I am new to this forum, figured I'd take a moment to indroduce myself and post a few picks of the current ride.
My current ride is an 07 GMS Sierra 1500 Extended Cab w/Factory 20's, however it is due up on lease in July. So since the lease is up and I am tired of the payment I decided to buy a used Suburban to avoid the payment. I picked up a used 2001 Suburban on eBay for $4600. It has high miles (165,000) but since I work out of my home office, I don't put on a ton of miles. By starting out with such a cheap truck, it allows me to put the money into making it "my own", instead of buying a prestine one for $9k-$11k. So the history on the truck is it has been in Florida up until last year, it was then in PA. So it has only seen 1-2 winters, so the body is rust free. The interior is pretty rough. The carpet is terribly stained and stinks, the leather seats (especially the driver side) are showing signs of wear. The exterior has some dings and scratches....
So far I have put a set of 18" Escalade wheels/tires on it (picked up used for $500). I ordered new carpet & floor mats ($310), and fatmat sound deadning ($130). Also ordered custom fit covers for all 3 rows of seats ($620) from gtcovers.com. Since we do a lot of boating, we frequently jump in with wet swimsuits on, so for seat covers I went with a simulated 2-tone leather (light gray w/dark gray ostrich pattern for inserts). I already went to the junk yard and picked up an 03+ radio/hvac bucket and plan to purchase a denali dash bezel. This will allow me to install my Pioneer AVIC D3. Also have plans of putting in one of the Blue US Speedo Escalade gauge kits. Eventually I have plans of fixing all the little dings and scratchs and repainting. I plan on putting new ball joints, tie rods, shocks, brakes, etc. So when I do that I plan on dropping it a few inches. I can't get too crazy as I tow our 26' offshore boat frequently during the summers, plus this will be my everyday vehicle. Below is a pic of what I am starting with and a pic after the Escalade wheels. I also included a pic of my previous custom SUV. All work including Engine/paint/etc was done by me. I have no intentions of getting that crazy with this one. The blazer ran 12.6s 1/4 mile....
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My current ride is an 07 GMS Sierra 1500 Extended Cab w/Factory 20's, however it is due up on lease in July. So since the lease is up and I am tired of the payment I decided to buy a used Suburban to avoid the payment. I picked up a used 2001 Suburban on eBay for $4600. It has high miles (165,000) but since I work out of my home office, I don't put on a ton of miles. By starting out with such a cheap truck, it allows me to put the money into making it "my own", instead of buying a prestine one for $9k-$11k. So the history on the truck is it has been in Florida up until last year, it was then in PA. So it has only seen 1-2 winters, so the body is rust free. The interior is pretty rough. The carpet is terribly stained and stinks, the leather seats (especially the driver side) are showing signs of wear. The exterior has some dings and scratches....
So far I have put a set of 18" Escalade wheels/tires on it (picked up used for $500). I ordered new carpet & floor mats ($310), and fatmat sound deadning ($130). Also ordered custom fit covers for all 3 rows of seats ($620) from gtcovers.com. Since we do a lot of boating, we frequently jump in with wet swimsuits on, so for seat covers I went with a simulated 2-tone leather (light gray w/dark gray ostrich pattern for inserts). I already went to the junk yard and picked up an 03+ radio/hvac bucket and plan to purchase a denali dash bezel. This will allow me to install my Pioneer AVIC D3. Also have plans of putting in one of the Blue US Speedo Escalade gauge kits. Eventually I have plans of fixing all the little dings and scratchs and repainting. I plan on putting new ball joints, tie rods, shocks, brakes, etc. So when I do that I plan on dropping it a few inches. I can't get too crazy as I tow our 26' offshore boat frequently during the summers, plus this will be my everyday vehicle. Below is a pic of what I am starting with and a pic after the Escalade wheels. I also included a pic of my previous custom SUV. All work including Engine/paint/etc was done by me. I have no intentions of getting that crazy with this one. The blazer ran 12.6s 1/4 mile....
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