Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

[Christian Steffen]

They do support the 96/early 97 PCMs, they only tune them mail order though,
And that Comp grind is a XR264HR, I'm also looking into Crane Cams , any opinions on them?

Good deal.

I only have experience with comp, but I'm sure crane is fine too. Just read around to see if people have good experiences with them.

 

[BowtieBrody]

Well I haven't done too much with this old pig, got my new muffler welded in, and threw in some eBay LEDs and new marker lenses,

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[98chevy2500SS]

LEDs!!! YES!!! lol, I am very pro-LED.

 

[BowtieBrody]

Yeah! They're holding up great, I wasn't expecting much from $7 dollar LEDs, but these little suckers surprised me; super bright!

 

[BowtieBrody]

Small updates, scored big time at a couple of salvage yards; a mint condition GMC grille to replace the broken Chinese one on my truck now and the correct paint; and a set of H2 rims. I'm going tomorrow to pick up one piece of the puzzle that's been a hard one to find.

Random pic, I've got new flares to replace the ones on the truck now, I'll need to clean up some minor overspray from when I tried to paint the original red flares black.

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Threw some new taillights on too, got 'em cheap off Ebay and chucked in some Cree LED reverse lights, and boy howdy am I glad I did! It's a night and day difference in light output!
Old;

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New,

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I need to get some maintenance out of the way so everything is 100% working order for the tune, I'm planning on buying tires and a new tuned PCM from Black Bear so I can put tires on it and not have to worry about driving it around with the speedo reading incorrectly or anything.

 

[gstubbz]

Those new tail lights look good, can't wait to see what the H2 rims look like on your truck!

 

[BowtieBrody]

Those new tail lights look good, can't wait to see what the H2 rims look like on your truck!

I'm excited for 'em too; as of right now they're gonna have a set of 285/70r17 BFG KO2s wrapped around them hopefully by the end of the month. I need to trim down the 400 center caps I've got or find some of the NBS caps that fit right down in the center.

Daylight pic of the tail lights

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[Portedfrankenstien]

That thing looks damn good! I love it

 

[98chevy2500SS]

Cool taillights! Clear looks great, now you need to get some clear headlights and parking lamps.

 

[BowtieBrody]

Cool taillights! Clear looks great, now you need to get some clear headlights and parking lamps.

I've got TYC replacements lenses and lamps, those were one of the first things not mechanically related I did to this truck. I thought about Anzos or other Euro style lights; but couldn't find any that had positive reviews.

Here's a picture of 'em the first day I installed them.

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