Motor301

Cycling trip from the beginning of the month. Very windy all weekend, 70 mph on the interstate and through the mountains. 9.7 mpg. Trailer is about 4700. I have another 100 pounds or so in the bed with bikes and bike equipment. Truck has 1” level in front, add a leaf in the rear.

I never actually did any more digging to be honest. Got caught up in some other projects and moved this one to the back burner.

What grill is that?

I have a set of the snap and zap mirrors for my Silverado. They work decent. Getting the passenger side adjusted correctly is a pain without a helper.

Reviving this a little bit. Has anyone ordered part number 13540312? That's what's listed as the replacement for 13581082, but the picture shows an outside mirror. Not trying to get the wrong part. Thanks!

Just to follow up on this. I had it in the dealer and they did some testing. Tech up cleaning the connector on the truck side and everything works just fine now. Didn't even cross my mind the connector might need cleaning on a brand new truck.

Brakes are good. I hooked it up to my neighbors Sierra this evening and with the gain set on his at 5.0, the braking was quite a bit better. I'm gonna make an appointment for the dealer to check it out.

I just towed my travel trailer with my new 2020 Silverado, with the factory brake controller. I had a 2020 Colorado ZR2 Bison prior, which was totaled in a crash last month. Prior to that, I had a 2017 ZR2 with the Diesel engine (which was replaced twice). In both Colorados with the factory controller, I would end up with a gain of about 4.0-4.5 and get excellent control of the trailer braking. Towing with the Silverado, I ended up with a gain of 7.5 with the same trailer. In addition, I feel like even with a higher gain setting, the braking performance wasn’t at all what I expected from the bigger truck. The trailer is a 2018 Keystone passport 175BH, max weight of 4500lbs, probably about 3500 when I’m moving from my house to the storage lot and vise versa. Am I wrong in thinking that the gain setting would have been about the same with the same trailer, considering they are all GM parts?

Yep. Same tires. Not impressed with the traction at all. Now granted, I've never owned a pick up before and there's a little learning curve to driving without weight on the rear tires. But I get this thing sideways more often than I feel it should on wet backroads. Same with getting into the ABS when braking on wet roads. And it's not a question of driving ability either. I'm a police driving instructor, so I've driven a pretty good selection of vehicles at lots of different speeds. At least the winter is probably over here this year. I'll likely run the stock tires up until the winter and switch over to some Duratracs or something similar.

Thanks! I actually kinda like the stock wheels. One day I might do wheels since I plan on keeping the truck for 10+ years. I'd rather get rid of the stock tires first. Not impressed with them at all.

Did the ADD W1 oil catch can and shorty antenna (I kept hitting the stock one on my garage and was annoyed). Also (not today, but haven't posted pictures) nFab steps, 20% tint on front windows and strip across top of windshield, and black emblems.

Found some time this afternoon to knock it out. Longest part of the install was making a bracket. 1400 miles on truck. Almost zero oil in manifold or throttle body.

I got mine in the mail this afternoon. I'm actually really impressed with the product. In an attempt to keep the hoses short and not worry about the hissing noise, I'm planning on fabbing up a simple bracket off the master cylinder like the RX can uses. Hope to get to it on Friday afternoon/evening.

I bolted on some nFab nerf bars the other day. Never did get the truck washed since it's supposed to rain tomorrow and snow Tuesday. Need to get some pictures of my tint and black badges too.