Got to tinker and mod a bit today.

[yooformula]

sorry the settings were off on my camera so the after pics look washed out and over brightened. Suprisingly the black on this 03 is very glossy and deep with practically no fading.
before..

after....tails tinted and trimmed, debadged.

my debadging tool kit.

I liked the Yukon logo so that stayed.

relocated the antenna and grounded it with no loss of stations.

ebay cai with bottom plate removed.

did the low 6/hi 8 mod, new set of smoked clear corners, silverstar lo/high's and have a set of hid's for the foglights to install tomorrow.

To round it all off, I swapped out all fluids to RP, got a tweak on my tune and swapped plugs/wires. Spring should bring the REAL mods...

 

[Yuk_Nali_6.0]

Nice job, looks good. Paint your GMC emblem black.

 

[ROBERTOcritser]

x2 on painting the emblem black

and btw where did you relocate your antennae to? pics? explanation?

 

[yooformula]

my Formula is custom two toned with red and moonstone and the yukon will end up black/moonstone so when I finally decide on a grill, the GMC logo will get painted moonstone as well as some underhood pieces.

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I got the antenna delete tip from here..

 

[tast101]

relocated the antenna and grounded it with no loss of stations.

you can buy the escalade cover and it'll look like the driver side and won't have the little hole there.

http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69444

 

[yooformula]

yeah I know and its cheap enough but I got started on stuff and couldnt stop until I ran out of time...lol. I will eventually pick up the cover but for now, it wont bug me enough to warrant going to the dealership.

 

[Sam Hamm]

yea where did you relocated it too?

 

[yooformula]

it runs along the fender and strapped with wire ties. Crappy pic but you can get the idea. I just unbolted the base of the antenna after removing it then routed it under the hinge and used some eyelet crimps with a piece of wire to ground the base to the mounting location.

 

[rgaffney]

does that hurt the antenna strength enough to notice?

 

[yooformula]

does that hurt the antenna strength enough to notice?

I went through every channel I had saved on presets and NONE were affected. I had read that for some that lost a channel or two, grounding it out reclaimed the lost channels so I grounded it out just in case.

 

[rgaffney]

i really like this mod i may have to do it

 

[jomulk56]

Good work

 

[vatahoelt]

who still listens to regular radio?

 

[Eagle]

<waves arm> I do when the kids are listening to CD on the headphones in the back.

 

[Travieso]

yooformula how's that CAI Doing for you ?

Link me please ? i would like to check it out

 

[vatahoelt]

<waves arm> I do when the kids are listening to CD on the headphones in the back.

xm for me. i can't stand regular radio anymore.

 

[yooformula]

I almost always listen to my mp3 player via tape deck adapter or occasionally a cd but having the rear headphones for the kids is priceless!

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yooformula how's that CAI Doing for you ?

Link me please ? i would like to check it out

Seems to work fine. here is the link to the one I bought but I have also seen the Spectre brand cai at autozone for the same price less the shipping. the only thing I wasnt crazy about was the instructions and I had to trim the upper shroud just a bit(seemed a bit too tight of a fit for me)with some trimming shears. I also ended up removing the lower airbox plate for more cooler air.

 

[T3rry]

i have the same CAI, the only thing i still need to do with it is buy an AEM dry filter... i don't know if the ebay filter is dry, but i really doubt it

 

[Eagle]

xm for me. i can't stand regular radio anymore.

don't have xm... nor ipod...yet.

 

[GhostHoe]

Nice to see that you took that Tony Stewart sticker off. Now replace it with a 48.