Dustin Jacksons 2008 Chevy Tahoe Build Thread

[Dustin Jackson]

Next I realized that my rear shocks are probably over extended because they are designed for factory ride height and aren't designed for lifted tahoes.

Enter Rough Countrys rear shock extension brackets, you can call them and they will sell you the brackets by themselves for like $60, very high quality parts and made a world of difference in the quality of my Tahoes ride after lifting it. I did have to monkey around in Ace hardware for nuts, bolts, and washers because those weren't included from RC.

 

[Dustin Jackson]

I also realized that my rear sway bar end links were not doing a good job and left my rear sway bar at a crooked angle which probably wasn't great for the ride quality. I found some 3 inch Jeep JK sway bar end links that fit perfectly.

 

[Dustin Jackson]

The panhard bar, shock extension brackets, and longer sway bar end links improved the ride quality by 100% and I am back to being very happy with the ride quality of the Tahoe.
Here are some pictures of the new panhard bar, shock extension brackets, and longer sway bar end links:

 

[Dustin Jackson]

Somewhere along the way I installed a GMT800 Z71 roof rack onto my Tahoe. I pulled it from the junk yard for $30 and prepped it with a green scratchy and hit it with satin black rustolium, its held up well for the last 4 years.

 

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Here is a picture after we did some mudding

 

[Dustin Jackson]

I decided to get some AT tires and went with KO2s


Up until this point I had a bad alignment on the Tahoe due to the locking cams I tried to use when I did the 2.5 inch lift. No shop in town wanted to align them properly and that ate my old tires. I didn't want to get new tires until I could get it aligned right, so I had to go back to factory style alignment cams.

 

[Dustin Jackson]

For a while I ran a Range AFM disabler but then smog time came around and I started getting weird ticking and decided to go with a proper AFM tune delete because I have to smog it every couple of years and I don't want V4 mode to come on.


Swapped the Range AFM disabler out for a Black Bear Tune

 

[Dustin Jackson]

Here I am installing H3 hummer mounts to get rid of that thud when taking off

 

[Dustin Jackson]

Here is the Tahoe near mount shasta

 

[Dustin Jackson]

I had a lifter fail on my finally around 180,000 miles. It was an AFM lifter but it wasn't collapsed, it seemed to be turned in the tray hence why the rocker would still go up and down when turning the engine.