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2000 Silverado, 54k miles, 4WD, Z71, loaded, leather (which needs repair) matching hard cover, tow package. $11k

 

I bought it Friday, did the MAC cold air intake yesterday. Not sure if it made a BIG difference but it sure sounds good! :gmc:

 

Zane, how ya doin?

 

 

 

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Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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That sounds like a pretty good deal! Looks like somebody cranked the bejeebers out of those torsion bars :cheers:

 

Welcome to the boards :gmc:

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That sounds like a pretty good deal! Looks like somebody cranked the bejeebers out of those torsion bars :cheers:

 

Welcome to the boards :gmc:

 

 

 

I am pretty new to the whole truck thing, what do you mean?

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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Normally, the front end sits pretty low on the Z71's (a pretty common complaint for most of us). A lot of folks crank the set bolts on their torsion bar adjustment keys to raise the front up a bit either for looks, or to clear slightly larger than stock tires. It takes one socket and about 2 minutes to do, tops. The height of your front end seems quite a bit higher than stock...It probably rides pretty stiff unless the front shocks have been replaced with longer than stock ones (or they've been shimmed down a bit). Of course..."Stiff ride" means different things to different people. If you're happy with it, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Although, I could be wrong and it's just the angle of the pics, or just the fact that I ate a bunch of paint chips yesterday. :gmc:

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Normally, the front end sits pretty low on the Z71's (a pretty common complaint for most of us). A lot of folks crank the set bolts on their torsion bar adjustment keys to raise the front up a bit either for looks, or to clear slightly larger than stock tires. It takes one socket and about 2 minutes to do, tops. The height of your front end seems quite a bit higher than stock...It probably rides pretty stiff unless the front shocks have been replaced with longer than stock ones (or they've been shimmed down a bit). Of course..."Stiff ride" means different things to different people. If you're happy with it, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Although, I could be wrong and it's just the angle of the pics, or just the fact that I ate a bunch of paint chips yesterday. :cheers:

 

 

 

Thanks. Not sure what if any mods were done by the original owner, I bought it from the second owner who didn't do much other than drive it. It does ride fairly stiff, but my other car is a BMW 540i so maybe I am a little biased :gmc: It is going to need tires in the future, it has a pretty good vibration and the previous owner said he tried to get it balanced out but couldn't.

 

I am going to need to do some research on what tires to go to, and I am considered wheels too so I want to make sure I like what I get.

 

 

What flavor paint chips? :cheers:

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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I'm pretty vanilla. Sherwin Williams "Snowflake Interior White" is my favorite.

 

There's tons of info here on T-bars and tires.

different_seasons Enthusiast

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I'm pretty vanilla. Sherwin Williams "Snowflake Interior White" is my favorite.

 

There's tons of info here on T-bars and tires.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lead based paint is my favorite, did I ever mention I was 4' 7" and my IQ was 65?

 

Nice truck and it sounds like you got a good deal on it.

RyanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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you got yourself a KILLER deal!!! Looks just like my Z71 though mine is two tone, tan on the lower half and has a few little dents and dings and scratches all over (it IS a truck afterall) :gmc:

ALarsh Enthusiast

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You did get a great deal. My friend bought the same truck as that, same year, same price except his had 97,000 miles and is silver.

ZZ327 Senior Enthusiast

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That sounds like a pretty good deal! Looks like somebody cranked the bejeebers out of those torsion bars :cheers:

 

Welcome to the boards :gmc:

 

 

 

 

 

I dunno, a lot of the rounded front end bodystyle Ive seen have sit exactly that height . I think they started the Rake front ends in 02 or 03

 

 

heres a 99 GMC

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