Brought a new (to me) Burb home

[Loki223]

Here is one

2015-2020 Tahoe Suburban Gold Illuminated Bowtie Grille Emblem 84751545 OEM GM | eBay

OEM GM part number 84751545. New in the box Front Illuminated Gold Bowtie Emblem. Only includes the Front Grille Emblem.

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Yes, that's already installed, and was the part i'm kind of disappointed in the output of

 

[Loki223]

But i did get the passenger seat done this weekend

Old seat cushion, had the same red stain.

Looks better blue

Alos, the seat shop recoemnds starting in the front when pressing the hog rings in, and then moving back from there. I did the oppisite on the driver's seat, and this time i listened to them. They are right, start in the front, and then move back from there, it was much easier

This side of the project ook an hour start to finish. Thats popping the trim panels off the front of the seat rails to popping them back on. Really not that bad of a job

 

[Loki223]

But the more importanter project for the weekend was another success story.

Esky tail lights,

They are both Morimoto XB series tail lgiths

With the backup light booster

I will say, if i ever need to pull the trim panels off on the rear hatch again i may consider buying new replacements. I can tell they've been off before and they don't have to many cycles of being removed left in them. But i also don't see a need to to remove them again in the near future. New seats are supremely comfortable. Very happy with the projects this weekend. Also a shout out to the guys over at Dudes Diesel Performance (DDP) and Glacier Diesel Performance (GDP) I realize i got hooked by them due to my other hobby of diesel trucks, but they helped source several of the parts and pieces and can get just about anything i need for the burb too, so i heavily rely on them. Good people, small town Texas family owned business, and i do like to support small family businesses when possible

Although admittedly, when i started buying from GDP they were based less then an hour from my house, but as things change the great customer support remains the same

 

[Loki223]

Couple more pics of the reverse lights, with the backup light booster

 

[Loki223]

Also, pretty sure i'm going to buy the Morimoto headlights for the burb at some point in the next couple of months....I have been pleasantly surprised by the stock HIDs, however the driver's side DRL LED is failing, and if i'm going to take it off to fix the circuit board and reseal it....why would i put a factory part back on when there are aftermarket upgrades out there? Which means if i'm pulling the bumper i might as well add on front tow hooks and swap out the tow hook plastics to accept them...and might as well upgrade the fog lights with some LEDs as well. that's the part that has me torn, i love the quality of Diode Dynamics, however i prefer the look of the Morimoto fogs and that crisp LED fog line is just something to be in love with, so i think i'll probably end up getting the XB fog lights as well. But that's a problem for me in a couple of months when i get around to doing that

 

[SpareParts]

On the 07 to 14 you can take the inner finder loose and get that nut loose holding the headlight in. Maybe yours the same?

 

[Loki223]

On the 07 to 14 you can take the inner finder loose and get that nut loose holding the headlight in. Maybe yours the same?

Are you trying to talk me out of spending money on fancy lights that satisfy my need to endorse chicken lights and chrome as not only a song, but a way of life??? the sheer audacity...i never thought i would run into this kind of aggressive assault on the ideals of forums and making things shiny and blingy for no other reason then wasting money....i am offended......



although sarcasm aside, i haven't looked to deeply into it. My honest thought process is the simple fact that if i need to R&R a headlight to repair a chipset, and reseal it which never works as well as you hope, i might as well just replace it and upgrade it. I have the Morimoto XBs on my truck and love them. So might as well put them on the "beater" as well.


Also, side update on said beater project. Inspected suspension and steering, only issue was an already known about CV boot, so going to replace that and then start making decisions on rubber to go on the rims i picked up. Should make the burb look a little nicer once i get the beat up rims off of her

 

[Loki223]

Hmmm, so one thing i'm looking into here, anyone have a line on CV axles that are made in America or rather, not made in China? From what i've been finding everything from GM/ AC Delco to the parts store brands to the rock auto and cheap ebay brands are all made in west Taiwan, in an effort to support tank man i try to not buy from there but i am not seeing an option anywhere regardless of where i buy them to avoid it......

 

[Loki223]

front passenger CV axles was replaced this weekend, old one decided it didn't like it's boots anymore so decided to swap it out rather then rebuild it. Also confirmed the AC does need to actually be investigated. Last years fix was a recharge with UV dye in it. Worked for all of summer but no more, so time to poke around and look for the dye to find my leak. We also found a bad schrader valve last year so we were hoping that was the culprit but i guess i couldn't be that lucky...

 

[Loki223]

@Geotrash so my AC isn't working. Whats the problem with it???????



(i couldn't resist, based off the convo in the other thread, but if you want i can tell you what the problem ends up being after i diag it and fix it so it looks like you are some kind of savant when it comes to guessing the problem)