blu_fuz
Full Member
Since my other 07 LTZ is just too dang pretty for winter duty now, I ran across this peach for $4000 on craigslist. Talked them down to $2500 because it is really beat up, filthy and has plenty of repairs it needs.
2007 Black
LTZ
5.3L
215,000 miles
Autoride (blown bags and bad compressor)
Heated titanium leather
DVD/Nav BOSE with headliner DVD unit
4wd
20" LTZ polished alloys
Sunroof
It has 5/6cyl lifters stuck and it runs really rough. Dents on just about every panel. Dirty inside/out. Surface rust on most panels. Tailgate doesn't open. KBB for fair condition is almost $8,000 so for $2500 it was a no brainer.
The interior will clean up nice. I will practice my own bondo and paint on the outside if I ever really want to. For now, it runs, shifts, drives, and is a hell of a rig to tool around in winter to save my Bermuda Blue AV from the salt/sand/snow.
Things that I know are broken or damaged:
- tailgate handle bezel cracked/missing chunks patched
- tailgate latch seized and locked FIXED
- passenger mirror glass/housing broken FIXED
- drivers mirror, no glass/housing broken FIXED
- cracked grill
- drivers side step split from front to back
- drivers rear exterior handle
- front bumper peeling paint and dented
- rear bumper bashed in both corners
- tow harness plug broken FIXED
- dented hood, drivers side doors & rear 1/4 panel, passenger rear door & rear 1/4 panel
- HVAC blend doors do what they want
- Autoride air shocks are blown
- Autoride compressor not working
- 2 stuck lifters in engine replace all 16 FIXED
- service stabilitrac/traction light on FIXED
- check engine codes for EVAP, O2 sensors, and misfires o2 sensors and misfires FIXED
- service suspension light on FIXED
- tire pressure sensor lights on
- tears in rear seat bottoms
- carpet is destroyed CLEANED
- missing 2 knobs off the rear entertainment console
- missing bed panel #3 FIXED
- passenger rear floor mat (other ones are destroyed anyway) CLEANED
- missing 1 wheel center cap FIXED
- worn steering wheel leather & spoke covers
- dented airbag chevy logo
- filthy headliner CLEANED
- brake switch broken (no cruise) FIXED
- fuel door spring missing FIXED
Some good points:
- leather cleaned up great
- Nav works
- DVD works
- no blown speakers
- trans shifts smooth when the stabilitrac/traction light is off
- 4 newer tires
- new fuel pump
- new gas tank
- new power steering lines
- newer rotors and pads
- rear glass frame not cracked!
- heated seats and other interior functions all work
- alignment feels good
So far I did these things:
- bought center cap
- bought R/L side mirrors
- installed fuel door spring
- scrubbed all of the interior but the carpet
- cleaned the bed and midgate gasket
- fixed the tailgate handle
- bought new tow harness plug end for hitch
- got spare key and bed panel from previous owner
I'm selling some other things to come up with the money to replace the 16 lifters and associated parts. Hopefully it runs well after and then I will work on some of the cosmetic exterior bits.
2007 Black
LTZ
5.3L
215,000 miles
Autoride (blown bags and bad compressor)
Heated titanium leather
DVD/Nav BOSE with headliner DVD unit
4wd
20" LTZ polished alloys
Sunroof
It has 5/6cyl lifters stuck and it runs really rough. Dents on just about every panel. Dirty inside/out. Surface rust on most panels. Tailgate doesn't open. KBB for fair condition is almost $8,000 so for $2500 it was a no brainer.
The interior will clean up nice. I will practice my own bondo and paint on the outside if I ever really want to. For now, it runs, shifts, drives, and is a hell of a rig to tool around in winter to save my Bermuda Blue AV from the salt/sand/snow.
Things that I know are broken or damaged:
- tailgate handle bezel cracked/missing chunks patched
- tailgate latch seized and locked FIXED
- passenger mirror glass/housing broken FIXED
- drivers mirror, no glass/housing broken FIXED
- cracked grill
- drivers side step split from front to back
- drivers rear exterior handle
- front bumper peeling paint and dented
- rear bumper bashed in both corners
- tow harness plug broken FIXED
- dented hood, drivers side doors & rear 1/4 panel, passenger rear door & rear 1/4 panel
- HVAC blend doors do what they want
- Autoride air shocks are blown
- Autoride compressor not working
- 2 stuck lifters in engine replace all 16 FIXED
- service stabilitrac/traction light on FIXED
- check engine codes for EVAP, O2 sensors, and misfires o2 sensors and misfires FIXED
- service suspension light on FIXED
- tire pressure sensor lights on
- tears in rear seat bottoms
- carpet is destroyed CLEANED
- missing 2 knobs off the rear entertainment console
- missing bed panel #3 FIXED
- passenger rear floor mat (other ones are destroyed anyway) CLEANED
- missing 1 wheel center cap FIXED
- worn steering wheel leather & spoke covers
- dented airbag chevy logo
- filthy headliner CLEANED
- brake switch broken (no cruise) FIXED
- fuel door spring missing FIXED
Some good points:
- leather cleaned up great
- Nav works
- DVD works
- no blown speakers
- trans shifts smooth when the stabilitrac/traction light is off
- 4 newer tires
- new fuel pump
- new gas tank
- new power steering lines
- newer rotors and pads
- rear glass frame not cracked!
- heated seats and other interior functions all work
- alignment feels good
So far I did these things:
- bought center cap
- bought R/L side mirrors
- installed fuel door spring
- scrubbed all of the interior but the carpet
- cleaned the bed and midgate gasket
- fixed the tailgate handle
- bought new tow harness plug end for hitch
- got spare key and bed panel from previous owner
I'm selling some other things to come up with the money to replace the 16 lifters and associated parts. Hopefully it runs well after and then I will work on some of the cosmetic exterior bits.