Installed a set of auxiliary LED lights on the front bull bar. I will go out later tonight and aim them correctly.




I got a set of mounts from Amazon for 3" bull bars.



Side view



Front View

 

Pesky dome lights fixed. Took out the ribbon wiring and wired in some T10 sockets. Got some LEDs off Amazon. One of my switches fell apart when I pulled the console off. Had a heck of a time finding replacements but I found them!! Had to buy 20. Only needed 2 so I have 18 of the little dome.light switches up for grabs. Will post them.in the free section. I could not have gotten this all working without this forum. Hoping I can help.out someone in need too. Everything installed.
Broken little switch.
Package of 20 switches.


Tinted Raptor liner is going on the rockers tomorrow. Have been waiting patiently for acceptable weather, looks like tomorrow will work.

 

looked at the X from the garage...safely shielded from the 52F temp and rain

so I did an oil change on Tahoe instead. holy crap it takes 8.5qts

 

That is a great little bit of info! That means my Chrysler, Excursion and F-150 all use the same filter

 

im working on a 90s dodge dakota and it has that same filter ironicly even got the same oil today for an oil change

 

only 08+ hemi. early hemi motors have different threads.
check the cross-reference charts to be sure

 

Damn it! I've been using Mopar filters and was stoaked I could possibly use the same...oh well they are both on the shelf at Wal Mart

 

That Tahoe really uses 5w20?

 

no it requires 0w20

but the active fuel management makes the motor shake really bad in V-4 mode and light load situations

i noticed that it doesn't do that as badly with 5w20 oil. And the valve train is quieter.

we love our Tahoe, but for a motor that's been around for 17yrs, and 10+ years of AFM...Chevy missed the mark in some spots. The 6.0 in my Escalade was phenomenally better. I blame the AFM

 

I hated that in our mini van so I disabled it. A whole difference of 1mpg but no shaking, full power all the time, and no cold ring/piston problems.

 

Not necessarily what I did today but I need to get caught up from the last few weeks activities.

I bought this new to me X a few weeks back.
Stock as could be 2005 V10 Limited with 80k miles.

Stock photo here:



Since then I have added....
-ATS V/C spring swap & new Bilstiens all the way around along with steering dampener
-20" OEM Wheels with Nitto G2 tires
-Fred's 2" Spacers
-Bug Shield
-Window tint up front and on front window eyebrow
-Hellwig rear sway bar
-Stubby Antenna
-Period correct larger mirrors
-soldered trip computer chips back on

 

Jd that thing looks great! Especially with those wheels. Making me rethink my color choice

 

Thank you! It definitely wasn't my first choice in color but I wanted something with low miles and in good shape.

Its growing on me!

 

It's beautiful! That color was/is my dream color Ex. Not many of them up here like that but when I see one I drool. Very tasteful mods.

 

Finally finished rocker rebuild today. Color didn't match as good as I hoped, but it still looks nice. Will be covered by the doors most of the time anyway. Used Raptor liner and tinted it with factory paint.
Before
After..hoping it darkens up a little as it cures. I like it either way
Did both sides, wheel well to wheel well. Sure the neighbors hate me by now with all the noise. And yes... I need to mow haha