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New guy, + 1st time silverado owner. I just bought a 2500HD 2004

stangsarefun

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Hey thanks! I been to Rochester once, I ate a garbage plate at Nick Tahoes! It was great! miss Bill Grays too, I need to order some of their sauce its great on hamburgers or anything really! lol

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Get some PB Blaster and soak those things like crazy. Usually it can help free up seized crap like that.

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I think I am going to have to take it to a shop. I went threw a can of sea foam already, got a can of pb blaster today and soaked it down. Gonna give it a couple days to set in. I even bought a bigger hammer! but so far today no luck. I cranked up the factory keys, just so I could get the wheels and tires on there. Seems to be too much debate about cranking them up or not. I'll get a updated picture on here soon. I think the only thing that will break the bars loose would be an air hammer! which I don't have, or the 500 dollar air compressor to go along with it.

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How do you guys add the pictures, just drag them in? I'll get a better picture soon. Had to pull the front inner linings forward and zip tie. Still rubs in the back at full chock. Torsion keys cranked about an inch until I can get the old keys out so that I can install the leveling keys and get alignment.

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Looks awesome Craig you did an awesome job picking out your set up!!!

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I personally am no fan of chrome so any chrome would come off for either black LS door handles or white LT handles. Although I do like the way billet grilles look on that year of truck and then maybe a debadge with a black bowtie up front??

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Yea we seem to have the same taste, the guy before me put all that stick on chrome stuff on it. I plan on removing all of it very soon, time seems to be an issue with me between work and going to school full time wife and kids leaves little time to work on it let along get any sleep. lol I was also thinking of the de-badge and the black bowtie up front. I am looking for like a blacked out grill for the front, I am also planning to swap out the 4x4 stickers on the rear as one is peeling allready. I thought about putting a set of all black Z71 decals.

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Yeah that would all look good! I recall seeing at one time a black billet grille for the chevy's but don't remember where. Did you get the torsion bars figured out?

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