how do you remove tahoe body?

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doing a body swap on my tahoe due to rust and have undone all 10 of the body mounts from the donor truck and cant figure out why the body is still stuck on what all has to be unbolte to get the body off? has anyone done this before? thanks in advance.
 

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Did you get the ones up above the axle? Not sure if Tahoe has them but my Burb had 2 up front, 2 in the rear, 3 along each side, and 2 above the rear axle = 12
 
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i just saw those today lol they are hidden up in there
 
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was there anything else you had to pull off besides wireing and ebrake
 
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Ok here are some pics from the swap

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Holy crap that looks like a lot of work- good job! Is it driveable yet?
 

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Looked like a ton of work! I'm sure it was well worth it. What was the reason you swapped bodies again?
 

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Im just liking everything
Love this kind of shit....swapping bodies....this is great
 

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Better you than me, body swap not for the faint at heart.
But looks like you got it under control , nice work, can't wait for more progress pics and finished product.
 

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This kinda of thing was easier when A#1 i was younger and B#2 truck/cars didnt have so many electrical components but then again last body swap i did was a cab swap on an 83 dodge pickup....that was 15+ years ago before that a few k5 blazers and some gbody cars.....whew.... im old....
 

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This kinda of thing was easier when A#1 i was younger and B#2 truck/cars didnt have so many electrical components but then again last body swap i did was a cab swap on an 83 dodge pickup....that was 15+ years ago before that a few k5 blazers and some gbody cars.....whew.... im old....
Oh yeah anything mid 90s and older I'll finish a swap before lunch time, by myself lol. But newer rides with the computers and harnesses like you said aint fun lol.
 

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