Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[Rocket Man]

It looks like I need an OEM air filter housing. The high-flow setup they sent requires the stock housing for their tube and air filter. I threw mine away a couple years ago. If anyone has one, let me know.

 

[67RS427]

It looks like I need an OEM air filter housing. The high-flow setup they sent requires the stock housing for their tube and air filter. I threw mine away a couple years ago. If anyone has one, let me know.

You can have my NNBS (07) one if that works... just took it out and installed my AirAid a few days ago. PM me if you want it, just pay shipping.

 

[Rocket Man]

PM sent!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Would that fit?

 

[Rocket Man]

Would that fit?

Yep, the 07 is the same part according to gmpartsdirect. Thanks @67RS427 . Guess you never know what you're gonna need to hold onto, I should have kept the box and just thrown away the godawful tube I guess.

 

[Rocket Man]

I've been messing around with an instrument cluster face for a while. I found out long ago that for some reason the 00-02's have very little in the way of updated faces and bezels. The 03-up have a lot of options but not mine. Good thing the Denali looks pretty good as is because it looks like I'll just have to stay with the stock. I thought I'd found a decent face from a company called NR Auto. I ordered their silver face with blue lettering last week and got it a few days ago. I installed it a couple days ago and was NOT impressed. The lettering for "Volts" and "Fuel" were placed in the wrong place so they were partially obstructed and the tach area looked off. I have blue LED's in my cluster so with their blue effect it was dark at night although I could have probably swapped back to white LED's. I reinstalled my stock face back on today. I contacted NR Auto and sent pictures so they could see and figured since it's a used part now they probably don't want it back but guess what? They want me to send it back for a refund. I emailed them back and said if they want it they can send me a shipping label. Kind of pissed me off, especially considering when I originally ordered it there was no mention of shipping cost until they were ready to ship it, and then sent me a PayPal bill for $10 for shipping. I told them I'm sure in the hell not paying for shipping twice when it wasn't my fault their product was wrong.

 

[67RS427]

I was just looking at that stuff for my NNBS... I decided a few hours ago to close out all the tabs and move on to something else. My advise, screw them. Dispute the original PayPal or credit card charge if you can still. Thats not cool at all, clearly the fit is not correct. Not cool at all. Sorry man, ******...

Edit: you "could" modify the outer trim but not sure how clean you'd be able to get it. It'd be tough that's for sure.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm done with the cluster. That was my second go-around. Last year I ordered an "upgrade" from www.fixmygauges.com which was basically their only choice for me. It was an 02 Escalade white face with a bezel that had chrome rings around the gauges. I took one look at it in-person and said hell no. It looked so cheap I couldn't bring myself to even install it. Sent it back and they refunded me. I talked to the guy and he said since the 00-02's are not in enough demand he can't afford to set up any more options since it takes so much money to tool up and he can't make enough money to recoup his costs.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I'm done with the cluster. That was my second go-around. Last year I ordered an "upgrade" from www.fixmygauges.com which was basically their only choice for me. It was an 02 Escalade white face with a bezel that had chrome rings around the gauges. I took one look at it in-person and said hell no. It looked so cheap I couldn't bring myself to even install it. Sent it back and they refunded me. I talked to the guy and he said since the 00-02's are not in enough demand he can't afford to set up any more options since it takes so much money to tool up and he can't make enough money to recoup his costs.

Boo hiss!

 

[Rocket Man]

After not hearing from NR Auto for a day (I originally contacted them 2 days ago) I sent them another email and threatened to contest the PP transaction. Immediately they got back to me and said they're refunding my money. I also mentioned I was detailing this on the forum so that might of helped. Companies are understanding that forums can have a huge impact on their bottom line, either positively or negatively.