DScott3370

Best I can tell is that he was overwhelmed in late 2019. There were a few discussions about LLJ back then on the half ton forum. I’m glad to hear he got it together. I still highly recommend AIS.

Yeah, I’m going to order the traction bars and be done with this ride. I’ve done everything I want to at this point. So May as well finish the last item. On a side note. LT35x12.50 tires are outrageous right now. I normally run Nitto or BFG tires. They are 2100-2600 right now depending on which flavor you choose. I decided to try the Kenda Klever R/T tires. I’ve had many Kenda tires for off-road enduro and MX applications. They were every bit as good as the Michelin and Dunlop counterparts. These tires are 1196.00 from Parishtirecompany on EBay. Likely since no one knows about them. They are Tripple sidewall, and F Load range. Slight hum at Highway speeds but still very quiet. I see no difference or reason to spend twice as much with the way these perform. They balanced perfectly with quality balancing beads.

I did a bilstein stabilizer as well. I had driven one of these prior to buying. I’m guessing it didn’t have the camper torsion bars. Changing those out for the Cognito units is the key to the better ride. And of course the high dollar adjustable shocks. The Cognito rear spring packs took out the jitter in the first few inches of travel. So it is completely transformed ride wise. Now I’m thinking I should do the traction bars from Cognito. I’m worried about axle wrap when towing running a rear leaf without any sort of overload spring. I had this issue on a previous 4 door one ton. Especially after I turned the power up. Think I’m going to order them. Read the directions and it looks like an hour install. They almost 2k though

I had a 2020 Trailboss 6.2L. It didn’t like pulling my 8k trailer in the mountains. And the fuel tank is entirely too small for trailering. Yeah it rode good though. I’m no spring chicken at almost 50 years old. I’ve owned multiple old square body one tons (Fords though). Big block and small block versions. And they were lifted and had lift leaf packs at each corner. Yeah they rode like a brick. In short, I don’t need the full capacity and wanted a better ride, so I spent the bucks and the weekend correcting it to my liking…

I’m updating this old thread with my experiences from modifying the 2020 Silverado Trail Boss stereo system and now more recently my new HD Duramax stereo system. On the first truck I ordered a harness from LLJ customs. Took a month and it did not work correctly. I got no response from him. I found John from Audio Integrated Solutions (AIS) on this site. Sent the harness to him and he corrected everything. It worked perfectly and the turn around time was days. This latest truck I contacted John and he built me a harness in a matter of days as well. His work is flawless. His knowledge is vast, and he knows these GM wiring schematics inside out. Send him a picture of the RPC tag on the door, tell him what you are installing and he will get it to you. For 200 or less… in my case [email protected] (Is his email)

So I posted on here 6 months or so ago about ordering a new HD truck. I quickly gave up on that idea after being blown off over allocations. Ended up searching for and negotiating for a loaded LTZ Duramax from an out of town dealer. Was actually an easy process and I got the truck I wanted. While I’ve had multiple one ton trucks before, I’ve not had a Chevrolet 1 ton previously. Just half tons. Holy rough ride! The Snow plow and Camper packages I’m guessing weren’t helping any either. So I began looking at the truck. Tires were all over 70psi. This helped some. I could immediately tell the Ranchos we’re not up to the task of controlling this much unsprung weight. Very obvious going over parking lot speed bumps. Then I looked at the Mickey Mouse steering components. They are heavier duty on Hyundai’s. Anyway, enough rant. I began researching and reading. And reading and reading. Bought the Cognito Elite 3” kit with the 2.5” Elka Shocks. Bought the Front and rear Cognito Comfort Springs. Complete Kryptonite Ultimate Steering kit With the Center, tie rods, Idler, idler arm, and pitman. Also got rid of the tiny Sway bar links for the Kryptonite units. Ordered a Bilstein steering stabilizer and bracket. Then of course Method NV’s and 35” tires from Custom offsets. The springs were ordered in July. I just got them a few weeks ago. I parked the truck and put everything on hold till it all came in. Took about four hours to install the Lift front and rear (added 1” blocks). Found it easiest to remove the inboard bolts for the lower control arms to get the old torsions out and new in. The rear Cognito Comfort spring packs don’t come with the Ubolt retainer brackets on top. And the center pin was not long enough to transfer them over so I had to disassemble the factory spring packs and transfer center pins and upper u bolt brackets. Other than that it was pretty straight forward. Though I did have to break out the plasma cutter for the Front lower control arm bump stops removal. I set the ride height to 2” higher in the front (40.5 to 42.5). I removed the steering system and loosened the gear box to get the pitman off. Pitman is the only time consuming effort here. Just bite the bullet and take the box bolts out, reposition it and get the puller on it. The rest just takes a few minutes to get out. I am working on a two post lift though. Installed the Kryptonite steering system and stability links. Holy beefy this stuff is. Night and day difference. It actually looks like 5 ton steering components. Pretty awesome. Truck rides like an absolute dream now. Not quite like a half ton but it’s close. I seriously didn’t want to drive it previously. It’s six months old and has 1k miles on it. Half that was from the drive home from buying it. Also did a complete stereo upgrade and put the banks stuff on it, but that’s another thread…

GM will absolutely not buy it back without you pursuing the Lemon Law. Lemon law guidelines are pretty cut and dry for each state. I’d look that over and see if you qualify. They will not buy a three year old truck back if they don’t have to. And they currently don’t have to… speaking from experience. It’s also quite a long process. They are in no hurry either. Truck is still worth quite a bit of money. I’d likely just trade it or sell it outright

I bought my 22 LTZ in June. I signed paperwork for the missing parking sensors and heated seats. Seats work. Have no parking sensor function. I’m seriously doubting I’ll ever hear anything about coming in for a retrofit. What do you expect for 84k out the door? All the options you paid for?

Your story is definitely discouraging. Especially since I’m wanting a Reg cab long bed Duramax LT. I too have no use for 4 doors anymore. My last four trucks have been Crew cabs. My dealer says that they will let me know when ordering for the 2023 opens up next month and if they will have an allocation. I’m fine driving my current truck till next summer. I’m in the middle of building a new house and 4000 square foot garage currently anyway. So I’ve got plenty to keep me busy in the mean time. I just find it strange that everyone is putting orders in at their dealers and wondering if their truck will ever actually show up. That’s really bad for business…

Yeah, I figured those were the options. Not paying 60-70k for a used truck. I’ll put the order in next month for a 2023 and see what happens. I can tell you as a Ford Dealer Master Tech, that is at the dealer everyday, Super duty arrivals are rare. You just never see them come in off the truck. I might have seen a dozen all year. Matters none to me since I don’t want one. Just a strange time. Essentially, all of the dealers have become overpriced used car lots. I don’t think it’s ever going back the other way with adequate dealer inventory. Not with anything that burns fossil fuels anyway…

So I contacted my dealer today to make an appointment to Order a 3500 LT Regular cab Duramax. Not new to the GM scene by any means. Just decided it’s time for a new diesel to pull my recreational trailers. For grins I googled lead time for Silverado HD orders and was sent to this thread. I now realize what a ****** show this may become. I feel bad for all you guys honestly. So should I even bother ordering the truck? I find myself asking if it will actually come? Regular cab long bed LT is a dinosaur these days so I won’t get one if I don’t actually order it the way I want it. Give it to me straight? Waste of time or go for it and order it?

Long shot but... Can anyone help me with some DSP tuning on a Audio Control D-6.1200 Amplifier? Have trouble with Accu bass not being active. Can’t find a way to make it active. Also with some EQ settings. I’ve figured out how to set each set of channels up but I still feel like I’m missing something. If there is anyone than can answer some questions and is familiar with this amp in particular that would be great.

My thinking was that I could input from the ACM to The LC8I and then RCA LC8i to the Amplifier. I also like the manual level control of the LC8i for each channel. But yeah I hear you.

Honestly, the LC8i is overkill. You are correct. I may not actually install it. I’ve been asking myself the same thing...

Well then that makes it easier. I appreciate the information very much!