Suburban 1500 mild build

If you read my other thread, you would have seen that I was just starting a build on a Suburban 2500. Alot has happened in the past few months where I had to stop the project and sell parts.
With that said, my daily driver is a 1999 Suburban 1500 that I will be building for mild dirt roads, and long road trips. She may be no 2500, but she has rear air shocks which I can fill up for towing and heavier cargo loads. She has lowish miles at 124k and a brand new transmission. I just put 2k into it getting it ready for the move to Tucson.

The plans for this are as followed:
-GPS unit with mount.
-Cab light visor (taken off the 2500 project)
-Newer set of 265 tires with good tread
-remove side steps for better clearance.
-fix the air shocks and maybe add compressor.
-window tint
-custom exhaust

Pictures. A little out of order, but I will provide captions.517750
-I added LED lighting in the doors, courtesy lights. Alot easier to see when getting in at night, plus looks good also.
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-I also added LEDs to the gauge cluster, improves the look and visibility.
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-I swapped the spare battery tray for the underhood storage box. I will store shop rags, maybe some tools.
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-I had the dent fixed and also the rear bumper replaced when I got rear ended. Also upgraded to 265/75/17 tires. Wasnt really a fan of the wheels, but they were alright.
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-Installed the brand new carpet I had originally put in the project 2500 as well as the seats.
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-Those 2 exterior shots are from a few days after picking her up.
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-Matching 92-94 center console to go with the seats.
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-Lastly, I had to replace the fuel pump at one point, so I decided to just replace everything for a peace of mind.
 

chilliwak

Expedition Leader
Thats a clean looking rig you have there Mr Burb! Looks like you are ready for the long haul. Thanks for posting pics of your rig. Cheers, Chilli... ?
 
We’ve had several suburban sim recently for custom rack figments, bumpers, lighting, suspension, custom dual battery setups, etc. glad to see they’re beginning to be built for overland!
 
We’ve had several suburban sim recently for custom rack figments, bumpers, lighting, suspension, custom dual battery setups, etc. glad to see they’re beginning to be built for overland!
Nice, they really are great trucks. This one is a daily, so it's not going to be an over the top build, it just has to be able to get to some mild offroad locations for ghost town explorations and mild trails.
 

CrazyDrei

Space Monkey
Great platform, beautiful and clean truck. I wish I had barn doors on mine. Can;t wait to see your build and adventures.
 

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