Hey everyone, I've been pretty quiet - lotta big changes over here. Sold two trucks within the first 10 days of 2019. The Fiancee and I made a move to Washington state for her job, and I had to cut some inventory. The Sierra's transmission popped its reverse gear (2nd trans rebuild would've been needed) right before new years, and I had been trying to sell the Silverado for about 6 months already...
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Sad few weeks, I've had the Silvy since I was 18 (in 2005), and didn't plan on selling the Sierra for a few years until I could recover from buying an engagement ring and moving across country. Most of all, it left me with ONLY the K5 to drive, so I had to find something up here once I found a new job. The used truck market up here is absolutely ludicrous, so I started looking into NBS Tahoe's for something to get me by for a few years on the cheap. For some reason, fullsize SUV's are about half the price, so I ended picking this '04 up with 156k on the odometer for only $4,500. Fully loaded LT 4x4, 5.3, drivetrain felt amazing, and it was in pretty good shape for the mileage...plus its red. Brought it home in June looking like this:
Pretty basic, not much molestation minus those taillights. Good starting point overall. Here is how it sits today after some cleaning and molding/step removal:
That's all so far. Just been collecting parts and cleaning it up. Really like it, nice to have something fully loaded with a sunroof that is completely stock for now. I miss having a truck, but I couldn't justify the cost of something from the GM '14-18 generation in 2019 - so I figure I'll rock this for a few years.
Here's what I will be doing shortly. Parts are building up in the garage, just some time to install it all.
Alpine ilx-207 Media Receiver
Lift keys and rear lift for about 2" lift
Bolt on Centerline Stingray II's w/ 33x10.5 (from the Sierra)
17" factory wheels with 33's for winter wheels
Paint the black handles red - the are painted black from the factory for some reason
Tint front rolldowns to match rear, and an 75% tint or so on the front shield
HD hood and bumper cap painted to match (hood has some clearcoat peeling, so..bye)
Tint turn signal portion of tail lights red
LED headlights and fogs
Corvette servo
Blackbear tune
Weathertechs
Replace some interior stuff that is worn out
Pretty basic stuff. Catching it up on maintenance and basic repairs for now. Paint has been taken care of, its great from 10', but needs some correction due to some swirling along with a bit of PDR. Anyways, Ill update as progress is made and it goes on some cool adventures.
- Brandon
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Sad few weeks, I've had the Silvy since I was 18 (in 2005), and didn't plan on selling the Sierra for a few years until I could recover from buying an engagement ring and moving across country. Most of all, it left me with ONLY the K5 to drive, so I had to find something up here once I found a new job. The used truck market up here is absolutely ludicrous, so I started looking into NBS Tahoe's for something to get me by for a few years on the cheap. For some reason, fullsize SUV's are about half the price, so I ended picking this '04 up with 156k on the odometer for only $4,500. Fully loaded LT 4x4, 5.3, drivetrain felt amazing, and it was in pretty good shape for the mileage...plus its red. Brought it home in June looking like this:
![0611192101.webp 0611192101.webp](https://cgm-8d27.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/1/1554-156418a2b0cd2b8d3443d85dd26f95cc.jpg?hash=gJc8kPikGl)
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Pretty basic, not much molestation minus those taillights. Good starting point overall. Here is how it sits today after some cleaning and molding/step removal:
![0713191808_HDR.webp 0713191808_HDR.webp](https://cgm-8d27.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/1/1556-643bb05b0b0ac58bd0a9f2fa45d450d7.jpg?hash=MebtzcaViZ)
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That's all so far. Just been collecting parts and cleaning it up. Really like it, nice to have something fully loaded with a sunroof that is completely stock for now. I miss having a truck, but I couldn't justify the cost of something from the GM '14-18 generation in 2019 - so I figure I'll rock this for a few years.
Here's what I will be doing shortly. Parts are building up in the garage, just some time to install it all.
Alpine ilx-207 Media Receiver
Lift keys and rear lift for about 2" lift
Bolt on Centerline Stingray II's w/ 33x10.5 (from the Sierra)
17" factory wheels with 33's for winter wheels
Paint the black handles red - the are painted black from the factory for some reason
Tint front rolldowns to match rear, and an 75% tint or so on the front shield
HD hood and bumper cap painted to match (hood has some clearcoat peeling, so..bye)
Tint turn signal portion of tail lights red
LED headlights and fogs
Corvette servo
Blackbear tune
Weathertechs
Replace some interior stuff that is worn out
Pretty basic stuff. Catching it up on maintenance and basic repairs for now. Paint has been taken care of, its great from 10', but needs some correction due to some swirling along with a bit of PDR. Anyways, Ill update as progress is made and it goes on some cool adventures.
- Brandon