I have only tried to paint small things and I always fuck it up. Gonna try to do my emblem and tailgate bezel when I work up the courage
ITGuy's 2003 Sierra 1500/2500 4x4 RCLB Build Thread
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Diesel conversion / Cummins? :O Well .. uhhh sticking with gas unless a free one drops in my lap. lol
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What is considered a good front end rebuild really. Mine has to be pretty worn as well. What did you plan on replacing ryan?
i replaced my one of my UCA's new pitman and idler arm, and new inner and outter tie rods,
I also put the cognito pitman and idler arm braces on my truck.
I also put the cognito pitman and idler arm braces on my truck.
All bushings, tie rods, upper & lower arms, pitman, idler etc.
I have a few bolts that are frozen as well. That will be TONS of fun.
If I pass inspection, I will do it all after my swap.
I might need to fab a couple of mounting brackets too.. not sure yet.
Once it is all apart and if I have the extra $.. it just makes sense to add the lift at that time.
I have a few bolts that are frozen as well. That will be TONS of fun.
If I pass inspection, I will do it all after my swap.
I might need to fab a couple of mounting brackets too.. not sure yet.
Once it is all apart and if I have the extra $.. it just makes sense to add the lift at that time.
I just went through and re-read the whole thread, god damn this thing is a rust bucket, but looks like you're doing a great job on fixing that problem so far.
And for the engine swap I would suggest the 6.0 with a mild cam and headers, and then do a 4l80e swap with a floor shift 4x4 to keep things simple. I don't like awd on a truck because there's been a lot of situations where I wanted 4x4 to be locked in and other where you want 2x4. Better leave awd to the suvs and cars lol
And for the engine swap I would suggest the 6.0 with a mild cam and headers, and then do a 4l80e swap with a floor shift 4x4 to keep things simple. I don't like awd on a truck because there's been a lot of situations where I wanted 4x4 to be locked in and other where you want 2x4. Better leave awd to the suvs and cars lol
i didnt do it all in one shot, this was prolly spread out over a year, but it wasnt bad, worst was the pitman arm cuz it was hard to get the tool in there.
if i were to do it again, i would have gotten cognito UCA's
Nope, i did mine all in one bay of a two bay garage, the other bay is taken up by my 1933 pick up i need to get working on :facepalm:
Just make sure your garage is tall enough haha
Yup! Mostly that rear-end. The front is not so bad. If I didn't have to deal with corrosion I would have more done by now. It's very time consuming. Almost every upgrade underneath has been a struggle due to rust...and it will continue. I hope to make more progress on the rust this winter / spring.. oh well. :banghead:
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Ooh. I need to measure my door! Good call. I have a lot of height in the bay.. but wouldn't that suck not being able to drive back out? lol
when you level the tows (if you haven't already) I would suggest using only 2 of the washers Cody suggests in the how-to. I had 3 on my 2500 and it made the mirrors sag just a little and the cap didn't fit. I took one out of each and it was perfect.
oh and the truck is looking amazing! :hng:
oh and the truck is looking amazing! :hng:
eh if your too tall put stock wheels and tires on, let all the air out of them, your like 6" shorter lol
That's exactly what I was thinking, no point in disassembling your garage door...
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when my brother moved to a new house, he decided he wanted to put his '97 Z71 with 9 inches of lift and 37's in his garage and we were afraid we'd have to put stock size tires back on it to roll it inside but we just cut the part of the arm on the garage door that sticks out about 6 inches and it fit perfect. looked like Kelly's (h8tdon) setup lol.
Some better quality pics.
Snowbird.
Damn that turned out great! I say no to flares :imo: but definitely color match the rear bumper pads and the rest of the plans sound great!
