What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2021]
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It's a true GM CC SWB 8-lug truck. 5.7l/4l80e/3.73 SF14-bolt
Yes sir.... And it has various pieces from different fleet-white trucks (hood, pass rear door, & bed) all w/the same issue.
The t-gate is from a '90 model. It was a take-off sitting on a shelf in a guys garage since he brought it home (swapped a hydraulic gate onto the truck). It actually has 'like-new' paint w/o the peel. I had to tone it down w/some 0000 steel wool to blend in w/the other panels. And because of the paint issue... the truck is referred to as ' Spot'.
The t-gate is from a '90 model. It was a take-off sitting on a shelf in a guys garage since he brought it home (swapped a hydraulic gate onto the truck). It actually has 'like-new' paint w/o the peel. I had to tone it down w/some 0000 steel wool to blend in w/the other panels. And because of the paint issue... the truck is referred to as ' Spot'.
I bought my truck without a bed thinking white/fleet trucks would just be littering the boneyards. Boy was I wrong! I plucked this one from a wrecked truck I got.
Finally got the 3 center caps I needed for my van bought these wheels last month in Ga. found stainless center caps for 8 bucks a piece , rub was I found out the hard way , they only had 1 ..lol so I ordered 3 more off ebay and that took forever.
Any now with em installed.
Any now with em installed.
New gas tank for the F150 but the truck has like 10” of snow in the box
And everybody knows what happens when you bring a snow covered vehicle into a heated shop even if you broom it off and shovel it out you still have to deal with the Chinese water torture
I have no floor drain which would make more of a mess than I need
And everybody knows what happens when you bring a snow covered vehicle into a heated shop even if you broom it off and shovel it out you still have to deal with the Chinese water torture
I have no floor drain which would make more of a mess than I need
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yep. had that happen with the Ex wifes ZR2, fuel pump sh*t the bed during a snowy night.
Around the Dallas area, white short beds pop up a lot @ the Pick & Pull places as well as C-list.... Long beds? Not so much. Clean long beds are hard to find.
Ride is decent. Spring rates weren't changed so I didn't expect much if any change. Definitely tighter as EVERYTHING steering related was warn out & the truck had NEVER had a proper alignment (the upper a-arm eccentric knock-outs were still in place from the factory). Still slight play in the box. Going to tighten it a 1/2 turn to see if I can get more life out of it first. If there's no improvement, it gets a new box as I like to keep things consistent in age when possible.
So far no rubbing or scraping so my lower a-arm clearance efforts seem good to go. I still might tweak the rear shocks. The angle (even w/the extended shock relocators) has the shocks laid over too much for my taste. The G-body shocks worked on my lowered '90 but it was a 1/2 ton short bed. I'll probably try to add brackets to the reinforcement bars above the notches in a location closer to the axle centerline so the shocks are only slightly tilted/closer to plumb. Definitely needs exhaust re-work now. It has a 'Flowmaster' dual in/out under the bed floor. The tail-pipes had to be cut off (only one.... The other fell off a couple of months ago from rot) to clear the now higher axle. Probably going to do an 'X' style Dynomax Ultra Flow dual in/out turbo style muffler & copy the previous tail-pipe routing but just do it myself. Some initial test drive images....
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