seems pretty good. preloads a ton of topographical maps to use

as i had bought a wifi only ipad i need something to get me a gps signal to help track where i am. i'm pairing my ipad with this

http://www.amazon.co...ual gps xgps150

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ya gotta match your grill to your wheels

so i got me a led light bar. its a rigid industries 30" combo. original plan last weekend was to bolt it down where the hellas i took off were. wasn't enough room cause it would hit the grill. plan b: mount it behind the grill. while it fit...it was a very tight fit. almost no room between the trans cooler and bar. plus the bar blocked almost the whole cooler. plan c: make some brackets to space it out in front of the bumper a bit. while its not the most ideal spot imo, it works. very happy with it. all kinds of really bright

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z71 rear springs and 1.5" spacer installed. details here

http://www.gmc4x4.co...-stock/?p=17392

 

[BirchyBoy]

Sweet rig!

 

[BillBlatt18]

Looks mean! Good work


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[Tiki]

Should get some more lights going

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

I really like it. Also have you thought about doing a LED bar on rear of rack.

 

[Neil Layne]

this is awesome. put up some pics when you get that switch board installed. color match the chrome imo. this rig is great. good threat and great ideas. can't wait to see more.

 

[Townsend]

Any updates bud? Love the write-up, and wish there was a link for the backup cam - I've been wondering what the hell to do with that little spot haha

 

[jESse]

got a few updates. nothing too big. mostly just been driving and enjoying it


heres some new stuff

its a pelican 1720. plan on storing most of my recovery gear up here to help free up some room inside the vehicle and have less things bouncing around in case of an accident. mostly going to be high lift accessories and straps and such. still need to cut off the ends of the u-bolts but i was cold and tired so i decided to do it later.

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got one of these things

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added a hi-lift base to complement the tire lift and bumper lift i already have

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grabbed some rigid d2's in amber with a driving beam. looking for better bad weather visibility. these will go in behind the grill once the snow goes away some and i can get in my shop and install em

slapped on a couple new trail grapplers

aaand i think that brings this up to date.

 

[Townsend]

Loving that pelican case and the d ring receiver hitch. Cheers!

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

So sexy! Have you ever thought about a tire gate?