Building a new show rig

hellboyz · Oct 5, 2017

I got a 2001 yukon xl 2500 slt with 496 I'm slowing turning into a show and spl rig. I'm starting to get the guts together. Will other year model seats bolt directly in, if so, what year. Might as well update when I do this

Rocket Man · Oct 5, 2017

Not sure but I'm subbed. I want to watch this.

hellboyz · Oct 6, 2017

Rocket Man · Oct 6, 2017

Clean rig. Loving it so far.

PG01 · Oct 6, 2017

hellboyz said:
I got a 2001 yukon xl 2500 slt with 496 I'm slowing turning into a show and spl rig. I'm starting to get the guts together. Will other year model seats bolt directly in, if so, what year. Might as well update when I do this

up to ‘06s tahoe/yuk/denali/lade as long as the seatbelts are in the seat. Not sure when that changed tho so maybe someone else can chime in...

Bruizza · Oct 6, 2017

I would love to see how this turns out!

camaroz1985 · Oct 6, 2017

Galante said:
up to ‘06s tahoe/yuk/denali/lade as long as the seatbelts are in the seat. Not sure when that changed tho so maybe someone else can chime in...

And you will need the seats from the long wheelbase trucks, the seat bases are different.

hellboyz · Oct 6, 2017

Thanks Ya'll. 12" bulletproof suspension and custom designed by me 24" American forces are in the 2 year plan. Memphis Audio Mojo components, amps and subs are running my sound. Got a Proviel reaper Z vinyl wrap, custom grille and some other hydrodipped goodies ready to go in now. Did I say it has a 496 with blackbear tuner, Hedman headers, magnaflow exhaust. This thing is lots of fun to drive and build.

PG01 · Oct 7, 2017

camaroz1985 said:
And you will need the seats from the long wheelbase trucks, the seat bases are different.

Missed the xl part, reading fast and scanned pic quick. Is it possible to swap seat frame from shorter one to longer one though? Never looked

KReed450 · Oct 7, 2017

That looks slick already!! Love the amount of audio going into it as well!

hellboyz · Oct 7, 2017

KReed450 said:
That looks slick already!! Love the amount of audio going into it as well!

Thank you. I love building SPL and SQ rigs. Building a system that cab do both is really hard. I'm 49 an this will probably be my last build. It will be a constant build in progress. We r doing 3 sets of new 6.5 mojo components and a set of 8" in the console up front. Probably put a few 8" for rear fill in the custom center console we are gonna do. Since it has bucket seats front and rear, we are gonna build a one piece console the runs from under the dash to the back row and will hook into the amp rack/sub enclosure to make it look like one piece once it's been wrapped. I named it Punisher, so I'm using the punisher head and a wicked looking black with green zombie reaper Z wrap.

BigDaddy13440 · Oct 7, 2017

Galante said:
Missed the xl part, reading fast and scanned pic quick. Is it possible to swap seat frame from shorter one to longer one though? Never looked

Sorry, can't swap the seats from an XL into a standard Yukon. Brackets for the second row are completely different - the XL's brackets are completely on the floor, while the second row for the Shorty bolt onto the ledge.

KReed450 · Oct 7, 2017

hellboyz said:
Thank you. I love building SPL and SQ rigs. Building a system that cab do both is really hard. I'm 49 an this will probably be my last build. It will be a constant build in progress. We r doing 3 sets of new 6.5 mojo components and a set of 8" in the console up front. Probably put a few 8" for rear fill in the custom center console we are gonna do. Since it has bucket seats front and rear, we are gonna build a one piece console the runs from under the dash to the back row and will hook into the amp rack/sub enclosure to make it look like one piece once it's been wrapped. I named it Punisher, so I'm using the punisher head and a wicked looking black with green zombie reaper Z wrap.

Thats gonna be slick! Cant wait to see it! You should probably just let me have those wheels since your going to Forces haha

hellboyz · Oct 7, 2017

KReed450 said:
Thats gonna be slick! Cant wait to see it! You should probably just let me have those wheels since your going to Forces haha

I wrapping the lips and rolling with these for a while. The Forces are like last one the list. With their lead time, they'll need a year or 2 anyway. Here's the wrap

KReed450 said:
Thats gonna be slick!

Cant wait to see it! You should probably just let me have those wheels since your going to Forces haha

KReed450 · Oct 7, 2017

hellboyz said:
I wrapping the lips and rolling with these for a while. The Forces are like last one the list. With their lead time, they'll need a year or 2 anyway. Here's the wrap

Haha just messing with you! That'll look good though!

hellboyz · Oct 8, 2017

KReed450 said:
Haha just messing with you! That'll look good though!

No problem, I'm a thick skinned grumpy old army vet. It takes alot to get to me. If by some miracle my timeline on the Forces jump ahead, I'll gladly send you the ones on it for a small fee and shipping/handling. Unless you wanna drive to NC

KReed450 · Oct 9, 2017

hellboyz said:
No problem, I'm a thick skinned grumpy old army vet. It takes alot to get to me. If by some miracle my timeline on the Forces jump ahead, I'll gladly send you the ones on it for a small fee and shipping/handling. Unless you wanna drive to NC

Thank you for your service! That would work! Give me a shout if that happens!

PG01 · Oct 9, 2017

BigDaddy13440 said:
Sorry, can't swap the seats from an XL into a standard Yukon. Brackets for the second row are completely different - the XL's brackets are completely on the floor, while the second row for the Shorty bolt onto the ledge.

Even the front seats? I was really just talking about fronts and I thought op said fronts but i was reading quickly

BigDaddy13440 · Oct 9, 2017

Galante said:
Missed the xl part, reading fast and scanned pic quick. Is it possible to swap seat frame from shorter one to longer one though? Never looked

Galante said:
Even the front seats? I was really just talking about fronts and I thought op said fronts but i was reading quickly

I believe the front seats have the same mounting brackets in the Yukon/Tahoe and Suburban/ Yukon XL. don't quote me as being gospel, tho.

BUT..... there isn't any reason you couldn't remove the entire seat track from one seat and bolt it to another. Hell, I took some '93 Grand Am front seats, and made them work in my old '88 S-10 Blazer - I sat about 3" lower to the floor with the Grand Am seats, but they were MUCH more comfortable. Fabbed brackets, shifted the whole mounting assembly back about 4"..... and looked through the rear side panel glass when looking left. You guys should have seen the looks I used to get when I'd creep up to a light, and nobody could see me in the driver's seat, I was so far back and down!

PG01 · Oct 9, 2017

BigDaddy13440 said:
I believe the front seats have the same mounting brackets in the Yukon/Tahoe and Suburban/ Yukon XL. don't quote me as being gospel, tho.

BUT..... there isn't any reason you couldn't remove the entire seat track from one seat and bolt it to another. Hell, I took some '93 Grand Am front seats, and made them work in my old '88 S-10 Blazer - I sat about 3" lower to the floor with the Grand Am seats, but they were MUCH more comfortable. Fabbed brackets, shifted the whole mounting assembly back about 4"..... and looked through the rear side panel glass when looking left. You guys should have seen the looks I used to get when I'd creep up to a light, and nobody could see me in the driver's seat, I was so far back and down!

Thats what i thought... just swapping seat frames..
On a side note, was up your way yesterday... took the kiddos up to Lake George... great escape....lol

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