Fosscore's 2013 Suburban LTZ Build Thread

[HiHoeSilver]

The nerve of us to ever doubt you

 

[Fosscore]

Color matched caps.

 

[PG01]

Color matched caps.

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Noice.....

 

[Fosscore]

31913 miles

I took the Suburban in to my buddy’s shop first thing this morning to address the tires and alignment.

He came back inside after a quick look and said, “All your tires look pretty bad.”

I guess expected at 32000 miles and a little over 5 years in the Florida sun.

No worries. I had a complete set in the back of the work Suburban that I brought with just in case he was going to say that.

I brought the 20s from the Tahoe. I had them covered up in my shed since October 2015 and still mounted on the matte black LTZ reps.
They are still in like new condition

So he ditched the worn down Bridgestones and mounted the newer Bridgestones with only about 5000 miles on them.

I had taken the tires out of the shed on Sunday and gave them a solid APC and scrub brush action cleaning as I figured we might be doing a full swap.

The wife will be happy that I finally got the tires out of the shed. Not that she ever goes in there, but for some reason she has had a bee in her bonnet about it forever. Lol

Even better, my mechanic bought the LTZ reps for $500 to put on his shop Silverado that he is going to lower. Sweet!!

A winning day for sure and glad I never got motivated to try and to sell those 20s from the Tahoe!

He said everything else looked great under there once it was on the lift.

Thx to @swathdiver for your input.

So the long body is ready for a family road trip to NC. Seat heaters and RES for the kids. New shoes and all systems operational for dad.

My buddy even shined the tires up for me once it came back down off the lift.

I also asked him to print off all the service invoices that I have had done at his shop as I was missing a few oil changes in my book.

The earliest invoice that I had service done on the Suburban was May 2016 at 13540 miles.

Then the service (lube, oil, filter and balance/rotations just follow at regular intervals.

17182 miles
23051 miles
27898 miles
31913 miles

Running like a champ and winning for today!!

 

[Miami-Dade]

Thank you for posting the name of your tire shop Michael!! I have yet to find a honest tire shop in Miami-Dade,Broward or Palm Beach.

 

[Fosscore]

Thank you for posting the name of your tire shop Michael!! I have yet to find a honest tire shop in Miami-Dade,Broward or Palm Beach.

Pete Hamill is the owner. He has taken it over from his dad and it had been there since the 50s. Our families have been friends for over 10 years.

He has a loyal base of customers, a couple of long term mechanics (Ryan is his 2nd hand man and has been there for years) and is just a great shop IMHO.

I was in the shop last night to pick up the long body talking about lowering his shop truck, Hoonigan episodes, sent him one of the supercharged Denalis from TYF and that we both need a Jimmie Jammer since his wife’s Tahoe has just gotten the lock punched in.

He was also showing me some custom wire wheels that he was working on for a customer. Wish I had gotten a pic but the old school ones with a tube and a spinner to hold it on. Was really cool.

Anyways my .02, but the only shop that I take my trucks too.

Muscle cars, Ferraris and all others make their way in and out of that shop.

You can reference me and my trucks to him. Great guy and shop.

@Miami-Dade

 

[Tonyrodz]

Pete Hamill is the owner. He has taken it over from his dad and it had been there since the 50s. Our families have been friends for over 10 years.

He has a loyal base of customers, a couple of long term mechanics (Ryan is his 2nd hand man and has been there for years) and is just a great shop IMHO.

I was in the shop last night to pick up the long body talking about lowering his shop truck, Hoonigan episodes, sent him one of the supercharged Denalis from TYF and that we both need a Jimmie Jammer since his wife’s Tahoe has just gotten the lock punched in.

He was also showing me some custom wire wheels that he was working on for a customer. Wish I had gotten a pic but the old school ones with a tube and a spinner to hold it on. Was really cool.

Anyways my .02, but the only shop that I take my trucks too.

Muscle cars, Ferraris and all others make their way in and out of that shop.

You can reference me and my trucks to him. Great guy and shop.

@Miami-Dade

Good honest shops are so hard to find nowadays.

 

[swathdiver]

Glad to hear everything worked out great. Prayers of travelling mercies for you and yours.

 

[Fosscore]

Hamill Tire 1950s to present.

 

[Fosscore]

Tried to sell the wife on a new center console/cup holder today. You know the one that we should have had in there with more room?

Must be a stock photo, because it is never this clean. lol
Kind of like cleaning the house because kids are coming over to trash it.

She rubbed the faux wood grain and said that she understood it was better without that tiny useless felt covered cubby up in front, but she liked the wood. That it made it look classy and she did not want to change it out at this time.

I wanted it.

I let her make the decision.

Still not making headway with lowering it. She likes being "up high".

Maybe I' should just sneak that McGaughy's reverse leveling kit in for a "slight" drop?

Can I do something to the Tahoe then?

 

[eand28]

Tried to sell the wife on a new center console/cup holder today. You know the one that we should have had in there with more room?

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Must be a stock photo, because it is never this clean. lol
Kind of like cleaning the house because kids are coming over to trash it.
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She rubbed the faux wood grain and said that she understood it was better without that tiny useless felt covered cubby up in front, but she liked the wood. That it made it look classy and she did not want to change it out at this time.

I wanted it.

I let her make the decision.

Still not making headway with lowering it. She likes being "up high".

Maybe I' should just sneak that McGaughy's reverse leveling kit in for a "slight" drop?

Can I do something to the Tahoe then?

Pull a 07burb and say it needs new shocks and do lowering kit while putting in new “shocks”

 

[swathdiver]

Tried to sell the wife on a new center console/cup holder today. ....but she liked the wood. That it made it look classy and she did not want to change it out at this time.

I wanted it.

I let her make the decision.

Still not making headway with lowering it. She likes being "up high".

Maybe I' should just sneak that McGaughy's reverse leveling kit in for a "slight" drop?

Can I do something to the Tahoe then?

Perfect reason to go out and buy another truck! LOL

And YES on the drop! Just maintenance ma'am.

 

[Fosscore]

Glad to hear everything worked out great. Prayers of travelling mercies for you and yours.

Thx man.

Pull a 07burb and say it needs new shocks and do lowering kit while putting in new “shocks”

Perfect reason to go out and buy another truck! LOL

And YES on the drop! Just maintenance ma'am.

Well it will be due an oil change after the road trip. lol

 

[Fosscore]

I saw another post about this kit from McGaughy's.

What do you guys think?

Rear Lowering/Leveling Kit, 2" Drop (Non-Auto) or 3" Drop (Auto), 2007-2018 GM SUV 1500 (2wd/4wd) Part #30014
http://mcgaughys.com/products/rear-leveling-kit-30014

 

[07Burb]

Tried to sell the wife on a new center console/cup holder today. You know the one that we should have had in there with more room?

View attachment 215757


Must be a stock photo, because it is never this clean. lol
Kind of like cleaning the house because kids are coming over to trash it.
View attachment 215756


She rubbed the faux wood grain and said that she understood it was better without that tiny useless felt covered cubby up in front, but she liked the wood. That it made it look classy and she did not want to change it out at this time.

I wanted it.

I let her make the decision.

Still not making headway with lowering it. She likes being "up high".

Maybe I' should just sneak that McGaughy's reverse leveling kit in for a "slight" drop?

Can I do something to the Tahoe then?

You should have her talk to my wife. i did the lowering on mine without talking to her first and she likes it. If I would have run it by her first she would have never agreed to it LOL But she likes it and is glad that it was done.

 

[07Burb]

Pull a 07burb and say it needs new shocks and do lowering kit while putting in new “shocks”

IMO

 

[Fosscore]

You should have her talk to my wife. i did the lowering on mine without talking to her first and she likes it. If I would have run it by her first she would have never agreed to it LOL But she likes it and is glad that it was done.

It will only happen if I don’t tell her and that’s why I would pick that 2-3” level for the rear only. Lol

She has told me numerous times NO!

She likes the way it feels on the road even better than the K2XX models. She thinks they feel too loose on the steering.

Ahem...woman listen to me. Lower center of gravity = better handling.

We’re not talking about bagging the thing, but that rear wheel gap is just too much for a long body that does not tow.

She won’t even notice the height differential.

 

[Fosscore]

IMO

Peer pressure....

 

[07Burb]

Peer pressure....

LOL I think your thought of just leveling out the rear is legit. That's an easy thing to accomplish without any hassle and won't change the ride at all. So I'd definitely go with that and that'll keep her happy plus take a baby step towards lowering. I started out that way too before taking the plunge LOL

 

[eand28]

I’d do the rear level without telling her and see if she notices