Rob's NBS Build

[RobbieX210X]

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The Details:
2003 Chevrolet Tahoe 323 (5.3L Flex) 4x4 LT Package

Image before any modifications were made (Assist-Steps are gone because I removed them before I had a camera).

First Mod was a K&N Intake.

Sounds pretty good now.

Next Mods were 1 1/4" Wheel Spacers and 15 inch wheels I got off my friends Nissan, he got them from a junk yard (tires were totally trashed/hardened).

We had to cut the studs.

Looked pretty awesome though.

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The 100,000 mile mark! On March 31, 2013

I removed the 15 inch wheels cause I wasn't really happy with them. Still have the 1 1/4" Wheel Spacer/Adapters. Gives it a slightly better stance.

 

[TnTahoe]

Whats the purpose of the spacers? Me personally would never use them.

 

[RobbieX210X]

Whats the purpose of the spacers? Me personally would never use them.

Gives the truck a wider stance, most use them to clear either smaller or larger wheels/tires. I needed them for the 15"s since the Tahoe does not support 15"s with its stock brake set up. I will remove them when I get new wheels.

 

[Neil Layne]

what wheels will you be getting?

 

[NathanJax]

 

[RobbieX210X]

what wheels will you be getting?

Right now it looks like Black Rock Type D 942's. 16x8's with some BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO's like I have now. I would go with the American Racing AR767 but the center bore is too big and I haven't found enough data on all that yet. I want them to fit with no vibrations. I will remove my spacers most likely.

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Other details. The truck was my dad's and has been dealer maintained for the most part. I recently did the rear dust shields myself with help from a write-up on here. Ordered it new in 2003. Had the in-dash 6-disc changer repaired and new buttons put on. I removed it myself and mailed it out to a guy out west. Also replaced the turn signal thing which was causing both my hazards to activate when turning left. That would scare the pants off some people.

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[RobbieX210X]

Hopefully ordering the wheels and tires tonight and should have them on soon.

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[RobbieX210X]

The tires are on back order from BF Goodrich! Hopefully before any big snow hits the North East.

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[RobbieX210X]

Still on back order so I switched to some Dick Cepek Trail Country tires. Same Black Rock wheels though.

 

[RobbieX210X]

New headlights arrived today. Excited to see how they will look but I will first silicone them to hopefully avoid any condensation.

More pictures of the installation when the weather warms up.

 

[RobbieX210X]

New Wheels and Tires

New wheels and tires for the Hoe arrived as for a long awaited tune up.

For anyone interested they are 16x8 Black Rock 942 Type D Steel wrapped in Dick Cepek Trail Countrys LT265/70/R16. The 1&1/4 Spacers are still on.

 

[RobbieX210X]

Putting the lights in..

Put in new ambers because they litartally burnt all the amber coating off the old ones, not sure if they were the original ones..

The finished product of the light install, total attitude change..

 

[h8nbmps]

Looks good.where in jersey are you from?

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

Looking great man the headlights really look good , I like the choice in rim as well

 

[RobbieX210X]

I am from Northern NJ near Newark.

Thanks Don, everyone seems to be happy with they way the entire truck looks now.

 

[h8nbmps]

Im from south near philly.truck looks real nice

 

[RobbieX210X]

New Corner Bulb Color

As you can see in this picture the corner bulbs are white.

Which, in my opinion, doesn't look good.

I went ahead and got amber ones to match the parking lights.

Here are the stock ones.

Here is the finished product. Notice the change from the first picture.

 

[RobbieX210X]

The transmission just went. It will not go into 3rd and 4th gear. Pending repair currently.

 

[RobbieX210X]

Just got back from the shop with a full transmission rebuild costing about $2590. Shifts like new so I am back up and running!

 

[RobbieX210X]

Cargo Door Rust

So yesterday me and a friend decided to repair the rust on the rear cargo doors because it just looks unsightly.

Inner Driver Dide Door.

Outer Driver Side Door (Not so bad).

Inner Passenger Side Door (The outside was not bad so no picture).

We prepped it with a wire brush on the end of a power drill and sprayed the doors with some Rust-Oleum Automotive Primer.

Driver Side Door (Not really necessary to take pictures of both doors. As you can see that large hole was not there in the first picture. Now I have a massive drain hole).

We masked off the rest of both doors and painted over the primer with some Por-15 Rubberized Undercoating. I drove around like this for a few hours because we went to get dinner.

Today I went out to take some pictures in the sun of the final product. (And to use my "new" camera stand I got for free).

Line going all the way down the bottom of both doors. We eyeballed the entire thing.

Closeup of Passenger Door.

Closeup of Driver Door (Notice giant hole)

Not bad for a 3 hour job.