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  1. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    Thanks, Jerry. Good info!
  2. Captain Insaino

    Volt Meter drops below 14 on a new Tahoe

    This is exactly why the auto industry has been dumbing down accurate gauges with feel good-o-meters that don't move until they are out of normal range. They found out some people actually pay attention to them and ask questions they don't want to be bothered with.
  3. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    Thanks, Chris. Most campsites aren't that much of a problem. Rocks and blocks usually do the trick. I'm already leveled with rear spacers. It's the occasional odd spots I'm forced to camp in that are the problem. I'm lowest in seniority with my hunting buddies, so I always get the $hittiest...
  4. Captain Insaino

    Let's see your aftermarket running boards!

    Something like that in black would be perfect for me. If you get them on anytime soon, let me know how you like them. I won’t be pulling the trigger for a few weeks.
  5. Captain Insaino

    Let's see your aftermarket running boards!

    Man that’s expensive
  6. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    Thanks, Gerry!
  7. Captain Insaino

    Let's see your aftermarket running boards!

    Nice, I already took the heat gun to my stockers and they looked good for a while. Now they’re starting to get gray again. Pretty sure I am too cheap to buy the auto steps. Looks great, though. I could see myself painting them, but one of them has a slight bend from the previous owner. Not...
  8. Captain Insaino

    Let's see your aftermarket running boards!

    Looks great, what brand?
  9. Captain Insaino

    Cheap and easy suspension upgrade

    Rocket man, I know exactly what you’re talking about having made this mistake myself multiple times. The instructions say to only leave three or four threads exposed out the bottom of the barrel nut. Sort of a fail safe. At this point they are just starting to mushroom
  10. Captain Insaino

    Cheap and easy suspension upgrade

    Yikes
  11. Captain Insaino

    Cheap and easy suspension upgrade

    LOL, I copy and pasted the text from a site and my phone just ran with it. Shhhhhh You may call me Zerxes
  12. Captain Insaino

    Cheap and easy suspension upgrade

  13. Captain Insaino

    Cheap and easy suspension upgrade

    A nice, actually noticeable little upgrade. If there is any lateral sway at this point, I assume it’s all in the tires. The bushings and end links are quite a bit stiffer than the stock rubber ones. My front sway bar was shiny under the original bushings indicating movement. The new ones seem to...
  14. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    Thanks. Increasing chance of afternoon showers daily where I'm going. Great tip!
  15. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    Thanks, Wade. It does help. I'm amazed how many people in the article are NOT bothered by not sleeping level. I don't consider myself OCD, but I've had way too many nights of poor sleep because of this. I bought a couple of Harbor Freight 2 1/2 ton scissor jacks that have a pretty wide base...
  16. Captain Insaino

    Looking for easier ideas for leveling Tahoe for camping sleeping

    I sleep in the back for a few weeks a year when camping. I've been using rocks, wood blocks, etc for awhile. Because of the forward to aft slope of the cargo area, I always end up sliding down to the gate in the middle of the night. My 2x1 inch level has just made it worse. Some places I go, I'm...
  17. Captain Insaino

    Let's see your aftermarket running boards!

    Tired of the ugly stockers. Something ideal for me would be a black 3" nerf style with integrated step pads. I'd like to see what looks good on our trucks.
  18. Captain Insaino

    Leveling kit

    Personally, just in the looks category, I don’t think nose high looks bad. Here’s a pic of mine with seven eights inch higher in the front. This is of course, unloaded and impractical. I have since put a 1 inch spacer in the back
  19. Captain Insaino

    2” Level

    +/- 1/2 inch = level (ish) My rear spring insulators were so smashed, when I replaced them it added 1/2 lift to the rear If it really bothers you, that might help to replace one or both of each.
  20. Captain Insaino

    2.5”/1” to high in rear

    Thanks! Yes, approximately. +/- .25 inches. It rides GREAT. Replacing swaybar bushings and endlinks this weekend. No ride complaints AT ALL! Much better than stock in all respects
  21. Captain Insaino

    2.5”/1” to high in rear

    I put the front Bilsteins on the top setting and it was a little nose high. Put 1 inch spacers in the back with new insulators that ended up giving me an inch and a half in the rear. Now it’s an inch taller in the back.
  22. Captain Insaino

    Is there a 3/4” Rear Coil Spacer?

    2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Daystar Comfort Ride .75 Inch Rear Leveling Kit - KG09103BK
  23. Captain Insaino

    Getting Bilstein 5100's for front. Is upgrading rear shocks even worth it?

    Finally done. Now it’s 1 inch higher in the back than the front with the 1 inch spacer and new insulators ( a 1.5 inch net gain ) I expect it to settle a little bit based on how pancaked the old spring insulators were. The bottom ones were almost worn through. Tops weren’t bad.
  24. Captain Insaino

    Getting Bilstein 5100's for front. Is upgrading rear shocks even worth it?

    So it turns out I had regular shocks. No air or auto/self level. 2015+ ZW7 code "premium smooth ride" that does NOT have the accompanying G65 code does NOT have Nivomats. 2015+ may not even have them at all. Can't verify, though. A quick visual under the truck should tell you. Nivomats are...
  25. Captain Insaino

    Tested out my new to me 2015 LT.. advise on additional modifications

    6000k LED's help.

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