White on White - Complete Interior Swap

[BOSS]

Also finally got around to cuting the carpet and lining it inside the truck..my suggestion is PAY THE EXTRA MONEY FOR MASS BACKING!! It seriously is well worth the extra $99..I had the non-mass backed carpet and it was suck ass to say the least. The mass backing material is great for the oven press they use at ACC to make the (2) molded carpet pieces. They fit 90% perfect, as good as the stock in my opinion..there are alot of dips, crevices and not to mention AC vents to maneavuer over on the truck floor so that is really a big feat to create such a great fitting molded carpet.

I used stockinteriors.com and also got the plush pile option also for added height on the carpet.

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[Modded]

Oh, I did not even look at it in detail enough to notice Boss.
I don't particularly favor Suede, but I dont know what else to get thats black haha.

 

[Narco]

i know you custom ordered your paint right? can you tell me what kind of paint you used and the paint code? do they send it to you in a rattle can or do you have to add it to a sprayer?

 

[BOSS]

i know you custom ordered your paint right? can you tell me what kind of paint you used and the paint code? do they send it to you in a rattle can or do you have to add it to a sprayer?

I have a 30gal vertical compressor and spray guns. What I used was SEM Surecoat black toner and my own mixture of flattner to get the desired effect. It's just the straight black base paint, you buy the paint/flattner/reducer/crosslinker and mix it yourself. Here's the mixture I ended up with after MANY...MANY trials..

SEM Surecoat Black Toner
30% SEM flattner
20% Reducer
12 drops of cross-linker per oz. of black toner above

http://www.onlineconversion.com is your friend here


With regards to the doors, I personally believe they would have come out better if I had only gone 20-25% flattner. They DO look badass, but I've had to clean them up a bit and I don't fully understand why to be honest. There's like a small dusty texture to the top of them that I had to knock down, especially on the front driver side. So if I had to do it again I would probably go 20% or 25% flattner - but that is just a guess on my part. If you are really going to do this, I suggest you call the tech hotline at SEM Paint and ask the question regarding usage of flattner and Surecoat on vinyl. The guys at vinyl-pro can put you in touch with the tech hotline...they're greatly helpful.

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[BOSS]

I gotta say...after seeing some of these black pieces in my truck, I can't BELIEVE that GM ever made a "shale" color to go inside these white tahoes...

The black looks EFFN SICKNESS!!


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[Young28]

maybe you said this but what about your pillars you wrap or paint those?

 

[BOSS]

maybe you said this but what about your pillars you wrap or paint those?

I painted all the plastic so far...the only wrapped pieces are the interior door handle guards on the door panels. I figured they'd get scratched to bits

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[BOSS]

Today was one of the days I didn't have to do any work myself! Got a lot done though:
-Wincos 20% all around window tint (higher end tint w/ 95% infrared heat rejection to protect the interior from heating up too much-black is hot!)
-HD hood painted/installed

And here is a pic of the truck in the PDR shop...this guy has been doing this for over 10 years, one of the best I've ever come across..I took her to him to take out a "few" dents today




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[BOSS]

So the seats finally arrived today, they look bad ass! So bad ass in fact that I'm going to try my best to get everything finished and back in the truck before Saturday...fingers crossed but I have alot of work ahead of me..still feeling sick from allergies which sucks

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[zach2011]

This is an AMAZING job, I'm staying subscribed to this thread! Nice work BOSS

 

[Repo503]

never get sick of HD hoods, looks tight on a white truck too.

 

[Nick]

This is sick man. Can't wait to see it in person on saturday!!!

 

[BOSS]

So the doors are finally on, seats go on in the morning...headliner/plastic goes in tomorrow night..I will finish this before Saturday - I hope LOL!

I had so many dents to get out, the PDR guy wanted me to come back the next day so this morning I went back at 8am. He would finish a door and I would hang a panel...it workd out great

The eneven spots you can see unfortunately were already there from the previous owner on the rear pass door. Prolly kids...

I think they came out DOPE as hell



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[BOSS]

never get sick of HD hoods, looks tight on a white truck too.

This is an AMAZING job, I'm staying subscribed to this thread! Nice work BOSS

This is sick man. Can't wait to see it in person on saturday!!!

Thanks

I'm working my ass off here...you have no idea LOL!

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[nytahoe]

the doors caem out great cant wait to c it done

 

[Modded]

Yeah I busted a nut lookin at the door panels haha. If you ever go to the dealer they will be wondering wtf when they see that interior!

 

[BOSS]

never get sick of HD hoods, looks tight on a white truck too.

ME neither, makes the truck look much more proportioned. Stock tahoes look like a body builder with huge arms and little chest....

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[GJamil3]

Hey if you can find where to get the door sills that you can get to light up Tahoe let us know cuz I cant find them either

 

[BOSS]

Yeah I busted a nut lookin at the door panels haha. If you ever go to the dealer they will be wondering wtf when they see that interior!

I get all kinds of reactions now from car enthusiasts...I catch them looking back and forth at the doors when I go through a drive through or something...I ease the tension and say "Ya they're definitely not stock " They can't contain themselves and blurt out "I was wondering!" or "Damn that's wicked!"

Makes it all worth while that someone else can appreciate the work as much as the idiot doing it LOL!!

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[BOSS]

Hey if you can find where to get the door sills that you can get to light up Tahoe let us know cuz I cant find them either

CarId.com bro

They only show pics for Suburban ones but you can actually order a Tahoe set if you want. In fact for $150, they will cut out any word you want *cough *cough



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