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They are EVERYWHERE in Texas.. check craigslist and come on down. Just know that while you can surely find a good one, there's also lots of hacked-up junk too so buyer beware. Plus be sure check the VIN with the cops as lots of stolens being re-sold. If the title or VIN seem funny at all just walk (or run) Richard

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There's no "yes's and no's" on the posi additive, you do not use it, period, in the Eaton Gov-Loc which is what the G80 option on our trucks is. It's not a posi, and there's a TSB from GM about why to not use posi additive but in a nutshell it can cause it to not work correctly. Beyond that, I don't know much about AWD's as I have not much experience with them on these trucks, both ours are RWD 06 models. However, from reading others' posts over the years, not having park could easily be a blown front diff, though I guess also the transfer case being bad could be possible. Normally at 100K I'd say the transmission is highly suspect but when these transmissions go you'll lose gears but not park. Richard

Be sure drop in and throw pics at us of your new truck! Make us jealous.. I love my SS, haven't had it 17 years though, lol.. dunno if I could get into a K2XX gen truck, I like some of 'em though! Richard

Looking pretty good; I usually prefer more drop but I never could get around to installing the drop kit on my '06 and traded it to another forum member. From the part # I'm assuming that's the spindle & shackle drop? Truck looks slightly raked or is it just a wheelwell design difference.. I'd wonder if the shackles have a spot for another 1" of drop to make it more level. I'm seriously considering this drop for my truck now, although I did just install stock height BT shocks...if the part #'s for the small drop are any different I could just swap the stock height shocks over to my wife's truck. Richard

The GM specified plug is an AC Delco iridium plug claimed 100K+ miles, part # 41-985 Richard

Good lerd I did the oil pressure sensor today and sorry no pics. You can google image search and you'll find lots but they'll generally be pics of the engine NOT in the truck, LOL.. My hand, wrist, and forearm are all chopped up now, but the gauge is reading correctly again and no more DINGDINGDINGDING LOW OIL PRESSURE DINGDINGDINGDING Took working by feel, reach down behind the intake and carefully unclip then unplug the sensor, use a sensor socket with a u-joint and medium extension and you can do this from the top of the engine. It'll suck balls if you have big hands, may be impossible. I couldn't even see if the screen was in there for me to pull and clean or replace so I just rolled the dice and installed the new sensor. Works great. I guess it should go without saying but I'll mention it anyway, the top and driver side engine cover need to come off so you can reach the sensor. Richard

Be sure to check the screen that goes underneath it as they often get crudded up. Read where many people have replaced the sensor and it still didn't work because the screen was clogged. Some replacement sensors come with a screen; the one I bought did not.. hoping I can clean the original screen up so I don't have to go get another. Richard

Different is fine.. you'll probably get some haters mad at you for "messing up" an SS, but it's your truck. One of my pipe dream play toys would be an earlier GMT400 RCSB with a swap.. sometimes I want to do an 8.1/4L80E, other times I imagine parting out a wrecked SRT8 and putting the 6.1/6 speed or even the 5 speed auto into the truck, along with as much other stuff I could transplant like the seats, dash cluster, wheels, brakes, anything I could manage to adapt. Just don't have the time or the space anymore to get into something so extensive. Richard

The GMT800 trucks with the 8.1 probably use the same mounts, so just look those up.. Don't think anybody has done an old school big block in a Silverado SS, but hey, nothing stopping you but time, money, and sweat! Richard

Welcome! I hear ya; I *kinda* want to like the first few years of the K2XX trucks but man they seem to have some annoying issues and I just don't have the spare time to figure that mess out on my own. Buddy has a 2014 High Country in black and it look great, reminds me a bit of the 88-98 styling which I love, but I've driven it and not sure if I'd be happy replacing my SS with one. Richard

Wow, that's crazy.. I could probably get those pics for you in the next couple days if nobody else steps up. I work kind of a stupid night schedule so finding free time can be tricky. In the meantime, you should throw us some pics of your Tahoe swap to get us goin' Richard

Just an update, those "Partsam" DRL LED's, and the "Alla Lighting" flashing 3rd brake LED's, crapped out in about a year's use. In fairness, I was doing a lot of daytime driving so the DRL's were running a lot in the Texas heat, and lots of heavy traffic, so those 3rd brake LED's were on a lot. It just confirms my attitude that while I love LED's, they do not last as long as we think they should. The individual LED devices don't really fail (unless they take a voltage spike), but the assemblies fail. They get hot, and solder joints come un-done, and it's not like you can fix 'em. The DRL's were cheap enough (like $12 for the pair) so I just bought another set. For the 3rd brake LED's I just put some plain non-blinking red LED's in there that I had sitting around from something else. Anyway, thought I'd mention it in case anybody else was planning to buy these based off my previous posts. Oh, the Autolumination projector LED's in the taillights have been going strong for years...so at least there's that! Richard

I'll bite. Besides being trucks made by Chevrolet and initially only offered in black, there's not much the same. The 90-93 trucks were called 454 SS not Silverado SS. They were regular cab, RWD, big block 454 (7.4L) engine and from the GMT400 body style. 03-07(classic) Silverado SS are extended cab, AWD (and later RWD) LQ9 6.0 engine, and GMT800 generation.. Richard

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Nice work giving that truck the love it deserves... I had to put a bedside on mine too, but because it had been crashed (bought the truck from CoPart auction) - I got the GM "complete" bedside with the inner panel too, because the taillight housing was crunched just enough that my body shop guy needed it. He still separated the inner/outer and didn't use most of the inner piece, but that also retained my spray-in liner, dude did an awesome job. The LED tails are cool, I did the ones that sort of mimic the late model with the "bracket" but later decided they looked a little too ricey for my taste, and went back with TYC copies of the originals, and filled 'em up with really bright projector style LED's. Also did the 3rd brake light with an OEM lens and LED's in it. Takes a little experimenting with different brands/models of LED and resistors to make everything play nice on a GMT800 truck but so far, so good on mine. Richard

I spy aftermarket clear reflector headlights/signals, give 'em a good look-over and see if you can't seal them up pre-emptively. I had the same ones and they started getting moisture inside and it wrecked the plating in the signal reflectors in a big hurry. Then the clear peeled on the headlights.. I don't recall if they started getting wet inside or not, too. I saved them in case I ever get the balls to bake my OEM replacements open and swap the clear reflectors out. Your truck's coming around nicely! Richard

2007 Classic available in SS, too. Just not many of 'em.. and yes, RWD only just like 2006. Richard

Can't speak to the other items though they sound good and if a respected SS tuner recommended them....... But I can say that at only 80K-ish miles my 4L65E had worn the separator plate out, so I'd say at 140K yours could probably benefit from replacement. Mine was also shifting stupid hard from 1-2 even at part throttle, so my transmission guy replaced the 1-2 accumulator spring with a different one, softened it up a little, though it's still a bit harsh - I think my PCM has a janky tune on it from the previous owner. It still gave me some odd behavior like a hang before shifting into 2nd (or 3rd? can't remember; it's been a while) and a momentary whining noise under acceleration, the trans eventually gave me warning signs of crapping out around 140K so I had my guy build it. 140K is a long time for a 4L65E to live in an SS, if you ask me; I'm surprised mine lasted that long. It still caught all the gears but had gotten loud and I was depending on it as a daily driver for just under 100 miles a day so I didn't want to wait for it to completely let go. Richard

Sure, it's a lot of money for a little plastic part, but it's also a specialty part that is no longer being made and supplies are getting thin. That applies to just about everything on our trucks that make them an SS instead of "just a Silverado" Richard

12335694 $138 from gmpartsdirect currently I almost sold my spare one but kept getting haggled down, glad I kept it since some **** stole the one off my wife's truck Richard

My old truck? Not sure what you mean.. I haven't sold my truck, I still own it. So no, the one in that pic is definitely not mine. Richard

Gotta link a pic from an outside service, most forums are this way these days. Hosting costs $$ Richard

Cool, so you bought it? Post up pics...we love 'em...love my Intimidator but it's got a lot more than 56K on it now! Richard

Ah, no prob.. shoot me a PM with your address and I'll throw it in the mail. Richard