Luxury expedition build

[vserduchka]

Got all the old adhesive off the body today.

Also fitted some cosmetic bits- blind spot mirrors and new parking lamp assemblies. The OEM parking lamp assemblies were FILLED with water! Has anyone experienced this before? I've never seen or heard of assemblies full of water.

Anyway, after adhesive removal, i cleaned up the paint with a wash and then clay. I'm pretty happy with the results.

Tomorrow I'll be wet sanding the remaining dark areas and compounding/polishing- Always my favorite part of cosmetic reconditioning.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

. For ideas it's another members Tahoe.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

. Here is another.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

And this is kinda what you where talking about wanting for the rear right?


BTW it's looking good great work so far.

 

[Gzes]

Anthonys obs is badass but sadly he wont take it offroading. After he blew up his t case he had to stop the fun and pursue his huge speaker build

 

[vserduchka]

Finished detailing the exterior yesterday. That chrome trim about tripled the time it would normally take to detail the vehicle.

 

[vserduchka]

Got the new stepper motors and LED's into the gauge cluster today. Stepper motors were pretty straight forward. LED's took some thought.

After consulting with an electrical engineer buddy of mine, we decided on wiring in some 517 ohm resistors (better for dimming), and some diodes to protect against reverse voltage.

Finished off the install with gobs of hot glue for vibration protection. I'm pretty happy with the result, although I might go back in there to sand the LED lenses a bit, as I have some hot spots on the gauge cluster.







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Anthonys obs is badass but sadly he wont take it offroading. After he blew up his t case he had to stop the fun and pursue his huge speaker build

Even before I bought the vehicle, I knew that this would be an exploration / expedition vehicle rather than a mudder or rock crawler. I don't think the long wheel base or the independent suspension or the transfer case lend themselves to anything too "extreme."

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View attachment 24109. For ideas it's another members Tahoe.

I love this ARB bumper. Who wants to sell me one cheap?

And this is kinda what you where talking about wanting for the rear right?View attachment 24111

Yes!

BTW it's looking good great work so far.

Much obliged.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

Hell in 1 week you have done amazing things with that Tahoe!!! Keep it up.


BTW. That ARB bumper if my memory serves me right was for or off a Toyota land cruiser.

 

[vserduchka]

Hell in 1 week you have done amazing things with that Tahoe!!! Keep it up.


BTW. That ARB bumper if my memory serves me right was for or off a Toyota land cruiser.

Do you happen to remember if it was an 80 series Land Cruiser or a 100 series?

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

Do you happen to remember if it was an 80 series Land Cruiser or a 100 series?

No I don't but as I stated he was and or is a member on here. Although I can't remember his name.