a-fuso

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Okay so I'll throw the pics up over here as well.
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a-fuso

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List of mods:
6" Rancho lift, powdered candy teal
Custom trac bars, powdered
16x10 Weld sidewinders, with Cone Caps
305/70-16 Toyo M/Ts
Custom GMC emblem, powdered
Chrome Doetsch Tech 2.2 Monotube Shocks front & rear
Chrome Tow Hooks (also from Budd)

Also painted everything with a new coat of gloss black while it was torn down, replaced both front axle seals, changed fluid in the differential(also painted black), New Moog upper and lower balljoints, new to me(used) wheel bearings and CV shafts, torsion bars(mine were sagging, so I had another set coated).
Also steam cleaned all parts that came off the truck, and then cleaned up and painted before reassembley. I have done all the work myself, with the help of one friend and my family.

All in all I'm extremely happy with how it came out, I would call it old school cen cal on a budget. And no I didn't take any other in progress pics, so all I have are finished pics. Let me know what you think and what should be still done
 
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Looks awesome! I'm normally not a fan of smaller rims but they look perfect on ur truck


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a-fuso

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Thanks guys. I only wanted 16s because I hate seeing the tiny stock brakes behind 20s, which means I would end up spending more on a big brake kit lol.
Only plans are to add a little more chrome underneath her, and painted tows
 

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turned out great! Tint that shiznit...hehe

I was like you but I got my baer big brake kit because after wheel and tires I had to slam on brakes and that WAS enough...hehe
 

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Okay got my new exhaust all finished up the other day. Used a factory eclb duramax exhaust for the piping, aero turbine 3535 muffler, 5" black chrome tip, and lots of creative angle cutting and welding.

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Stock flange cleaned out and ready for the 3.5 pipe

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All the pipe pulled down for the final time and welded finally, had to make one exhaust hangar on the rearmost section of pipe

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I did use a clamp to put the exhaust tip on after it was welded to my adaptor, just thought it would look cleaner than a bunch of welds back there, can't see it unless you crawl completely under the truck anyways.


I would equate the sound to that of like a Borla, it really has a nice powerful sound, not too obnoxiously loud, but loud enough you know it's not stock, I'm really pleased with it, and from the little freeway driving I tried there doesn't seem to be any drone either.
 

a-fuso

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Got some new rollers! 305 Baja Claws mounted on 16x12 weld typhoons. Thanks go out to Budrun for polishing up the wheels for me and finding the claws.

Now that I have a set, I see why everyone loves claws, they're awesome!

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a-fuso

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Ended up having the fuel pump go out on me two weeks ago, had 105,000 miles so the first one didn't do too bad, pulled the bed to change it out, and waxed the back of the cab and front of the bed for some protection. Also painted the leaf springs, just for Josh.

This afternoon I did a little upgrade to my stock cluster. Pulled off the needles and painted them white. I think it made a nice subtle change, but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Looks really good man!


What procedure did you use to make sure the needles are back in the same locations??? I remember on a Mustang years ago them being off after following the white face gauge companies instructions on "how to to do".... Lol.
 

a-fuso

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I had the truck up to operating temp, made sure it was running. and took a picture of all the gauges how they were with the truck running. Then I shut off the truck and pulled the cluster out, cleared the needles and repainted them white. Then I put the cluster back in the truck, started it and let it warm up again, then one at a time, referring to my pictures I took put the needles back on while it was running. Then shut it off again, and put the lens back on, and put the dash back together. from what I can tell. I got them back perfectly, and I love how the white looks with the factory white lettering.