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Chris' 04 Sierra 1500 Fun Daily Build


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We have a lifted build and that's it so I will start one. Some things may be left out because it has been 5 years but I have pics of some of it. Let's start with the info.

 

Truck started life as a 2004 GMC Sierra SLE 2WD with a 4.8 and 3.42 open diff. Not even a factory trans cooler.

 

When I bought the truck in 2008

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Added K&N intake and Flowmaster 40 dumping shortly after buying it

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That was it for a while other than a sound system. 2 JL 10w1v2's

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Then upgraded the horrid Goodyear 235/75R16's to Bridgestone Dueler RVT 255/75R16's

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Then Bilstein 4600's all around with the help of member kenny britten

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And that ended the modding for me living in Florida

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I moved to California and started modding again.

 

First was the billet grille

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Then the Denali headlights and Anzo smoked corners

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Then the Tow Mirrors and Firestone Destination A/T in 265/75R16

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That ended the modding for 2011

 

2012 started and So did more modding

 

The B&M trans cooler that I sold to BruceDeuce

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Silverado SS 20's on Cooper Destination H/T Plus tires and a 2.5" level

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Recon smoked LED tail lights

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300 Amp Alternator

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Silverado SS gauge cluster

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Big 3 upgrade

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MBRP XP exhaust

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Now the fun time begins in December 2012

 

LQ9 6.0 swap

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The old 4.8

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Volant Intake

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Volant "Ram Air" scoop

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Cat change and Corsa Sport install

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Look at that tip

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Brings us to this week

 

05/06 Electric Fan install

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And the pride of the week...

 

The Bitchin' trans cooler

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Made my own top bracket with 1"x1/8" aluminum flat bar

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The 03-06 Escalade gauge bezel

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I had a shop do it, but it all bolts up

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Yea I know not as interesting as Sarah's lift.... I have another small mod happening tomorrow possibly if I get my air compressor fixed.

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I will be ordering new grilles on Tuesday when I can deposit money into the bank. I pulled it all out for a casino trip. Also going to be doing gauge LED's if I can get express shipping done. I have a couple dead spots so it will be a nice upgrade. There are things I missed in the other posts I will eventually get to as well.

 

I will also be painting the center support in front of the condenser where the hood latch bolts to and my tranny cooler mounts to. I may paint the tranny cooler mount bars as well. Depends on how they look behind the new grille. I am thinking a red of some sort to offset the new grille and the tranny cooler.

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New lower bracket for the cooler and ambient temp gauge and also some painting will be done today

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Core support off and being prepped

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Primed

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Got the first coat of Apple Red on it

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