96Suburban
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Hey all! Just joined this forum the other day. I love the outdoors and offroading, and exploring historic/abandoned sites. I have 3 vehicles. 2 Suburbans and a 4Runner. I will be putting up a seperate build thread for my 4Runner in the next few days. This thread is going to focus on my 1996 Suburban 2500. Suburbans are an excellent platform for overland/bug out builds.
With this truck, I am not going to be doing any hardcore trails (thats what the 4Runner is for), however will be doing minor trails and road trips. I am moving back to Tucson, AZ from NY in the next month or so, so this truck will serve as my all purpose vehicle so to say
---------PLANS--------------------------------------------
-New trans with deeper trans pan w/ drain.
-New brush guard and offroad rear bumper
-Interior carpet (ordered!)
-Paint (finished!)
-Third brake light replaced (finished!)
-Smoked front headlights (installed just need bulbs!)
-Set of PY0 wheels
-Smoked rear tail lights
-CB radio
-offroad lights
-cowl hood?
-New radiator with correct height filler neck
This is how I picked it up. Blown 4l80e, paint in need of help, and a moldy sh!tty interior...all for $1000. Not too bad. Had it towed home the next evening.
The brush guard was awesome however it was rotted out bad and I scrapped it. I also ditched the running boards the next day.
Then I started to remove the nasty interior and carpet. Yuck.
I got a really nice set of seats out of a tan 92-94 Suburban. Middle row on ebay, 2 front seats from Craigslist, and a third row from the U pull it.
Also put on a "new" rear and front bumper, since the existing ones were rotted or starting to rot.
With this truck, I am not going to be doing any hardcore trails (thats what the 4Runner is for), however will be doing minor trails and road trips. I am moving back to Tucson, AZ from NY in the next month or so, so this truck will serve as my all purpose vehicle so to say
---------PLANS--------------------------------------------
-New trans with deeper trans pan w/ drain.
-New brush guard and offroad rear bumper
-Interior carpet (ordered!)
-Paint (finished!)
-Third brake light replaced (finished!)
-Smoked front headlights (installed just need bulbs!)
-Set of PY0 wheels
-Smoked rear tail lights
-CB radio
-offroad lights
-cowl hood?
-New radiator with correct height filler neck
This is how I picked it up. Blown 4l80e, paint in need of help, and a moldy sh!tty interior...all for $1000. Not too bad. Had it towed home the next evening.
The brush guard was awesome however it was rotted out bad and I scrapped it. I also ditched the running boards the next day.
Then I started to remove the nasty interior and carpet. Yuck.
I got a really nice set of seats out of a tan 92-94 Suburban. Middle row on ebay, 2 front seats from Craigslist, and a third row from the U pull it.
Also put on a "new" rear and front bumper, since the existing ones were rotted or starting to rot.
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