Blurred's 04 Tahoe Z71 build - Mr. Greenly Greenerson

[#1taho]

Does the lens seperate easy or is it a pain? How much heat do you put to it?


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With these cheapo lights, it didn't take much effort to get them apart.

I ran a heat gun around the edge until it was damn near too hot to touch. I made sure I didn't sit the heat gun on one spot otherwise the housing would start to bubble. As I progressively heat up the edge, I would pause randomly and attempt to seperate the lens to see if it was hot enough. Once it got hot enough, I just unhooked the two top and two bottom hooks (not quite as easy as I make it sound) and carefully pulled/pried the lens apart. Once I had enough to grab on the end it came off quick.

Then, I used the gun again to heat up the glue that was left in the housing channel and scraped it out with a flat head screw driver.

It probably took me about 20 minutes to pull the first one apart and about 10 for the second.

 

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Righto... a little forced progression to update this with.

Trying to sell my current wheels/tires on the Tahoe and need to pick up a set of tires to replace them...

So, these were just ordered..

And this is also happening as we speak. Hated the finish so decided it was a good time to tape them up and make some spritz spritz noises with my mouth, obviously being careful not to spit on anything important. The final plan (which I hope looks good) is a hyper silver finish on the face with the black background of the wheel. We will see how this turns out. *fingers crossed

 

[massivespl]

Color match them to the truck. Sexy either way

 

[1992rs]

Following this thread.

Polo green metallic >>

 

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Never been a fan of matched wheels personally. Usually use the wheels as an accent color on my vehicles, hence the silver.

Everything is purchased to mount these up and should be on by the end of next week.

 

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Far from perfect but I'm very pleased at the moment. Now to let them cure while the tires are shipped.

 

[HoS]

Looks awesome.

 

[Fosscore]

Going to look great...

 

[massivespl]

Nice those looks way better then stock ones

 

[felixgun]

Great build man def following. I love the hyper silver. Wheel looks 10x better. My first tahoe I got a decade ago was a 2001 Z71 in your exact color and it was by far the most comfortable interior I've ever had. Seriously debating getting another one (05-06 Z71 version) in summit white one day.

 

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Appreciate it guys... I'm enjoying the new look and really excited to see these things on the Tahoe.

Unfortunately, I have to wait a little for the drop since I am a couple hundred short at the moment for the 3/5. This is going to drive me insane. Hopefully I can sell some of the parts I had from the Colorado's to make up the difference.

And yes, this thing is freaking comfy.. I've never been in a vehicle so.. plush? Seats are really soft and my ass is spoiled now. lol

 

[felixgun]

When this body style came out in 2000 it had different leather seats. It changed in 2003 and got even more comfy so you have the better ones lol.

 

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I'm happy to have the comfy seats... So is my ass.

I'm also happy to announce that I have picked up the solution to my altitude issues...

3/5-6 just ordered from Tony.

Such excite.
Most badassery.

 

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Right... cost after cost after cost is now finished with the wheel/tire setup. Hate the little extra ******** costs that always pop up.

Tires are mounted and balanced and will be going on Mr. G soon, like tomorrow or Friday.

 

[about20ninj45]

Right... cost after cost after cost is now finished with the wheel/tire setup. Hate the little extra ******** costs that always pop up.

Tires are mounted and balanced and will be going on Mr. G soon, like tomorrow or Friday.

Im assuming theres really no winter where you live. Am i correct?

 

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Not really. We get some snow but not much. Hell, we just got our first snowfall yesterday. We may have snow for the next month or two, but not enough where the roads are constantly covered.

Why do you ask?

 

[about20ninj45]

Not really. We get some snow but not much. Hell, we just got our first snowfall yesterday. We may have snow for the next month or two, but not enough where the roads are constantly covered.

Why do you ask?

Putting those slamin ass rins on in the winter, arent you worried about salt? Why no winter rims?! Lol thats why i asked about snow

 

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Putting those slamin ass rins on in the winter, arent you worried about salt? Why no winter rims?! Lol thats why i asked about snow

ah... Makes sense. I forgot about salt lol. Like I said, it usually doesn't get bad at all here. And they don't really know how to prep the roads so there isn't a ton of salt on them. I may eventually pick up a winter set, but right now (and due to the climate we generally have) I'm not terribly worried.

 

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They are on and actually handle decently in this snow. At least better than I expected.

Now to drop it.