Buying a Tahoe PPV

[gGM Fan]

The Tahoe that is being sold on e bay has been repainted. It was either in really bad shape or has been wrecked. You can tell in the wheel well openings and where the bumbers meet the fenders. 13K seems like a lot for this truck

 

[skeezer]

The bumper is pulled out from the bottom on that particular truck; hard enough that it pushed the bumper out of alignment. What makes you think it was repainted? If that bumper was taken off to get paint, I imagine they would have put it back on correctly.

 

[soulsea]

y from one of the sellers you listed: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chev...5720261?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c2559b4c5

But this is an SSV not a PPV ... doesn't have the upgrades.

 

[skeezer]

From what I have read, SSVs have the features (4x4, towing, center console) PPVs don't.

 

[soulsea]

It's weird, I thought all SSVs were 4wd and PPVs 2wd ... but maybe it was different in 2007.

The PPV is dropped and pursuit rated ... that sounds like a win to me.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Tahoe#Police_package

 

[Modded]

The bumper is pulled out from the bottom on that particular truck; hard enough that it pushed the bumper out of alignment. What makes you think it was repainted? If that bumper was taken off to get paint, I imagine they would have put it back on correctly.

Where the bumper meets the fender shows signs of damage or paint.
don't know what you mean by the bumper is pulled out from the bottom. The side brackets to remover them bumper are where the fender meets the bumper.
The rear has also been repainted along with the passenger side quarter panels and possibly the doors. I can tell because the wheel liner on the right rear has white overspray. The hatch wiper was also not put back on properly, indicating it was taken off for some reason.
But don't let repainted parts stop you from getting what you want. At least the paint damage was fixed. Just make sure you know what caused the damage.
Just remember for it to be priced so cheap compared to other PPVs, something pretty bad has definitely happened to it, or is currently wrong with it.

 

[skeezer]

It's hard for me to pick out paint work issues by tiny pictures.

There's a blue truck out there that comes back with frame damage; they have it listed for 11,999. That truck will go super cheap, but if the work was done right, it should be fine..

 

[skeezer]

I looked at a ton of these trucks last week and they all are TIRED. Probably not going to go this route.

 

[Modded]

I looked at a ton of these trucks last week and they all are TIRED. Probably not going to go this route.

I'm not surprised.
Retired police cars are about as beat up as it can get. Even worst than rental cars.

 

[skeezer]

There are some clean ones, but the engines do not sound very motivated anymore!