Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

[NathanJax]

I ordered new bags for the rear last night. I figured that since the bed has to come off to replace them and the fact Amazon had them for $120 Prime 2 day, it was a good idea to go ahead. It turns out they’re Airlift Dominator 2500’s.

Did you re-order the 2500's or go with something different? I have the 2600's in the front of mine. Got a pair from Ekstensive for $130 shipped when I was building my front.

Not sure what my rears are. They came with the 4 link kit

 

[Rocket Man]

Did you re-order the 2500's or go with something different? I have the 2600's in the front of mine. Got a pair from Ekstensive for $130 shipped when I was building my front.

Not sure what my rears are. They came with the 4 link kit

2500’s. It’s all I need in the rear, no sense changing. My fronts are Slam-7’s because they lift all that weight enough without being being too big of a diameter. The PO installed Slam-8’s just before he sold it to me which turned out to be a mistake; they were too bid of a diameter so when they were aired up to almost full they rubbed on the control arms which caused one to blow- on the freeway. Luckily it didn’t happen during my drive from SF to Portland. So I learned that when it comes to bags, if it works don’t go changing.

 

[Rocket Man]

Looks like I have more time to kill. The manifold is still leaking at the PTC fitting for the LR. It slowed way down when I swapped over to the plastic line but it leaked out over night. I called Airlift this morning and they asked if I was using hard lines and I said yes, why? He said I probably damaged the fitting if I didn’t use the plastic line they provided, but I didn’t void the lifetime warranty or anything which is good especially since nothing is mentioned about hard lines in the instructions. Then he wanted a video of the leak so I did that using soapy water and sent it to him but he said it doesn’t play properly, just send the S/N and shipping address and he’ll send a replacement to swap out. No CC # or anything. Pretty good service. I suppose I might have damaged the fitting, I had a hard time getting the lines to line up and it took a couple tries to bend some of them right so they entered the manifold straight.

 

[Rocket Man]

Oops. Reordered. These companies don’t put part numbers on their shit so it’s hard to figure out what you have. Looks like they’re Dominator 2600’s.

 

[Rocket Man]

PIA, but I guess sometimes you have to go back to move forward.

 

[Rocket Man]

I decided to back up even more today. I pulled the 4 link off to paint it and when I did I discovered the x-brace was broken. I had been using it as a jacking point to lift the whole rear end and now I see it’s not as thick-walled as the rest I won’t be doing that anymore, I’ll use the diff. Even though I have a welder I didn’t feel confident enough so I went to a local welding shop. Then I prepped everything and started painting. It’s going to be red. I need more performance and we all know red parts add hp lol. I hope it’s not going to be too much, we’ll see. BTW it’s the same paint I used on The Beast’s rear control arms which happens to closely match Wilwood’s red. I do plan on a Wilwood kit in the future.
Edit: that’s a lot of red.

 

[Rocket Man]

So far I like the red but I missed a spot on the X brace when I was painting so it will be ready tomorrow. Both front door glass weatherstrips have bothered me since I bought the truck- it looks like someone pried on them and they can’t be bent back. New ones are from $140-$175 each shipped so I haven’t replaced them and I kept looking on EBay for used ones. I finally found a set for $35 each shipped. They arrived today and look almost new. I will paint the exterior sides with Fusion before installing so they will look brand new.

 

[Sam Harris]

Gonna have a new truck pretty soon!

 

[Rocket Man]

Man it’s looking so good and I’m itching for some Wilwoods to finish it off. It’s just money, and you know what they say- you only live once right? WTF. I have planned on these since I bought the truck and did the rear drum to disc conversion. 16's on the front and 14's on the rear. I am so close to doing this.

 

[Sam Harris]