Did you buy that new bumper cover already painted? If so, where did you find it?
I got quoted $1k for a new bumper/paint/install from a bodyshop but I can install myself if i can buy one already painted.
SE does a good job at offering quality products that people can actually afford.
Yea that is definitely the other end of the state. I love Morehead though. I spent a good amount of time there growing up.
No problem man. There is a "rake" from the factory meaning that the front of the truck is lower than the back. A lot of people like to bring the front of their truck up 2-2.5" to level it out.
Here is mine leveled/lifted some:
There is some legal obligation for a licensed shop not to install exhaust without Cats. The emissions laws in NC suck. My buddy runs a great shop and sort of let's a few of us by on inspections as long as we are tuned right with no CEL's.
I think I am going to just do the offroad pipe from...
Yea i did some more research and found out that they definitely won't bolt up to the stock Y pipe. I might just do the offroad pipe that Speed Engineering offers. I'll just have to go back to PCM in Mooresville,NC to get a re-tune to kill the CEL.
I'm near Asheville though.
You have a lot of choices. Stock GM (ac delco) non-autoride shocks or Bilstein 4600/5100 series would be my choice.
I have the Bilstein 5100's on mine now. They ride great and the adjustments on them can even be used to level your Denali if you want.
Sorry to dig up an old thread but would you use the 1 3/4" or 1 7/8" LT's on a 5.3? Also, do they bolt up to the factory Y-pipe with cats? I want to leave the stock muffler and piping in place.
It might be. Like I said I'm not as knowledgeable with these suspensions as a few other guys on here haha.
I got a big lesson in how difficult they can be recently replacing all my autoride components with the Bilsteins.
No problem man.
I just looked at your suspensions pictures. Looks like you cut out the droop stops under the UCA's? I don't know if that's good or not. Those angles look really steep to me on the ball joints.
01Konvict knows more than I do about these suspensions but I think you need to get...
Yea most people do say to stay away from them because they have seen crappy spacers that damage the wheel studs. but if you get good hubcentric spacers that are only 1" or so it won't hurt anything and will improve the look big time.
It's all good man. I will say those front wheels got sucked in a lot on that lift. I'd consider some small hubcentric spacers or different offeet wheels.
Yea it might be a little bit much for my truck the way it is. I do like that light bar too.
I wonder if it would look stupid with a centered 20" bar and a 3" cube mounted on each side of it though
Damn that is definitely maxed out. You should look at a set of the Rough Country UCA's. I'm about to buy a set of them. I can imagine those angles are pretty bad.
Are you 2wd? What fender heights did you get with the 3/2?
Mine are 39.25"F/40.5"R right now but I'm pretty much maxed out on the front angles for 4wd.
I wish we had round fenderwells like the Ford and Dodge trucks. They can fit 35's with just a level.
Thanks man. I didn't end up having to do any trimming. They did rub some with only a 2"/1" level but after adding the Bilsteins and Moog springs I don't have any rub. The Duratracs have lugs on the sidewall that do rub the sway bar at full lock though.
Thats good man! I have the 2nd and 4th gear servos in mine with a pretty aggressive tune and 4.10 gears. It would chirp the stock tires at WOT shifting into 2nd before I got the Duratracs. Regular driving around town isn't bad at all though. You can have the tune setup to shift easy under a...
I like the look of the prerunner style light bar made by N-Fab. Has anyone seen one in person or have one? I'd just be using it to mount some lights and don't expect much else out of it other than looks.
http://www.n-fab.com/products/sfID1/73/sfID2/61/sfID3/70/productID/239
Nice! I feel like I'm going to be doing a trans rebuild soon too. Mine has made it to 125K with no torque management on the tune.
A DOD delete and new cam is the way to go. Once you have the transmission to support the extra power it'll be great. Make sure you get a good tune on it though.
I have a 2" lower strut spacer and Bilstein 5100's set at 0.6" (one notch up from stock). I barely fit 33.5" tires and am probably going to buy aftermarket UCA's soon because I'm almost maxed out on suspension angles.
01Konvict is right. You'd need at least a 6" lift to fit those wheels/tires.
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