5speedsilverado's 5 speed silverado

finally gave the truck its first real wash with the new paint.

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What color is that?

Edit* sorry if it was already said, just didn't feel like ready all the other pages.
 
i would chop it as far back as you can while still making it not visable so you have less of a chance of drone
 
i have to redo the whole setup, the part that goes over the axle is hitting the axle. hopefully i can get headers by the end of September, and it will be setup way different.
 
Ginger said:
now that sounds like a plan, DW long tubes
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wheels, long tubes, gears, and a tune will be in the near future.


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road trip to the twistys, Arizona is green :P

performs alot better on the twistys, kinda wondering is sway bars would help it not push the front tires as much as it does.
 
Get a rear swaybar, you'll absolutely love it. You and I are after the same thing with our trucks, something that we can rail corners with, has some sort of power, and can still be dd'd. I put a Hellwig rear sway bar on my truck and it tightened up the handling a ton. I'll be doing a front sway bar eventually, but for now I just have upgraded endlinks and bushings.

And definitely not Arizona, there's no desert in that picture :crossarms:
 
Khaos said:
Get a rear swaybar, you'll absolutely love it. You and I are after the same thing with our trucks, something that we can rail corners with, has some sort of power, and can still be dd'd. I put a Hellwig rear sway bar on my truck and it tightened up the handling a ton. I'll be doing a front sway bar eventually, but for now I just have upgraded endlinks and bushings.

And definitely not Arizona, there's no desert in that picture :crossarms:
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yep same goals lol (mine pulled 24 mpg on this 200 mile round trip lol), did you notice if the truck stopped pushing as much threw the corners after the rear bar? i have been looking at the hellwig bars alot recently i think the finish on them is whats selling me lol.

sad i have to drive a little over 100 miles to get to the green. its worth the trips up there though
mike. said:
That color is great. Great progress.
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thank you!
 
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The front still pushes a bit, but it was cut down drastically. I think my issue comes from the softer McG coils and stock front bar. I'd like a stiffer coil up front, but by the time I go through all that, I'll just swap to coil overs haha. Definitely worth the investment for a rear bar though, it is a whole new truck now. Took me about 2 hrs to install by myself. AN extra set of hands are nice for a few parts.
 
hmm good to know, should be interesting when i get it setup, i have the discontinued Hotchkis front springs. did you get the adjustable rear bar?
 
Yup, didn't want to deal with having end links shortened or lengthened. Mine are on the shortest setting though, it says for 4" rear drop and I'm at 6". Any lower and you'd just have to have some made.

I was thinking about them when I ordered everything, but decided against them because of the convenience of getting everything through one vendor. They ride stiff at all?
 
ok, so i would have to modify the links since i want to go 7-8 in the rear?

they ride really good, little bumps they are soft, but you throw it around a corner or a bigger dip in the road its pretty stiff. i also went with the MCG labeled bilstein shocks, im really happy with the front setup. just need to add the drop spindle.
 
Most likely you'll have to have some made or modified, from what I've read. In don't plan on going lower so these will work fine for me. Definitely put a rear bar on the top of your list man, you won't regret it at all.
 
list as of right now lol
1. boss 313's black center color matched lip 22x9.5 +40mm offset
2. exhaust work
3. instal notch
4. gears/limited slip
5. tune
6. drop spindles
7. sway bars
 
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