My 1997 Chevy Z71 "Black Betty" Build thread

[MDR-97-Z71]

Here's a better photo of the current status of Betty.

I can't get enough of this lift and how good it looks with 285's!

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And here you can see my free hitch cover and my new 'tips' which is just more 2.5 ran out the back. I'm very glad to be rid of the 4" tips, it's sooo much quieter in the cab without all the reverberation and I can feel power gain when driving. They hurt it more than anything.

Update as of the last week of Feb. I've gained back 2 mpg without the tips!

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[95C1500]

looks good. Nfabs and raise that rear bumper!

 

[BowtieBrody]

And throw some paint on that frame! I know I loved the look when I painted my rusty old frame rails and fender wells black again.

 

[MDR-97-Z71]

frame will probably get painted sometime in the warmer future, tried to put the chrome step tubes I had on but it just didn't look right and it also made it not look as tall.. so those didn't happen.

now I'm thinking de-trim but keep the 1500 badges, still need to make some gap guards, smoothie front bumper, and possibly 60/40 bench.. still not sure about the bench but its something that i wanna try.

 

[MDR-97-Z71]

oh and the NBS rear bumper! one of my favorite mods for these trucks!

 

[camaroman101]

oh and the NBS rear bumper! one of my favorite mods for these trucks!

NBS mod? Does the nbs bumper bolt right in?

 

[MDR-97-Z71]

NBS mod? Does the nbs bumper bolt right in?

Not entirely sure I've heard mixed things about the difficulty of installing, but either way they look damn good!


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[camaroman101]

Truck looks good with that lift, I wanna get a body lift this summer too. I've got 285/75/16 too with unfortunately 3.42s also. I wish the orignal buyer spent the extra hundred bucks or so to upgrade the gears in the options list. gas was dirt cheap back then!

 

[MDR-97-Z71]

Truck looks good with that lift, I wanna get a body lift this summer too. I've got 285/75/16 too with unfortunately 3.42s also. I wish the orignal buyer spent the extra hundred bucks or so to upgrade the gears in the options list. gas was dirt cheap back then!

I certainly know your pain! I wish I had 3.73 cause then I'd be willing to get 305's but until I regear with 4.56 I'll keep with 285's... No way can I afford a tranny job anytime soon, if I could I'd already have 315's lol


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[superduty z71]

Not entirely sure I've heard mixed things about the difficulty of installing, but either way they look damn good!


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We can make some brackets. It would definitely look sharp.