New '06 Tahoe Owner

[Tonimus]

Greetings everyone. Picked up an '06 Tahoe. I got it originally to yank the drivetrain and stick it in my '78 Suburban. The wife and I have fallen in love with it and it's too nice to do that to, so it's officially joined the fleet. 207k miles, runs great.

When I got it, the headliner was coming down just at the front by the windshield. Put it back up with some pins. Can't even see it. Fixed so far, front window tints, hatch lock actuator, oil pressure sensor, one DRL and one turn signal. I've got a trailer brake controller to install, new stereo and speakers coming, new hatch glass struts, and a passenger seat heater. Also have new fog lights coming, and I have the parts to convert the dash 12v sockets and DLC to ignition power instead of constant.

 

[stutaeng]

Welcome! Wow, that truck is so clean to be scrapped for the drivetrain. You did well deciding to keep it. That truck has plenty of life left.

You can probably sand that peeling areas of paint and do a budget spot repair and it will look decent. Is it just the fenders and the rear quarter panel?

 

[Tonimus]

It's both front fenders, passenger rear quarter, driver rear door, and driver's side roof where the top meets the back end of the roof rack. I'm not terribly worried about it as yet. It's the super common GM white paint failure. One of these days I'll take it down to my buddy's shop and hit it with compressed air to see how much peels off, then maybe throw some paint at it. Not 100% sure yet.

 

[Cadillacmak]

Welcome, very nice rig! My wife really like her 01 Yukon.

 

[4silverado]

Welcome from Kentucky

 

[ORVietVet]

Welcome to the forum from Oregon.

Beautiful GMT800 Tahoe. Might want to check for water leak at top of w/s. Sometimes that is what causes the very front of headliner to come loose.

How are the door hinge pins?

 

[99Sierra2500]

Welcome! Looks clean.

 

[Tonimus]

Welcome to the forum from Oregon.

Beautiful GMT800 Tahoe. Might want to check for water leak at top of w/s. Sometimes that is what causes the very front of headliner to come loose.

How are the door hinge pins?

Doors all close correctly. No reason to suspect the pins. Don't have to lift to open or slam to close.

The headliner appears to just be due to the AZ sun. There's no sign of water intrusion. It did also rain pretty well a few times the last couple of days, and no signs of water.

 

[ORVietVet]

Doors all close correctly. No reason to suspect the pins. Don't have to lift to open or slam to close.

The headliner appears to just be due to the AZ sun. There's no sign of water intrusion. It did also rain pretty well a few times the last couple of days, and no signs of water.

Good. Yea, have heard of the AZ heat do that too but did not want to bypass possible water leak. The hinge pins are a know loose/play spot and I was not trying to connect the water leak to that. When the front doors are open, just slightly lift up and down at the end of door and see if can see/feel any play. If none, then all good. If there is some play, it will eventually get worse over time. My 2005 Tahoe has never had play but a friend's 2005 Tahoe did have driver's door play and I have a thread here about that. Her's has 192k miles on it.

 

[Tonimus]

Good. Yea, have heard of the AZ heat do that too but did not want to bypass possible water leak. The hinge pins are a know loose/play spot and I was not trying to connect the water leak to that. When the front doors are open, just slightly lift up and down at the end of door and see if can see/feel any play. If none, then all good. If there is some play, it will eventually get worse over time. My 2005 Tahoe has never had play but a friend's 2005 Tahoe did have driver's door play and I have a thread here about that. Her's has 192k miles on it.

I've also got a '78 Camaro (my avatar) Notorious for door pins.

 

[ORVietVet]

I've also got a '78 Camaro (my avatar) Notorious for door pins.

Agreed. If you look though, the design is different and the Tahoe hinge pins require door removal.

 

[Harry Dawg]

Nice rig. Did you tint the windows yourself?


This Texas heat is no joke, and I want to apply UV tint to the front to keep the cabin temp down.

Staying tuned for speaker install. Mine are blown too.

 

[Tonimus]

Nice rig. Did you tint the windows yourself?


This Texas heat is no joke, and I want to apply UV tint to the front to keep the cabin temp down.

Staying tuned for speaker install. Mine are blown too.

Speakers were really easy. For the fronts I used the OEM bracket as a drill guide. For the rear I mounted the speakers directly to the OEM bracket. None of the doors required me to cut the door card. I also removed the tweeters from the front doors and the D pillars. I got a full install kit from Crutchfield and it included instructions.

EDIT: Forgot to answer on tint. No I didn't. I had the front two window tints removed and redone by a local shop. The p.o.'s tint up there had failed, and the manufacturer had gone out of business.