Yeah, should be a good rig. After finding the broken bolts we thought about fixing it and sending it down the road, we're into it pretty cheap so we would still come out ahead, the problem is we just like it so much. It's comfy, gets good MPG, especially for the size, and should be all figured out. I will find out for sure next year, i think the AC is going to need something at some point, but beyond that she should be pretty dialed in at this point. And i will likley need to do lower ball joints up front as well, but that can wait for the house to be done. They aren't in "need" of replacement, but more so in a "i should replace it soon" kind of deal. lol
Brought a new (to me) Burb home
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New windshield went on the burb Friday, and we found a bad seal on the schrader valve for the AC, so hoping that's the culprit of the AC, but at this point in the year i won't really know until next year.
And thanks to you guys i just ordered Escalade mirrors because my wife and i both hate the low visibility available to us on the stock burb mirrors. And being that i don't want to give up Power Folding, moving to tow mirrors is a non starter.
And thanks to you guys i just ordered Escalade mirrors because my wife and i both hate the low visibility available to us on the stock burb mirrors. And being that i don't want to give up Power Folding, moving to tow mirrors is a non starter.
First time i looked at this gen I thought those mirrors looked too small. Then first time i drove one I thought those mirrors ARE small! So that is on my list as well.
Yeah, mine should hopefully show up this week, might be able to install soon, might not. Right at the tail end of our house being rebuilt, so the question is whether to use my garage in a couple of weeks and my tools, or use my buddy's garage and have to scrounge for tools since his selection is wanting to say the least....Should be a pretty easy job though. I've been surpsied by the amount of people saying 2-3 hour times on doing it, i was thinking it should probably take about a half hour for both sides realistically. But haven't checked to see how hard GM made the door panels to come off, they are usually pretty simple
Also for reference, this thread has a lot of info on the Esky mirror swap
www.tahoeyukonforum.com
Escalade side mirrors on a Tahoe LTZ!
Did this a few months back. Total game changer. Here’s a side-by-side for size reference in case anyone needs.
www.tahoeyukonforum.com
i'm honestly at a loss as to why people are saying 2+ hours for this, their beer breaks must be epic. it's 2 trim pieces, 4 bolts, and Christmas trees, pull the panel (the video 1A did fully pulled the panel, i'll let mine hang most likely) disconnect the harness, pull the harness retainers, 3 nuts for the mirror, and reverse to put back together. I'm pretty sure i could do this swap faster then the wife takes a shower in the RV.....anyhow. As long as the mirrors show up, i'll get it done in the next week or two
Alright, so this might be the last update for a month or two on this little burb of mine. Partially because as mentioned, future upgrades are Christmas presents to me, from my wife, vicariously through me not telling her i bought them. I haven't mentioned the Esky mirrors to her yet, but i drove the burb to work knowing it would be a slow day, and sicne they showed up yesterday i figured i might as well install them. Couple things i remembered while installing them.
#1, Eff GM for their stupid door cards. I've mainly been messing around with mopar door cards for the last 15 years because i enjoy a Cummins when it comes to my trucks. Those door cards, you pull the screws, plastic pop retainers, and life the door card straight up. Nice and easy. I'm not mad about the christmas trees, i'm mad about how much of a PITA it is to get the top of the card seated so you can pop the rest of the card into place. Probably wasted 5 minutes with that on the drivers side. On the passenger side i just popped it loose and did the wiring with the card still hanging over where it hangs to touch the window. was it easier to do the wiring this way? no. Defintiely not. Did it mean i spent an extra 45 seconds on the wiring? yeah, definitely. Did i save 5 minutes wrestling with the panel trying to get it to seat at the top? nope. so totally worth it.
#2, nice wire retainers GM, except that they use tap to hold the wires to the plastic, instead of clippable plastic retainers like FCA which are much easier to open or just pull the harness out. But whatever.
#3, the Esky mirrors are the same width of he Suburban mirrors, but nearly TWICE as tall. Plus they maintain the width while the burban mirrors lose it. 7 1/2 at the widest point on each in terms of width, height the burb mirrors are 4 3/4" tall, compared to 7" tall on the esky mirrors. I haven't even driven beyond moving it back into my spot and there is a HUGE difference. well worth doing.
Oh and #4. to everyoen that took 2-3 hours to do this swap. From the moment i parked the burb, to the moment i got in it to move. Inclduing messing aorund with grabbing the right tools...36 minutes start to finish.....
Height
Esky mirror
OEM mirror
Width
Esky Mirror
OEM Mirror
#1, Eff GM for their stupid door cards. I've mainly been messing around with mopar door cards for the last 15 years because i enjoy a Cummins when it comes to my trucks. Those door cards, you pull the screws, plastic pop retainers, and life the door card straight up. Nice and easy. I'm not mad about the christmas trees, i'm mad about how much of a PITA it is to get the top of the card seated so you can pop the rest of the card into place. Probably wasted 5 minutes with that on the drivers side. On the passenger side i just popped it loose and did the wiring with the card still hanging over where it hangs to touch the window. was it easier to do the wiring this way? no. Defintiely not. Did it mean i spent an extra 45 seconds on the wiring? yeah, definitely. Did i save 5 minutes wrestling with the panel trying to get it to seat at the top? nope. so totally worth it.
#2, nice wire retainers GM, except that they use tap to hold the wires to the plastic, instead of clippable plastic retainers like FCA which are much easier to open or just pull the harness out. But whatever.
#3, the Esky mirrors are the same width of he Suburban mirrors, but nearly TWICE as tall. Plus they maintain the width while the burban mirrors lose it. 7 1/2 at the widest point on each in terms of width, height the burb mirrors are 4 3/4" tall, compared to 7" tall on the esky mirrors. I haven't even driven beyond moving it back into my spot and there is a HUGE difference. well worth doing.
Oh and #4. to everyoen that took 2-3 hours to do this swap. From the moment i parked the burb, to the moment i got in it to move. Inclduing messing aorund with grabbing the right tools...36 minutes start to finish.....
Height
Esky mirror
OEM mirror
Width
Esky Mirror
OEM Mirror
I get many of my Christmas presents the same way. Thanks for posting this. Definitely a future upgrade for me.
After driving it this weekend, zero loss of use on anything. BSM and cross path still works fine, all other functions working fine, completely plug and play being that i went from a full function to a full function swap.
So i think my christmas list is going to be...
Morimoto Esky style tail lights.
GM light up grill emlbem
GM bowtie puddle lights
Diode Dynamics 30" stage series LED light bar to be mounted behind the grill....Just need to decide where i want to mount the switch for it. I've already ID"d where i'll mount the light bar itself
Morimoto Esky style tail lights.
GM light up grill emlbem
GM bowtie puddle lights
Diode Dynamics 30" stage series LED light bar to be mounted behind the grill....Just need to decide where i want to mount the switch for it. I've already ID"d where i'll mount the light bar itself
