What did you do to your 2015-2020 K2XX Tahoe/Yukon Today?

Last night I found my BB tune files hanging out in my spam folder . They were in there a few days so I hope they didn’t get influenced by bad actors. Got them loaded and took a quick test drive. It’s about time. If anybody needs a gently 10k used Range device let me know.

Hub Assemblies! Easiest hubs I have ever done... and I want it to be that way again!



They work great! Quieter ride and potentially more MPG, I can't complain!

Did the passenger seat rebuild this weekend, fresh cushions up front make a huge difference. New leather from the seat shop matches perfectly as well


Also, Morimoto XB tail lights with the reverse light booster installed from DDP Motorsports, definitely a nice aesthetic upgrade

New Rear Shocks, New Cross Drilled/Slotted rear rotors and brake pads. Rides much better!
I put new wheels on it back in the Fall, need to get a pic and post, they look great!

Chad

@ss4chad i would highly reconsider the cross drilled and slotted rotors. While they are great at shedding head, they warp incredibly easy and can chew through brake pads. Which is fine in a race setting where they are replaced every race, on a DD, not so ideal. if you are looking for something with better heat dissipation i would go with just dimpled rotors, they are massive improvement over stock in terms of heat dissipation, without sacrificing rotor strength and pad life

Loki223 said:

@ss4chad i would highly reconsider the cross drilled and slotted rotors. While they are great at shedding head, they warp incredibly easy and can chew through brake pads. Which is fine in a race setting where they are replaced every race, on a DD, not so ideal. if you are looking for something with better heat dissipation i would go with just dimpled rotors, they are massive improvement over stock in terms of heat dissipation, without sacrificing rotor strength and pad life

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I've been hearing this my whole life and it has never been a problem. As a matter of fact I've only had blank rotors warp on me ever.

I’ve driven around 400k miles with several vehicles using drilled/slotted rotors without ever having issues.

Loki223 said:

@ss4chad i would highly reconsider the cross drilled and slotted rotors. While they are great at shedding head, they warp incredibly easy and can chew through brake pads. Which is fine in a race setting where they are replaced every race, on a DD, not so ideal. if you are looking for something with better heat dissipation i would go with just dimpled rotors, they are massive improvement over stock in terms of heat dissipation, without sacrificing rotor strength and pad life

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You must be buying bottom of the barrel rotors, I have used and SEVERELY abused drilled and slotted rotors for decades and never had a problem.
if anyone outside of a race track was going to have problems it would be me.... and that has not happened, I did buy some "ebay specials" once about 18 years ago and they developed cracks but that was to be expected for the cheapest thing I could find at the time. goes along with the cheapest crap pads you can find as well they leave material on the rotor like bubble gum.
for reference premium ceramic pads last me about a year and half
premium semi-metallic last me 1 year
cheap composite pads last me about 6 months

Doubeleive said:

You must be buying bottom of the barrel rotors, I have used and SEVERELY abused drilled and slotted rotors for decades and never had a problem.
if anyone outside of a race track was going to have problems it would be me.... and that has not happened, I did buy some "ebay specials" once about 18 years ago and they developed cracks but that was to be expected for the cheapest thing I could find at the time. goes along with the cheapest crap pads you can find as well they leave material on the rotor like bubble gum.
for reference premium ceramic pads last me about a year and half
premium semi-metallic last me 1 year
cheap composite pads last me about 6 months

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I'll be honest, i haven't tried them again in close to 20 years. At the time, i did buy higher end rotors, i still do. All of my stuff is Hawk's Performance on my rigs these days. But i've also never had to justify drilled and slotted rotors, i also have a tendency to rely on my brakes pretty heavily, so i don't like wonder about the quality and life of my parts, here's a scale weight from my truck, and yes, pickup truck, just a plane jane 1 ton truck. I'm not one to gamble with my brakes for obvious reasons. But i have seen many drilled and slotted rotors fail on other people's DD vehicles, but also admittedly, i don't know for certain if they spent the money on quality or parts, or thought hey those look cool. I do know the science behind the rotors and the benefits and weighing a cost benefit situation and know dimpled rotors are the strongest option for street use with the highest heat and dust dissipation without affecting strength and durability

Installed Diode Dynamics SS3 Max Fogs on the Yukon yesterday with my son. My goodness what a different they make!
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Lows and Fogs:

Snagged a few pics of the Yukon anyway: