My 5 Alarm Hoe

[Cattivo]

What's up guys, I've been meaning to do a build thread on my '01 Tahoe LS for a while now but haven't gotten around to it. First things first, I just wanna say what a good group of guys there are on this forum who have helped me and suggested things to improve my hoe...thank you

A little bit about me, I'm a NYC fire fighter and a union electrician, yea I like to double dip pension wise I've always been a car guy...I eat, sleep and shit cars! This is my first Tahoe but I've always liked this body style and finally found a cheap one on CL for $1k

Ok, enough rambling...Here are a few pics of how I bought it

 

[#1taho]

Welcome.
Looks sweet. Good clean combo. Any performance mods ?

 

[Cattivo]

I have replaced the following parts since buying this beast to MAKE THE HOE GREAT AGAIN...all engine parts are OEM ac delco

ENGINE PARTS/ MODS

-6.0 escalade engine and tranny swap
-injectors
-coils
-plugs
-wires
-k&n cai
-fuel pump
-fuel filter
-fuel pump regulator
-o2 sensors (both banks)
-intake manifod & gasket
-knock sensors & harness
-valley cover gasket
-synthetic oil change mobile 1- 5w30
-flushed radiator

EXTERIOR PARTS/ MODS

-sanded original paint off and repainted entire truck with herculiner
-cowl hood
-gloss black mesh front grille
-go rhino push bar
-tow mirrors completely rewired
-lund roof mounted sun visor
-debadged
-removed original roof rack
-curt 6.5'' x 36'' x 42'' roof rack basket
-escalade roof rack
-escalade rear vent caps
-escalade rear bumper
-escalade radio antenna delete trim cover
-home made punisher skull for front grille
-punisher skull tow hook receiver
-150db 4 trumpet train horns w/ 12v compressor 150psi kit


INTERIOR & STEREO PARTS/ MODS

-full cadillac escalade interior swap
-black molded floor carpeting
-alpine spr-60c 6.5'' coaxial 2- way 4 ohm 330 watts each x 4
-alpine pdr f50 4-Channel 1,500 watt class D amplifier for front and rear speakers
-alpine monoblock 2,000 watt xpower amp for subs
-rockford fosgate p3- 10'' sub woofers (2 ohm, 500 watts x 2) wired in series/parallel at a 2 ohm final impedance
-kenwood double din hu with apple car play


SUSPENSION & BREAKING PARTS/ MODS

-power stop drilled/slotted rotors
-power stop red calipers
-ss brake lines
-ss braided brake hoses
-billstein 5100 shocks on all 4 corners
-z71 moog rear springs
-leveling kit...3'' keys up front...1.5'' spacers for the rear

LIGHTING PARTS/ MODS

-52'' curved roof led light bar 6k- 1500 watts
-2 -6'' led light bars used as front fog lights 6k 100 watts
-22'' led light bar mounted on the push bar 6k- 300 watts
-2 -6'' led light bars mounted under rear bumper for extra reverse lighting 6k- 75 watts
-2 led license plate bulbs 6k
-6,500k lumen led headlights
-6,000k led ceiling & door lights
-6,000k led light strip mounted under doors
-6,000k led light strip mounted under hood
-led tail lights (modded to fit barn doors)
-blue led lighting in cluster, hvac, door switches, footwells, cup holders, center console, ambient lighting
-4 custom led blue rocker switches
-2 led blue 52mm gauges
-5 led amber roof marker lights
-2 led amber parking lights

WHEELS & TIRES

-18'' matte black xd series wheels
-33'' mickey thompson baja mtz's
-2'' wheel spacers on all 4 corners

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, just because you don't see it mounted on the truck means they're sitting in a box waiting to be installed and pissing my wife off at the same time ..here is what she looks like as of now...after installing the leveling kit and some new wheels and tires

 

[Cattivo]

Antenna delete and Go Rhino push bar installed

 

[Cattivo]

New tow mirrors, led license plate bulbs and new door speakers

 

[Cattivo]

new door speakers, modified tow mirrors, new double din hu, k&n cai

 

[Cattivo]

What I get to drive at work

 

[Cattivo]

Still working on the blue led interior mod







I'm still in the process of reflowing the entire speedo cluster to get the PRND to work

 

[Cattivo]

Welcome.
Looks sweet. Good clean combo. Any performance mods ?

Thanks, only performance mod as of now is the k&n cai which i'm removing and returning back to the oem intake due to too many codes, misfire, running too rich, o2 problems even though I replaced all 4. I have to get this all sorted out

 

[jarydM]

I eat, sleep and shit cars

Damn, a NBS is a HELL of a thing to pass!!

Glad to see your build thread! Enjoy your contributions to the site!

**EDIT**

Also, how did you wire the turn signal part of the LED bumper lights to be always on? I ordered a set for myself, and wanted to rewire the whole thing with switchbacks, and have it always on, or flash as blinker, but I'm not an electrician. In fact, I usually end up getting zapped doing work around the house.