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I got mine by hunting online GM dealers until I found 'em. Was harder to find the bottom one (tailgate) since it's a little narrower. Watch out for some of the people selling these; they're selling 3 door badges instead of the correct 2 door badges and 1 tailgate badge...and the fake ones (you'll know because they're cheap, lol) are just puffy vinyl stickers and they're also all 3 the same size. Get ready to pay some bucks $$$$ Richard

Somebody come on down to Texas and make me a real cash offer on it and I'll go down the street and buy another GMT400 project; maybe it'll keep me out of speeding tickets to jump back into a TBI-engined truck. Richard

Holy jeez that looks sharp! Nice work man. Richard

I've got one that I've flip-flopped on whether I'd sell it or not. I bought it as a salvage title from Copart auction so I have -detailed- pictures of the damage, it wasn't bad at all, just right rear corner of the bed got rear-ended. I fixed it with help from a restoration-quality body man in Taylor TX and we used a new GM bedside, and did a full paint and body job on the whole truck so that it wouldn't just have one shiny new bedside ? the whole truck was done, including new GM emblems all around which I will tell you was not cheap. There's more money in the truck than it's worth in reality which is why I haven't committed to selling it. It's my DD and has around 120K on it now. The entire story is here on the forum -> Richard

The answer would probably still be crickets, but you did start this thread in the SS & VHO For Sale section. Richard

Uh, yeah, sounds like a damn steal! PICS... Richard

Good thing you signed up to scold some dudes that were debating a topic in 2008. By the way the "fake" comment was directed at a GMC regular cab stepside "SS" which I will go on the record and say was fake. So, welcome to the forum, do you have a Silverado SS or did you just come to yell at some dudes from the past? Richard

Honestly, the same could be said about lowering any truck. It's his, I'm not excited about lifting any truck (I'd rather slam 'em) but yeah.. Richard

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Two different wrecker driver friends sent me pics last night/today of an Intimidator at a SW Houston impound lot. Grille mesh is black instead of silver and the ducts appear to be all black, looks like billet bowtie on it too. Has a fiberglass bed lid on it so it looks like the 3 piece wing has been removed (wonder where it is?) And it's got those goofy looking (IMO, sorry) U-bar type aftermarket headlights and appear to be aftermarket tails, too. Looks fairly clean in the pics though.. dual tip exhaust, doesn't look like Corsa but hard to tell, and they're sitting lopsided. OEM chrome wheels. So who got towed? I'd say it's probably a stolen recovery as it looks like the driver door lock is punched. - EDIT - buddy just told me windshield marks say HPD NO KEY so yeah probably stolen recovery, sucks but at least it appears intact and not stripped. Richard

Not convinced he's legit at all.. where's his truck? Richard

Powerdyne was redesigned and now sold by Torqstorm so you might contact them for info. They may have old stock of spare Powerdyne parts; seems like some people had luck in the past. http://www.torqstorm.com/kits_single_silverado_99-06.html Richard

Doubt it's the same setup he's talking about but GM Performance has a Brembo 16" front (front only!) kit that is marketed for the current K2XX trucks, but *should* fit our GMT800 series trucks as well as GMT900's. It's not cheap at around $2300 or so but with 16" rotors and 6 piston calipers, and being designed FOR trucks by an OEM supplier, they should stop like crazy. I've been wanting to do them to my '06 but the cost has kept me away for now. I would also guess that a 20" wheel may be a limiting factor; might require 22's, not sure - I do recall seeing something in the application notes about the wheel type but they mention RPO codes for the current trucks. By the way, props to Ryan for speaking honestly about the Z06 brake swap. A lot of people won't admit when they've laid out the money and effort for something that just doesn't make much of an improvement. I was a little concerned when I did the Hellcat Brembo 6 piston/15.4" front swap on my 300C SRT8, which replaces the Brembo 4 piston/14.1" front setup. Some claim "it's no different on the street, just good for the track" but I will tell you the car stops REALLY well for 4K+ lbs. The 4 piston setup stopped pretty damn good already but I can tell an improvement. Was it worth the $$$? Tough call, but I'm happy with it! Pic attached for reference - that's a 15.4" rotor inside a 20" wheel; which is my concern about the GM kit with the 16" rotor - MAY NOT fit in a 20" but that's a guess on my part. Richard

Clean it up with a small hone maybe? The ones used for rebuilding drum brake wheel cylinders are inexpensive. Richard

Column doesn't lock the wheel like older generation trucks (gmt400) but there should be an interlock that prevents shifting out of park unless key is on; I believe that's electronic though and integrated with the brake switch circuit. Have you really inspected the column housing closely with a bright light for any physical damage particularly around the lock bore? I thought typical theft damage was drilling out the tumbler lock pin from underneath but that's vague recollection from other posts, haven't fixed one of these columns myself yet - hope I don't ever need to! Richard

Still available new (for now) from GM for about $160 shipped, or you can just screwdriver one off somebody else's bumper like some asshat did to my wife's truck. Haven't replaced it yet though I did take the eraser wheel to the old tape the other day to clean it up. Richard

Pic? Can you pull the rear seat out of the way and use some kind of tool to simply pull the flap back in or is the vent damaged? Richard

Sounds silly but check the fluid level in your master cylinder. If it's below the sensor you'll get those error lights (and a CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM message) as the fluid level moves away from the sensor under hard acceleration/braking. If the fluid is low don't put too much in; some of that low level is just due to wear of the brake pads. Put a little bit in so it covers the sensor and see how it behaves. Then possibly check your brake lines (the hard portions) for leaks as they can be common on the GMT800 series trucks especially in areas where they salt the roads or if it was driven on the beach a bunch, or you live near salt water. And just remember be careful not to spill any on the paint or touch the paint with brake fluid on a rag or your hand; it'll ruin the paint. Richard

Physically, yes. Functionally, no, not without a lot of work - the 4L60 is just another name for the 700R4 which is similar to the 4L60E/4L65E but does not have electronic control that the E trans has. It uses a throttle valve cable to control line pressure and shift points. The newest fullsize truck you'd find the 4L60 on is 1992 and they fit the old school small block. 4L60E can fit but isn't as strong as the 4L65E, and there are also many revisions of the 4L60E over the years that an older one may not be electrically compatible. Best to stick to the 4L65E or have yours rebuilt. Or swap in a 4L80E which is some work but worth it if you're making more power than stock. Richard

Sorry to hear your truck was stolen, glad you were able to get it back - hopefully not too much of a battle to get it right again. As far as the VIN location, the only "legal" original one is on the dash. Since that has been tampered with, to obtain a state-reassigned VIN, the state will have an officer inspect the truck. They will know exactly where to look for other VIN locations. They'll attach a sticker to the vehicle (location will vary) indicating a state assigned VIN and issue a new title based on the new VIN. Sorry if that isn't exactly the answer to your question; I don't know the location, but to the end owner it's not that useful a piece of info because the state is who's gonna inspect it anyway. Richard

Don't forget Fastenal ships large items pretty inexpensively, store-to-store. Their policies are a little weird so if it's a large fragile item it should be crated or they won't insure it. By fragile I mean I know people shipping pinball machines/arcade games with them and it makes me worry.. but for something NOT fragile, they're a good option to check out. Richard

Hey Janet if your truck is an Intimidator it doesn't have SS logo headrests; it has the DEI (Dale Earnhardt Inc.) logo instead. They are limited edition, no doubt, 933 of them made for 2006 and that's it. All the other SS trucks 2003-2007 have SS logos on the headrests. Gonna be hard to find; every once in a while they come up for sale here and they're not cheap. Good luck. These are the Intimidator SS headrests.. Richard

Should be # 12335769 for 2003-2007 SS. Dunno why the non-SS is a different # (12335700) because they appear to fit the same but I guess the appearance is different somehow? Richard

Man...Houston has always been a big city with big city problems but this crime bullshit has gotten out of hand. Petty crime, serious crime, doesn't matter, these maggots are out just doing whatever the hell they please. If they're not trying to steal the whole truck, they're just stealing pieces off the ****. Probably some time yesterday this happened. Someone pried the step pad off my wife's truck. Didn't just fly off from old tape; you can clearly see all the marks where they screwdrivered the crap out of the bumper. Thanks, you worthless pieces of shit. Go die in a fire somewhere.. Richard

I swear to you the very next night I saw another black SS, on the Brownsville Express... ? in other words, pulling some POS on a tow bar, with another tow bar on that pulling yet another POS, and 2 dirt bikes and misc. junk crammed into the bed, on the way to the border! Tried to get a pic but I was getting off I-10 in some heavy traffic w/Friday night drunks all around, so I had to keep rolling. Richard