Two seat Tahoe overlander build...

[08 Tahoe LTZ]

What part of AZ you in? Moving back to AZ from MN next month and I'd love to run into you sometime. Putting my 5" Rough Country lift on this weekend with kickers and 33s. Eliminating magnaride with resistors and new struts, coils in rear. Keeping auto ride for now until Bilsteins go in. BTW, did you ever fix your flares? I have the Bushwacker pocket flares and hated how they tapped on the sides in high winds or highway speeds. Ordered a hardware kit for cutout flares to switch cosmetic bolts for screws with spacers.

 

[Sparksalot]

That is me. I do a lot of off road exploring in my rig.. I just went over 190,000 miles with it and it is still going strong. The weather is starting to cool down here in Arizona so I am looking forward to this camping season coming up.

Nice digs!

 

[Sparksalot]

This is the center of Black Rock city where they have burning Man.

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Great shot.

 

[Tozan]

What part of AZ you in? BTW, did you ever fix your flares? I have the Bushwacker pocket flares and hated how they tapped on the sides in high winds or highway speeds. Ordered a hardware kit for cutout flares to switch cosmetic bolts for screws with spacers.

I live about 80 miles north west of Phoenix just outside of Wickenburg.

I still have the Bushwacker flares, I am not sure when or if I will bother with them.

 

[NOSOK]

Great to see someone else has done a 2 seater build. I'm in the process of doing something similar with a Suburban, but without the offroad gear you've put on. Z71 is capable enough for now, especially since a vast majority of my miles will be on pavement.

I bet that full insulation is real nice. I'd like that but it's a little to involved for me, especially with the headliner removal - I'll have to settle for some down comforters.

Your bed platform is an interesting design - looks like you modified some heavy duty wire shelving. I'm going the more traditional 3/4 plywood route.

What flavor of AR is that?

 

[Tozan]

Great to see someone else has done a 2 seater build. I'm in the process of doing something similar with a Suburban, but without the offroad gear you've put on. Z71 is capable enough for now, especially since a vast majority of my miles will be on pavement.

I bet that full insulation is real nice. I'd like that but it's a little to involved for me, especially with the headliner removal - I'll have to settle for some down comforters.

Your bed platform is an interesting design - looks like you modified some heavy duty wire shelving. I'm going the more traditional 3/4 plywood route.

What flavor of AR is that?

It is a 6.5 Grendel.

 

[NOSOK]

That definitely packs a punch compared to my lowly 5.56! I saw some nice glass on there as well.

 

[Tozan]

That definitely packs a punch compared to my lowly 5.56! I saw some nice glass on there as well.

For me it is good out to 1000 yards..

 

[NOSOK]

If you're curious what removing the seats saved you, it's probably 250+ lbs. I just weighed the seats we removed from our suburban and the 2nd row captains are 68 lbs each while the rear 2 part bench is 62 lbs per side.

 

[Sparksalot]

If you're curious what removing the seats saved you, it's probably 250+ lbs. I just weighed the seats we removed from our suburban and the 2nd row captains are 68 lbs each while the rear 2 part bench is 62 lbs per side.

I had a similar discussion this morning with some overlanding folks about the weight saved by deleting the rear seat.