white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Figured I would bring my build thread over here... Well I bought the truck August of 2011 after my obs decided to give in on me. -2003 extended cab short bed lt 4x4 z71 -5.3 v8 -all power leather interior The day I bought it In the next few days I debadged it and removed the z71 Then decided to plasti dip my center grill bar, got some painted mirror caps and threw in some tinted tails I had Kept it like this for a little while and decided I wanted to lower it, so i started getting parts together. the plan was to do decranked keys up front with shackles and hangers out back. While I was getting my parts together I decided to get some rims so i bought a set of 22s By this time I had my shackles and hangers, so one day i decided to go ahead and pull the z71 blocks and out the shackles on Then i found a deal on Craigslist for a fiberglass gaylords bed cover for $250, I talked to the guy and offered him $150 and he took it! So i picked it up that night I began debating on whether I wanted to do the hangers or go lower, so i just decided to take the dive and ordered mcgaughys flip and notches and some mcgaughys 17+ 2" spindles Me and my dad tore the rear end down one day and I got to work cutting and drilling, wanting to finish it that day And we did (well almost) The next day we put the bed back on and i put in some 2500 keys and decranked and threw on some factory 17s I picked up for $200 On that following Sunday we did the spindles and a little more colormatching Edited October 27, 2012 by white03ecsb (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Added colormatched handles Then did black bowtie and mesh Put the 22s back on rubbing like crazy And as it sits now, traded my 22s for some ltz 20s and debadged them Somewhere in there I put a flowmaster and an ebay Cai on New belltech street performance shocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Cleared headlights in New spikes Helpers in Major lift at 90psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Esky handles came in today And about 20 minutes later Time for some more low Drop blocks in, 30 psi in helpers Bought some djm uppers since my camber was so bad Dat $6 k&n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Finally got around to painting the upper cap Billet spike antenna And the most updated pictures, hopefully selling this bedcover soon and getting some djm lowers Edited October 27, 2012 by white03ecsb (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) Will update as more mods are done Edited October 27, 2012 by white03ecsb (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSBlue24 Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Wow!! What a difference from a z71 to a lowrider truck lol. Looks pretty good keep up the work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Wow!! What a difference from a z71 to a lowrider truck lol. Looks pretty good keep up the work.... Thanks man, I get a LOT of haters because its 4wd but I don't care lol I didn't build it for anybody else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckinblazer Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 I loved having a slammed z71. When you tell them its a 4x4, they are like there is no way. Why would you do that. I tell them because I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 I loved having a slammed z71. When you tell them its a 4x4, they are like there is no way. Why would you do that. I tell them because I can. Yea what's funny is how they really like it until you tell them its 4wd then all of the sudden they don't like it anymore haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverad0 SS Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 awesome everything looks good, but that sooner shit needs to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 awesome everything looks good, but that sooner shit needs to go You jelly? Lol thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissfans03ss Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Paint the front lower facia and the rear bumper cap it will pull the truck together.Lookin good though. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white03ecsb Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Paint the front lower facia and the rear bumper cap it will pull the truck together.Lookin good though. Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2 I refuse to paint my lower valance white lol I hate it..gonna paint both chrome bumpers white eventually Like this^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatTallCanadian Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Great truck bro. Question though (since I can't google much in class) how do those drop blocks work? And how much overall drop are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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