Got my wife a 08 Tahoe LTZ

[Tonyrodz]

Your rear bumper is the same as mine on my '08 Suburban LTZ and I think mine was replaced by the previous owner because of this...

This area on your truck...
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Should look like this on an LTZ...
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It's a very subtle difference and hardly noticeable.

Also, it's hard to tell in the pic but, it doesn't look like you have backup sensors in the rear bumper.

My other suspicions for mine, and it looks like yours too, is the absence of the chrome strip along the black bumper pad and the fact that it doesn't have the place for the hitch cover.

I am still curious why yours has color matched side molding without the chrome at the top.

Beautiful Typhoon BTW... love those trucks... gonna own one someday.

Great eye.

 

[kbuskill]

Great eye.

I always thought it was kinda weird that they would go to the trouble for such a subtle difference.

Not sure what the reasoning is.

Seems counter intuitive for GM to spend the time/money to have two different bumpers that are interchangeable.

 

[RST Dana]

My 08 LTZ did not have the chrome either. It was as loaded they come.

 

[kbuskill]

My 08 LTZ did not have the chrome either. It was as loaded they come.

Did you buy it new?

Does your bumper look like the one I posted where the bumper meets the wheel well???

 

[PG01]

@kbuskill i think it also has something to do with moldings/fender flares on a z71..... dont quote me on that tho...ive seen some ltzs with quarterpanel/bumper jut out and some with out

 

[kbuskill]

@kbuskill i think it also has something to do with moldings/fender flares on a z71..... dont quote me on that tho...ive seen some ltzs with quarterpanel/bumper jut out and some with out

The Z71s have the big fender flares for sure but they extend down the rear bumper I believe...

 

[RST Dana]

Did you buy it new?

Does your bumper look like the one I posted where the bumper meets the wheel well???

I did buy it new. The bumper did not look like yours on the side, but like the other guys photo showing it all the way to the wheel well.

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Interesting to see maybe GM used two different bumpers on them

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

Some interior pics

 

[iamdub]

Interesting, I do have the back up sensors and all that. I looked at another 08 LTZ and it didn’t have the chrome strip on the pad either

My rear bumper cover is original and doesn't have that extra angle area in it. No chrome strip on the bumper pad, either.