Another new guy and a Tahoe

[Roscoe]

I came here looking for info on my wife's ride, an '07 LT3 and decided to hang out for a bit. Must admit, I drive an '06 F150 Screw, but have always liked the Chevy and GMC and have owned a couple. First truck in high school ('93) was an '80 Sierra dumped 6/8 and moved by an LT1...

Anyways, when she decided she wanted a bigger ride than the Subaru Legacy, I started shopping for a Tahoe. We bought it in Nov. '10 and I'm finally getting around to playing with it. I'm convinced I have the coolest wifey around since it has been her ideas, of course with a little influence from me.

 

[Modded]

Looks sharp!
Any plans for a drop or other mods?

 

[KMeloney]

Whoa! Looks awesome! Need some more pics of it, list of mods so far, etc. Welcome!

 

[07Burb]

Welcome to the board and great look ride already! Definitely a nice start

 

[felixgun]

Welcome. Your wife is lucky to have such a sick tahoe

 

[Roscoe]

Thanks for the compliments! Just a few simple mods to clean it up a bit. Debadged, demolded, removed glass hatch handle and center rack bars, satin black painted grill shell, 3M dinoc carbon overlay on the bowties, and satin black 22"x9" KMC Skitch's on Toyo 305/40's. Lowering will be next, probably a 2/4, and maybe some HID's. I'll get some more pics up soon but just shot a couple quick ones after pulling it out of the shop.

And felixgun, I think maybe i'm the lucky one for having a wife that wants to drive a sick Tahoe. When she says "I want it all black.." and "but I want mine lowered too.." you know you have a keeper. The look on her face when she saw it was priceless.

One of the grill.

 

[07Burb]

Definitely sounds like a keeper! My wife pretty much let's me do whatever I see fit with the modding as long as it's "budget friendly" and "tasteful". I let her have a say in what happens with the Burb, of course, but what it comes down to is that she doesn't care much as long as she can get in and drive when she needs to When I'm able to get rims on it, though, we'll see. She's pretty picky on what she likes when it comes to rims. I've pointed out some OEM 20's and 22's and so far she's like the ones I've pointed out as possibilities so we'll see.

 

[blueflamed03]

welcome to the site!!

 

[KMeloney]

Roscoe -- Tell me more about the bowtie overlays, please. They look great!

 

[07Burb]

Is it just a vinyl??

 

[Ben]

Sick whip. I see you removed the roof rack rails nice clean llook.

 

[Roscoe]

Roscoe -- Tell me more about the bowtie overlays, please. They look great!

Yes, it's just a vinyl of sorts. It's an embossed material that very honestly looks and feels like dry carbon. It can be heated and formed to curves and relatively sharp corners and retain that shape. Been in the "business" for over 18 years and have seen a lot of goofy products over the years, but I'm actually pretty impressed by this stuff. I don't wont spam this site so email me for more info if you're interested.

 

[01HDtahoeNJN]

You need some whit oracle demon eyes on that puppy

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[sumo]

nice ride!

 

[anthonyc]

nice ride
get rid of that roof rack asap!!

 

[07Burb]

nice ride
get rid of that roof rack asap!!

Then he'd be almost exactly like you!!

 

[Roscoe]

nice ride
get rid of that roof rack asap!!

I did but didn't like the nutserts sticking up, esp. after a button head in them. How did you cover them up? Or did you weld and paint the holes?

 

[KMeloney]

Roscoe -- Thanks for the info on the vinyl material. I'll hit you up for that info if I go that route.

As for covering the roof holes, I had my racks removed last year and installed a door molding material over them. I dremeled out the material where the nutserts were located, and applied the strips to cover the holes front to back. The molding comes with tapered, "finished" ends that I cut and located at each end of the strips. It really looked custom (if you noticed them, that is). Might consider going that route if you want to ditch your racks.

 

[timjohnson22]

Welcome, Nice looking Hoe

 

[Jworld]

I can't decide on whether or not to go with the Kmc Stitch or the Kmc Slide 22

I am actually leaning more towards the Stitch simply because It's more rare than the Slide and I like the lip on the Stitch..