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Im sitting on the fence on whether to install a hid kit or wait for a better projector or assembly. I won't be traveling where I need better lights until the fall. I may just install the 9011s and wait.

Question: At this time, is there any aftermarket purpose-built projector for the GMC? Is there any aftermarket complete lamp (headlight, drl, turn indicator) assembly for the GMC?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 2.25% is cheap money. I'll take it all day long. I recall having a car loan that was in the teens % back in the days of the peanut farmer president. Money in the bank was falling in real value by the week. Buying a $50k new truck is not a financially great idea in itself, but we indulge ourselves for some things. Everyone has their own financial plan. Whatever works best for each of us.

Is there any better solution to filling those 8 big, odd shaped holes under the bed rail? My 08 had them and I thought GM had lost their minds. These holes are a manufacturing shortcut, in my opinion. I run toppers on all my trucks. These holes suck in dirt and moisture. You'd think GM would come up with a better design that eliminated this. I had the foam blocks in my last truck. It works to some degree. Is there a better solution?

I made over 70% in the stock market last year. I'm paying 2.25% interest on $50k for this truck. Why would I use my money for a truck? I went with 100% financing. I'd be glad to call it "the bank's truck". LOL.

Great looking color and some great trucks.

A week and a half old now.

Those of you on the fence for the Helm manuals, the first time you do something like pop the door panels off or need a wiring diagram you'll have paid for the manual.

I think if you're going to compare prices of trucks over the years you need to look at comparably equipped trucks. The manufacturers have continuously stacked luxury options on these things over the years. In 1980 nobody would ever have imagined the likes of a crewcab Denali or even the top end LTZ/SLT trucks of 2014. A 2014 LTZ/SLT/Denali would shame a 1975 Cadillac. Try comparing prices of work trucks thru the years. I think you'll find prices track pretty well with inflation. I think what we're seeing here is a completely morphed vehicle, sort of a luxury/truck hybrid when you look at the better equipped trucks. Remember, there was a time when you couldn't get carpet in a truck, let alone leather bucket seats. The extended cab came along in the seventies, if my memory serves me. Before that, everyone had a standard cab. Crewcabs were something you'd see the oil companies driving, and they were pretty rare.

I may disable my brake lights too, or maybe paint them with some black tint til they can't be seen.

Just put it in reverse. Then you can see what they look like scared.

I'm thinking of disabling my backup camera. I hate the way it looks and resent GMC telling me when it should come on.

With the reports I see, I'm going to check both sides to make sure they're both the same. I looked on one side today and the upper and lower were steel. March 2014 produced GMC crew AT 6 1/2 ft SLT 5.3L 4x4 Regarding availability of Z71 on the High Country, I noted that my GMC All Terrain package includes Z71.

I just got home from taking delivery of my truck about 110 miles from my home. The sales lady took this pick with her iphone. Bad picture, but it's what I have for now. The truck is a SLT CC Std Bed, 4x4, All Terrain, 5.3L, Nav. My mileage on the trip home on the freeway was 23.5 per the DIC. But it was downhill from Victorville to Torrance, so figure about 10% or so off that. Still, impressive mileage to me. Mods coming will include a topper of some type for my dogs and hunting gear, load range E tires of some oversize, and likely some front leveling, but modest like maybe 1 1/2". Not sure on any wheel change. Also some WeatherTech floormats are gonna be needed and maybe some seat covers for the hunting season.

When I got my 2008 an empty bed going down the freeways of Los Angeles was teeth rattling. My 99 21500 with a topper rode much nicer. I just happened to check the (blurry) rear view mirror and caught the top of the tailgate bouncing like a paint shaker. A 200lb topper and 200lb set of bed drawers and it rides completely different. I'm not saying that's what most of you are experiencing. But its something to look for. I was chasing a vibe in my 99 and found pulling the front (4x4) drive shaft cured the vibe that I was getting when in 2wd at freeway speeds. Their is enough friction in the transfer case that the front shaft ends up turning even when in 2wd. Guys on this board chased similar vibe years ago.

Cowboy sports cars.

To me, I feel my nearly fully loaded truck cost is in line with my salary a this time in my life. I bought and drove a lot of used cars in my day. Some of them were not so nice. I drove a Pinto for many years so I could own a small aerobatic airplane of modest cost. But they all fit my earnings at the time. As others have stated, a person should stay within his means.

C'mon guys. I was 34 when i bought my first new vehicle. It was a price leader stripped 1990 Toyota It had a 4 speed stick and plastic seat (1), am fm and ac. I was working as a quality engineer for Boeing and renting an apartment. No kids. My wife was an engineer as well. We bought a house in 1996. I was 40. I was driving my 1979 El Camino with 350,000 miles on it's third engine and my wife drove the Toyota pickup. Mind you, we were both engineers in aerospace without any kids. In 1999, at 43, I finally could afford a new SLE 4x4. That truck cost $31.5k. I drove that truck for 9 years and had work on it to get 215,000 miles out of it. I was 52, an engineer near the top of my profession in terms of pay, before buying a 2008 fully loaded LTZ when GM was bankrupt and they were clearing out the 2008 because the 2009 had been on the lots for months. I got $12k off sticker, but had to settle for a truck I now have and have wanted to sell since I bought it. Yeah, now I'm buying a $50k truck (-$7k for incentives and wheeling-dealing) at 58 years old and no kids. My point is; it ain't easy for everyone to buy a $50k truck, much less a younger working person that hasn't peaked in his career. Certainly, a bank will let you hang your petunia out pretty dang far and maybe you could get a 50k truck financed. But people have to get real and live within their means. You want to drive a $50k truck? Get a great career, don't have kids, marry a gal with a great career, and get old. Or become a drug kingpin.

But realistically, the makers have come up with all kinds of things to spend your $$$ on that weren't available in the mid nineties. There was no Nav, no heated seats, no 12 way adjustable bucket seats with leather covering, no adjustable pedals, No CD player, No XM/Sirius radio No Bose speakers, no powered retract and heated mirrors, no power sliding rear window, No Bluetooth, no Pandora, No 420 hp engine, No 355 hp engine, No 300 hp engine, No 6 speed automatic, etc.. Build up a truck that is a fair comparison to a 95 "fully loaded" truck and it may be surprising.

Virtually every dealer in the United States is discounting trucks around $4-5k and up to $7500, depending on configuration, without haggling. I was able to haggle my price down. I recall having to pay nearer to sticker many years ago. The dealer and mfr deserve to make profits. Its the American way. I like it.

In 1999, I bought a SLE 2500 ext cab 4x4. The sticker on it was $33K I just went to kbb.com and priced out a new one with the same options. $39k. So, 15 years later there's about a $6k increase or 18.1% increase. I went to this website http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ and calculated from 1999 to 2014 and got 40% inflation. That says that the truck should cost $46K by straight inflation calculation.

Bummer, a co-worker has a Q-steer truck. He really likes it. Wants another. I guess it was just too costly and not enough sales?

I thought there was a federal law about maintaining parts for 10 yrs? Old wives tail?

Disabling the traction control will not decrease the long slow power lag. That is a ECM programming characteristic. Get a Blackbear tune if you want that fixed.