Z71 Adventure Wagon

[BlackBrud]

We had a blizzard back in 07 I think it was when I was working traffic and streets for the county, spent the weekend at a shack up in the mountains dispatching for the plow trucks and the loaders out working the mountain towns, first and only time I've seen snow that could bury a man, first time I ever had to dig my truck out in the morning. Gotta say y'all living with it yearly are a different breed. I'll take my earthquakes and my dust storms.

Haha I hear ya - I’ve become used to it, but I’m the same way about humid heat lol.

 

[BlackBrud]

In preparation for a road trip to Tx this weekend, I finally got my spare tire mounted. I ditched the old spare, and replaced it with an eBay z71 wheel and another Nokian.

Aside from that, I’m going to put my Yakima roof box on before we leave and that’s about it. The box looked huge on the Subaru I used to have, and now it looks tiny on the burb hahaha.

I look forward to seeing how the burb does on our first road trip with it - I assume it’ll be quite comfortable for four people and a bunch of stuff.

TYF doesn’t like my fancy photos at the moment, but I’ll upload some when I get a chance.

 

[BlackBrud]

Well I meant to make an update post when I got back from the eclipse trip, but work and life got busy. You know how it is..

The burb was a ROAD TRIP MACHINE. I fell more in love with it on the road trip. It never skipped a beat. So comfortable too!



We hit a hyuuuge rain storm on the way back to CO, but we kept rolling. When we got back, the burb threw two codes: u1500 and u1501. They were related to the active grill shutter electronics.

Turns out the wiring connection is right up front and is prone to water ingress. In my case, my active grille was stuck open, so I was able to keep driving it while I ordered a part to replace it.

While I had the bumper and grill off to replace the AGS, I replaced the old grill with a black RST-style grill. It was an easy process to replace the AGS and I took care to apply some dielectric grease to hopefully avoid the issue in the future- after install I flashed back to stock, and then re-flashed my tune. No more CEL. Took it for a drive to verify the shutter was working after I got up to temp, and then bought some victory frosties from Wendy’s on my way home. I love fixing stuff on my own when I can. Hell yeah.

Hope y’all are well - I’ll upload another photo of the front end once I wash it. This’ll do for now:

 

[buckwild27]

Great looking burb.

 

[SavageDad]

Enjoying the updates man, keep them coming!

 

[Oh Kee Pah]

@BlackBrud -> I was back home in 5280 for the 4th of July and told my mother that those new CO blackout plates looked pretty great.
Told her that it would be perfect on my Tahoe.
WELL DONE, again. I think the black plates really lets the front of the rig shine.
Anything new? Fall trips?

 

[BlackBrud]

@BlackBrud -> I was back home in 5280 for the 4th of July and told my mother that those new CO blackout plates looked pretty great.
Told her that it would be perfect on my Tahoe.
WELL DONE, again. I think the black plates really lets the front of the rig shine.
Anything new? Fall trips?

Hey thanks - I agree - they kind of blend in with the rest of the black.
I’ve been meaning to check in to provide some updates. Life has been super busy lately - my wife and I are in the process of moving to the mountains, so things have been a bit hectic, but on the plus side we’ve been in the mountains a lot.

The burb has been great though. We’ve been driving it up and down the i70 mountain corridor in the heat of the summer and it never skipped a beat. The transmission temps have been great, and the Nokian tires have been trippy and reliable. Just a few weeks ago I finally got the windshield replaced since the crack was getting bigger and impeding my vision.

As for goodies, just this week I removed the wind/bug deflector from the hood, and I bought some new shocks. I went with the fox 2.0 setup.

Can’t wait to get them installed, and then I’ll get an alignment and a general suspension and brake checkup before the move.

I’ve been slacking with photos lately, but here’s one from the summer. Currently around 94k miles.