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  1. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Little update, finally got another door, order it though jegs and it came packaged properly for once. Painted said he should be able to get it done in a week or two then I should be able to seal her up. Dropping roof rack off to be powder coated next week which will be last item before headliner...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Yes 3 pieces of 1/2” plate. It’s out of an 05 2500. The frame on mine narrows (I believe to accommodate the fuel tank and make the 30 a snug fit). When I played the diffs next to each other I noticed the perches on the 14 bolt were perpendicular while the stock 10 bolts were angled in towards...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Small progress is better than no progress right? Or at least that’s what we tell ourselves when a project carries on for a year longer than expected… the small progress was the reinstallation of my back glass and tailgate. I think she is lookin fresh from the back myself. Have to trim the frame...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Been awhile since an update, as of now nothing new has happened yet. Hopefully will have my tailgate back from painter and I can start on interior. Have a bit of an amendment to the front end that needs to be handled. As of now, the front suspension is functional and has 500+ miles on it, but...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Got most of the body on today, have some hiccups as per usual. I think it looks wonderful, definitely need to tweak some panels and do some fine tuning but I’m thrilled with the outcome thus far. Did some lil pulls on the way to the body shop and boy is it fun. Roasts the tires through first if...
  6. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Thank you much, it definitely was an undertaking but debatably the best thing I’ve done to the truck for under $200
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Not sure on that… was looking at k3500 bars though, they would definitely do the trick but might be overkill. Tempted to wait for my brother to go out of town and steal his 1500 HD bars to give them a shot
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Did all of the sound deadening last night, and a little bit today, ran out towards the end but the difference is night and day already. Supposed to be going to get all body panels installed on Saturday. Might get the new front carpet put in this weekend but that seems like a tough ask
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Managed to get a windshield and the side panels put back in. Got a new windshield and the side glass was out of a junkyard 96. Gonna give a shoutout to Maximum Auto glass. If you are on the gulf coast and need glass I highly recommend them. Not only did he install the glass but he took the time...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Thank you much!!
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Still no major updates but I got a picture that shows the new paint in contrast to the old, figured it really brings the transformation to life. Window installation scheduled for this weekend, maybe I’ll make it out to cruising the coast
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    It took my breath away, that’s for sure!
  13. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Just a small update on the paint; everything has been painted save the Rollpan and a few odds and ends. Now it just needs to be put together.
  14. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Been a long while since the last update to this thread. Did some tweaking on the suspension and managed to get it to not camber out as much. Got a plate on it and took it out for its first spin. Definitely had an interesting time. The truck did wonderfully for 300 miles other than odds and ends...
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    Can i swap a 1500 4x4 to 2500 4x4?

    It can be done, it’s not easy but it works. I have a whole thread on my build and there are pictures. Gotta cut and weld mounts for front diff and shorten the UCAs
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Every single part on the rig except for the body and frame has been replaced either with new parts (OE from Advanced Auto, or GM parts direct) bushings, ball joints, lowers, tie rods, idler arm, pitman arm, steering box, knuckles, CV’s all were new out of the box. Uppers were shortened an inch...
  17. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Does it in both unfortunately, and thank you, I appreciate it immensely. Hoping she’s an animal when I’m done
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Maybe someone will have an idea on this, not the end of the world I don’t think but it’s definitely a funky lil situation. Took the truck to a shop to get aligned when suspension was put together for the final time. It pulled together and surprisingly was in the green for stock specs despite...
  19. J

    Passenger wheel pushed out

    All I can think is the spindles are different, but it could something else, do you have pictures?
  20. J

    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Lil update on it all The cooling system has been sorted in its entirety, so that’s another check off of the list which was a massive relief. Added a MSD 6AL that my brother had laying around from his old setup on his corvette into the ignition. Before it was in there the spark wasn’t...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    According to cold case it is a cross flow, and it isn’t having the troubles anymore, put about 100 miles on it and it never overheated. Didn’t get over 190, and the fans are kicking on and off where as they just stayed in before
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    I think I’m going to bump them up to 195 for the first and 205 for the second. The more I’m reading the more I’m thinking I might want to increase it. These are rated at 4500 cfm and as soon as I flipped the polarity it was pulling my shirt into the condenser. The kit I have is the dual 16”...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    I used a cold case radiator for a k2500, the polarity on the fans were wrong from the factory… I thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be stupid if swapping the polarity made them behave properly” (the blade themselves indicate that there is a push and pull side). And of course it was the thing that I...
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    Definitely going to look into these
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    AWD 99 2 Door Tahoe Build

    one that I fabbed, these fans aren’t pulling like they are supposed to, even off the shroud the are lackluster, jegs basically told me to just send them back and get a different set. Incredibly frustrating experience with them. The blades have pushed on one side and puller on the other and they...
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