Fosscore's 2006 Tahoe Build Thread

[Fosscore]

Is difficult to do the clay or how you do.

Not difficult at all. Just take your time. I read a lot of advice on autogeek.net and the detailing section on TYF. There is far superior information already written out.

Here's a link to AutoGeek. Watch the videos. Do the step-by-step process and take your time. You'll be fine. Good luck.
http://www.autogeek.net/detailing-clay-bar.html

 

[humer101]

Thanks

 

[Fosscore]

Thanks

BTW love that new Denali. Sweet!!

 

[Fosscore]

Another week of Mods on my 2006 Tahoe

(sorry for the sideways pics)

1. Esky rear appliques are color matched and waiting to be wet sanded and buffed out.
2. Painted door speaker grilles black.
3. Went to the junkyard and found front and rear chrome OEM bumpers off a 2002 Suburban to replace my dented ones. Spent a little time rolling around in the dirt taking them off, but an awesome score!! $160 for both bumpers. Installed the front bumper. Rear bumper later.
Since I had the front end dismantled I decided to go ahead and give everything a fresh coat of paint and wax.
4. Color matched the front bumper cap.
5. Painted the front lower valance black.
6. Painted the grill inserts black.
7. Recoated the front bow tie.
8. Washed and detailed the exterior and put another coat of Collinite's 845 Insulator Wax on.

 

[Mister H12]

A couple of things...

1. Child labor is terrible.. (only kidding )
2. Go ahead and paint the valance, I dipped mine and it was rough cleaning it. Peeled it, painted it with krylon plastic paint, MUCH better.
3. Come clay/wax mine, nice and shiny!

Looks good man!

 

[NeverSatisfied]

Thx man. Yours is sweet! Love that HD hood and low stance.

Thanks man

 

[Fosscore]

A couple of things...

1. Child labor is terrible.. (only kidding )
2. Go ahead and paint the valance, I dipped mine and it was rough cleaning it. Peeled it, painted it with krylon plastic paint, MUCH better.
3. Come clay/wax mine, nice and shiny!

Looks good man!

1. Damn child labor laws, so I put my son to work figuring out how the lower valance clips came apart.
2. Good call. I did end up hitting the valance with Krylon and the grill as well. I cleared over the grill to give it some extra gloss and protection.
3. I'll send my workers over to assist. They don't cost much to hire, but they are hungry all the time and tend to take breaks often and lose interest rapidly.

 

[Fosscore]

Esky rear appliques installed.

Esky rear appliques color matched, wet sanded and buffed out this weekend.

 

[OHSIXX]

Looks good...time to color match that third brake light housing next

 

[Fosscore]

Looks good...time to color match that third brake light housing next

Yes or get an Esky 3rd brake light , then do the lift gate handle and push button ring just to make sure it is all sorted back there.

 

[OHSIXX]

Yes or get an Esky 3rd brake light , then do the lift gate handle and push button ring just to make sure it is all sorted back there.

Esky third brake light/glass would be nice...... here is JW's Yukon with color matched housing for reference:

 

[Fosscore]

Esky third brake light/glass would be nice...... here is JW's Yukon with color matched housing for reference:

Right on. That looks really sweet. Hmmm....

 

[WILLFG]

Esky rear appliques color matched, wet sanded and buffed out this weekend.

Very nice! looks good.

 

[JochenWoern]

Right on. That looks really sweet. Hmmm....

Thank goodness I continued to read all the comments as I was just going to suggest to do this.

Thanks for the comment.

 

[Fosscore]

Thank goodness I continued to read all the comments as I was just going to suggest to do this.

Thanks for the comment.

I've got an LS, so I've got to do the color matching myself, but seeing your pics, makes it look really good. Guess it's time to order some more paint. Thanks.

 

[JochenWoern]

I've got an LS, so I've got to do the color matching myself, but seeing your pics, makes it look really good. Guess it's time to order some more paint. Thanks.

Thanks very much.

Good luck, keep us posted.

 

[select127]

looks good man. where in s florida u located? looking for someone to paint a roof rack for me. plus i have a escalade rear glass without the light/bracket if interested

 

[NathanJax]

looks good man. where in s florida u located? looking for someone to paint a roof rack for me. plus i have a escalade rear glass without the light/bracket if interested

where are you in Florida? I know a few people in Jax who paint. A few other members here have had it done at the same place and no issues...

 

[Fosscore]

where are you in Florida? I know a few people in Jax who paint. A few other members here have had it done at the same place and no issues...

I'm down in Fort Lauderdale. Thx for the JAX painter info Nathan. I will keep that in mind. It's been fun and challenging to see the pieces come out thru the multiple steps. Perhaps not as perfect like a paint shop could be, but the small imperfections would only be noticed by TYF members. The average person would never see it.

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looks good man. where in s florida u located? looking for someone to paint a roof rack for me. plus i have a escalade rear glass without the light/bracket if interested

The light/bracket is the only thing I need. Glass is good as it is a direct bolt in replacement for my OEM rear light. Is that what you meant?

 

[Fosscore]

New LED Front Parking Lights

Tired of looking at my cloudy and ugly OEM front parking lights. A full retrofit would be good, but not in the cards right now. Those ck375s are still calling.

Decided to ebay shop for some front LED parking lights. I found a set in all chrome with LEDs and no amber reflector (I know technically not legal, but I figured I would push the limits just a bit).

4 days Fedex ground shipping from California. Well packaged. Direct fit without any modification. Actually had to type in Silverado 99-02 as 06 Tahoe did not yield any results.

The wiring harness male plugs fit snug into the OEM female plugs and as well into the aftermarket housing openings. I had to reroute the amber power wire so that it came into the middle of the housing as that is where it plugs in, unlike on the OEM housing it is on the far outside corner. Just a simple matter of pulling the wire loom to the inside. This plug was quite snug going in, but better than just flopping out.

There is a hard wired resistor about the size of a Zippo lighter. I ended up putting 3 zip ties around the resistor to the headlight framework just behind the lights. It fit perfectly there and was tight, without impeding either housing. No quick flash was experienced and all the LEDs lit up, except for one on the far outside corner. There is one row of LEDs on top with a large reflector surface below the LEDs that puts out good light as seen in the picture below. Almost looks like 2 rows of LEDs.

There is however one mystery LED on the far outside corner where the OEM amber reflector would be. This opening in the housing is gooped tight to prevent water intrusion and there is no external wire going directly to it. I have not seen it light up yet during DRL, key fob or turn signal use. Not sure yet if it will light up or not?

Edit March 2015 - I contacted the company and they confirmed that the outer single outer LED will not illuminate. I have not had any issues with the lights, nor been put off by that single LED not lighting up. Been pretty happy with the updated look thus far.

I like the clean look (without the amber) of the chrome housing. I think it enchances my front end a bit more. Looking forward to seeing the light output at night. Hopefully the LEDs will perform well for a while considering the affordable price of $49 shipped. Definitely much better than the cloudy OEM lights either way. We shall see.

Here is the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/281105164973?item=281105164973&viewitem=&vxp=mtr
(As of February 2017, this link has not shown any more of these lights offered for sale by this vendor.)

Here are some daytime photos from the install this morning before work.