07Burb's 1990 Square Suburban

[THE YETI]

My gauges arrived 2 months early!!! Going to install these at the same time I install my new head unit and do my audio upgrade. I'm pretty busy through the rest of the year but I hope to make this happen on New Year's Eve This is the HDX line of gauges

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damn... rich people toys right there!

 

[07Burb]

damn... rich people toys right there!

Wiring schematics showed while I was out of town so I should be good to start installing them soon. Should be a nice upgrade to the rig

 

[07Burb]

A few things have been done over the last few weeks but nothing visible without crawling underneath. One of the big projects I wanted to complete this winter was to undercoat the bottom of it with POR15 in order to keep the rust away and protect all the things underneath her since she's been kept so clean for so long. While under there, I replaced the 20+ yr old bags, new shocks and a new black widow muffler for some added rumble. Went with a Black Widow Venom 250 which isn't loud but does provide a good tone at idle and cruising speed.

Anyhoot, on to the pics. Then on to the next things on the list...

Pic right after getting the old bag out on the driver side. Passenger side looked pretty similar.


Undercoat complete and ready to start installing new bags.


New bags in.

Driver side. Taken when I was still giving it some fine tweaking for position before I locked it down.


Passenger side installed.

 

[07Burb]

Muffler welded up and ready to go in


Installed and all the things undercoated and ready to be back on the ground

 

[Fosscore]

Muffler welded up and ready to go in
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Installed and all the things undercoated and ready to be back on the ground
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Looking good with try bags and POR 15. Bet that rumble sounds good.

 

[07Burb]

Looking good with try bags and POR 15. Bet that rumble sounds good.

Very happy with the results of this project for sure. That muffler is the same one that is in your '13 burb so the sound is familiar. Not loud sound but enough rumble for the ears to enjoy it

The old bags were holding up but as you'd imagine being over 20 years old (I think they were installed in 2001) it was just a matter of time before their time expired and I'd prefer to pre-emptive in their replacement so this was the perfect time LOL This project was rather time consuming. Luckily the wife was understanding and let me take up "her" parking space in the garage to get this thing up on jack stands for a while and just pick at it as time allowed which was good for someone who never gets large chunks of time but can get an hour here and there

 

[Fosscore]

Very happy with the results of this project for sure. That muffler is the same one that is in your '13 burb so the sound is familiar. Not loud sound but enough rumble for the ears to enjoy it

The old bags were holding up but as you'd imagine being over 20 years old (I think they were installed in 2001) it was just a matter of time before their time expired and I'd prefer to pre-emptive in their replacement so this was the perfect time LOL This project was rather time consuming. Luckily the wife was understanding and let me take up "her" parking space in the garage to get this thing up on jack stands for a while and just pick at it as time allowed which was good for someone who never gets large chunks of time but can get an hour here and there

Yes I know the rumble all too well. And in a good manner. I think the wife likes it too, even if I have to listen to her on Bluetooth as she runs through the gears around town with it warbling in the background lol

Good to have it out of service and available at will to work on. Nice. Getting ready for summer cruising for sure.

 

[Rocket Man]

This things bagged?

 

[07Burb]

This things bagged?

Nope. Helper bags.

 

[89Suburban]

This things bagged?

Little guy bagged, not big dawg bagged like you.