'99 K1500 Suburban "Storm"

[Stepside_fever95]

Where'd you get the plate bracket? Diesel bumpers had different plate brackets than gas bumpers with the rubber strip.

I ended up ordering it from Tasca auto parts. It's an oem GM part!

 

[Stepside_fever95]

Damn, looks better than before! Also going to be painting my tow hooks red as well on my 98, once the plow mount is removed.

Might want to plasti-dip the chrome on the mirrors, since there isn't much chrome on it anymore.

Thank you! I'm really liking the black. I plan on painting the mirror caps to match the factory grey and plastic dipping my rear bumper black for now. I got around to painting one of my wheels. It could use some wet sanding and polishing once the paint cures, but I think itll look great!

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[Stepside_fever95]

I'm looking at getting a set of atturo az800's to put on these wheels in 285/60r18, and eventually getting some 20x10s with 275/55r20 Falken Wildpeaks. These will be my backup set and also what I'll throw on if I decide to take it to a test and tune night at one of the local tracks.

 

[Stepside_fever95]

I'm also getting down to just needing gaskets, bolts, headwork, and an oil pump for my cam swap!

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[Stepside_fever95]

Well, I pulled the trigger on a set of wheels and tires last Friday from MrWheelDeal.com and can't wait to get them installed once they arrive! I'm also excited to start the cam swap here in a few weeks as well! It will be a good time to do it while we're all under quarantine lol.

 

[GarrettGmc]

What did you end up getting?

 

[Stepside_fever95]

What did you end up getting?

You'll see hopefully sometime this week! They should help with my traction issue a lot!

 

[Stepside_fever95]

An update on the Burb:

Saturday I went to drop off my 799 heads for my buddy to clean up, port, mill, do a valve job, and install new rockers and springs.

After that I headed off to have my new flange welded on for free at the exhaust shop the dealership that rebuilt my transmission last uses. They had cut out my flange I had before and welded in a piece of pipe straight to my header because they thought my band clamp was broke and said the gasket was bad. (I had a new set of gaskets waiting at home). Upon arriving home, I went to unbolt the flanges to inspect the rattling noise and install my new gaskets. Upon inspection, I discovered that the jerkwad left the piece of 2.5" pipe he had cut out inside of my new 3" flange. I was very nice and patient with them and they wanted to be blunt and petty. If you live in the Rowan county area, I would advise to stay away from Johnny's Muffler in Salisbury.

While I was under the truck working on the exhaust, I noticed coolant dripping from the bottom of the bellhousing. I tracked down the source of the leak to the rear corner of the drivers side head gasket. I plan on pulling the engine apart this weekend and going ahead with my cam swap.

Later I was helping my girlfriend bag up and unload leaves at her church. I was backing up and thought I was clear of the basketball goal. When I looked back in my drivers mirror, I noticed I didnt see the goal anywhere, so I instinctively went to hit the brakes. As soon as my foot touched the pedal, "WHAM!" it was too late. I got out and saw the damage, and was pissed at myself for ruining a perfectly good bumper and rear quarter panel. Luckily, my rear barn door appears to be straight, and it didnt damage my tailight any. Now I have an excuse to get a k2xx rear bumper for it!

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[Supercharged111]

That blows. I've backed into all kinds of stuff and never so much as dented the bumper. Of course I think all my instances were slower than idle dragging the brakes.

 

[98chevy2500SS]

Damn, that sucks. Definitely an excuse to do a color-matched K2xx rear bumper swap! lol