2001 Tahoe Build Thread

2001 base 2 wheel drive 4.8L V8 Tahoe 19x,*** miles, trade a 2001 Lincoln LS for it straight up in October 2013.


The day I brought it home

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The next day

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Then it was time for a new Y-pipe, exhaust, and O2 sensors because it was throwing codes and had a huge exhaust leak

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Found the leak

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The headlights where yellowing so it was time for some Depo Projectors, HIDs, and clear signals

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Then I traded a crappy head unit for some 16" winter wheels with tires that I painted black. Gotta love Craigslist!

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So then I changed out my cabin filters and replaced the blower motor resistor

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So at this point I was done and out of money and content until tax season.....so I thought

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Then came January of 2014. I found black ice and met the back end of a late 90's model F-150 (those things are tough). $2500 worth of damage to the Hoe and about $600 to the F-150...Anyways I decided to do all the work myself, buy upgrades, and use my fun money at tax season for paint.

The aftermath of the accident...mind you this was at 15MPH


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Replacing the fender

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New fender, HD hood, and grille shell installed....and back to stock headlights and signals while new ones were on order.

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Prepping for the new bumper cover

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Rollpan installed

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Dropped her off for paint and just sat the bumper cover on it for a few pics

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BACK FROM PAINT!!

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Painted the emblem and installed it with the new Depos and clear signals

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Now I'm just waiting for the weather to break again so I can install the lower grille miesh and Z-71 foglights. After that I'm broke again and have to save up for street scene grille inserts. Then the front end should be done after that. I can honestly say I'm in love with how my Hoe looks and can't wait to do more to it.

15 MPH?

goodinblack said:

15 MPH?

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Yeah and I slid for a football field before I hit the guy, that's the best part!

Clean!

Big Buttons said:

Clean!

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Thanks man! Since the day I joined years ago I've always wanted a Hoe I could look at say that's clean and everyone here would love.

nice!

NathanJax said:

nice!

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Thanks Nathan. Definitely a long way to go to reach the status of your ride or last one tho.


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Very nice man. All combined looking good.

really loving the blue though. still. lol

Tahoewhat said:

Very nice man. All combined looking good.

really loving the blue though. still. lol

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Thanks man! I'll have to agree I love this blue more than my old grey stone metallic Denali, and that was one of my favorite colors.


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Insys intake painted and installed. Also put on a new LED plate light bar.


I wanted a matte finish

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Another pic

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Intake installed

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Plate light with flash turned on

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Plate light without flash

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