mixmansc

New here so thought I'd chime in a say hi. So, what year GMT-800 do you have? 1999 GMC Sierra SLT Z-71 Stepside What motor/trans? 5.3L Vortec/ 4L60E What have you had to fix? Water pump. What do you still need to fix? Drivers seat is splitting around the belt opening. How many miles do you got on the clock? 99,300 as of this morning This is the longest I've ever owned the same vehicle. I bought her in 2001 with 20k on the clock for 20k. Factory heated leather, recovery hooks, fogs, skid plate. Over the years I've done a few things... Changed out the headlights to projector housings (with a proper cutoff) and HID. Stainless step bars. Borla cat back with dual stainless out the back. Infinity Basslink sub under back seat, all speakers replaced with MB Quart, JVC head unit. Nothing extravagant, just very good quality sound was my goal. Escalade cluster which looks much better and adds the trans temp. Also had that programmed to my original mileage. Converted all the switch and cluster lighting to red. Tint on front door windows to match stock rear tint. In channel rain guards. K&N filter. Remote start. Have always run synthetic blend oil in her. About 75k did a major service which included the diff, trans case, transmission, full tune up with new OEM Delco wires and plugs. Also fully flushed the cooling system during that and separatly and carefully flushed the heater core both ways - wow a lot of crap builds up in that! The heat was doubled after that! Reese towing hitch. Semi stupid tail lights - the originals were getting rough and there are very few options for the stepsides and I hate the ricer looking crap. Fold-a-Cover bed cover and BedRug liner. 2" Rough Country leveling kit and new shocks. Did not go crazy cranking the keys or anything.... I run 285's on the stock wheels. Recently just overhauled the brakes. Rebuilt all 4 calipers, new rear rotors (the stupid shoe in hat ebrake had destroyed in inside of the hat), fully flushed the old fluid out, all new ceramic pads. Ebrake works great now! I have a graphics business so I have wrapped it a couple of times over the years. Had matte black before matte black was cool - back then everyone just though it was primer.... lol. Now its 2 tone brushed metallic. I have always strived to make sure any mods like electrical are done to OEM spec. No scotchlok crap, wires are loomed, etc. Newest thing I'm about to have a go at (still collecting all the parts) is to convert it to 2005/2006 cooling and efans. Also doing it right using all oem components. So far I've aquired the stock additional relay block that mounts to the side of the underhood fuse box under the support braket as well as the wiring harness bits. Also have the dual fans. Still need to get the larger radiator and part of the project will also be upgrading the 105a alternator to the 145a one. The final step to this will be the PCM part, I need to get the software modified to enable the 2 pins for stock control of the fans. The problem on mine is the one pin currently triggers the AC recirculation door. So I'm trying to figure if there is a way I can still have that function in some way (maybe mod the switch on the AC controls to trigger a relay to turn the AC recirculation on/off of something or maybe convert it to a later PCM) if I change that output on the PCM to the cooling fan control. I like the idea of using all the stock components though since it all bolts right on and will eliminate the clutch fan. Of course over the years run of the mill fixes like replacing the window motors, assorted bulbs, crappy fog lights that the lenses eventually fall out of, ac door repair, etc.. I'd love to convert the front to a 2003+ style with the round fogs but that is a pricey upgrade since you have to replace the bumper, bumper brackets have to be modified, lower skirt, grille, and corner lights. Lot of $$$ and work for fog lights.