2005 Tahoe Daily [Update 06/25/20 - leveled?]

[Galandorian]

4 18mm bolts plus the 2 side bolts ?

mine only had 4 18mm bolts total, nothing else. I'll get pics the next time I have the OEM bumper

Mine are all 15s. Four in front, then the side brackets.

ALL of the videos I watched showed 15mm, but we made damn sure, and mine were definitely 18mm

I think mine were 15s too. But I was making sure he had bolts on this side bracket too

no bolts on the side brackets that I'm aware of
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anyways, between Saturday night and Sunday night, 3 of us (myself, my dad, and a college roommate) probably spent 13 hours or so on this dang thing

nothing was fitting right. tons of grinding, beating with hammers, messing up stuff, etc

we finally got it to mount up

but there's absolutely no way to fit the other set of headlights (DRLs, turn signals, etc), or the OEM grille

so it's back to the drawing board tonight

I spent Monday and Tuesday in New York for work so I couldn't get any progress on it, but tonight we're going to try to make out own brackets to drop the bumper 2", and then weld it in place

 

[HiHoeSilver]

mine only had 4 18mm bolts total, nothing else. I'll get pics the next time I have the OEM bumper



ALL of the videos I watched showed 15mm, but we made damn sure, and mine were definitely 18mm



no bolts on the side brackets that I'm aware of
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anyways, between Saturday night and Sunday night, 3 of us (myself, my dad, and a college roommate) probably spent 13 hours or so on this dang thing

nothing was fitting right. tons of grinding, beating with hammers, messing up stuff, etc

we finally got it to mount up

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but there's absolutely no way to fit the other set of headlights (DRLs, turn signals, etc), or the OEM grille

so it's back to the drawing board tonight

I spent Monday and Tuesday in New York for work so I couldn't get any progress on it, but tonight we're going to try to make out own brackets to drop the bumper 2", and then weld it in place

Should have been 2 here....

 

[Galandorian]

Should have been 2 here....

hmm I see what you mean!

we only removed these 4 18mm though, so maybe the others had rusted out or been removed previously

 

[Galandorian]

we have the bumper kinda jerry rigged in place now

we're going to attempt to cut up that 1999 s10 blazer rear shackle that we had lying around, and use that to drop the bumper 2" from the OEM holes, so that the grille and lights will fit

 

[Galandorian]

after many more hours of unsuccessful attempts, we finally got it "ish"

I say "ish" because we cut out a lot of material from the bumper we didn't need to cut, it isn't perfectly straight, it doesn't line up exactly as it should (see the distance between bumper and fender) and I still need to clean it up and repaint the rust and stuff, but hey it's on there!

I LOOOOOVVEEEE how it looks.

 

[Galandorian]

and this is how we ended up securing it

3 bolts securing each side, so it's sturdy as hell

 

[Tonyrodz]

and this is how we ended up securing it

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3 bolts securing each side, so it's sturdy as hell

I'd hate to see how the other guy will hold up in an accident. Not sending any bad vibes your way, just wondering cuz it looks to be built like a tank! Not my style, but looks beefy as hell!

 

[Galandorian]

I'd hate to see how the other guy will hold up in an accident. Not sending any bad vibes your way, just wondering cuz it looks to be built like a tank! Not my style, but looks beefy as hell!

yeah it seems people either love or hate these bumpers lol. it's probably my favorite thing about the truck now

I traded the crappily built 10" doors for my old 4 8 doors

also swapped my SoundQubed HDX318s for Sundown ZV318s

ended up losing some bandwidth and dB, so they'll be going back up for sale tonight

thinking of dropping from 4 18s down to 2 or 3 18s and trying that instead

 

[Tonyrodz]

yeah it seems people either love or hate these bumpers lol. it's probably my favorite thing about the truck now

I traded the crappily built 10" doors for my old 4 8 doors

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also swapped my SoundQubed HDX318s for Sundown ZV318s

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ended up losing some bandwidth and dB, so they'll be going back up for sale tonight

thinking of dropping from 4 18s down to 2 or 3 18s and trying that instead

Insane!

 

[Pain@thepump]

Muricaaaa! What a transformation on that rig. Bumper looks insane. Oh what fun it is to have a toy man.

Sound system is nuts.....I'm deaf just from the video.