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

[Dantheman1540]

Today, I finally got around to a major suspension, brake upgrade, and differential swap (with the help of my son-in-law and another of his mechanics. In spite of major problems with the rearend sent to us by ATK (under a warranty claim), we accomplished a crazy amount of work in about 10 hours (thanks to a rear auto shop with lifts). Here's what we did:
Front of truck:
New UCA and LCA
All ball joints. tie rod ends. pitman and idler arms
Reman. steer gearbox
4-piston 2020 brake upgrade w/R1 Concept drilled and slotted rotors
R1 Concepts Optimum OEp brake pads
New SS brake lines
Atomic Fabrication Products Coilover kit with Viking coilovers

Rear of truck:
ATK rear unit swap
Bilstein 4600s
SS brake lines
Airlift coil bags and compressor
New R1 Concepts drilled and slotted rotors
New stock calipers and ceramic pads

So far it drives like a dream I once had. I'll be breaking in the rear diff. for a few days, so won't be able to do much performance testing. I'll post brake a performance review in the 2000-2006 section "4-Piston Big Brake Upgrade" section.


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Looks killer! Love seeing big jobs like this get knocked out.

 

[Scottydoggs]

damn brakes started to squeal again. time to just buy new pads for the front.

and the last 2 days not a peep out of these brakes lol very odd.

 

[Doubeleive]

So my aftermarket keyless entry lost memory, ended up disconnecting the neg battery cable to rest it. Reconnected the cable, got the keyless to work again but in the process the ac actuator went in a loop and won't stop. This is only when the ac is on, the position keeps going to face, feet, face/feet, vents. I tried disconnecting the battery again and Reconnected, but no dice. Does anyone know how to relearn with a tech2, if not I'll have to ask one of the technicians at work for some help.

you can do it with the tech2, not sure of the exact menu but it's probably under bcm/hvac/special functions

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Those rear sway bar end links are really nice !

FR what brand?

 

[Tonyrodz]

FR what brand?

The Hellwigs I sold him.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Today, I finally got around to a major suspension, brake upgrade, and differential swap (with the help of my son-in-law and another of his mechanics. In spite of major problems with the rearend sent to us by ATK (under a warranty claim), we accomplished a crazy amount of work in about 10 hours (thanks to a rear auto shop with lifts). Here's what we did:
Front of truck:
New UCA and LCA
All ball joints. tie rod ends. pitman and idler arms
Reman. steer gearbox
4-piston 2020 brake upgrade w/R1 Concept drilled and slotted rotors
R1 Concepts Optimum OEp brake pads
New SS brake lines
Atomic Fabrication Products Coilover kit with Viking coilovers

Rear of truck:
ATK rear unit swap
Bilstein 4600s
SS brake lines
Airlift coil bags and compressor
New R1 Concepts drilled and slotted rotors
New stock calipers and ceramic pads

So far it drives like a dream I once had. I'll be breaking in the rear diff. for a few days, so won't be able to do much performance testing. I'll post brake a performance review in the 2000-2006 section "4-Piston Big Brake Upgrade" section.


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All that awesome shiny and rusty hubs!

 

[iamdub]

Ran across a same color hood. My buddy’s was a chalkboard. $50 and took the buffer to it; not perfect, but at least it’s shiny.Fixed his window regulator, tweeter and the other doors handle that broke off. How do raise the hood is front ? “New” hood is slightly lower than the fenders etc at the front.

Raise the hood latch. The holes are slotted to allow adjustment. Loosen the three bolts and slide it upward. If there's slack after adjusting (hood can be rattled up and down when latched), back out the rubber bumpers on the top of the core support a little at a time and check. Worst case, you'll have to bend the loop in the hood downward.

 

[SRQYukon]

The Hellwigs I sold him.

Yep. I completely forgot to mention the Hellwig adjustable sway bar end links. Thanks, again TonyRodz.

 

[SRQYukon]

love the blue on the calipers. What kind of prep if any did you do on them??? Maybe that will motivate me to install mine. Show some pics of the whole rig as well, lets see what they look like behind the wheels.

I took my angle grinder to the new calipers and smoothed the rough castings and took about 3/16" off the inner shoulder to be sure I had enough clearance for my 22" wheel. Glad I did that because the clearance on the driver side is only about 1/16". Anyway, after smoothing, I used a high heat primer and several coats of VHT bright blue caliper paint, and several more coats of clear caliper paint. Not a show-quality job but looks pretty cool (I'll post some pictures later this afternoon with the wheels on). I'm really tired of red calipers, so opted for something a little different.

 

[SRQYukon]

All that awesome shiny and rusty hubs!

You win the first criticism award. Since it's not a show-truck, and the hubs are completely covered by the wheels, I don't care that they have a little scale.