revmanii

New sensors installed today. They auto learned without issue. They were working within a 1/4 mile of leaving the installer. I think I'm done for now. Finally have everything done to get it to a good enough base level that hopefully I'll be happy with. Time will tell. I appreciate everyone's thoughts and opinions along the way.

Your truck lowered, looks good. I'm happy with the stance on this. I may need the extra ground clearance given my location/situation.

Nice. So, the front is a 2" spindle drop and the rear is a 4" drop?

I haven't spent a lot of time looking at the performance aspects. Just enough to know the Turbomax put out more torque than the 5.3, and does it at a very low RPM. Not what I'd expect from a turbo. I'd expect the gains to be at higher or at least mid-range RPMs. So yeah maybe that does indicate a smaller turbo that spins up quickly and there's some room for a higher end, bigger turbo. I already have a huge divet in my savings account from buying this truck. I would like to see a full dyno graph of the 2.7 vs. the 5.3. It seems to go pretty good. Not big on the somewhat anemic sound of the 4cyl from a stop, but it is what it is...

I like the rake. It's more of a sport build for me. I like the 285 wide directional Toyo's on the 2014 wheels. My TPMS sensors showed up yesterday, but delivered to my neighbor due to some fat fingering on my part. Fortunately he was around yesterday afternoon, and indeed had recieved my new sensors. Appointment made for Saturday to have them installed. Cosmetically, I've pulled the dealer sticker off of the lower left tailgate, and pulled the license plate frames. Seriously considering pulling the rear fender 4x4 decals. The other thing I've thought about doing is replacing the Dark Esentials black front grill bowtie with the base gold one to add a little color/contrast to the front. The gold front emblem, from one of many build and price jpgs I saved and mulled over.

From the back

Got a call today scheduling the bumbers for next week. Can't wait. That's the last major change, stuff they owed me, scheduled for next week. I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Looks like a draft from last week. Bumpers were installed today by the dealer. I'm very happy with the results. A couple before afters ... or not. looks like I can only get 2 into a single post.

It's not going to be a high mileage truck. I'm 62. My 2014 only had 55k on It. It probably won't see any towing. If so, it would be pretty light. Maybe a snowmobile or a small boat. For grins and hahas I went out with my TPMS recal device. Despite there being nothing in my 2026 owners manual about a manual TPMS relearn mode, according to the internet it did exist. Sure enough it came up even with a down level DIC. I gave programming the first tire a shot. As expected, it didn't work, but I had to try. Waiting for a tracking number on the new sensors

Yeah, that's my understanding. The newer trucks are 433Mhz vs the older 315Mhz TPMS. Putting these wheels on is costing me a small fortune, but so far, I'm still OK with it. Next week the chrome bumpers are scheduled to be replaced with flat black ones. That would complete what the dealer still owes me.

I put the rears on yesterday morning. I think the old wheels look good despite being 12 years old, and a little crusty. Re-torqued the fronts after 10-15 miles after I put on the rears. Re-torqued the rears today after about 30 miles or so yesterday. I've ordered what I believe are GM 13542523 TPMS sensors/valves from Partzilla. My googling/research on this part has again been, not clear. My manual for the new truck does not appear to show a manual TPMS relearn mode. I have an older device that appears to be the same as what still sells now for putting on new wheels, or even rotating. I used to use it twice a year. I was impressed that I was able to use it to calibrate the originals wheels/tires I put on the 2014 before trading it in a couple weeks ago.

Huh. That's a really interesting comment. I ran into a guy at home depot that pulled in with a Silverado with the same wheels I was looking to put on the new truck. It was a newer truck, so I asked what year it was. Late teens IIRC. But he said he put spacers on the front to try and correct that. I don't think I've ever read that, or noticed it on any of my Silverados. The spacers were not cheap. not putting them on the back would have saved some money. To me it was, if I'm going to move the front wheels out a little, I need to do the same for the back. The idea is to be a little more sporty with the 18" 285 Toyo directionals. I'm learning to deal with several downgrades compared to my '14 LT. No steering wheel stereo volume control (sucks), no uplevel DIC. (sucks even more). It runs well, but sounds like crap.

I appreciate your response as well as everyone elses. It's all stuff/info/opinions to consider. It's why I asked. The spacers are .375, the reach of the extendend lugs is only .33". Even if they were to bottom out with just the wheels, they're not going to bottom with the gen 2 BORA spacers. Spacer size wasn't a guess for me either. As I posted, the one front wheel I tested, spun freely with a less than 1/4" worth of washers. I went with the BORA .375" and ET lugs because I thought it was more important to have hubcentric spacers. Based on my research, that started at .375 for any vendors I found. Time will tell. I really want put the backs on, but it's also really hot outside. Air conditioning is a wonderful thing.

The BORA 3/8" spacers arrived yesterday along with the extended lug nuts. I got the front wheels changed out today, but was overheated and covered in sweat so bad, I figured getting both front wheels done was a win, and took a cool shower. Hopefully, I'll go out tomorrow morning before it gets into the 80+ temps and do the backs. After getting the first wheel snugged up, I backed out one of the lug nuts then hand turned to count threads. I believe I stopped counting around 12-13, so I think I'm good there.

Trust me I appreciate the comments and concerns. It's what I was looking for to help me evaluate the situation and what I want to do. I have decided to move forward with the BORA hubcentric slip on 3/8" (.375") with the extended lugs nuts. Fedex says they should be here Monday :). Meanwhile, the dealer got the remote start and Patriot spray in bed liner done over the last couple of days. Also, I installed an inline stop/start eliminator today. Starts back up in what whatever mode you shut it off in, so you don't have to hit the button every time you fire up.

The wheels I want to put on are takeoffs. I bought them at the same time I bought my 2014 Silverado. I have come across a vendor that appears to sell replicas of these, but they still won't fit my 2026 without spacers from what I've been able to tell. Their fitment years for the wheel stop at '22 if I remember correctly.