New Owner 2014 PPV from VA

[Carlos Sanchez]

Welcome from Winnipeg! I'm a newb too and this place is great!

I picked up my '14 PPV a month ago - still cleaning up for the safety inspection!
Anybody know if I REALLY hafta remove the front bumper to change a running light? lol My garage $eem$ to think so...

 

[Sparksalot]

Welcome from Winnipeg! I'm a newb too and this place is great!

I picked up my '14 PPV a month ago - still cleaning up for the safety inspection!
Anybody know if I REALLY hafta remove the front bumper to change a running light? lol My garage $eem$ to think so...

If you DIY, you don’t really but it’s a lot easier I believe. I changed the entire headlight assemblies on mine without taking the bumper off. Later on I learned taking it off is a maybe 5 minutes, unless you have a pushbar. Then it’s a bit more involved.

 

[John Spartan]

Ha small world, i'm in Loudoun County.

I’m in Fairfax Co.

 

[oathbringer]

I’m in Fairfax Co.

Haha, we're neighbors! I'll DM you.

 

[Carlos Sanchez]

If you DIY, you don’t really but it’s a lot easier I believe. I changed the entire headlight assemblies on mine without taking the bumper off. Later on I learned taking it off is a maybe 5 minutes, unless you have a pushbar. Then it’s a bit more involved.

OK cool - thanks!
I'll definitely check out the easier route and see if that bumper gives it up easily.

 

[RichardCranium]

Welcome, from central NC. Your PPV looks identical to mine in stock form!

100% get a Daskskin, fitment is unbelievable and one of the many things I did to my PPV that I would absolute do again if I got another one. I've got pics from that and everything else I've done, my build thread link is in the sig.

 

[oathbringer]

I was thinking about suburbs of Richmond. Like chesterfield or louisa county

Gotcha, it's pretty down there and a bit more affordable than Northern VA

 

[oathbringer]

Welcome, from central NC. Your PPV looks identical to mine in stock form!

100% get a Daskskin, fitment is unbelievable and one of the many things I did to my PPV that I would absolute do again if I got another one. I've got pics from that and everything else I've done, my build thread link is in the sig.

Thank you sir, I'm loving this truck so far and can't wait to start my own build thread soon. I just swapped the interior lights today for LEDs and going to do the backup cam/mirror hopefully in the next week.

 

[blackelky]

Gotcha, it's pretty down there and a bit more affordable than Northern VA

Yeah I'd be working in richmond again. Northern VA is higher than NJ, it's crazy I actually bought my tahoe at Tysons corner range rover jaguar. Someone traded it in

 

[ID4W]

Zero cost ride quality improvement by removing and or shortening rear suspension bump stops. They are held in by an interference fit of some small metal tabs bent out a little bit. Just reach up in there, push, pull, and twist them out. 1” of travel is not enough.

 

[waveryd]

Welcome from Winnipeg! I'm a newb too and this place is great!

I picked up my '14 PPV a month ago - still cleaning up for the safety inspection!
Anybody know if I REALLY hafta remove the front bumper to change a running light? lol My garage $eem$ to think so...

Welcome aboard! I purchased a 2014 PPV about a year ago. After a year of work it is finally now a turnkey daily driver. You do not have to remove the front bumper cover to remove the headlight assembly. You can simply remove the headlight bolts in front, loosen three screws on the inner fender liner near the bumper cover. That will give you access to the bolt on the side of the headlight assembly and the two bolts on the bumper cover bracket which can be loosened at that point, both with 10 mm socket Take a small plastic pry bar and pry the bumper cover out from the bracket. Loosening all of that up will enable you to remove the headlight assembly. After doing it about 20 times I can get it out in about 4 minutes.

 

[waveryd]

Thank you sir, I'm loving this truck so far and can't wait to start my own build thread soon. I just swapped the interior lights today for LEDs and going to do the backup cam/mirror hopefully in the next week.

Welcome aboard! I have been working on my 2014 PPV for almost a year now and it is finally coming together. I have been over every inch of that thing so if you need any help feel free to reach out. Lots of great information and people on this forum which have helped me immensely. Keep us posted with some pics!

 

[Jimgeorge]

Hi all, I just picked up a 2014 Tahoe PPV this week. I've always wanted one and when this particular truck came up I jumped on it and got it for a pretty good deal. It's got 164,000 miles and was a detective's vehicle and it was well taken care of. I haven't found any issues with it other than the crack in the dash (which I think is a common issue?). I've got a few small things I want to do including a new HU, backup camera, tow hitch, LED interior swap and weathertech mats. Happy to be here and to start learning about these trucks!



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Looks like my 2011

 

[oathbringer]

Welcome aboard! I have been working on my 2014 PPV for almost a year now and it is finally coming together. I have been over every inch of that thing so if you need any help feel free to reach out. Lots of great information and people on this forum which have helped me immensely. Keep us posted with some pics!

I'm 100% going to take you up on this as i'll have a lot of questions over the course of the year next few weeks .
Right now I'm trying to figure out what exact the Anti-theft button triggers...if anything.

 

[oathbringer]

Zero cost ride quality improvement by removing and or shortening rear suspension bump stops. They are held in by an interference fit of some small metal tabs bent out a little bit. Just reach up in there, push, pull, and twist them out. 1” of travel is not enough.

Thank you so much for telling me this, i'm going to try and do it over the weekend.

 

[BlackBearPerf]

Welcome to the forum from Northern Idaho!

 

[oathbringer]

Looks like my 2011

Oh man yeah it's the spitting image. Have you done much to her?

 

[oathbringer]

Welcome to the forum from Northern Idaho!

Thank you!

 

[Sparksalot]

I'm 100% going to take you up on this as i'll have a lot of questions over the course of the year next few weeks .
Right now I'm trying to figure out what exact the Anti-theft button triggers...if anything.
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Do you hear a relay clicking when you press the antitheft button?

 

[oathbringer]

Do you hear a relay clicking when you press the antitheft button?

Yes I do... which made me stop after the second press