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Lots of driveway choices for a week or so. Keeping my dad's '67 Nova SS while he gets some garage work done. Wish it was mine.
Sooooooo, I bought a PPV ...
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All clean units!
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Snapped this picture while out this weekend, beside what used to be a car dealership in the 60's.
Just got some updates done to my car, next up I believe I'll do a few things to freshen up the Tahoe. Most likely some paint and a few other things that are long overdue.
Just got some updates done to my car, next up I believe I'll do a few things to freshen up the Tahoe. Most likely some paint and a few other things that are long overdue.
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What kind of springfield do you have ? I recently got one of the hellcat osp's
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XDs Mod2 .45, my daily carry. Love it!
Pic of it in this post.....
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ah i have a glock 26 as well around the same size as the mod2 but the hellcat gets carried more.
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Posted a Tiktok with some highlights from my "build" and it had pretty good success, over 225k views in less than 24hrs lol
RC, great looking PPV. I’ve spent the past few days enjoying this thread with your continued mods.
I too have the silver PPV, ‘14 year model. I’m working through some aesthetic issues in the interior and exterior as well as establishing a maintenance baseline. I like the plentiful aftermarket support and salvage yard availability.
To my point, earlier in this thread, you estimated the Beltech 752SP kit gave you a 3/4 drop from a standard Tahoe and a 2/3 from a PPV.
1) With a few years on the suspension, have you experienced any further settling?
2) Any abnormal wear on ball joints or camber/toe issues? What brand UCA’s did you replace with when you installed the Beltechs?
3) How do you think the suspension would handle light towing (<4000 lb)?
I’m in eastern NC and ready to get this utilitarian beauty in service (grocery and child taxi).
I too have the silver PPV, ‘14 year model. I’m working through some aesthetic issues in the interior and exterior as well as establishing a maintenance baseline. I like the plentiful aftermarket support and salvage yard availability.
To my point, earlier in this thread, you estimated the Beltech 752SP kit gave you a 3/4 drop from a standard Tahoe and a 2/3 from a PPV.
1) With a few years on the suspension, have you experienced any further settling?
2) Any abnormal wear on ball joints or camber/toe issues? What brand UCA’s did you replace with when you installed the Beltechs?
3) How do you think the suspension would handle light towing (<4000 lb)?
I’m in eastern NC and ready to get this utilitarian beauty in service (grocery and child taxi).
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Richards the best and has the most detailed thread about his PPV
Your PPV will be a great utilitarian/grocery getter thats for sure. My 07 has served me well for 11+ year
Where about in Eastern NC are you? I'm also in Eastern NC down by the Crystal Coast MHC and Atlantic Beach.
I’m actually in the New Bern area.
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To be honest, the Belltech has maintained conistent height for the duration so far. I am actually pleased about that, although I wouldn't have minded if it settled a little more. I installed the 752SP kit, and replaced most of the wear items like ball joints, tie-rod ends, etc while the truck was apart. The only thing not included in the kit that I am eventually going to go for are adjustable RLCA's, to better 'center' the rear axle. It is just so slightly forward right now, its kind of borderline and would take someone combing the truck over to really notice.
I was going to find a rear subframe with the factory hitch, but decided to hold off when I couldn't find one in any of my salvage yards. I doubt you'd have a problem with 4k though, but you might consider airbags for the back, whether you drop the truck or not. Either way, you can sell your PPV rear springs or the Belltech's pretty easily on eBay. Get a little money back from that part.
Happy to answer anything else you've seen in here! I still have zero regrets on the Belltech! Its about time for a shock refresh, but I absolutely happy with that decision. I'm even getting enjoyment with the 22's over the ride quality I lost, that favor is leaning in the direction of satisfaction for me.
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Nice thread! Good to see you on here since HPJ has died off.
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Another HPJ making it in, welcome aboard.
Where about in Eastern NC are you located?
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Richlands. I recognize your screen name from hpj also!
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I hate Facebook killed the forums, we are now considered the "old school" guys to the younger generations. 
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I like being the “old school” guys.
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The FB groups are garbage, full of dummys and ads and fake profilesI hate Facebook killed the forums, we are now considered the "old school" guys to the younger generations.
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Oh I agree 100%, all social media is full of bots. Unfortunately when it used to be pretty clean, it killed off a lot of forums that are beyond repairable. I think the one I helped start that these guys are referring to could potentially make a comeback, but a lot of them are long gone unfortunately.
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I am going to litter my own thread with rollers now.
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