We’ve been trying to catch up on bills to have money for toys, but so far no luck. Basically since we have another car now, I want to setup the Suburban to be good for specific tasks – it’s never going to be great on mileage so it might as well be more capable at things where mileage doesn’t matter.
So my plan is to pick up a 3/4 ton or a 1 ton set of axles and do a 4×4 swap. A bunch of people have done it before and I’m probably looking at no more than a few hundred bucks in tertiary parts to do it… most expensive parts will be the axle itself (because I have over-built tastes), getting driveshafts made, and the stuff for crossover steering.
I wish I could afford a decent hid lights kit, because the cut-off of a good HID projector system is just fantastic. The headlights on my truck suck at the moment – they’re all yellowy and faded and aren’t aligned correctly because the adjustment screws are worn out (one points down at the ground so low beam doesn’t have anywhere near the distance it should).
I want to build a cargo rack for it, but I don’t want to do that first because I don’t want it to look redneck silly. Basically my goal is to have it so if we want to go camping somewhere, and can afford the gas, the ‘burban will take us there in comfort – all your shit on the roof means more comfort.
I have a subwoofer, but no amp to drive it – so I took it out for the time being. I have all the crap to build a new box, I just don’t have an amp. So I want to get a modest amp, and then some thick welding wire to run a power distribution block to the back of the truck where I can set everything up (and eventually put a yellow top battery too).
All I need is a winning lottery ticket. 