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Kaczman's Olympic White Avalanche modification thread

kaczman

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As I have heavily modified a few vehicles in my past such as:

A 573HP Supercharged STS-V:


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFXfX7vOgX0

A 584HP BMW M6:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTQ1Vj12iU&list=UU7nnvIV9OeRCxkgY1A0u5DA&index=1

A Cadillac STS V8:

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(Current pic of vehicle in this thread) 10" Lifted Avalanche LTZ:

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A Jeep Grand Cherokee WK on 22" Viper Wheels:

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A Lifted Sport Trac:

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Matte Silver Supercharged Cobalt SS:

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A Custom Matte Graphite Turbocharged Tiburon: (gay, for girlfriend at the time)

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And my latest project, a custom turbo GT86 FR-S:

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And many others, I usually start a progress thread from start to finish. This is my Project Avalanche LTZ.

Here is my other current project as well, a 2012 Thunder Gray CTS-V Coupe M6 w/ Saffron Interior

Stainless Works 2" Headers & 3" Midpipe w/ X Pipe Cats Removed
Lingenfelter Balancer Kit w/ 22.5% Overdrive Pulley (9.5")
Airraid Intake, Big 3 Racing 1.7 Gal Heat Exchanger Tank
160 Degree Thermostat, TR6 Plugs, Big 3 Racing Tune
610 rwhp; 600 tq currently.






 
We will be waiting for the update pic's  (y)
 
Tinted Windows done 20% all glass and 50% windshield:

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For starting modifications, I have ordered:

2.5" Leveling kit
Pioneer AppRadio2
PAC RP5-GM31 Harness to retain all factory features & bose
Install Kit
License Plate Reverse IR Nightvision Backup Camera
OEM 2 Way Remote Start Add-on
Halo Projector Headlights (taking apart and painting white)
White Emblems
Tinted Escalade LED Tail Lights




To be ordered/completed:
Sail Panels painted body white
6K HID Headlights
3K HID Foglights
Interior/Exterior LED Conversion
Shorty Antenna (ideas?)
Custom Center Console Lid
22" Black/Machined Rockstars w/ White Accents
305/45/22 Tires

...seem to be missing the drivers side rear mudflap too...
 
Great!  :D  Should be fun to watch the progress, thanks for posting the pics.  Now, given the other projects you've done, I'm thinking you need to make 650HP or so with this one...  >:D
 
Your mod list sounds AVesome!!!

I also have an 08 in the same color, and look forward to seeing the progress!
Keep up the good work!  (y)
 
Mine is a 2007 LTZ. I love this color! almost as much as my interlagos blue M6!
 
Here are some updated pictures and descriptions, as promised for this round of mods.

Started out with new air filter, and used some engine flush in the oil. drained, replaced with amsoil.
Flushed transmission and filter replacement, with amsoil.
Flushed front and rear differential, with amsoil.
Flushed transfer case, with special GM Auto Track II Fluid (blue)

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Installed Pioneer AppRadio2 tethered to my Samsung Galaxy S Relay. Added the nav antenna, microphone, and I used the Pac GM5 harness to retain factory Onstar, backup sensors, bose audio, and steering wheel controls.

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Installed a infrared color backup camera on the license plate:

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Installed Smoked LED Tail Lights & Added LED reverse lights:

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Installed a 2.5" Leveling lift kit with 1" rear spacers. Also painted the emblem black... cant decide if I want to go black or keep white.

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Im sending the headlights out to get painted body color and demon eyes installed. Cant decide which color demon eyes. Thinking I should go with a white emblem on the grille, and shave the rear emblem. I also want to plastidip all my avalanche badges and LTZ badges but am not sure how to go about the easiest way doing it. Thoughts? Thanks
 
I like color matched emblems myself. I think it would also flow nicely with the color matched headlights as well. And while you're painting stuff maybe paint the trailer plug cover white as well.

Easiest way i found to dip letters is tape off a rectangular area about 3" wider then the painting surface. Let the paint dry and peel away the excess. It wil seperate itself from the edges of the letters.

For the stubby antenna idea, i purchased the antenna delete cover from an escalade/tahoe and ran a wire from the antenna mount, across the windshield under the hood, then up the driverside windshield. I still have radio reception and no more ugly antenna
 
FINALLY the headlights are done. 24 hours and 5 days, wow that sucked. But it should look AWESOME. heres some pictures, as well as my M6 and avalanche.

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Here they are, finished and installed.

They were aftermarket halo projectors with LED running lights. They were disassembled and painted body color white to match muy truck.

We hardwired 6K HID headlights (and 3K HID Fogs.) There are amber / white Switchback LEDs for the turn signals that stay white when power is constant, and flash amber then return with turn signals. The daytime running lights are white LEDs as well. Resistors added to the circuit to prevent hyper flash.

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Took off factory emblems, bought black billet emblems. Painted them gloss white, then did the middle lines in black and cleared them.
 
Well I got the emblems on the truck, and I noticed they had a pearl tint to them. Called the paint shop, and turns out they painted them White Diamond.

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So if you have a white diamond truck and want them, I will sell them for less than I paid for them and the paint work to be done.
 
Man, you have done some sweet work with those cars. So if I look correctly did you paint your insides of the headlights white or did you buy those?
 
Looking great. I'm in your area pretty often. If you an avy with ambers flashing it's lights or hear a train horn where there's no tracks around, it was me.  :wave:

and if you ever get bored with the M, let me know.
 
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Man, you have done some sweet work with those cars. So if I look correctly did you paint your insides of the headlights white or did you buy those?

I had them cut apart, painted white, and resealed. I then added LEDs/Projector HIDs.

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ohiobellboy said:
Looking great. I'm in your area pretty often. If you an avy with ambers flashing it's lights or hear a train horn where there's no tracks around, it was me.  :wave:

and if you ever get bored with the M, let me know.

Haha sounds good. The M6 is actually for sale:

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/3656106527.html
 
Dam I wonder if that is something I could figure out. Those headlights are sweet. would like to paint mine as well. May have to take them off and check it out.
 
kaczman said:
Haha sounds good. The M6 is actually for sale:

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/3656106527.html
Damn that's sweet. Got too many summer toys (my 04 avy and my CVO HD) right now though. Nicely done.
 
24" wheels, bigger than I liked but whatever. probably going to paint the spokes white.

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Looks nice! I recommend:

A white pinstripe around the wheel
Chrome grill, mirror caps and door handles
Smooth white sail cladding

 
i actually like it with the black cladding..... maybe a bug guard to break up all that white on the front?
 
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