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    How to: 95-98 OBS and 99-02 NBS Steering Wheel Audio Control Install

    I guess I forgot to follow up on this. There is a harness repair pigtail for the newer style. I got it on ebay for $20ish i think. They are basically metripack pins, but do ground out or something in the housing to warn if it's not connected. Anyway, I just de-pinned the body side of the...
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    North East Texas Shop Recommendation

    Yeah he said he really liked the 5.3s with a 6 speed auto. If I recall he said he could get them for about 2500 at the time. It may have changed now with inflation, used car prices, computer chip shortages, etc.
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    North East Texas Shop Recommendation

    He said it was going to be around 12k I think. Before I talked with him I was thinking it was going to be more like 5 or 6k but we went through it all and with labor and some extras like gauges and 5th gens need a power steering kit and some other stuff, it added up.
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    North East Texas Shop Recommendation

    I talked with Stett Performance just after I posted this. We talked about doing a 5th gen swap and he gave me a ballpark quote. It was more than I was expecting, but he's actually just down the street and I don't have room to do it myself. And he had a source for the motors and transmissions...
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    I'm not done with it yet. I was taking my time with it, but with the bearing issue it kind of pushed my timetable up a bit. I still need to have caliper brackets made. But it's pretty simple. Spindles -...
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    They were Timken's from Amazon. I'm going back with new Elevated Concepts Control arms and React Suspension lowering spindles. I also had custom hubs made so I can do a 5th gen Camaro brake setup
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    I haven't gotten the rotor with the bearing that exploded off the spindle yet, but I've been doing some post mortem on the bearings from the other hub in between getting the rest of the control arms and stuff off. I let them soak in brake cleaner for a while and then poured that through some...
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    Someotherguy, that's almost exactly what I did except for wiping a little bit extra on the inside of the hub. Also a good tip on making sure the seal is all the way seated. Frank Enstein, I've got punches and a bearing/seal driving set now. And a 20 ton press. All stuff that I didn't have last...
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    Wow, lots of traffic on this one. I forgot to turn on notifications. I don't know what the stock scrub radius is, but here are the wheel fitment calculator numbers. They assume 0 scrub to start. The OEM tires/wheels are 235/75 R15 on 7" wide rim with 13mm offset. The Camaro wheels are 245/45...
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    Can Wheel Spacers Cause Issue with Wheel Bearings?

    I did rotors, pads, and wheel bearings about 5 years ago and I put 5th gen Camaro wheels and 1" spacers on a couple of years ago. There's a thread on here dedicated to 5th gen wheels on lowered trucks. Anyway, The truck doesn't get driven much. Mostly weekends and my mom takes it to Home Depot...
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    Uninstalling Hack Job Alarm. Need Help Identifying OEM Parts w/ Pics

    So that weekend project turned into a few months. You were correct, that is a connector. I think I figured out it went to a harness that goes to the instrument panel, but it's been a bit and don't exactly remember I ended up pulling the column, but I can't say it gave me ton more room other...
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    How to: 95-98 OBS and 99-02 NBS Steering Wheel Audio Control Install

    I thought I had read through this entire thread before I started, but apparently not, because I'm usually pretty good at remembering potential hang ups. I ended up having the same problem that BoxerPitMix did in the quoted post below. The first clock spring I got from a 1999 s10 on eBay had...
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    Airbag connector identification

    I need some help. I ended up pulling my steering column so I could get to some wires from an alarm that the previous owner put in. I figured while I'm there I might as well swap the steering wheel for one with the radio controls. I ended up getting a wood and leather wheel from an Escalade off...
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    How to: 95-98 OBS and 99-02 NBS Steering Wheel Audio Control Install

    It will need to be a 98+ OBS wheel though. The airbag and wheel are different on the 95-97.
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    Uninstalling Hack Job Alarm. Need Help Identifying OEM Parts w/ Pics

    Electrical gurus, please help. A while back I had an issue where my power door locks started freaking out while I was driving. My mechanic said there was an alarm wired in and that he had disabled it so it wouldn't do that any more. Fast forward a bit and I needed to replace my turn signal and...
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    Camaro rims on a lowered c1500?

    They're the same stud size, but the Camaro is a 5X120mm pattern and the truck is 5x5".
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    Camaro rims on a lowered c1500?

    Adding an update because I hate it when someone gets to a point and then you never hear from them again. I basically did what I talked about in my last post. I had a machinist turn the lips off the spacer and a hair off the rotor snout. There was not enough room for the center cap even with the...
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    Would 2002 Express Van Top End, Harness and PCM Swap Over?

    My 97 4.3 has an oil leak at the pan and timing cover. Quoted price to fix it was almost what the truck is worth so I'm thinking swap time. I spoke with a shop that wanted to do a 5th gen L83 but it was going to be about 13k because of all the extra stuff you have add like power steering and...
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    How to: 95-98 OBS and 99-02 NBS Steering Wheel Audio Control Install

    Is there a schematic that shows the button ohm values? I've been looking and not having any luck.
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    North East Texas Shop Recommendation

    Is there a shop in the east Plano, Allen, Mckinney area that anyone would recommend for doing an LS swap. Bonus if they can track down a good engine, Craigslist is pretty bare.
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    Camaro rims on a lowered c1500?

    Well mystery solved on that front then. I went back through the whole thread and no one had mentioned whether they were or weren't running hubcentric. I just assumed. Conehead396 has a point then, if they're not hubcentric on the rim, the rotor snout still might be bigger than the hubcentric...
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    Camaro rims on a lowered c1500?

    The OP and nearly everyone in the thread are using 2010+ (5th gen) wheels.
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    Camaro rims on a lowered c1500?

    I wasn't able to get 1" adapters over the hub. The "back" of the hubcentric lip hits the outer bearing snout before the adapter goes all the way on. In fact it leaves a 1" space between the adapter and the rotor. I would have to run a 2-1/8" adapter to get the fronts to fit. I don't know how the...
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    K1500 Upper Control Arms on C1500

    I think I know the answer already because I feel like I would see this mod all over the place if it was a straight bolt on but can you do it? I've seen where guys have said you can use the 2500 and swap upper ball joints by welding and drilling new holes.
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