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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..

Stay tuned!!

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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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Here are the shackles that came in yesterday.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps153cccd6.jpg

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These springs gave me a perfect 2" drop.

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looks pretty nice down low

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Looks great with that stance.

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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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Originally Posted by muthstryker (Post 6627393)

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?

Thank you!!

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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Originally Posted by Low Elco (Post 6685912)

I like it!

Thanks :metal: