95C1500's 1995 Silverado "Build" Thread

[98chevy2500SS]

I found the NBS seats less comfortable than our OBS seats, but that's just me. I've ridden in both cloth and leather. Though, I do think the NBS seats have a little better contour on the bottom portion of the seat.

 

[1997]

95C1500, you're doing great work. Thanks for posting all the pic's and info.

when's the LS 6.2 swap? that'll help me out big time

 

[95C1500]

95C1500, you're doing great work. Thanks for posting all the pic's and info.

when's the LS 6.2 swap? that'll help me out big time

I appreciate it! The LS goes in soon after the 350 craps out, which I don't see happening anytime soon. I'm nowhere close to ready to tackle the swap right now anyway. It will be documented when the time comes though

 

[95C1500]

April 10, 2020
Mileage: 162,030

Replaced the crappy looking Flowmaster turndown tailpipe with a 3" mandrel bent stock looking pipe. Looks much better imo.

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AC is finally oiled and charged. Blows ice cold. Had to turn the fan down on the drive home. Never done that before.

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Finished up the kilmat on the floor and the cab (rear of cab not done in picture). Also got the passenger door done. While I had it apart, I lubed the door latch mechanism and all major moving points.

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I'll do the driver's door tomorrow as well as pick up some headliner material. Then move on to retrofitting the nbs sun visors. After that, I can start throwing the interior back together and move on to the next issue...

Took it through the car wash in celebration of the ice cold AC. Check this sh*t out. I'm going to silicone them shut. I've never used them in the 7 years I've had the truck.

https://i.imgur.com/uP8HRDG.mp4

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[95C1500]

I missed a few updates.

April 17, 2020
Mileage: ?

Got the doors back together. Also ordered a couple white 194s for my footwell lights (robbed the bulbs for the door markers). Also installed my new to me junkyard door lens. Need to replace the driver door lock bulb but other than that, doors are good to go.

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April 18, 2020
Mileage: ?

Power washed the carpet. Left it out to dry for a couple days. I got stains out with pressure that hours of scrubbing and cleaning couldn't.

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April 23, 2020
Mileage: ?

Got the carpet, front seats, jack box, and kick panels back in. If you don't look in the back of the cab or up at the roof, you'd think it was a complete interior.

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May 9, 2020
Mileage: ?

A few weeks ago, I had my headliner laying in the bed of my parent's truck (storage). They took it to home depot to get some cinder blocks and wood and didn't realize it was back there. Long story short, one of the cinder blocks fell and ripped my headliner board. He insisted on buying a new new one from rockauto and it finally showed up today.

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Also got sick of the failing Bakflip tonneau so I ripped that piece of junk off and swapped the chest toolbox off my seadoo trailer for the old over the rails box off my brother's truck. One latch doesn't work and the lid cannot be adjusted to close properly... I've tried multiple times. Didn't want to spend the money on fixing it up when the chest works perfectly and has a key. I'll rivet one of those half assed latches with a padlock on there. It'll be good enough for life vest storage.

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(anyone need some anchors?)

Going to my grandmother's for mothers day tomorrow and Ill grab the rest of my interior pieces.

 

[98chevy2500SS]

The interior is starting to looking like a new truck again!

 

[95C1500]

I finished the interior a while ago.

August 8, 2020
Mileage: 165,000
[part number]

$109 at Rockauto

Tire rotation at work and installed some new sun visors with the clips by the rear view.

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[95C1500]

August 24, 2020
Mileage: 166,000

Prestone 50/50 1 Gal ($8.88 x5 at Walmart)
Dayco E72088 ($19.99 at Autozone)
Dayco E71884 ($11.99 at Autozone)
Duralast 15359 ($5.99 at Autozone)
Duralast B1693 ($154.99 at Autozone)
Dorman 902-694 ($9.99 at Autozone)

The radiator started leaking so I took the opportunity to flush the coolant and replace the radiator, thermostat, thermostat housing, upper/lower hoses

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[95C1500]

I've got more updates to make from the last few months but this one is the biggest. Hit a patch of ice just under the surface of what looked like snow coming home from work on Thursday. I wasn't speeding. I hit the brake to slow down for the curve and actually started slowing down. Part way through the curve everything locked up, ABS kicked on, and I slid straight into the tree down in the ditch. No airbag deployment, no cuts, bruises, soreness, nothing happened to me.

I'm waiting for it to warm up next week before I start digging in to see all the damage. On the surface, it looks like I'll be buying a new hood, fender, inner fender, bumper, air dam, bumper filler, headlights, park lamps, corner lamps, and a core support. Things like front end rebuild, alignment, and ac recharge are on that list as well. Might as well get it painted since the front half will probably wind up white or something. Fingers crossed there's no frame damage which is up in the air at the moment. I'm hopeful but I'm also realistic. It is what it is, I'll rebuild it, but it makes me sick to look at my truck in this condition. The pictures make it look like a minor fender bender that'll buff out but it's decently ****** lol.

Anyway, enjoy the "carnage".

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[frito-bandito]

Damn man that sucks badly, I’m glad you’re ok though