2001 8.1l Suburban Build!

[farmerjohnson]

This is my 01 2500 Suburban with the 8.1l. 4x4 of course and loaded it is our familys heavy hauler. We have horses and I also seem to move vehicles all the time. I have had this for 7 months now and have since put 15k on it. Going to Ohio from Cali, and looping down to GA the across through TX. That was a fun trip.......only 9 days long. Anyways I spend a lot of time in her but also want a good off-road capability/reliability. This means a solid axle swap. And this isn't my first nor my first for this gen chevy. But this will be the lowest lift possible. I am going to shoot for 3-4in of lift (outside of tire size lift, that size will be figured once the lift is done). Also I am building a roof rack that will be able to hold 5 bales of hay when needed. I have already made a rear carrier for water and fuel which seems to be holding up well.

Anyways here are some pictures!


Oh don't mind the winch bumper yet. Its far from done, I just had to stop due to a large wild fire near our house.



The day I bought her

 

[farmerjohnson]

 

[rayra]

Looks like its going to be a nice beast. Is that bedliner on the rocker panels / flares? coating the bumper in same?

 

[farmerjohnson]

Yes that is bedliner on the bottom and I probably won't coat everything else in it because it likes to hold the mud. I have contemplated taking off the exsiting bed liner.

And Thanks!

 

[boss324]

Nice Burb! I contemplated the SAS but decided to beef up tie rods first the idler and pitman when needing to. Good luck with the swap and keep us posted.

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['05TJLWBRUBY]

I'm getting old and hard to see from pic but are those the new style 2015+ two row LED chevy side mirrors? Any issues fitting or wiring? I plan to do just that on my '97 Suburban HD build at some point.

Best of Luck,

Mike

 

[farmerjohnson]

Yes the mirrors are the newest style but made to mount properly on the sub. The mirrors have 2 connectors, one for the power and heat which plugs in and fhe other for all the lights which you have to wire yourself

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