James Carmichael

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First day I got it in October 2012

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About 6 months months after I bought it. Everything was the same lol

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Leveling keys installed and cranked about 3/4 of the way.

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Shaved the tailgate

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Got some black 17 inch wheels. It stayed at this stage for a while since I couldnt make up my mind up if I wanted to leave it like this or mess with it more.

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After months (actually closer to a year) of waiting I finally decided to ahead and keep it and make it my own. I installed a comps cam 212/218 low lift cam. Also installed a banks 3 inch cat back exhaust (dont have any pictures of it) vet servo and removed the cats till I get long tubes then I got it dyno tuned it put down 299 hp and I forgot what the tq was. Found out when it was on the dyno that its leaking some oil somewhere in the motor.

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On the dyno

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New wheels. TIS 535 20x12s -44 offset

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Went with 35x12.50r20s nitto trail grapplers

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6 inch rcx lift. Valance was off because I had to trim it

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Got the valance back on and had to put the nerf steps back on til my new ones came in

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Got the gorhino steps put on

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Putting the 1.5 inch spacers on the rear.

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And this is how it sits now. Still have more to do put I work alot of hours so I dont have to much time to work on it

Still to come:
1.5 inch body lift
New headlights
Led taillights
Trutrac and 4:88 gears
Repaint (havent decided on color)
Redo the interior

Ill post more pictures as I continue to work on it.
 

00silvyON

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I actually really like the black & Silver Birch (?) two tone. If you re-paint, your should do the lower section of the tail gate to match the two tone. Looks great though!!

35's/20x12's looks great.
 

a-fuso

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Truck looks good bud, my best friend's old GMC was black and silver just like yours, if you repaint id keep it two tone bud, cause you don't see many of them.


I have the same cam in my 5.3 too, do you have anything else done to the truck, or tuning? and what gears were in it when you pulled it on the dyno?
 

marc

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is your camber way off in the front or is it just the way its parked ?

i think you might need an alignment