gmtech117

You don't have to pull the entire axle, just zap out the 15mm bolts holding the axles to the diff , push them aside and drop the bolts in. No need to mess with ball joints.

That emblem surround was the only chrome left on my front end ...did the same..

Damn that's a sharp truck! .. those 285s fit in there nice.

It just snaps back in place... very poorly designed.

Looks great love the blue.. What size are those?

Lol, good young eyes, hid headlamps and morimoto led fogs, oh and the back up camera! The back 3 are now very hard to see out of, but that's ok, backup cam helps with that. My two front sides at 5% ain't too bad to see out of, and the 40% on the windshield takes a little adjustment but it really isn't as bad as it sounds. With my windows up during the day the windshield almost doesn't even seem tinted while looking out because I have the strip at top and sides are darker. At night the windshield really helps with glare from oncoming cars headlamps too. Call me crazy but I almost had the tint shop put another 35% over my front 5% doors, but my 15 month old son couldn't wait any longer. At the right angle during the day you can still see thru the front two windows.

Thanks. Windshield is 40% and front windows are 5%

Did some tint stacking... Added 5% over the rear 3 windows that were alreat tinted 20% over the factory 20%... Mainly because with my son in the rear facing car seat the sun would always be right in his eyes.. Very dark now!

Not sure I would gloat online about theft....

Very nice! What's the wheel/tire/suspension setup?

In the pictures you quoted that was stock suspension with 285/45/22. Wheela are all terrain replica wheels you can get anywhere on eBay. I'm now leveled In the front and run stock 20s with 275/65/20.

Thanks. 275/65/20

Here's a small section of the hood I taped off for a before and after.

Thanks! I used 3D HD polish with an orange lake country foam pad on my Griots Garage orbital. That took care of the swirls, Then just topped it off with meguiars sealant and then meguiars carnuba wax on top.

Buffed the truck last week to get rid of the swirl marks! Finally found a good combo of polish/pad to use. But still, never buying a black track again! Lol

Bump for the black trucks!

Damn, trucks looking good man! Diggin the new wheels and those rear bumper lights!

Thanks! I'd skip the mudflaps , and get the painted moldings, huge improvement over the cheap "plastic" look.

I got behind the moldings with thin string and "sawed" it off. They are stuck on double sided adhesive. As long as you don't crack them taking them off I guess you could get all the double sided tape off the moldings and apply new tape and put them back on

2inch RC front level, 275/65/20 GY duratracs

On ocassion it rubs the carpet liner on full lock turns. Not a big issue and pulling them back some would take care of it. Nothing important rubs tho. Clears sway bar fine and control arms etc no problems.

I did them all.

I removed the chrome door moldings, replaced the chrome handles with painted ones, replaced the chrome window trim with the standard black ones, and wrapped the chrome grill inserts with vinyl

^ Here you go.. This is before the tires and before I replaced all the chrome.. God this reminds me how much I hated all the chrome lol!

Would prob look a little weird, I'll find a picture in a minute when I had stock tires on for a little bit. I just wanted the biggest tire I could fit, for looks mainly.