2000 Suburban K1500 budget low lift with 37"s

[60beforetruck]

heh. I've had a 102" whip on my Amazon wish list since Oct 2016, as well as a tip clip retainer so I could bend it forward and pin it to my roof rack. Just never got to it yet

Amazon.com: WORKMAN 102SSWA 102" Inch CB Ham Radio Antenna Stainless Steel Whip : Electronics

Buy WORKMAN 102SSWA 102" Inch CB Ham Radio Antenna Stainless Steel Whip: Radio Antennas - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

www.amazon.com

Amazon.com: Antenna Whip Tie Down: Automotive

Buy Antenna Whip Tie Down: Radio Antennas - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

www.amazon.com

never got the mobile ham radio or my tech license yet, although I have been farting around with cheap handhelds.

One of the other things I want to add is a ceiling rack setup for fishing poles and that long antenna.
If I wind up buying a 4'x8'x1/2" black HDPE sheet to re-make my roof deck I'll have plenty of material to mill a real nice ceiling rack from. Have a few doodles laying around, was thinking about doing it in hardwood to match the rear drawers. I tighter trimmer version of this -

Love mine.

 

[rayra]

Love mine.

That's very similar to what I have in mind. I want to tuck it the frames hard up against the headliner so the front ends are as close to the headliner as possible.
I was thinking to remove the coathangers and incorporate a hook into that part of the frames and use the coathanger mountings directly. Thanks for the reply / pic

 

[Overlandtowater]

Love mine.

Ive been kicking around the idea but want to use something soft seeing as I have three kids in the back....I'm thinking a hammock strap that has all the different loops for attaching hammocks at different heights

 

[CrazyDrei]

Beautiful New England weather

Woke up to 9" of snow this morning.

50 degrees and sunny yesterday

42 degrees, climbing into the 50s, and sunny today.

So much for doing yard work or working on the truck.

Stay tuned for more shenanigans!

 

[Overlandtowater]

wish I would have seen snow this winter...….buy hey we're up to 15" of rain this year already.

 

[Overlandtowater]

Not seen much from you over here hope all is well on the home front.

 

[fnjeep314]

Hey I have been watching your build for a long time! I remember when it started.

Can I ask you to post a pic or a few in this thread about just Suburbans and Tahoes?

Looking forward to more progress of your awesome build!

Expedition Portal

Largest and Oldest Overland Forum

www.expeditionportal.com

 

[CrazyDrei]

Not seen much from you over here hope all is well on the home front.

dirtdobberoffroad,

Haven't been around here but definitely around. New England weather is highly bipolar right now. Get snow one day and 60 degrees and sunny next. Been tackling a lot of yard work that needed to be done before spring officially gets here and everything turns green and I will not be able to touch it until late fall.

I'll get back to the Avaburb soon, have a couple fun ideas for it.

Stay tuned for more shenanigans!

 

[CrazyDrei]

Hey I have been watching your build for a long time! I remember when it started.

Can I ask you to post a pic or a few in this thread about just Suburbans and Tahoes?

Looking forward to more progress of your awesome build!

Expedition Portal

Largest and Oldest Overland Forum

www.expeditionportal.com

fnjeep314,

Thank you very much for following this crazy build and our adventures. I posted a few pics for you, enjoy.

Stay tuned for more shenanigans!

 

[chilliwak]

Lots of nice snow at your place Mr Crazy. Thanks for posting up pics. Cheers, Chilli... ?

 

[CrazyDrei]

New England has some beautiful weather this time of year.

One day its 60 degrees and sunny, next day its snowing and the next day its 60 and sunny again. With that said I have not had too much time to play with the AvaSub, but focused on lots and lots of yard work. While cleaning my workshop I stumbled onto the some Avi cladding that I removed and just had to see how it would look on the AvaSub.

I took the rear quarter panel and mocked it up as best I could where it would possibly sit on the AvaSub.

Well, it looks really good, kinda like it belongs there, so it looks like I'll be figuring out how to attach it to the AvaSub without cutting out old and still rust free rear quarter panels and attaching these. Cladding already has a cutout for fuel door, I will have to figure out how to cut out my onboard air access and tail light clearance.

I also mocked up the Avi tailgate.

Thinking of a taligate and lift glass combo for the rear.

Avi tailgate is way too tall and will greatly decrease my rear visibility. So that will be a no go. I did peel off grey Avi cladding trim piece off the tailgate to transfer onto the AvaSub.

Stay tuned for more shenanigans!

 

[Overlandtowater]

I've thought about the tailgate and lift gate combo.

 

[Deleted member 374434BT]

Wonder if Escalade rear arch trim and bumper cover would line up? You could always give it a texture coating.

 

[rayra]

Franken-Sub

 

[Overlandtowater]

Wonder if Escalade rear arch trim and bumper cover would line up? You could always give it a texture coating.

I checked that out on a same year model escalade.... the trim around the rear glass is a direct swap, I was assuming the 3rd brake light was too...I was wrong you have to get the whole glass portion. I do really like the 3rd brake light on the escalade better. Tail lights are a no go also.