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Mechanics say a lot of things that may or may not be true. Sounds like a bitter guy.

Don't leave it in all the way, push it in all the way, then pull it back out about a half an inch or so.

I have to disagree with your statement. I'm using VLED's Micro Evolution LED bulbs in my factory projector headlights and they output more light than a halogen bulb. I recommend sourcing some factory headlights Dino.

The OEM chrome chipped and I wanted a cheaper replacement. I had my doubts, but I liked the end result!

I am including some photos of the Whipple Supercharger Kit Entire kit before install Supercharger views from side and from rear including the blow off valve See next message for additional pics

Peppers Decembers numbers are in. By year: 2016 24.6 mpg 2017 24.6 mpg 2018 26.2 mpg This is a 7% increase over the previous two Decembers. Continuing to see relief from lower viscosity lubricants on the up front number. 0W instead of 5W or 10W. In addition to quicker heat up of transmission. Drove more miles this December over previous by just a little. Still a low traffic month. There is allot of winter left. What! No graph? This one is easy to visualize, right?

Fresh 2 weeks ago. Your dealer can run the VIN of your truck to verify this applies to you:

This morning I repaired a problem with a cluster somebody brought me after they had attempted a fix. After their attempt 5 gauges didn't work in the truck. Only Tach and Speed. It would work on the bench but not in the truck. I had this sumbitch apart 6 times then it struck me like a ton of bricks, the 5 gauges that didn't work were all fed by serial GMLan. I located the pin (PIN A6 ) and traced it. I can't believe why somebody would do this to a circuit board, they actually cut a trace on the board with an exacto knife. I jumpered the cut with a soldered piece of wire and now everything works.

NICE I often see similar numbers when mother nature wants to cooperate. During the summer with good weather and a majority of my route being state highway (Which in WY is 70 MPH speed limit), I see those numbers frequently. Speed goes up, mileage drops. I will crack 20 once in a blue moon on the interstate, but generally that's 18-19 territory. Now if you have lots of time, NEED to squeeze that last drop of gas for all it's worth, or are the fuel mileage king like Grumpy Bear, slow to 55. You'll be amazed at how much your mileage improves. The only problem with that is it's no fun. ESPECIALLY with a 6.2

Happy New Year! This is about as close as I can get to mud around my area. Every road is gated off. Anyone in the Redmond Washington area know of some good back roads to take?

Gotcha that must be it lol now it works. I proly didnt wait long enough for the sensor either. Thanks!

Supercharger separated from intake manifold showing the intercooler Intake manifold tracts

Hey guys I tried to search this with no luck. I got into a bit of a battle with a tree a few weeks back in my 18 sierra. The tail light ended up getting torn out of the box and it pulled the harness pretty badly. A couple of the wires had the sides stripped a bit. I'm going to get a new harness and have taped it up for now but my LED bulbs I put in are staying on all the time. I checked voltage at the reverse socket. With the damaged side disconnected I get a reading of 127 mv. With it connected and no bulbs in I get a reading of 2.5v. With one bulb in 72mv. Has anyone ever tested the voltage of the reverse socket on their truck ? Is this a normal reading for this. The whole reason. I'm asking is that 2.5V is triggering my LED bulb to be on enough to keep my backup camera to be on all the time. With factory bulbs in there isn't enough power to trigger the camera. Any help would be awesome !! Thanks

Its cool. I knew what ya meant.

LTZ's come standard with a 40/20/40 split with heat only in the seats. Heated/cooled buckets and the flow through console are an option. When I bought my 2015 1/2 ton I came across quite a few of them with jumpseats.

I had this same issue on my 2018 Colorado ZR2 . I took it to the dealer about five times and every time they replaced something but it consistently still happened. I eventually had them replace it under the lemon law and now I'm in the Silverado. I would definitely start taking videos and recording everything. I never found out the resolution to mine. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

This is what they did to mine. I was not having an issue but they said it was an open recall and they could not sell the truck with it open. It is for intermittent cluster issues. Hope it helps. It was a software update. 2019 1500 Denali

This is what I have to do every time. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

If the Anzo light housing wasn't designed for LEDs it will not work properly. Put regular bulbs in it.

Not getting your ride complaint. I'm coming from an Escalade EXT and find the ride quality better in my Z71 and better than my previous Z71 Avalanche that I had before the Caddy. None of these transmission are super smooth. My Escalade had the 6 speed in yours; my 8 speed is smoother than that for sure. As for seat covers - not a chance on my rides. Limit food the children have and keep the truck clean. I'd never buy a vehicle just to put some cheap covers on the seats.

You can. I've been running my 5100's on the lowest setting with a Zone 2" for about 3 years. Although I've got an Eibach Pro Truck Lift System on order that includes the springs and starts at 2.5". I was planning on removing the Zone kit and raising the 5100 up to the max setting to see how much difference the ride would be but decided I only want to do it one time and pay for an alignment once. Keep in mind that with a spacer you are limiting the suspension down travel which does affect ride quality. https://www.shocksurplus.com/pages/lifted-and-leveling-struts-vs-strut-spacers Either way, the 5100's ride much better than the Ranchos GM put on these trucks. I was considering the Rancho Quicklift System with the RS9000 shocks but I had read that there have been some quality issues. There was a thread on the same site above that basically said the RS9000XL were decent shocks but when compared to Bilstein the quality did not match. I chose the Eibach even though there's not a lot of coverage for them on this forum yet because they've been around forever and they produce suspension parts for many of the other manufactures out there. Waterfowler41 did an outstanding write up and video of his installation of the Eibach system. Might be a $150 - $200 more than what you were wanting to spend, but the ride would probably be a lot better.

has anyone changed the blue orl factory switch from blue to red?

Your will waste more money trying to gain 1 mpg than its worth. Whats more there's are good chance a CAI and performance exhaust will only make you drive more aggressively and that hurt mileage. Best way to get the best fuel economy? Leave it 100% stock, learn to live with it or trade it in. Experiences of individual truck owners should be taken with a grain of salt. Claims related to HP and fuel economy gains cannot be substantiated. I believe I got better MPG's because I need to justify the money I spent on all this extra stuff.

Nice truck! Always liked that blue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yup.

Found the thread I mentioned...

I finally got a chance to wash the truck. I took some photos & video while I was at it. Happy New Year, everyone!

Can I get an AMEN!

I grew up in New Jersey in the farm belt. From 12-16 I worked on a farm mostly hay, I didn’t get messed with in school. The desire to make money and save for my first car was my motivation. I’m the oldest so I watched my father build his business to become well off. He provided the basics anything else I worked for. My first car was new I bought it same with my second a year later. I was hell on wheels till I saw my future wife in high school. I ended up working as a fueler and greaser at my fathers job sites. Silver spoon, hardly. My fathers idea of character building was hard work low pay. A few years later in Texas after going on my own building and selling my own business I ended up joining in a new family business as a partner. Twenty years of building, twenty years of reaping the benefits of hard work and good reputation I sit retired. Hard work and the desire to succeed is what it takes. Most important a happy home life makes the nonsense of the work world bearable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Leave it stock. If you wanted a good sounding g motor you bought the wrong truck.

Recycling. Been doing it for a lot of years. Where we used to live before moving to the mountains it was free. 30% of the neighborhood recycled even though it was free and there was no sorting like years ago. Here in the mountains at first we were paying $3 -$4 a bag to recycle and would drop it off on our way into the bigger town near us. 60 miles round trip. Now we have free recycle as long as the idiots don't ruin it. This is 24 miles round trip. The problem is people dump trash into the recycle dumpsters and if it doesn't stop they say they will stop the free recycle. They put up cameras to stop the trash dumpers. Money value. My first job was a paper route. Then at a fruit market, .75 cents an hour. Moved out of the parents house at 16 also. I was provided the basics at home. Anything I wanted ( bicycle, mini- bike, car) I bought it. No regrets.

Today I drove my 18 SLT CC 6.2 with a 4-5” CST lift over 100 highway miles with cruise set to 70 plus, decided to check the mileage half way into the drive. Checked later and it jumped to 21.4 mpgs. Sent from above

I get around 10-13 mpg around town, and on a trip to upstate NY without a proper tune and driving 65 mph on the interstate with the cruise control on, my "best" was 18.3 mpg. I am not seeing that now a days because I can't keep my foot under control, this truck is so much fun to drive now.

Also took apart the headunit to run the RCA's and remote wire for the amp as well as hook up the bass level controller. I probably should have done it when I originally installed the headunit but it wasn't as bad as it looks.

Thanks. I was concerned about parts and service but have read up and it sounds like parts and service will be available. Examples are all the Saturn's, Pontiac's, and Oldmobiles still on the road. I was hoping to leverage the discontinuing of the model and the fact so many were produced into a cheaper puchase price compared to similar rides. I don't really worry about resale as I would plan to hold it and use it to protect value of my other vehicles. I drove a rental Cruze while in Louisiana this summer and for a compact car was reasonably impressed with the ride, build quality, and room.

There are some YouTube videos search magnaflow 22” or magnaflow 12909. No drone, even with v4. I do hear slightly louder v4 chop but I could always tell when it was in v4 stock due to different exhaust note. I have a range AFM disable for around town but use v4 on long highway trips. I would highly recommend magnaflow, delete flapper and keep resonator. It now sounds like a v8 above 2500 rpm and is still very quiet below that. I have towed with lots of time at 3.5K - 4.5k rpm and it sounds great! ? not too loud and still refined but with v8 growl. I can also hear cold starts while In The house. With stock muffler was always hard to tell.

I believe these are meant to be used when the headlights are off anyway. I've used mine while tailgating (combined with the rear lights) and when everything is lit up they are quite nice if your looking for something or just need some light while picking up before you leave.

I’ve already used mine with the mirrors folded in. Went through a drive through and the menu sign lights were off. Turn the left side lights on and ordered dinner. Not likely the intended use but what the heck, it worked.

Lets put it this way, if you are traveling at 30mph and hold it WOT, it has so much pull it is a little un-nerving. Scared the wife today when I did it....lol.

Paid $1k for these new take off wheels/tires, no sensors. Paying anything over $1400 for stock wheels and tires is crazy.......

Lot of that going on here. Smartasses. Everyone is an expert He's asking around $1100 . You don't have to buy them if you think it's too much.

Got a new truck tonight from my mom Ryan B.

Thank you for this post, I was the one who asked about taping over the microphone(s) because a few of the folks were pretty sure it was ANC causing the noise. You were the only person who said that you did it with no change. This is good to know for others (me too) because it shows it’s not the ANC. My GF wants to upgrade, she loves my 2018 but is looking at the 2019. I have given her my thoughts about buying a first run (any vehicle) and to just wait a bit. So again, thank you and I hope they get you squared away soon ?.

Seems like if you cant see which light is on by looking out the window, then why do you need the light. I can see mine perfectly when it is dark enough to use them?

It just goes to show us all, and the manufactures, that smaller engines and more gears isn't the way to good fuel milage. A big engine using less of it's total capabilities, is more effective then a small engine working hard in all situations.

(Sorry to Op for getting off topic) Diyer2, your story reminds me of a second home we bought many years ago. I was revamping the laundry room and discovered that a previous owner had wired the entire basement with dollar store type extension cords prior to finishing the walls. I had to strip all the walls to the studs. I was in the plumbing and heating business and held an electrical ticket for the first years of my working career. I have seen a lot of handy work but this impacted me due to the fact I was living at this house at the time!

Call the electrician at a trip charge of $75 and $80 an hour? After we bought our new to us mountain home 17 months ago I found some outlets/plugs that had a problem when using the vacuum. A voltage check revealed the voltage fluctuated from 80 - 105 volts. Pulled all the plugs that had issues and checked how they were wired. 2 were wired wrong but still had the fluctuating voltage. The problem was a loose neutral/white wire in the service/fuse panel. Tightened it down, fixed. Saved over $200 easily.

I take it back, here's another link for the ones with the square main tube. It looks like you could set these up to be bolted on but welded is a lot stronger and can handle both the weight of the truck and repeated bashings a lot better. http://www.chassisunlimited.com/product/armor-bumpers/chevy-gmc-armor/rock-slider-kit-sqaure.html

Your truck is awesome! I just had the 4” Fabtech installed on my Sierra Denali yesterday. I am running 285/55r22 Terra’s on stock oem 22s with a 1.25” spacer. I have rubbing inside the fender well closest to the cab. I was told by the shop that the wheel spacers were not needed for clearance so I’m going to have one removed to see if that alleviates the rubbing issue. Did you do any trimming or alterations to the back of the fender well?

Stumbled across this thread and didn't know there was a Member Rating thread. Thanks for the kind words guys!