[Update 04/07] 2006 Yukon Denali Winter Beater [SOLD]

[Galandorian]

Before my mods, my 4.8 Tahoe topped out at 97, that was with the gps on. I've had it to 127--with the gps. Was still pulling hard when I let up. Lol, just sayin....

haha nice. the 4.8L is one of the only GM engines I haven't owned yet

the fastest I've ever gone was about 130 in the GXP, but I got so scared about getting pulled over and getting reckless driving, so I try not to make a habit of it

yesterday I was on i65N and it was wide open with nobody around and an Impala SS wanted to do some pulls, so I figured I'd try it out with the Denali lol

 

[Tonyrodz]

haha nice. the 4.8L is one of the only GM engines I haven't owned yet

the fastest I've ever gone was about 130 in the GXP, but I got so scared about getting pulled over and getting reckless driving, so I try not to make a habit of it

yesterday I was on i65N and it was wide open with nobody around and an Impala SS wanted to do some pulls, so I figured I'd try it out with the Denali lol

How'd you do? I HAD the 4.8 and went to the 6.0.

 

[Galandorian]

How'd you do? I HAD the 4.8 and went to the 6.0.

it was an '04 or '05 SS with the supercharged 3800, and it was pretty much even each time

did a couple 60s, 70s, and one 80 roll

 

[Tonyrodz]

it was an '04 or '05 SS with the supercharged 3800, and it was pretty much even each time

did a couple 60s, 70s, and one 80 roll

Not bad for a 5000 lb + suv.

 

[adventurenali92]

damn dude.... I’ve never driven mine above 85ish. Lol. I know with mine I can top it out at 120 as that’s what Justin set in my tune. And I decided that was more than fast enough for me haha.

 

[Galandorian]

Not bad for a 5000 lb + suv.

Yep

to me the Denali feels a lot more powerful than the GXP (3600lb car with 5.3L v8)

when you stomp on the Denali, you feel shoved back into the seat

when you stomp on the GXP, you have to hold the steering wheel with both hands to prevent torque spin, but it doesn't really give you that "fast" feeling

damn dude.... I’ve never driven mine above 85ish. Lol. I know with mine I can top it out at 120 as that’s what Justin set in my tune. And I decided that was more than fast enough for me haha.

haha, I have about a 30 minute highway commute to work each day, and when I get out in the afternoon I let a rip

usually have the cruise set around 85 MPH unless I'm racing

I always try to find fun stuff to race, but we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so you don't see a lot of fast vehicles

and since I've yet to get any sort of ticket, speeding, tint, or other, I feel confident that at least my first time will be a warning

knock on wood

 

[Tonyrodz]

Yep

to me the Denali feels a lot more powerful than the GXP (3600lb car with 5.3L v8)

when you stomp on the Denali, you feel shoved back into the seat

when you stomp on the GXP, you have to hold the steering wheel with both hands to prevent torque spin, but it doesn't really give you that "fast" feeling



haha, I have about a 30 minute highway commute to work each day, and when I get out in the afternoon I let a rip

usually have the cruise set around 85 MPH unless I'm racing

I always try to find fun stuff to race, but we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so you don't see a lot of fast vehicles

and since I've yet to get any sort of ticket, speeding, tint, or other, I feel confident that at least my first time will be a warning

knock on wood

Had to watch out for cops.

 

[adventurenali92]

Yep

to me the Denali feels a lot more powerful than the GXP (3600lb car with 5.3L v8)

when you stomp on the Denali, you feel shoved back into the seat

when you stomp on the GXP, you have to hold the steering wheel with both hands to prevent torque spin, but it doesn't really give you that "fast" feeling



haha, I have about a 30 minute highway commute to work each day, and when I get out in the afternoon I let a rip

usually have the cruise set around 85 MPH unless I'm racing

I always try to find fun stuff to race, but we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so you don't see a lot of fast vehicles

and since I've yet to get any sort of ticket, speeding, tint, or other, I feel confident that at least my first time will be a warning

knock on wood

When I roll through the SoCal freeways I set my cruise to like.... 70.... lol. Occasionally like Saturday night when I rolled home from a close family’s friends place in Orange County, on the freeway that has the toll lane, which I have an account for, I set it to 75 cuz I wanted to get home to mountains a little quicker. But that’s pushing it for me haha. On the flip side to that thought though.... the mountain roads are were I can jam pretty good. Especially late at night. The back side the mountain highway is awesome. Long stretched out curves that are all banked properly. One small section of twisty narrow curves and that’s pretty much it. Where most people come up the mountain average 40 or so on that road, I’m averaging 60 or 65 because my Denali will ride super smooth and handles the curves really well! Hah.

 

[Galandorian]

whelp we're back into the 30s and 40s daily, and supposed to have snow Friday, so I need to get this beast up and running

tried to avoid using the big ole heaters, and got creative...

I'm liking the blacked out rims a lot more, just need to replace those ugly silver mirror pieces

hopefully still this weekend I will:

1) run all my power and ground wires
2) big 3 upgrade
4) install new door panels

still waiting on my personal doors, boxes, and pillars to be built. I don't think the guy has even had time to start them yet

once I clean out the third garage stall, it'll probably be time to store the GXP and start dailying this one

 

[KookyKoala]

Trucks coming along great, nice score on the door panels

 

[Galandorian]

Trucks coming along great, nice score on the door panels

thanks always fun to look back and see how far the thing has come

I'm trying to get my hands on a Ranch Hand front bumper, since I hate the Denali one

there's one locally for $899, and another for $350, but the second guy isn't responding even though his ad says "want to sell this weekend"

ohwell

I'll keep looking

 

[Galandorian]

managed to get the doors put in today

I've never heard this brand (Audio Legion) before, but I got both of the door panels and all of the speakers for basically $200, so we'll give it a go.

Tomorrow I just have to run my grounds, and make amp rack locations and I should be able to get them playing

 

[Galandorian]

got our first snow of the year, and had to take some pictures for insurance so I could put full coverage on

Holds two 8" mids and has voltmeters and a bass knob and other cool stuff

 

[Galandorian]

my excellently built chinese ebay handle failed

ended up selling the rest of my audio stuff, my alternators, batteries, and big subs

just gonna do something small since that sunroof makes me uncomfortable

 

[05Single]

Never had to send insurance pics before. What company?
Lookin crispy clean.
Need to replace those red and amber bulbs tail with some leds. Or was this covered before ? Lol

 

[Galandorian]

Never had to send insurance pics before. What company?
Lookin crispy clean.
Need to replace those red and amber bulbs tail with some leds. Or was this covered before ? Lol

yeah yeah yeah I have red bulbs laying next to me, just too lazy so far lol

the eBay housings came with amber and red for some reason

Insurance is through National General

$750 for 6 months. whooooshh. has me thinking I might just go minimum cost.

 

[Tonyrodz]

my excellently built chinese ebay handle failed

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so that's a bummer, BUT on wednesday I get to pick up my beautiful doors and pillars

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ended up selling the rest of my audio stuff, my alternators, batteries, and big subs

just gonna do something small since that sunroof makes me uncomfortable

Fix that rear hatch latch?

 

[Galandorian]

Fix that rear hatch latch?

still waiting on the warranty replacement part to come in

10 year warranty was a lucky option on the one I happened to purchase

 

[Galandorian]

nice little candid picture the other night

just need to pick out a cool front license plate

 

[Galandorian]

finally had time to do my doors and pillars

still have to run the tweeter wires through the door grommets which is gonna be a pain, and add an amp for them, but man these 10" mids are LOUD right now. I love them