Black Betty 2018 Z71 Silverado....build

[Rocket Man]

so the Hellwig adjustable brackets came in and gave me about 1/2" movement which helped a bit, then I went ahead and drilled new holes in the lower control arm, broke a bit and needed a bigger drill but easy peasy, the heavy duty mevotech bushings are much much better and the bolt just happened to be the same length and the mevotech end links come with additional inner metal sleeves so I used those and the shorter middle sleeve that came with the lowering kit, now I have a much better angle and the bushings are not ****-eyed anymore, so I'm happy as long as it doesn't bend of break on me
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That’s better but , to me, it’s still way wrong geometry. Do you know whose control arms those are? What would it take to get the sway bar parallel to the control arm?

 

[Doubeleive]

That’s better but , to me, it’s still way wrong geometry. Do you know whose control arms those are? What would it take to get the sway bar parallel to the control arm?

Made by IHC suspension, Inez 4/6 kit, I'm happy with the sway bar angle now, but it would just have to have a shorter link I guess, it's not much different on the angle than it is on my Yukon, the end of the sway bar has a tongue that sits pretty even with the control arm, sort of anyway, better than it was before.

 

[Rocket Man]

It might be the picture. I tried looking at pics of mine but can’t find any that show it very well.

 

[Doubeleive]

next things to do
1. under hood light--Done
2. interior foot well led lights
3. tint the rear windows -Done
4. B&M Deep trans pan
5. true cool 40k
6. Audio upgrade of some form
7. black bear tune
8. upgrade the fog/driving lights
9. add a rear sway bar
10 girdle the g80
????????
wish list: ported 6.2l intake & ported throttle body, morimoto brake lights.

 

[kbuskill]

so the Hellwig adjustable brackets came in and gave me about 1/2" movement which helped a bit, then I went ahead and drilled new holes in the lower control arm, broke a bit and needed a bigger drill but easy peasy, the heavy duty mevotech bushings are much much better and the bolt just happened to be the same length and the mevotech end links come with additional inner metal sleeves so I used those and the shorter middle sleeve that came with the lowering kit, now I have a much better angle and the bushings are not ****-eyed anymore, so I'm happy as long as it doesn't bend of break on me
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That looks a lot better as far as the bushings are concerned.

 

[Doubeleive]

That looks a lot better.

ya, I think the better designed end links helped a little too mevotech uses a internal sleeve so the bushings act more like a bumper and there a lot harder than regular rubber bushings

 

[Doubeleive]

underhood light done

 

[Doubeleive]

5% on the back, seems like it could go darker I'm not used to the rear windows the old truck had smaller back windows

 

[Doubeleive]

ordered a Katech 80mm ported throttle body, B&M 70392 Deep transmission pan and a Tru-cool 40k transmission cooler
it's just money right? all together about $740.00
I already took out the Transmission thermostat didn't make a whole lot of difference dropped the temps maybe 20-25 deg on average
after I get the throttle body next week I will work on getting the BB tune this Truck def needs a tune the more I drive it the more I can tell it needs one.

 

[swathdiver]

10 girdle the g80

FYI Those K2 run Salisbury 12-bolt rear axles, 9.5" or 9.76" depending on options.