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Ya in my 2015 2500hd I've pulled up to Hummers and fun to look down on them,haha. Know how you feel.
I'm running bout 8.5inches of lift on 20's with 37's.
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Running about 8 inches of lift and putting in new rear end with 4.56s (front and back) and HD axles this week.
Before…
After…
Much more fun now!
Dude that truck just screams expensive and whipping ass, I like it.
Is that a custom hood?
What are you runnin for a lift?
Questions: What are you going to do with it? 4.56 gears? HD axles meaning front and rear? What about the axle housings? That really depends on what you are going to do with it.
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Thanks! It’s an old 07 Tahoe LTZ that was beaten up by hail and has 225K miles. Decided to bring it back to life one step at a time. I went with an Amerihood fiberglass cowl/ram air hood because old hood had too much hail and paint issues. Great strong hood. Painted everything with Raptor paint ordered on Amazon and came with spray gun. Many things were made for other trucks.
Funny that you asked about the lift… I “paid for” a Fabtech lift and later found out that the 4WD store in KC actually installed a Rough Country 8”. Not happy! They went out of business, so no recourse. RC seems to ride well and does the job for now.
I love the Raptor paint and it was easy to apply… virtually hail proof now!
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Went 4.56s to compensate for the 37” tires. Stayed with standard Chevy housing with HD shafts in the back (longevity).
I mainly use it on our farm and occasionally pull some stranded motorists out of ditches… actually pulled a semi tractor out of the mud recently!
This is my “Old Man” project… safer than a Harley or muscle car (did those when I was younger!)… and a ton of fun! My wife, kids, and grandkids like it too!
I’ll never get too old to keep working on this truck. Any ideas or suggestions are always appreciated.
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Besides painting the hood, was there any work done to the hood to get it to line up right?
Def want to get a hood for my Yukon if it's am easy swap out.
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Incredibly easy swap, Amerihood reinforces their hoods, has a mount for the factory piston and hinge mounts, and even ran integrated ducts from the ram air intakes to the air box. I did add hood pins because I never trust hood catches in high winds… and I have driven through some 100mph gust headwinds. I love the hood and it definitely provides cool intake air and pulls engine heat out through the cowl vents. It comes in white gel coat and fit was amazing!
Might have to look into one at some point then.
And rough country's lift aren't bad at all. I got a free 7.5 inch lift from my buddies shop and the angles on my Silverado are dam near stock, the ride isn't to bad either. There mid level kits and by what I've seen over the years there quality has definitely gone way up.
