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Well it’s taken a solid month but my sheet metal crew finally finished my custom skid plate. Made out of 24 gauge stainless steel, type 304. This design is meant to look just like the SDHQ skid plate and come in way under budget It’s made out of one piece of flat metal, bent and cut to fit. Weight about 10-20 lbs. Tow hooks cutouts and all, every edge has a hem on it. Got the truck up to about 95+ MPH and not one noise on the highway. Made 1 small mock-up, 1 test mock up out of 26 gauge galvanized metal, and then this final. I scrubbed it down last night with a metal brush, primed, and painted flat black. Blends in nicely. Best $100 I’ve ever spent. Beats the $500+ prices I’ve seen out there.

Sneak peak. Before and After . Still a work in progress. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve seen a few 2017 and 2018 L5P’s come up for sale private party. They all have 7k - 10k miles. I know there will be some teething problems with an all new engine. Please post your good and bad experiences with the 2017+ L5P. Pics welcome!

Gave it a proper bath. Holy crap the brake dust. Ryan, I apologize for doubting your dust complaints on your 5th years ago. My wash mitt turned black on my wheels and I still need to go over it again.

That’s just awesome!!

Check out this thread http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/index.php?/topic/209463-Cadillac-escalade-engine-cover-on-a-chevy-Silverado- My post starts at 28. Johnny01 beat me to a picture there.

Picked it up last Friday, I think it looks great. Went in a 2015 and came out a 2018.....

Last I checked Bilstein says the shocks are for all 1500's except NHT. Not sure why though. Yes I trailered with the stock shocks before switching and the Bilsteins are a big improvement. No sway and less bucking. I mainly pull a 14' enclosed tool trailer so we're not talking crazy weight. Pulled a trailer type 40' lift but not sure how heavy it was.. But it was a chunk of metal for sure. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Adding the factory HDMI input and additional USB ports. This is a factory option for 2017+ with RSE (Rear Seat Entertainment). Since I’m in the process of adding RSE, this is a byproduct of that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can you explain what you are doing here?

After being on back order for awhile, I finally got my Rigid Ignites and installed them last week...... best upgrade to my truck so far! I found the 1.75” hole saw worked best to cut out the step and I managed to use the supplied stop nuts (although the top one is a PIA) to mount the lights with the help of a friend. I used a 14-16ga blue Posi-Tap into the white wire w/ the green stripe from the trailer harness for power. I did tie both positive wires from the lights together and then used a butt connector to extend the length with an 18ga wire because the wires coming from the right light didn’t have much slack. I then inserted the 18ga wire into the Posi-Tap and tightened the connector. I did the same with the ground wires, tied them together and extended the length with a butt connector and some 18ga wire with a ring terminal connected to the other end. Without doing this, I wouldn’t be able to reach the factory ground connection with wire from the right light. I then loosened he factory bolt attached to the ground on the frame (this was located just forward of the trailer harness) and attached the ring connector.

There's a few different ways to tell, but if it shows 8 when in manual selection then you have the 8 speed. Another more definitive way to find out is to check the RPO codes on the sticker on the inside of the upper glove box. MYC = 6 speed and M5U = 8 speed. Easiest way to verify would be to drive at a nice and even acceleration up to highway speed and count how may times it shifts. Also all 6.2's come with the 8 speed. In addition, you can ask your local dealer to provide you a build sheet that will show all options your truck with built with. This would be a nice way to see anything else you thought you had and didn't or didn't know you had. For what it's worth I have a 2017 that bought new last year and have had zero problems with the 8 speed. There's some on this forum who do, and I feel for them based off the stories they have to tell, but don't let that get in your head thinking you have a lemon. Just drive it normal, enjoy the new ride and have any problems fixed or at least documented before your warranty expires. Certainly not worth loosing any sleep over.

Put new shoes on my pig this morn. Mayhem Monstir 20’s 275 65 r20 Kanati Mud Hogs Leveled with stock keys.

My wife's 2018 Chevy 1500 Z71 with Fox 2.5" coilovers, Icon upper arms, LRG 110 20" wheels, and 295/55r20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Replaced rear block with a 2", Also have a spray in bedliner and a Undercover ultraflex bed cover.

Thank you! All I've done other than the blower is an Elite Engineering E2X catch can and a Black Bear tune for the ECM. I'll be swapping to a 2015 TCM so I can tune the 8-speed transmission and I'm planning on doing water-methanol injection. I really think I'm going to stop there with the engine because it's plenty and it's all too easy to go down the rabbit hole with performance mods (if you do this mod then you have to do this mod which means you really should do this mod...you know how it is). After the engine mods I'm going to do a rear sway bar (maybe a front too) and some Calvert Caltracs for my traction bars. And then that's IT!!! But I'll have to get some new tires too =) And to answer your questions about how everything is going to hold up. From what I've read, it's all going to hold up fine because what I've done is pretty conservative. It's low boost, no crazy cam, no headers, etc. KNOCK ON WOOD.

Finished up the body work on the cab today. Not much to do on the bed. Also got the grille ready for primer as well.

This means that the shock is built to work with an extra 1" of stroke length, or suspension height. The shock itself is not adjustable, only the front.

2018 Centennial Edition

Finally got around to installing this beauty. Happy birthday to me [emoji51]

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Finally put the BFG KO2s on the truck. 275/70/18.