If you bought it new, how would you have built it?

[Pinger]

I'm grateful to who ever specced my 99 Suburban C2500 350 LS - and whoever fitted the 17'' Eagle wheels (I'm not a fan of standard GMT400 wheels). Maybe, I'd have considered a 3.73 axle but given the hills here and that the 4.11 will hold OD down to 40mph I'm probably getting the low rpms there as opposed to a steeper FD ratio and frequent downshifts. Powered windows and locking and full suite of gauges are all welcome.
C2500 LS Suburban has as standard (I think) all of the good stuff downstairs and upstairs I wouldn't want anything other than the blue interior with velour buckets.
If I could go further upstream I'd ask GM not have configured that sweep of the wipers when switching off (I'm wanting them to stop - not go again) and something better for the transmission position than the invisible-in-sunlight LEDs. Brake and throttle pedals at the same height would be neat.
I guess I'm pretty happy with how my 'Burb turned out. Not that I was considered when whoever was ticking those option boxes 25 years ago.

 

[OkieBS]

Personally I think I would have wanted a loaded 89 Sport short bed. Just love the grill and the decals and everythign about the sport. Kinda want to make mine a clone. Kinda corny though lol.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I'm grateful to who ever specced my 99 Suburban C2500 350 LS - and whoever fitted the 17'' Eagle wheels (I'm not a fan of standard GMT400 wheels). Maybe, I'd have considered a 3.73 axle but given the hills here and that the 4.11 will hold OD down to 40mph I'm probably getting the low rpms there as opposed to a steeper FD ratio and frequent downshifts. Powered windows and locking and full suite of gauges are all welcome.
C2500 LS Suburban has as standard (I think) all of the good stuff downstairs and upstairs I wouldn't want anything other than the blue interior with velour buckets.
If I could go further upstream I'd ask GM not have configured that sweep of the wipers when switching off (I'm wanting them to stop - not go again) and something better for the transmission position than the invisible-in-sunlight LEDs. Brake and throttle pedals at the same height would be neat.
I guess I'm pretty happy with how my 'Burb turned out. Not that I was considered when whoever was ticking those option boxes 25 years ago.

Your Burb from the factory would have had the standard white steel wheels with the full wheel covers, or the optional styled steel wheels with trim rings and chrome center caps, like Rawhide has. The "kidney bean" hole alloys that many here run on their 8 lug trucks are actually from the next generation (2000-07) but they work just fine on our trucks. One advantage to the 17" or larger wheels is they allow a little more air cooling to the brakes. Also the bigger rims are wider so you can use more tire....

 

[mwilliams55555]

I wish my 99 suburban with the barn doors, had the opening option like the square body ones did, for ventilation

 

[Russ k1500]

Let me start by saying that I don't need a truck and just use my 96 Z71 for an occasional drive. The original owner and I think alike and he ordered it just like I would have. Silverado, single cab, short bed, white with red interior, and every option available for a short bed truck. Neither of us ever took it off road, and never in mud, never damaged at all, and never hauled anything in the bed. I've had it almost four years and I've never had it in four wheel drive. It had a very good paint job a few years before I got it and the seat cover was recovered in original material. All outside trim was replaced. It stays in my locked garage most of the time and people who see it say it looks like new. It now has later model 18 inch wheels and the original sliding back window was replaced with a dark tint glass window, but otherwise it's like it came from GM. I know I'm crazy, I've been told that many times, but it's 28 years old now and I don't want to start making it work like a truck now. I'm 83 and I think me and my truck are about the same age in truck years.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I wish my 99 suburban with the barn doors, had the opening option like the square body ones did, for ventilation

Van rear doors had that feature, but the square body Burbs did not. That glass is most definitely stationary. Now on a square body Burb with a tailgate, that window does go up and down (as long as everything is working properly). The square body Burbs we had, had tailgates with power window, but the manual window functions the same way. You just have to crank it, rather than push a rocker switch on the dash....
I have seen a couple of square body Burbs with aftermarket sliding side windows. The guy who had one of them told Dad and I that it was a rather expensive kit and not without its issues. Looked cool though, like a Chevy Nomad wagon.

 

[99xcss4]

Van rear doors had that feature, but the square body Burbs did not. That glass is most definitely stationary. Now on a square body Burb with a tailgate, that window does go up and down (as long as everything is working properly). The square body Burbs we had, had tailgates with power window, but the manual window functions the same way. You just have to crank it, rather than push a rocker switch on the dash....
I have seen a couple of square body Burbs with aftermarket sliding side windows. The guy who had one of them told Dad and I that it was a rather expensive kit and not without its issues. Looked cool though, like a Chevy Nomad wagon.

I wonder why they never had the barn door glass open like the vans that would have been great I would bet that the rear sliding side windows were meant for K-5/jimmy hard tops since the windows are about the same size I think and have seen picture on google of the cargo/3rd row aria of a square body suburban with the roof cut off and a blazer/jimmy hard top in place that makes me think that they are most likely pretty close

 

[Caman96]

but every 2wd looks better lowered(FIFY)

Maybe

 

[SAATR]

Honestly, my '98 C1500 Centurion is nearly perfect as it is. Money being no object, mine would have been ordered as it sits and then immediately sent to John Lingenfelter for the 6.5L, 400hp/500lbft small block that they stuck in Tahoe's that same year, along with a 2/4 drop and the same wheels available to the Tahoe. A crew cab, half ton, Lingenfelter built truck would be perfect for me.