[New Forum Member Intro Thread]

Well for your first truck you got a good one IMO Welcome to the forum - that looks like one of AUTOGUY's hockey stripes.

 

Mr. P.

 

Uh, I'm a moron--it's an '04... So the stripes are after-market? Okay... I figured out that the hood and grille were after-market, but I couldn't be sure about the stripes. Thanks, Mr. P--I've read a few of your very-informative drive train posts. Thanks again!

[Long Tubes?]

Silly newbie question, but my new-to me truck has headers installed, although I don't know what brand. How can I tell which brand I have? Will it be immediately obvious if I have long tube or short tube headers? TIA!!

[New Forum Member Intro Thread]

Newbies can't start topics before 10 replies? ...well that explains why I couldn't ask my shift kit question... LOL!!! I'm in the Los Angeles, CA area, and just picked up my used 2003 Silverado SS. It has been modified with a shift kit, K&N CAI, headers, full exhaust system (with butterfly-bolt by-pass block-offs that allow me to by-pass the cats), some sort of trans cooler, a twin-scoop hood and a toneau cover. I don't know exactly what was done to the truck because I bought it at auction, but it appears to have been well cared-for by it's previous owner. Here's a picture of my truck:

 

 

I was hoping somebody would recognize it and maybe have a bit of history. In any event, it has a fairly substantial 1-2 shift, so I plan to have the Toy Shop have a look at it. I've done a bit of research here, so I understand that we have to be a bit careful with the transmissions.

 

This is my first pick-up truck, and so far it has been a ton of fun!