Fosscore's 2013 Suburban LTZ Build Thread

[Fosscore]

Yea I prob should talk huh. Atleast yours looks amazing and works lol

Thx and yes it does. Just the little things to keep on top of. Buuuutt, I rarely get to drive it, so it has to work for the wife's DD. She's pretty good about letting me know if something is odd thankfully.

It's pretty darn good for 10 years old and 71k. I'd lower it.

 

[randeez]

All you swapped was the front coilovers right? Sneak some spindles and drop springs on it

 

[Fosscore]

All you swapped was the front coilovers right? Sneak some spindles and drop springs on it

Here is what has been done to the suspension.

Suspension Modifications

• Sway bars
  • Cognito 210-90265 (front) and 210-90266 (rear)
• Spohn panhard bar
• Belltech coilovers Part no. 5403-001 621 (page 112)
• McGaughy’s rear springs (Part no. 0307) with shock extenders Kit 30014 (page 112)
• wired in the resistors to keep the rear auto ride 100% functional.
• Moog sway bar end links Part Number K700538 (page 112)

 

[Fosscore]

Finally got my son to break out the hose and wash the long body and dry it by himself. He did a great job.

I did the detailing, then showed him how to check the fluids.

He’s interested but not passionate….lol yet….



Conversion option for a chopped longer body?? Lol


Funny how the reflection distorted the photo.

 

[Fosscore]

74700 miles

Took the truck in for an oil change (Mobile 1 synthetic) and sent out the sample to Blackstone for analysis.

The shop cleaned out the throttle body while it was there and said it was pretty dirty. Been traveling with work so not as much time to do those little things and when your friend is the owner of the shop, they do those little things while it is in there.

Fast forward 24 hours. Wife comes home with the kids and the DIC is showing low tire pressure and they saw something sticking out of the tire. WTF!!

2 spots. Looked like a nail in the middle of the tread and a broken off screw slowly dropping the pressure. Luckily the same tire.

Rather than have to deal with a flat tire in the morning, I backed the truck down over the sidewalk, so it was off the decline and lifted her up (of course a few people had to walk around with their dogs hahahaha). A big no-no in the neighborhood to block the sidewalk. Took longer to get it set up than to change out the spare.

Sent my buddy a message that my wife would be there for doors open at 0730 as I had to go to the airport at 1100. Wife got there at 0715 and there were already 5-6 people waiting in line to get service. The Suburban was home in 1 hour. Thanks man!






Maybe I should just rock the spare tire look?

 

[adventurenali92]

Found a screw in one of my tires last week when I had them rotated last minute before my Utah trip. He didn’t have a patch and it wasn’t leaking so i ran it up to Utah, took it into the tire center next morning and they couldn’t find a screw or a leak. Lol. Always nice when it’s an easy tire fix.

 

[BADRIDES]

74700 miles

Took the truck in for an oil change (Mobile 1 synthetic) and sent out the sample to Blackstone for analysis.

The shop cleaned out the throttle body while it was there and said it was pretty dirty. Been traveling with work so not as much time to do those little things and when your friend is the owner of the shop, they do those little things while it is in there.

Fast forward 24 hours. Wife comes home with the kids and the DIC is showing low tire pressure and they saw something sticking out of the tire. WTF!!

2 spots. Looked like a nail in the middle of the tread and a broken off screw slowly dropping the pressure. Luckily the same tire.

Rather than have to deal with a flat tire in the morning, I backed the truck down over the sidewalk, so it was off the decline and lifted her up (of course a few people had to walk around with their dogs hahahaha). A big no-no in the neighborhood to block the sidewalk. Took longer to get it set up than to change out the spare.

Sent my buddy a message that my wife would be there for doors open at 0730 as I had to go to the airport at 1100. Wife got there at 0715 and there were already 5-6 people waiting in line to get service. The Suburban was home in 1 hour. Thanks man!

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Maybe I should just rock the spare tire look?
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How did he fix 2 problems in 1 tire?

 

[Fosscore]

Found a screw in one of my tires last week when I had them rotated last minute before my Utah trip. He didn’t have a patch and it wasn’t leaking so i ran it up to Utah, took it into the tire center next morning and they couldn’t find a screw or a leak. Lol. Always nice when it’s an easy tire fix.

Lolol...that rattle you are hearing is THAT screw loose...err in the wheel going round and round as you blast up and down that mountain. Yeah I wasn't taking a chance with that sharp end sticking out. But of course or lucky ....not sure... it happened on the new rear tires and not the fronts which are down to their final 5k miles and needing a new set to match the rears.

 

[Fosscore]

How did he fix 2 problems in 1 tire?

That is a great question... that the wife did not ask before she drove it home....and thus far I have not had a call about it going flat again?

 

[Fosscore]

Did some detail work to the long body. Polished and sealed the paint and chrome. Cleaned the engine bay. Hit the seats twice because whoa...been a long time. They are looking much betterer.

Still thinking about a change in wheels in the near future, but stuck on which GM 22s to go with...



Also got the Blackstone oil analysis back and pretty happy with that report.