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Levi Walkup

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Hello everyone, Im going to list everything ive done to my truck since I bought it, I bought the truck with a rebuild 5.3 lt vortec with about 235k miles.

The very first thing I did was put in aftermarket headlights as well as tow mirrors, it already had aftermarket tail lights when I bought it was well as a 6 inch lift.

Next I bought a 52" lightbar for the roof as well as a 32" lightbar for the bottom grille.

This last summer came, and my rear 10 bolt axle grenaded, so I threw a Sterling 10.25 rear axle in it with 4:11 gears and limited slip.

I also did a shackle flip with the rear axle swap to get more flex out of it.

I then painted all my chrome accenting to black to make it look more aggressive.

I had to buy new wheels to fit on the new 8 lug axle in the rear, and a 6 to 8 lug adapter for the front with a spacer in the rear to make it look more aggressive.

I then replaced my interior with camo seats in the rear, and new dash led blue lights.

I then bought a trailer hitch for it, as well as new aftermarket front markers and a tailgate brake strip.

I bought a new 3rd brake light with the cargo lamp, but no matter what the cargo lamp wont turn off so I have to send it back and replace it or if anyone here knows how to fix it.

Next ill be posting pictures of every upgrade I did!! Hope you enjoy!!

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