My 97 Tahoe build
Hello. This is my official thread of my 97 Tahoe build.
I have spent the last few years working on my 61, now its time to focus on my other ride. Here is a pic of it today.. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/IMG_0913.jpg I have had this since 2006 and its mostly been a daily driver.. |
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One of my recent project was to replace the fuel injection spider.. With the help of a 40 minute youtube video, I jumped right in..
Here is a before shot. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps959d733c.jpg After. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps1d6a3cdd.jpg What a difference in power going to a true multi-port injection over the central port fuel injection. |
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The next thing I did was replacing the lights the lit up the AC control panel and guage cluster.
Before. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa6287e07.jpg After. I also replaced the push button switch led's with blue ones. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psea6c45c4.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psgu809xc4.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5826da59.jpg Superbrightleds.com is where I got the bulbs.. What a nice upgrade that was. |
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Next on the list is a 3/2" drop.. Im planning on buying some 3" drop springs for the front and 2" drop shackles for the rear..
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Look what the man in the brown truck brought me today..
New springs!! http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psf30bd893.jpg Some before shots.. Front http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps446a80e2.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa38b5646.jpg Rear http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps6d14bc3b.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps00d282eb.jpg I hope to start on this Saturday.. |
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The new springs are actually for a 2" drop.. I may just go 1" in the rear. The shackles I have coming can to 1" or 2" drop.. I will drop the front first and then go from there.
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Today I started the front spring replacement.
Here are some shots during. Spring out. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps70c76c61.jpg Old and new. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa0712595.jpg Spring in. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps118fbd41.jpg After. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps05e31cc3.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psb90fa07d.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps024ffd57.jpg Stay tuned. The rear is next. |
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These springs gave me a perfect 2" drop.
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Well, the rear didn't take too long..
Before http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps072b8720.jpg Old and New http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps099bb988.jpg After http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps88b75abf.jpg After rear measurement http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps60bc529c.jpg After front and rear are complete. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps2df23aa0.jpg Im real happy how this turned out. |
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looks pretty nice down low
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Looks great with that stance.
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Thanks guys
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I pulled the running boards off today.. I was not sure if I would like it, but I think I do.. After the 2/2 drop, having the boards there did make it look lower.. I think I like the cleaner look with out them.
Before. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps8a2ce889.jpg After. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps563e6f39.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psbae3fe6b.jpg |
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Today was replacing sway bar bushings and end link bushings.
Before http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3bd0edcb.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps84e60bdb.jpg New parts from Prothane http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psc869ec6a.jpg One thing you may notice, the sleeve and bolts were much longer than the original.. Problem was, these were for a 4X4 Tahoe.. I ended up reusing the old bolts with the new bushings, but that didn't look right either.. I cut down the sleeves down to 1 1/8" and used bolts to match.. That took it to the right level after dropping the front 2" After http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3a5ff86c.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9e0ae88b.jpg Next shocks and all steering parts. |
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Just a fun picture I took today.. Its not as low as it looks.. The ground is a little lower there where I parked it today.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9f0cebb0.jpg |
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I have similar plans for mine.
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Looks good! how tall are your tires? Was thinking about running a similar drop on mine for awhile. I can't tell from the picture with the tape measure they look to be around 28 inches?
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My current tires are 255/70/15 (29.1"), but I was planning on changing them to a 255/70/15 (28"). Was going for a low fat look. |
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Awesome thank you! Keep it up!
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I went to my local tire shop for an alignment and the guy there said my upper ball joint were too worn to align the front end.. I replaced the pitman arm because that was worn.. The ball joints looks ok to me, but they are the experts..
So, I bought new ball joints from ebay this week and they should be here tomorrow.. I hope to get them on over the weekend.. I have to find a press for the lowers.. Stay tuned.... |
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...and here we are doing ball joints this weekend.
I have the upper ones done so far and here are a few pics of that. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psab992782.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps5808787f.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps713433b6.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps06b8a49a.jpg Now I need to track down a lower ball joint press.. I hope to get those done today. |
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Lower ball joint going in..
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psjsu5e9js.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psjycisp0b.jpg Alignment shop next! |
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I like it!
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