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Have not been very active on the forum lately, apologies. Truck has changed a bunch. Changed the way all my Rigid Industries lights are mounted, 40" moved behind the RaceMesh grille, custom powdercoated and recessed Duallys into the rear bumper. Rear bumper plastics were color matched like the rest of my plastics. My Roadwire leather was installed by Keystone Styling. Switched wheels to the new Anthem Off-Road Aviators. I'm on Instagram if you want to see more pics #tstehle07

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

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Proud owner of a 2014 crewcab 5.3 Allstar addition just pick it up a couple of weeks ago

 

I like the color choice. :thumbs:

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Have not been very active on the forum lately, apologies. Truck has changed a bunch. Changed the way all my Rigid Industries lights are mounted, 40" moved behind the RaceMesh grille, custom powdercoated and recessed Duallys into the rear bumper. Rear bumper plastics were color matched like the rest of my plastics. My Roadwire leather was installed by Keystone Styling. Switched wheels to the new Anthem Off-Road Aviators. I'm on Instagram if you want to see more pics #tstehle07

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That's a nice truck. Where did you get the recessed rear bumper LEDs? Is that custom seats?

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That's a nice truck. Where did you get the recessed rear bumper LEDs? Is that custom seats?

Rear lights are flush mount Rigid Industries dually floods. I had the bezels powder coated 'chrome' to blend into the bumper. My interior is Roadwire leather, hot red!

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pretty good deal I'd say. I was looking at them new in crew cab form and they were adding 15k to the MSRP.

Check out Laura GMC, they are located just outside of St. Louis and they put levels/lifts and tires on new trucks and with their discount its almost like buying a new stock truck.

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The road gets boring, the dirt, never does

 

 

IG: @blackpearl_edition

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My New 2015 LT Z71 All Star Edition. I would like to eventually switch to a chrome grill. Are the snap on ones any good?

 

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Its good. Kind of a slang word for big wheels and slammed to the ground. You don't see truck like that very often, well actually here in Houston you see quite a few trucks slammed to the ground, but they are done super cheap and not done right like yours. Yours looks great!

Thank you very much. I typically get a lot of negative comments in forums, but everyone in here has been really nice. I'm sure their are those probably thinking "Why would he cut up that brand new truck?," but no one has been rude and I appreciate that.

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Thank you very much. I typically get a lot of negative comments in forums, but everyone in here has been really nice. I'm sure their are those probably thinking "Why would he cut up that brand new truck?," but no one has been rude and I appreciate that.

The way i see it is, a good looking truck is a good looking truck.

 

I'm not a fan of the stretched tires, but some are. I love my truck and i'm sure they love theirs! That's all that matters!

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looks good . good job on install. how about that silver on the trailer - it's got to go ???

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Thank you very much. I typically get a lot of negative comments in forums, but everyone in here has been really nice. I'm sure their are those probably thinking "Why would he cut up that brand new truck?," but no one has been rude and I appreciate that.

 

Well in my experience, the people that like to bash on other peoples trucks are the guys that either aren't happy with what they have or just feel like since someone has something better than them, bashing makes them feel better. I personally am not a big fan of lowered trucks, just my opinion, but I can appreciate the time, work, and craftsmanship that goes into a build like this or any other build. I am a gearhead and been wrenching since I got my first toolbox at 13 years old. I love wrenching on my truck and making it my own. I could care less what anyone else thinks about it.

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