BAMF Pri's 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe build thread

[05Single]

Well Christmas has come and gone and truck has some new parts for it.

New parts list:

Speed Engineering 1 2/4 headers to y pipe.
Escalade roof rack
Escalade third brake light
Escalade rear vents/appliques
3" lift keys
Tailgate light strip

As of right now parts are getting color matched and threw the tailgate strip on.

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Nice. I had one of these tailgate strips on for a bit , looked good but I didnt have led tails so it didn't really match. Now I have led tails I ordered another one(actually 2 styles to try out) .

But imo for yours it might be too much if you add the esky 3rd too

 

[73impala]

Nice. I had one of these tailgate strips on for a bit , looked good but I didnt have led tails so it didn't really match. Now I have led tails I ordered another one(actually 2 styles to try out) .

But imo for yours it might be too much if you add the esky 3rd too

Yeah I am 50/50 on the esky third but we shall see when it comes back from paint.

Also cut up an HD grille that I had laying around to get color matched and then a billet grille.

2019-01-16_10-33-10 by James Pate, on Flickr

 

[73impala]

Well ended up buying a Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor to hopefully fix the hard start. Seems to only have the issue when the ruck is driven then started through out the day. I guess from there if that doesn't fix it then I guess onto the MAF.

Also talking to someone who has a cheap rancho 4 inch lift for sale that I am interested in for the lift spindles so that way I can run them with 4wd hubs and lift spindles.

 

[05Single]

Yeah I am 50/50 on the esky third but we shall see when it comes back from paint.

Also cut up an HD grille that I had laying around to get color matched and then a billet grille.

2019-01-16_10-33-10 by James Pate, on Flickr

Give some people in here heart attacks with this pic lol. I have mine cut out for a project too. Is it necessary to cut for the billet grille ?

 

[73impala]

Give some people in here heart attacks with this pic lol. I have mine cut out for a project too. Is it necessary to cut for the billet grille ?

Yeah for some billet grilles you have to cut the old stuff out.

 

[73impala]

Well changed the ECT sensor and doesn't seem to have fix the hard start. Next is to try cleaning the MAF before I replace it. Started working on adding some led lights to the under carriage. Pics were from last weekend, I added some to the wheel wells today so all that's left is the front and rear and probably under the middle somewhere.

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[Fosscore]

Underglow looks good. Where did you run it, where did you tie it in and what did you use?

Where is @05Single with his .02.

 

[05Single]

 

[73impala]

Lol I like the lights to show off the powder and eventually chrome.

But I used 15w eagle eye leds that I found on amazon.

They are the screw with a nut style so under the doors there are 4 holes in the metal that folds under the body I mounted them there. Then the wheel wells I took the fender liners out and drilled holes into them and mounted three of them there. The front and rear I will probably end up using the three 9w pods like I did on my truck.

I am running the wires from the front driver wheel well down the driver side around the rear then up the passenger side to the front and probably some in the grille. Then going to put a switch in the upper cubby hole in the center console and run it directly to the battery.

All finished it should have 26-30 led pods under it.

Here is with the wheel wells. Got to order the pods for the front and rear. Also want to add more in the center so there's no shadow.

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And a picture of mine with them as well. Mine has 26 I believe.

imagejpeg_3 by James Pate, on Flickr

 

[05Single]

Nice! Great minds think alike

 

[Fosscore]

 

[00'BlueSteel]

Spaceship mode engaged

 

[73impala]

Spaceship mode engaged

Yes sir!

Update I found another way to mount the screw style eagle eyes and that is with some angle metal to have them mounted on something flat and screwed into the side of where I want.

Also the switch should be coming in tomorrow so that will get installed too.

 

[73impala]

Well another update. Finished with the leds for now. Definitely want some in the grille and under the body to get rid of some of the shadows. Also when I was working on the wheel well lights I noticed that a bolt on each exhaust manifold have already broke off so that will be fin when I go to do the headers.

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[00'BlueSteel]

Looks good, like you said adding the grille and filling that shadow in the middle will really bring it together .
Make me want to do it and try your angle bar idea.

 

[73impala]

Looks good, like you said adding the grille and filling that shadow in the middle will really bring it together .
Make me want to do it and try your angle bar idea.

Do it! It worked great for me.

 

[05Single]

Nice work. I used angle brackets, one for each light cause I had to angle them left to right because I'm lower I wouldve just had spot lights on the ground instead of a even glow. But it's kinda cool I can loosen the bolts and rotate the lights if I wanted to. Never wanted to tho lol.

 

[73impala]

Nice work. I used angle brackets, one for each light cause I had to angle them left to right because I'm lower I wouldve just had spot lights on the ground instead of a even glow. But it's kinda cool I can loosen the bolts and rotate the lights if I wanted to. Never wanted to tho lol.

Appreciate it, I am happy with how it came out.

 

[73impala]

Another small update cleaned the MAF sensor and still has a hard start so I guess next step is replace it.

 

[73impala]

Nothing new to update. Looking into getting some ARP header studs to use when I do the header install so I don't have to worry about broken bolts again. Painter said he is spraying the parts this week so hopefully I will have the parts back.