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Let’s see, I’ve been busy with this truck. New steering wheel Pedal commander Borla S-Type exhaust Airaid intake and high flow filter JTL catch can Getting ready to do these when not so cold: 2” level Yukon Dinali instrument cluster swap Maybe Katzkin leather upgrade New wheels and tires 12.1” nav replacement

Damn I really want to do this but kinda hate having to take my mirrors off again! Looks badass bro

Hello everybody, I just recently bought a 2017 Silverado Z71 Crew Cab Short Box. It was a 1 owner with 21K miles. So far I have zero complaints and have it sitting in driveway as stock as the day it rolled off the assembly line(except for windows tints but those don't count). This will change in time Future plans include either a level or ~3.5" lift(haven't decided yet), Bilstein or Eibachs(still undecided), exhaust (been looking into corsa or Borla s type), tires have been super stressful in deciding what I want to do (I have had BFG KO2 and Duratracs on my Jeep Commander and truthfully I loved them both)....I just wanted to post an introduction to the forum...ill have better pictures when the temps are above the teens Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

I put a 790 CCA NAPA Legend battery in a couple months ago. It turned over for about 6-7 seconds before it fired up this morning. Been sitting all weekend. It turned over fairly fast considering.... BTW the long crank to start is normal when it gets this cold. Cam said so.[emoji23] Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

Grumpy Bear, yes over 5% fuel dilution with 3000 K miles on the oil. Doing the math at 5%, that's 6 ounces of gas in 3.7 quarts of oil. Took the car to the dealer and Honda of America said there is nothing wrong. No CEL or stored codes so its OK. Also Colorado isn't considered a cold climate. This relates to the law suit for 2106 2018 1.5L turbos. Traded the Honda CR-V in on a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate. 1 Owner lease with 22595 miles. 2.4 L non turbo. Yes, I bought used again. Saved $15 K over new with price, taxes, title and insurance. Another reason for buying used is living on dirt roads now. This is quite an upgrade. Nice ride, quieter, lots of features.

I’ve only had it two weeks - Tailgate letters and step bars added since

29 million people in the state of Texas and a little snow storm puts the 'grid' flat on it's arse. Let's plug in 10 million more cars/truck/busses. Yep, we're ready for all electric transportation.

Changed out the puddle lights to the bowtie. Not quite properly oriented but still look damn good even in lit areas. Will have to wait until tomorrow to see how it looks in sunlight.

Can I have your Tahoe? Nice truck! Gotta love that old 2-door big Blazer type vehicle. I've had 2 of them and wish I had kept them. Possibly in a year or two I will be on the hunt for another one.

You don’t need any additives if you use a quality DEXOS GEN 2 oil. I am using Shell Rotella Gas Truck 5W30 with Baldwin filters on a 4500-5000 mile oil change interval. Oil and filters are cheap compared to the investment in your 2500/3500 HD Gas truck! ??

Have the vacuum pump checked as well, another known part to fail on the early K2"s.

Electric cars? Here in Texas. Wind farms off line. We get 23 percent of our power from them, frozen. Nuke plants off line. Even with the abundance of natural gas. There isn’t enough because of poor planning. Worry too much about green energy. So here some 1 million plus people without power in central - south Texas. 7 degrees for the low tonight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

the tires on the Silverado are square and not round? That explains a lot, no wonder there are so many problems with the trucks??

If you're going to replace the lifters and trays, there's no way I'd replace them with the same failure prone parts. I'd go with non-AFM lifters, cam, etc, tune the AFM out and be done with the entire AFM fiasco

Grandfather farmed with a team of Morgan. Dad with a tractor. Those that stayed with it are now just along for the ride. Grandpa got his news from the paper and Chautauqua. Dad radio then TV. Me, TV and now the internet. What's next?

Blacked out Chevy air bag emblem. Carbon fiber.

My parents' baseline for media technology would be his family gathering around a radio. My beginnings recall the first TV in our home. It is fun to think of the growth in this area my grandchildren will be able to reminisce about in their senior years! This weekend I upgraded our TV's to wireless cable. This involves little boxes you can Velcro to the back of your screen and no coaxial. Your remote doesn't need to be pointed in any particular direction to operate and will provide you the opportunity to record six shows while watching another. You can talk to the remote or use the push buttons. Any show I record on one TV will be available on the other TV's in my house. The most amazing thing about this recent project is that very few people will see this as incredible! I've had an interest in "electronics" since I was 8 years old. My father gave me a dedicated corner in the basement to pursue and explore my interest and he would bring me old tube type radios and TV's to dissect. An early lesson I recall is that if you put your screwdriver in the right place of a tube TV, you'll be blown to the floor! I continue to make full use of my spare time. I don't want my grandchildren feeling like Judy and Elroy Jetson visiting Fred Flintstone when the border opens up!

Absolutely! It works just as good in 115f too......

That were 0W* oil comes in handy

Ebay $250. No heated version.

DEF tank and the DEF feed line to the injector are all heated. DEF freezes as 11F/-11C. It won't start DEF dosing until the DEF is un-frozen. Fuel tank has a heater for the fuel as well. Those are all ECM controlled, no "external" plugs. Long idling. After the two attempts using the remote start, you'd have to turn it on, set the park brake and shift in to neutral. These trucks have a run timer when in park to shut it off after 1/2 hour of idle time. Leaving it in neutral overrides this timer.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z75DPWP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ..but you might want to check with "lapoolboy" before you purchase these to make sure your not getting "ripped off".

Does a 2018 2500HD Duramax L5P count as a K2? If so- then I plugged in the block heater for a few hours, then fired her up. -2 degrees at the time here in Denver. (now -6 as of 1:40AM) Ran her at elevated idle for about 20 min while I cleared off the snow and allowed the batteries to charge up a bit since I haven't driven her in a few days in these low temps. Made a mental note that at the next oil change, I'm going full synthetic from there on out. She started just fine, the block heater aka coolant heater did her job, but the benefits of full synthetic are there.

There are two cameras. A rear vision cam. And a bed/cargo cam. The latter is part of the infotainment system. The former is the one in discussion here. He asked about the cargo camera, which wont work with the rear mirror.

I have the truxedo lopro rollup cover and the napier bed tent and they fit together. The tent fitting over the cover as it rolls up takes a little adjusting but it will work. However, the cover rolled is on a section that unclips and can be taken off and tossed in the back seat to make things easier.

Yea but you live in California [emoji2957] Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

I told you to get your longjohns ready. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

Took her out for alil, crazy how quick the weather changed!!!

Found a big mound

I installed a Phillips wireless charger on the under side of my center console last year. It’s very convenient to be able to have two places to charge our phone’s without wires. This mod only requires a torque T15 screw driver, utility knife, hot glue or epoxy. The whole mod only takes about 1 hour to do. I did run my power to the USB port in the center console. If you want to direct wire it then it will take some more time to install .

Been following this for months, and have had the re-seal done so far. Mine's been dry since this work, but am curious.... Maybe a dumb question, but would the solid window be problem free if the spoiler bolts are this big of an issue? Not sure I fully understand how these 3 things inter-play....

I have been creeping in the shadows for the last few weeks or so all over this forum checking out different builds/ideas lol. One question i haven't been able to find anywhere is about the Z71 badge and seeing your truck threw me for an even bigger loop. I thought that the 2018s had the Z71 badge on the doors and 2014s-2017s had it on the side of the bed. So is this something you did(I know you mentioned your was stock but didn't know if that included such a minor mod)? If not, was there a reason some had the badge on the door vs a sticker on the bed? Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

I'd say it's not a big deal. Most people won't look at what it had factory unless it doesn't make sense for it to LTZ or HC with cloth seats cause somebody wanted to swap them to a new WT they bought or something. If it's an LT or something and you color matched I'm sure nobody would notice because it's a factory option anyway for that trim plus most people like the color match bumpers as had already been said above. I'd say your clear as long as there's no significant body damage Sent from my SM-G986U1 using Tapatalk

Might find this interesting. https://www.bgprod.com/blog/under-pressure-low-tension-piston-rings/

Following this for sure. It’s -5 degrees out so I won’t be doing this until spring or whenever the hell we get some kind of winter thaw but I will also be doing this

A much more accurate way to check how much oil you used would be to check the dipstick with cold engine on level ground before you drained it.

Oh Geez.... The world is so full conspiracy theorists, sell the damn truck and take away all the pain will ya? It’s on the internet so it must be true.......Covid needs to get over with so people can get outside and stop being keyboard warriors. Did ya hear the tires on the Silverado are square and not round? You heard it here.....

What we always recommend our customers is to run ET lug nuts. ET "Extended Thread" lug nuts will offer just that, more threads. With ET lugs you can run up to 10mm spacers in most cases without an issue. Let me know if we can be of any assistance.

Few Projects completed this weekend. #3 on the list was that i finally got around to putting in the external lighted bed light switch and an additional set of GM bed lights. This is a must have,.. No more going in to the truck to turn bed lighting on..

Personally I like the chrome

So I got this garmin dash cam “46” got it off OfferUp for 80$ still brand new in box (took everything out to take pictures) small af next to my AirPods

https://www.autostopeliminator.com/collections/gm/products/2019-silverado-sierra-autostop-eliminator Auto Stop Eliminator, and I also agree with tinted windows... or tint front windows to match the rear. I also always get rear wheelhouse liners. I can't stand the unfinished look of the rear wheel houses on trucks. Spray in bedliner a classic but that's getting a little more expensive. All 4 of these together should still be <$1k which is nice

Do you have a link, or a part number for this kit?

Ever since having my girl lowered the front wheels shifted back in the wheel well and I have had rubbing on anything more than moderate turns. Since I enjoy the drive-thru lifestyle the rubbing has been annoying. My mechanic that aligns the truck said I would need new non-stock upper control arms to move the wheels forward any further. Based on Nasty's recommendation I bought a pair of Twisted Metal Workz Camber Correction Control Arms. Got them installed today and the rubbing is almost gone. Only have an issue just before full lock. It was too dark when I picked her up to get any pictures of the truck or the wheels tonight but I will take some in the next couple of days and post them. Drive-thrus beware! Twisted Metal Workz Camber Correction Control Arms: https://www.twistedmetalworkz.com/collections/control-arms/products/2008-2018-silverado-sierra-camber-correction-control-arms?variant=11703967285295

Can't tell if your trying to be a comedian here or if your serious? It wasn't really very funny and it didn't really make any sense! If you don't care about this topic, don't follow along. It's pretty simple!

Could be. On my 18 it's at the top, but they could have move it in the new body style. There is a screen in AA that will give the temp (possibly from phone rather than truck?) but I'm in agreement that temp is one of those things that would be nice to have available, anytime, at a glance.

Yes they are. However I use Android Auto almost 100% of the time. Which does not show temperature. If they had the temp in the DIC that woul dbe better but sadly it's not there either.

What does it cost? If it was more than $50, I would just get used to pushing the auto stop disable button. It takes like two seconds. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk