jthoske

I’ve got a 2018 Silverado LT Z71, dumb mistake but accidentally swung something into my drivers rear taillight lens and cracked it. Ive been looking for LTZ taillights to replace them both with, but only finding $500+ options. Any advice for where to find a good price on either these or a single oem non-LTZ led tail light?

I need to take some pics. I finally got around to putting on the Bilstein 5100s fronts and rears. I adjusted the front to the highest setting, 1.85”. I’m running Nitto Recon Grapplers and I still have some rubbing at full lock on the UCAs, especially in reverse.

I’m waiting on my 2023 right now. Order placed 2/21/23. Pretty basic. I plan on buying aftermarket wheels and tires. Duramax Black emblems White Frost Tricoat radar cruise control hoping I get out through soon!!

Check the voltage drop in your ground wire. Mine just went bad in my 2018 Silverado LT 5.3. I have not looked at the chassis ground as the video above just found. The dealer wants to replace the negative battery cable for $500+ and they are on national back order and OOS everywhere (called a dozen places or more)

How did you add a headrest to the middle seat? I’d like to add one to my 2018 Chevy crew cab

Looks great!!!

For what it’s worth, I just installed nitto recon grappler 275/55/20s on my 2018 Silverado z71 and they rubbed just a bit at full lock in reverse for the first few weeks but it was barely noticeable.

I have a 2018 Silverado LT Z71 with the 5.3 and 6 speed (guess that means 3.42 gears?) rated at 9100lbs. I never exceed ~8200lbs with my TT. If I were to buy a bigger truck for towing it would be a 2500HD or 3500HD with the Duramax. But I cant afford what they're wanting for them new or used right now. Plus they are next to impossible to find.

Thanks. I was kind of thinking the 2" is what I needed. Is your ride quality any worse when unloaded? I bought the AirLift 5000 that has the internal jounce bumpers so when I'm unloaded I usually let all of the air out of it. I felt like the AirLift also raised the back end up ~1" or so unloaded, even with no air in the system. Did you buy the RC leveling kit that goes above or below the shock/strut?

I tow a 28' (32' overall length) trailer that is 6700lbs dry with a 2018 Silverado LT 5.3 Crew Cab, 6-speed without any kind of factory tow package. I wish I had the lower rear end gear the max-tow package trucks come with. I never tow more than ~5 gallons of water in it. It's alot to tow, but keeping it around 65-68mph and a proper WDH + AirLift 5000 it's fine. I've towed it ~750 miles each way to the beach twice, once through the mountains in TN/NC. The mountains were nerve racking, but it handled it OK. The only concern I've had with my setup is transmission temps when its hot outside in stop and go traffic. They can get up to ~220ish. I'm going to look into adding an auxillary trans temp cooler.

Hey guys, way too much info to sort through here... I've got a 2018 LT Z71 Crewcab w/ factory 20" wheels. I added AirLift bags to the back earlier this year to reduce squat when pulling my 28' TT and improve ride quality. With the AirLift bags I'm measuring 39.5" in the rear and 36.5" in the front. I've got 30k miles on the truck now. Once the factory Goodyears give up I'm wanting to get 33" A/Ts on the factory 20" rims. What is the best leveling kit to get me close to level without worrying about rubbing with 33s, replacing UCA, ball joint wear, etc?

Picked up an American Tri-Fold soft cover off tonneaucoversworld for $245 shipped for my 2018 Silverado LT Z71 Crew Cab SB. I almost went with the Lund trifold, but the price of this one reeled me in. It's pretty well built and has held up this summer just find. I'm happy with it for the price. I dont know if the latches and frame will hold up long term, but again- for $250 shipped I will be happy if I get 5 years out of it.