What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Fless]

Well I have to make my garage a drive-through, and then build a small shop in my back yard, and then I’ll be ok. But yes, I’m working on the old one car 1950’s garage right now. I feel like I’m building a tiny house though....gotta make good use of every bit of space especially since I’ll be basically losing the back wall as it will be an overhead door.

I hear ya. I'd better quit complaining, I've got it good, relatively speaking. I can always park one outside when I need the room, but I don't like to. The Hoe sat out all summer while I worked on the deck wood, and she's lovin' the shelter of the garage.

 

[Sam Harris]

Replaced the crap Opt7 LEDs with some more Chinese ones. Lol. These are the Lasfit. IIRC, @Rocket Man recommended them. (Clarification: I only replaced the fogs today.)

 

[Sam Harris]

Forgot who it was, but someone posted replacement rubber bumpers for the middle console, to replace the ridiculously expensive factory ones. I only needed to replace a couple, but worked well.







Super exciting... lol

 

[Fless]

Cute nipples, @Sam Harris. JK

Wait, I meant bumpers! Had other things on my mind...

 

[Sam Harris]

And I finally decided to replace the standard NNBS shifter with the new one that @Adverturedenali92 suggested (maple or amber or something..?) Thanks Chase!! - anyway, color is pretty good. Not exact, but a lot nicer than black. And I bent the shifter arm enough so it’s closer to stock. Much better!

Now, I’ll have to do it all over again, when my replacement shifter boot arrives Wednesday.. [emoji3525]
I left the original in for now because mine’s pretty trashed and suspect it would have ended up in two pieces anyway, had I put it on the new shifter...


Before, with the stock NNBS shifter:

In park:


In drive:



After I bent the arm in the vice, I needed to clean up the shaft a bit since it was a little torn up / rough from the vice jaws:




Now the new park position:



And drive:



Hard to show, but a significant difference after bending the arm, compared with the other NNBS shifter:




Then I started pulling off the shrink tubing I did last time, and desoldered the wires. These are really short, so didn’t want to cut any off if I didn’t have to:






Soldered to the original plug:



And 3 layers of shrink tubing, because I love that shit.. :





Factory plastic keepers hold the wire in perfect:




New park position:



Tow / Haul (BBP “Sport” mode) activates just fine, and the drive position:

 

[Tonyrodz]

And I finally decided to replace the standard NNBS shifter with the new one that @Adverturedenali92 suggested (maple or amber or something..?) Thanks Chase!! - anyway, color is pretty good. Not exact, but a lot nicer than black. And I bent the shifter arm enough so it’s closer to stock. Much better!

Now, I’ll have to do it all over again, when my replacement shifter boot arrives Wednesday.. [emoji3525]
I left the original in for now because mine’s pretty trashed and suspect it would have ended up in two pieces anyway, had I put it on the new shifter...


Before, with the stock NNBS shifter:

In park:


In drive:



After I bent the arm in the vice, I needed to clean up the shaft a bit since it was a little torn up / rough from the vice jaws:




Now the new park position:



And drive:



Hard to show, but a significant difference after bending the arm, compared with the other NNBS shifter:




Then I started pulling off the shrink tubing I did last time, and desoldered the wires. These are really short, so didn’t want to cut any off if I didn’t have to:






Soldered to the original plug:



And 3 layers of shrink tubing, because I love that shit.. :





Factory plastic keepers hold the wire in perfect:




New park position:



Tow / Haul (BBP “Sport” mode) activates just fine, and the drive position:

So much nicer. So you bent the shifter up so it sits higher? I need a vise. I bet if I tried to bend it while it's attached I'd def break something.

 

[Bear77]

Definitely think it unwise to do so while installed in truck! I also need to get a vise...it’s somewhere on my to do list


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[wjburken]

I need a vise.

I also need to get a vise.

All of my vises I picked up at either an auction or a garage sale. Haven’t spent more than $10 and I have a couple good sized ones.

 

[Tonyrodz]

All of my vises I picked up at either an auction or a garage sale. Haven’t spent more than $10 and I have a couple good sized ones.

I'd also need a bench to mount it to.

 

[wjburken]

I'd also need a bench to mount it to.

Details! Kitchen counters work!