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The chrome is pretty easy to remove from the handles with a trip to Home Depot. If you are doing it yourself PM me and I’ll tell you want to go get but any custom paint and body shop you would take them to should know how to dip them. No need to buy new handles just to color match them. Also summit white has about 4 different variants so painting your door handles “gloss white” isn’t a very good idea unless them actually looking like the rest of your truck doesn’t matter to yah.

YES! yes! Lest see the suspension! What color body?

Cognito!? Haha

What type of truck magic is this!? You are so clever with the wires and the electrical thingies!

Good question! Haha it was about 8 months back so don’t hold me to it but I’m pretty sure $200 + $5 for the pins needed for the install without new harness.

Really? Nice! I swear my buddy had to replace a portion of the trim but I also don’t remember things like I used to haha but I know for a fact he spent well over $1000 going to factory route that’s why I did the Syppo mirrors because I didn’t need the power folding (truck is tall enough) and the puddle lamp. And I didn’t need a new door harness, I just had to pin the stock door to cab connector so that’s a big win.

Uh it’s part of the grill itself my friend there’s nothing to mount other than the emblem. You have to have the Z 71 grill to mount the Z 71 emblem.

Definitely! If you want all the possible functions get factory tows. You will need he new harness and the new door trim piece with the function switches. Well over a grand for everything.

Definitely a PITA but you do what you gotta do for the look you want. Nothing that really stands out is ever easy in my experience. I’m not sure if you are active on Instagram but there are a bunch of different users/shops on there that will do the mod for you if you send them your lights I think it ranges from about $800-1000.

So 4:11 would be your recommended gear size if I was running 37’s? (a future endeavor).. my knowledge of gear ratios is borderline nonexistent and I’ve read plenty of topics you have chimed in on along with your own build thread and you seem very knowledgeable on drivetrain. I do some towing but lots of highway and surface street driving.

Again thank you, it’s a transparent powder coat called HD Teal over a micro flake base coat. Looks pretty cool when it gets some sun on it in my opinion.

I did not my friend I was doing my tail lights at the time, my buddy Frank he did the headlights and they came apart reasonably easily but I remember him saying I hate permaseal like 100 times while he was cleaning it all out of the channels because that stuff does not want to come off and you have to get every little piece of it off so that when you re-seal the headlights it makes a perfectly even seal so you never get moisture inside of them.

Well you know how we love our rides, People ask me what I’ve done to it and I’m like “well let me break out my PowerPoint” haha and yes I have pictures of everything done to the truck because I did the majority myself but couldn’t have done it all without the help of good friends for actual paint color application, powder color application, the polishing of my driveshaft and my headlights.

Thank you sir! It’s an 8 inch lift with an additional 1.5 body lift because I didn’t want to notch the bumper or do a nor cal mod on the fenders. The mirrors are syppo tows with smoked leds that I disassembled and sanded all the texture out of and then had color matched. If by options you mean mods, front to back it has headlight amber delete lens from klearz, LTZ chrome grill, K&N Blackhawk intake, Mighty mouse catch can, Color matching and powder coated engine bay, syppo mirrors, all color match trim on interior, recon 3rd and tail lights all been disassembled and color matched, Color match tailgate handle, line X bedliner, Magnaflow exhaust, g2 dif cover, wicked steering rack lock, amp steps, XD 201 22’s on toyos, lift is coil over and new leaf packs, polished drive shaft and exhaust. And then all the custom candy powder coating throughout the truck, wheels and suspension and some custom vinyl here and there. I’m currently looking into tunes and on another site everybody and their mom loves the Diablo (Lew) tune so until I hear somebody with something better that can back it up I’m probably going to go with that, Also possibly a rotor upgrade. And yes 13ish mpg unless I’m cruising on the freeway. Sorry if that was more info than you were looking for haha

I run a 325/50r22 (basically a 35) everyday in town, freeway and occasionally off the beaten path. You can definitely feel a different in power from stock tires on my 5.3 but still moves pretty good. Definitely don’t need a regear just to get around. Although I will be regearing when moving up to 24’s & 37’s later down the road. Definitely need it then.