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As promised here are the pics of my hidden winch setup. All the brackets and crossmember was custom made Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2014 sierra 4 wheel drive with 2" level and drive it hard....still avg 20 mpg

Thats stock exhaust? Sounds great!

Thank you! Getting the liner tomorrow so I'll make sure they don't fill them in

I don't see any of these nice new trucks doing major off-roading for a few years. Mine goes off road plenty but its not going to be punished, thing was too expensive for that. But I'm still going to do a similar winch set up

Remove the muffler add a pipe, sounds good not to loud quiet at cruise. I left everything else you can always do more later. I even left the flapper for now. Cost less than a tank of gas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If my truck is that stuck I'm calling a helicopter ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok, So here's the deal... I purchase a 2014 Silverado LT back in September. I drove the car home and it was as smooth as a Cadillac. However, a few days later, with only 60 miles, I got on the highway and noticed a shaking/vibration/hoping in my car. I couldn't believe it. A 40K $$$ truck with issues out of the factory. I took it back to the dealer with 135 miles or so. They said GM does not authorize anyone to work on the truck until at least 500 miles. However, the GM rep for my area said they are aware of the situation, so they would authorize the dealer to work on the vehicle. Ill make this story short. Took it in 3 times. First time one tire changed. Second time two tires changed. Third time the last tire changed. I went to pick up the vehicle and it still had the issue. Took the vehicle back and they checked it out and said there was no shaking observed. Obviously they didn't feel the shaking because they didn't go over 40 MPH.. I have made it very clear its from 60-80 MPH. Especially when turning on the road. I took the service manager for a test drive and he said he definitely felt the vibration and hoping in the vehicle. It got to the point I drove up to 90 MPH and the tools under my back seat started making noise and sounded like they were going to pop out of the brackets. The service manager said he will contact the GM rep as there is nothing else they could do. Finally they sent an engineer from GM to check the car out. He did not say there wasn't a shaking issue, he just said the vehicle drives to manufacture specs. So Chevy thinks its normal for a 40K $$$ truck to shake and have a hop to it. Then the engineer said he did not go past 70 MPH because of state regulations. They shouldn't build it to pass 70 MPH if the shake gets worse. Then the GM rep himself came. Took it for a test drive with the rep and the service manager. They both felt the shaking/vibration. The GM rep basically said, this is how the car is built and its not a real bad vibration. He said there's nothing else they can do and they would get me in to another one but wouldn't get me out of it. I told him I wanted out. He said he could not help me. I filled the lemon law in the state of Florida. We sent GM all the paperwork and documentation. They denied the claim and refused to buy the truck back. I guess they don't care about their customers. Oh I forgot to add, this is my 8th GM truck and I purchased 11 from the same dealer. Anyways now I have to go to arbitration because Chevy would rather piss off and loose loyal customers instead of buying their faulty product back and keeping their reputation. I will surely encourage no one to buy a GM product. Their morals, values and ethics are horrific. Might I add I made a claim with GM customer service and the lady has not called be back since November. I always get her voice mail. Maybe Chevy thinks the government will continue to bail them out and don't care what kind of garbage product they put on the street. As well as several Silverado with different safety recalls being issued. I am completely upset with GM. I told the Rep buy the truck back and ill buy a 2015 when they fix the issues. I believe Chevy knows what the issue is, however its to much money to fix. I suggest everyone files the lemon law in their perspective states to show Chevy their product sucks and their customers mean business. If anyone knows Someone who has filled the lemon law on their Silverado and won, please let me know as we can all use that for our lemon law as evidence. Thanks guys, sorry for the venting, however everyone should be aware of the bad customer service and poor quality products being put on the road by GM. God Bless everyone.

I have received numerous PMs asking about my tune, so many in different threads, I don't believe I could find them all, so I thought I would just initiate a seperate thread to address it. This may be a long post because there are several details worthy of mention...the tune, mpg, the ride, bumper chips. First, PCM of NC, in Mooresville, NC, are genuine professionals who focus on GM products. Tuning is just a side aspect of their business. Their claim to fame is custom building GM cars to customers desires. Too much detail for this thread, but I saw 6 Camaros with everything from exhaust and intake to complete custom "hotrod" with supercharger. Lots of head and cam jobs on late model Camaros. The oldest one was a 2010. They have their stuff together and very, very, customer oriented! My tune far exceeded my expectations, even though this was my third experience with them. For those who haven't seen my previous posts, I live in Montgomery, Alabama, 6 hours, plus, drive to Mooresville, however, the results were worth every mile. The most noticeable is in the low end, great throttle response, he adjusted cam timing, shift points and pressure, very smooth shifts, Deleted AFM, and it just keeps digging as long as you keep your foot in it. I thought the 6.2 ran pretty good from the factory, until Alvin Anderson, the owner, worked his magic. I know some of you could actually explain the tune better than I , and I was there. All I know, by the seat of the pants, my truck is now 100% better in driveablility and fun than the truck I took up there. By the way, they use HP Tuning software. They have a commercial license with them for unlimited use. They can do everything for the 2014s, including of course, the 6.2, my engine. I know some others don't have the software yet to tune the TCM. I can honestly tell you the Airaid system I installed before I left, definitely overrides the sound of my custom dual magnaflow catback sytem when you get your foot in it. With the tune, it is much more noticeable, man does it suck some air with that huge snorkel coming down from the air box behind the grill. I don't know what else to say about the tune specifically, other than it's like a freaking miracle!!! One note about MPG. I went up on MLK day and the traffic was ridiculous. I never exceeded 75 the entire trip and a lot of it was under 70. As a result, I had one segment of 22.4 MPG with an overall average of 20.6 MPG for the trip up. On the return trip, there was a lot less traffic, so I played with it a lot, trying to break in my tune and ran 80 to 85 most of the way. When I got home the computer said I averaged 19.7 for the trip home, however, I did the math the old fashioned way, total miles vs. gals and came up with 17.8. In my book, that is fantastic gas mileage for the way I was driving home. Alvin said it should improve some, and I think it did, considering the way I was driving on the return trip. One last point of interest, stone chipped bumpers. First, know, I am very OCD about staying away from vehicles in front and when passing semis, I do it at excess speeds to expedite the maneuver. I got four stone chips on the front bumper, however, when the stone hit, the paint flaked all around the tiny spot where it actually hit. The paint was actually loose, you could peel little pieces off with your fingernail. I did get a normal stone chip on the hood, no paint flaking there. MY dealer's body shop is doing the three step process to attempt to touch it up and get it smoothed out enough to put the Clear Bra on it. They would repaint the entire bumper if I wanted it, but I prefer to try this first. I had tried before I left to find a clear bra installer, and could not find anyone around here who did it. The body shop manager is going to call this guy who does it and he will come down (115 miles) and do mine. He said this guy is the best in the state, but he's pricey. It's going to cost about $1000, but I cannot go through this every time I take a road trip. The body shop manager said he never seen anything like what happened to my bumper. He said, It was as if it were painted a second time in the plant. I know it was a very revolting development. I have had a lot of stone chips, but I never seen paint do that before. OH by the way, my 22" wheels rode like a limosine the entire trip. In my opinion, 18" could not have rode any better. That's my story, and I hope it answers most questions that were asked of me. Let me add, if anyone is interested in an in-person tune and feel like you are within driving distance of Mooresville, NC, give them a call. PM me for the contact info. There's nothing in it for me, I'm just a very happy customer trying to share some great info with my GM Truck community. Have a great weekend everyone!