This thread is the exact same as my other thread linked below. Just without the extra comments.
https://www.gmt400.com/threads/95c1500s-1995-silverado-build-thread.44668/
My original thread is almost 7 years old, has 3500 responses and my priorities and the direction I'm heading with the truck has changed. So, here's a new thread. Never was a fan of the "Grandpa's 95C1500 Reborn" title anyways so I'm going to make this one a little less cringy.
If you don’t care about the recap (long read), skip to post number 4.
A little recap of the trucks history (downfall) with me. I inherited the truck in April 2012 after my grandfather passed away. It was immaculate. Very few flaws cosmetically or mechanically. I'm talking, small (dime sized) dent in the bed from someone backing into him and a small antifreeze leak coming from the lower radiator hose. No oil leaks, no weird noises, it drove and looked fantastic. It had 71,000 ish miles on it.
High school happened, I was broke, and thank God I was or it would have been much worse. Like the lund catalog but with stylintrucks.com. I won't even show you that phase.
Then the freshman year of college phase (actually like this one except the dodge mirrors)
Then came the redneck phase
Then the not redneck phase
There were several small, subtle changes between each of these, however, they were insignificant.
I walked outside one day I hated how it looked. Hated what I'd done to my grandpa's truck that was full of sentimental value. So, I began fixing it.
Lowered it back down, threw some mild 265/75r15 all terrains on it, and proceeded to drive it.
Unfortunately, I just waned to enjoy the truck and it just so happened that this was the point it would really start going downhill.
Clearcoat started peeling and overall, the paint is trashed. Looks decent from 20 feet though.
Running rough, AC went out, brakes...most of you know my battle with the brakes. Squeaky suspension, water pump went out, etc, and etc...
I'm at the point now where it is nickle and diming me to death with a laundry list of other things that need to be done. But I'm not giving up on it. The things it needs done don't keep it from being driven so it's not like it's going to be sitting, getting worse and worse.
https://www.gmt400.com/threads/95c1500s-1995-silverado-build-thread.44668/
My original thread is almost 7 years old, has 3500 responses and my priorities and the direction I'm heading with the truck has changed. So, here's a new thread. Never was a fan of the "Grandpa's 95C1500 Reborn" title anyways so I'm going to make this one a little less cringy.
If you don’t care about the recap (long read), skip to post number 4.
A little recap of the trucks history (downfall) with me. I inherited the truck in April 2012 after my grandfather passed away. It was immaculate. Very few flaws cosmetically or mechanically. I'm talking, small (dime sized) dent in the bed from someone backing into him and a small antifreeze leak coming from the lower radiator hose. No oil leaks, no weird noises, it drove and looked fantastic. It had 71,000 ish miles on it.
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High school happened, I was broke, and thank God I was or it would have been much worse. Like the lund catalog but with stylintrucks.com. I won't even show you that phase.
Then the freshman year of college phase (actually like this one except the dodge mirrors)
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Then came the redneck phase
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Then the not redneck phase
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There were several small, subtle changes between each of these, however, they were insignificant.
I walked outside one day I hated how it looked. Hated what I'd done to my grandpa's truck that was full of sentimental value. So, I began fixing it.
Lowered it back down, threw some mild 265/75r15 all terrains on it, and proceeded to drive it.
Unfortunately, I just waned to enjoy the truck and it just so happened that this was the point it would really start going downhill.
Clearcoat started peeling and overall, the paint is trashed. Looks decent from 20 feet though.
You must be registered for see images attach
Running rough, AC went out, brakes...most of you know my battle with the brakes. Squeaky suspension, water pump went out, etc, and etc...
I'm at the point now where it is nickle and diming me to death with a laundry list of other things that need to be done. But I'm not giving up on it. The things it needs done don't keep it from being driven so it's not like it's going to be sitting, getting worse and worse.