Just Bought It: Suggestions

[em6788]

Well I just purchased this 08 gmc sierra

its my first truck

i drove a riced out chevy cavalier before

big change!

 

Im not sure where to start with it thou

Im looking for an aggresive off road look with out over doing it cause i bought a v6 2wd

 

i still wanna beable to take through some mud once in awhile

i was surprised at the power it has even thou being a v6

the first week i got i took it throught mud hole about a foot deep had no problems

 

anyway anyone have suggestions?

i need ideas right now im shooping around for real rims and the tallest widest tire i can put on it stock

 

[pm26]

Aggressive off road look from a 2WD V6 automatic? I would leave it alone. Enjoy the fuel economy you'll get. Anything you do to that truck suspensionwise will kill your gas mileage and make the truck look silly. The best bet would be to get some all terrain tires (same size as OEM), like BF Goodrich. That would give it a little more agressive look without causing other unwanted side effects.

 

A front Bull bar from Westin would look OK too.

[jnpaddison]

level the front too ,,,

[Bostonsfavson]

Welcome to the forum Eric! Nice truck. Considering the circumstances, I would do the following:

 

-Some different rims. Either 18s or 20s...I'm not sure; that's a decision you'd have to make. Either way, I'd wrap them in some AT tires, but nothing too crazy. Just aggressive enough to look good. You don't need monster mudders.

 

-Nerf bars to give some personality to those slab sides.

 

-A different grill. The matte black stocker doesn't do it for me.

 

-I'd avoid a bull bar. There's a reason you don't see many of the GMT900 trucks with them on; they just don't look right.

 

 

Whatever you do, good luck

[j.roffel]

First off Welcome!

 

As for your question, did you get a G80? If not I'd put your money into a good locker before anything else if you plan to do any offroading. I've got an open-diff 2wd and can still get through a creek or two, but the times I ahve gotten stuck a second wheel probably would have gotten me out.

[slugbelch]

1st thing I would do since the purchase would put me back for some time, until a bigger aftermarket budget can get me more stuff:

 

1. Remove emblems.

 

2. Leveling kit

 

3. Paint to match the black parts of the front bumper and grille (leave the center grille black) and rear black bumper parts

 

4. Tint the windows.

 

5. If they are 16" rims, get some 295/75/16 Terra Grapplers to beef it up without buying wheels yet until some $$ rolls in, then get some 22's unless you want a big tire look, then I would stick with 18".

 

Just my 2 cents worth

6. Next, If I had some spare change, I would look for aftermarket front and rear lights.

[em6788]

thanks guy

you all have great ideas

 

im not planning on doing anything to the suspention i m settled on leaving it alone

 

and i have 17

im not sure about the differental

i know that i basicly bought the lowest model

its dosen't even say what it is on the truck

 

the sales guy said its a work truck

vinyl seats and floor but it was a power package up grade

locks and windows

 

i found some tires to day

probably going with good year wranglers a/t

still looking at rims

[em6788]

1st thing I would do since the purchase would put me back for some time, until a bigger aftermarket budget can get me more stuff:

 

1. Remove emblems.

 

2. Leveling kit

 

3. Paint to match the black parts of the front bumper and grille (leave the center grille black) and rear black bumper parts

 

4. Tint the windows.

 

5. If they are 16" rims, get some 295/75/16 Terra Grapplers to beef it up without buying wheels yet until some $$ rolls in, then get some 22's unless you want a big tire look, then I would stick with 18".

 

Just my 2 cents worth

6. Next, If I had some spare change, I would look for aftermarket front and rear lights.

 

 

can i fix 295's stock?

how wide is the tire?

[em6788]

First off Welcome!

 

As for your question, did you get a G80? If not I'd put your money into a good locker before anything else if you plan to do any offroading. I've got an open-diff 2wd and can still get through a creek or two, but the times I ahve gotten stuck a second wheel probably would have gotten me out.

 

not trying to sound stupid

like i said this is my first truck

 

open diff is when only on tire spins right

 

i thought the trucks had a feature where they could detect when your tire was sliping and give power to the other tire

[em6788]

oh yeah thanks the welcome

[punmax]

First off Welcome!

 

As for your question, did you get a G80? If not I'd put your money into a good locker before anything else if you plan to do any offroading. I've got an open-diff 2wd and can still get through a creek or two, but the times I ahve gotten stuck a second wheel probably would have gotten me out.

 

not trying to sound stupid

like i said this is my first truck

 

open diff is when only on tire spins right

 

i thought the trucks had a feature where they could detect when your tire was sliping and give power to the other tire

 

 

That feature is an optional g80 locker. And welcome. Get a billet grill and paint the black to your truck colour. Get some tint and nerf bars and rims and your set ;)

[em6788]

oh thanks

so then i just get power to one wheel?

[punmax]

I'm also a newb to this truck stuff, but right now you get power to your 2 rear wheels and when you start slipping, only one wheel will be spinning and the other one will do nothing. Can anyone confirm this?

 

 

- also chrome door handles and mirrors will look great on that colour

[FRANKD3TANK]

Welcome,And don't forget to get yourself a line-x, youll love it.

[pm26]

You know, you could just drive the truck until your first payment.