Tmorr325's Tahoe Build

[Rocket Man]

yay!!!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

 

[07Burb]

Took the Tahoe for a trail ride today. Nothing extreme, but just wanted to see how she would handle. I'm used to Jeeps and smaller suvs, but the wife insisted she have a full size for hauling our kids around and running errands. Good news is, she gave permission for me to build it. With that said, I'll be turning this into a build thread. Here's the upcoming to do list after all maintenance is caught up.

Interior:

Alpine double din DVD hu with Apple car play

Alpine component speakers, amp & sub

NESA monitors in the headrests

Exterior:

HD Hood
RC 6" lift
Ford keys
Z71 flares

Wheels/tires

Moto Metal 692 20x12 -44 wheels
37x13.5 Nitto tires

Performance:

Ecu tune
CAI
Cat back exhaust

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[07Burb]

Welcome to TYF, by the way. I've also moved your thread to the "under construction" section since this is now your build thread. Nice work on the rust repair.

 

[Tmorr325]

Thanks for the move and the warm welcome.

 

[Rocket Man]

We love build threads.

 

[Tonyrodz]

We love build threads.

Especially when someone else is spending the money!

 

[Fosscore]

No lack of encouragement and/or ****** spending on this thread. Lol

 

[Rocket Man]

Especially when someone else is spending the money!

Oh yeah huh. I keep getting that backwards...

 

[Tonyrodz]

Oh yeah huh. I keep getting that backwards...

I'm still trying to learn my lesson! Lol

 

[Fosscore]

I think Red ...hands down has us all beat combined.
Just amazing.

 

[Tmorr325]

Ok so not much else has happened this week. However, tomorrow is payday so hopefully I can get the general maintenance stuff done. If there is enough left, I'd also like to pickup the headunit and start on the stereo.

 

[Tmorr325]

Maintenance got finished today. I also made a change and decided to go with a JVC KWV330BT headunit instead of Alpine. I picked it up today and did the install this afternoon. Only problem I had was Best Buy sold me the wiring harness for a Bose system ($140) and insisted it would work with a non Bose factory stereo harness. Nope, didn't fit. Went back to return it, then went to Walmart and got the correct harness ($40). Came back home, got everything wired up and working on the first go. I'll follow up with pics shortly.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Maintenance got finished today. I also made a change and decided to go with a JVC KWV330BT headunit instead of Alpine. I picked it up today and did the install this afternoon. Only problem I had was Best Buy sold me the wiring harness for a Bose system ($140) and insisted it would work with a non Bose factory stereo harness. Nope, didn't fit. Went back to return it, then went to Walmart and got the correct harness ($40). Came back home, got everything wired up and working on the first go. I'll follow up with pics shortly.

Did you get the chime box too?

 

[Tmorr325]

Did you get the chime box too?

Yes, the Walmart kit came with the chime box.

 

[Tmorr325]

Pic of the headunit after I got it home.

 

[Tmorr325]

Ok, there won't be any installed pics of this headunit. I was working on figuring out how to use the app mode, and of course it won't work. Turns out it's only compatible with older 30pin IPhones/IPods. Who the hell still has one of these in 2017? Anyway, it got pulled out this morning and is being returned. I'll let you guys know what we decide to go with after we figure out what comes next.

 

[Tmorr325]

Finally, here are the install pics. For anyone who wants the Pioneer AV-X491BHS, it is too big for the factory depth. I had to trim the plastic and metal bracket behind the headunit. Nothing up front needed touched. Also, Pioneer requires a on/off/on pulse for the parking brake. I added a toggle hidden in the cubby to the right of the stereo. I also ran my USB extension through this same cubby. I'm thinking about removing the cubby and making a block off plate out of black ABS. Then I'll mount the toggle and a USB port in the panel.
I'll post a completed photo in a bit. It was dark when I finished.

 

[Rocket Man]

Yeah those brackets need to be cut for most installs. Good work.

 

[Tmorr325]

Got some more work done. Need to run the wires yet, but we are still waiting on one monitor to arrive