Tonyrodz's Tahoe Build Thread

[Tonyrodz]

Ok guys, I've bowed to the pressure and I'm starting my build thread. I'm going to try to remember them in order, but it's been an ongoing process, so I'm a little foggy. I started with a bone stock 03 Tahoe, with 212,000 miles. Did duty as a real estate shuttle vehicle, so I'd have to assume all required maintenance was performed as I didn't receive any maintenance records. Came with the 4.8, 4wd and as a nice bonus the 3.73 rear. All the usual options, no onstar, Bose or moon roof, which is perfectly fine with me.
On to the mods.
Very first mod I did was to replace my front bumper, my original had a big dent in the center. Replaced it with a good used one. 2nd mod was to plastidip my stock Tahoe rims. Had the usual clear coat issues.
I figured I might as well do my belt mouldings, as they looked a little faded and I hated the fake plastic chrome. I also dipped the stock chrome grill, as it had seen better days. I then removed the lower plastic plates that blocked some vent openings. Get some more air flow in there. Can't hurt, right?

 

[kwOH]

Ok guys, I've bowed to the pressure and I'm starting my build thread. I'm going to try to remember them in order, but it's been an ongoing process, so I'm a little foggy. I started with a bone stock 03 Tahoe, with 212,000 miles. Did duty as a real estate shuttle vehicle, so I'd have to assume all required maintenance was performed as I didn't receive any maintenance records. Came with the 4.8, 4wd and as a nice bonus the 3.73 rear. All the usual options, no onstar, Bose or moon roof, which is perfectly fine with me.
On to the mods.
Very first mod I did was to replace my front bumper, my original had a big dent in the center. Replaced it with a good used one. 2nd mod was to plastidip my stock Tahoe rims. Had the usual clear coat issues. View attachment 79874
I figured I might as well do my belt mouldings, as they looked a little faded and I hated the fake plastic chrome. I also dipped the stock chrome grill, as it had seen better days. View attachment 79875I then removed the lower plastic plates that blocked some vent openings. Get some more air flow in there. Can't hurt, right?

Oh shit! Never thought this day would come lol. Tapatalk says this was posted 5 mins ago, so i must be first to witness the rarest build thread on earth! Lol


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[Tonyrodz]

I left it alone for awhile. Saw these on cl, and they looked much nicer then the stock lights, which I think are super ugly--no offense to those who like them. So much nicer.
Threw these bulbs in there for the brake lights. Don't know what they are, got them for free.
I think they look much better then the stock bulbs. I tried leds, but weren't bright at all, really hard to see behind the red lenses.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Oh shit! Never thought this day would come lol. Tapatalk says this was posted 5 mins ago, so i must be first to witness the rarest build thread on earth! Lol


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Yeah, I figured I might as well do it. I lost a lot of my original pics, so I'm just gonna use what I have.

 

[2011SSVHOE]

Nice

 

[Tonyrodz]

I always liked the look of the hids. I grabbed a set and put them in. Install was super easy, but didn't make sense. Usually the tabs-plugs-only go one way. Not these. I plugged them in and they didn't work. Once Redrocket pointed out that I should turn the plugs around, they worked like a charm. Thx Red.

Forgot how many k's they were. Had the blue tint to them. They we're the 35 Watt ballasts.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Nice

Thx.

 

[Tonyrodz]

After all this and reading the ty forums, I started to get the mod bug! Thx guys.
I really liked the rear Escalade appliques. Hard to find in my neck of the woods, and at the time no one was selling a set on the forums. Saw an ad on cl for a set. Score! Guy was parting out an Escalade and was selling a set for $100. Only thing was I had to drive 2 hrs one way to pick them up. No biggie. Came home with these. This was after the color match, which I bartered some other work for. Came out great. Perfect match.

Couldn't be happier with the look.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I scored these stock Denali 17's for a song from my buddy. As usual they have the usual GM clear coat issues. Plastidip is my friend! That wheel well gap looks terrible. More on that later.
I also grabbed a set of Bose A pillars in my gray interior color. No pics on those. I'm thinking of doing something with them at a later date.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I then swapped out my interior lighting to leds. I like it. Much brighter and cleaner, whiter. For some reason the map lights look blue in the pic, but they're white.
I saw this trunk organizer in a Crown Vic and it looked like it would fit.
Fit the bill perfectly.