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

[Rocket Man]

I also got the clip for the brake line where it runs across the rear axle today. The passenger side had one but not the driver side so I added one. It keeps the line away from the flanges on the axle so it doesn't rub, plus it holds it securely. The flanges stick out over an inch from the axle so it's not good to just zip tie it because it will rub even though I had put a rubber hose around it when I did the brake conversion. When the line was connected solidly to the back of the drum brake backing plate it wasn't as critical since it couldn't move much but once I connected it to the stainless flex line it needed to be secured. It's the little things.

 

[00'BlueSteel]

Nice, getting all the fine details knocked out quickly! Looks like it’s coming together nicely. If I was a dog I’d have a red ......

And what they know about them intro vistas, i’ve had this pic saved for awhile twisted vista and boggers...yes please!

 

[Rocket Man]

Nice, getting all the fine details knocked out quickly! Looks like it’s coming together nicely. If I was a dog I’d have a red ......

And what they know about them intro vistas, i’ve had this pic saved for awhile twisted vista and boggers...yes please!
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Nice. Mine are actually the intro Efrons.

 

[Rocket Man]

Without the park lights, the colors show up way better. It's a rainy night but here's some shots. The one strip across the top actually lights up the whole grill pretty good. BTW I had to pull the passenger side headlight today, dry it out, and reseal it. I really hope this fixes it; I noticed it fogged after I washed the truck the other day and I hosed it down hard. The design of the NNBS Silverado headlights aren't the best for sealing and I really hate doing things twice.

 

[01Konvict]

Looking great! It takes a lot of butyl rubber to seal them back up. Sure they will hold up now. How do you enjoy the retro?

 

[Rocket Man]

Looking great! It takes a lot of butyl rubber to seal them back up. Sure they will hold up now. How do you enjoy the retro?

Yeah, I used the retro rubber from TRS when I put them back together, and also black RTV. I added some more RTV. I just drove it at night a couple days ago for the first time and I was impressed especially when I hit the high beam and the shutters opened as well as the regular high beams at the same time.

 

[05alive]

Nice, getting all the fine details knocked out quickly! Looks like it’s coming together nicely. If I was a dog I’d have a red ......

And what they know about them intro vistas, i’ve had this pic saved for awhile twisted vista and boggers...yes please!
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That is my dream daily right there.

That lift kit alone is like 3 grand without shocks, control arms, anything.

 

[00'BlueSteel]

That is my dream daily right there.

That lift kit alone is like 3 grand without shocks, control arms, anything.

Don’t want to thread jack but they aren’t 3k, the Showoff 00-06 7” kit is $1,700 raw metal or black and comes with shocks, $2,099 powder coated in any color you would like and still comes with shocks but you are right that it doesn’t include anything else, no steering stuff, no control arms. Cognito’s 7-9” kit, front and rear together are $2,930 only comes with steering upgrades, doesn’t include control arms, driveshaft, sway bars, shock hoops, or shocks. I asked about powder coating the Cognito kit and they wanted $1,500. So to get the same kit from Cognito with powder coating its $4,450. To get all the upgrades on a Cognito 7-9 kit with arms, shock hoops, driveline, swaybars, and upgrade Fox’s shocks you might want to pull your pants up high cause it ain’t cheap, $6550 quoted shipped to my door. That’s not including powder coating. Would have been around $8000 said and done with powder. Showoff kits are super nice but no where near the price point of Cognito, they are more in between RCX and BDS.

 

[00'BlueSteel]

Without the park lights, the colors show up way better. It's a rainy night but here's some shots. The one strip across the top actually lights up the whole grill pretty good. BTW I had to pull the passenger side headlight today, dry it out, and reseal it. I really hope this fixes it; I noticed it fogged after I washed the truck the other day and I hosed it down hard. The design of the NNBS Silverado headlights aren't the best for sealing and I really hate doing things twice.
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Love the lights, looks much better without the white parking light. Also makes want to spend money I shouldn’t and redo my headlights

 

[05alive]

Don’t want to thread jack but they aren’t 3k, the Showoff 00-06 7” kit is $1,700 raw metal or black and comes with shocks, $2,099 powder coated in any color you would like and still comes with shocks but you are right that it doesn’t include anything else, no steering stuff, no control arms. Cognito’s 7-9” kit, front and rear together are $2,930 only comes with steering upgrades, doesn’t include control arms, driveshaft, sway bars, shock hoops, or shocks. I asked about powder coating the Cognito kit and they wanted $1,500. So to get the same kit from Cognito with powder coating its $4,450. To get all the upgrades on a Cognito 7-9 kit with arms, shock hoops, driveline, swaybars, and upgrade Fox’s shocks you might want to pull your pants up high cause it ain’t cheap, $6550 quoted shipped to my door. That’s not including powder coating. Would have been around $8000 said and done with powder. Showoff kits are super nice but no where near the price point of Cognito, they are more in between RCX and BDS.

Those kits don’t work for the escalade/denali.

Showoff/fts/tcs esky/nali 6.5 kit is 3k with no shocks, control arms, or anything. Believe it comes with new front driveshaft.
Never seen a cog/rcx/bds for those either.


I have the quote in my inbox lol. It’s not on the website. If you’d like I’ll dm you.