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BlueAKSSS

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  1. the show is still around, but after they ditched stacey david it kinda went to crap...all they do on there now is mini trucks

    Ya your right it was much better when stacey was on it...

     

    WOW - You did all that?! VERY NICE thumb.gif thumb.gif I would be very proud. cheers.gif

    Stacy David now has his own shop and TV show on Speed, check out GearzTV.com - Stacy is the man!

    Cool!

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    Thanks! I've never seen his new show although I did go to his website to get the PPG paint code.

     

    nice looking truck i am not a fan of the stepside but yours does look good

    Thanks, I was thinking about making it a fleetside too but it was a stepside originally and I had all the parts already.

     

    good looking truck

     

    toss some air ride tech. stuff under it and some 18/20" torq thrusts

    I really did consider doing that but didn't have the extra $$$ to go that route. I did lower it 2/3 though...

  2. I know how much work it takes to restore and do a ground up. This is a beautiful truck. It looks like all your hard work and money paid off. I love the color.

    Thanks, Your right it was a lot of work, I had to push hard to get it done in this amount of time.

     

    Awesome truck, great color!! Though maybe the BFG all terrains would have been something to keep...haha.

    Hahahaha, the all terrains, sold them on craigslist and made quite the profit....LOL! By the way the colors called Copperhead Metallic from the tv show "Trucks" which I don't think is even around any more.

  3. Thought I'd show you guys my other truck that I completly built up from the ground up. Started off as a free project truck of craigslist (short bed frame, cab, vin and title). I then completely restored it over the last 2 years basiclly and drove it to my graduation last May! Started off with a Straight six and granny gear 4 speed with a 3.73 posi trac. I decided to get rid of the six and the 4 speed and go with a 5.3L out of a 2002 chevy truck with a 4l60e. Redid the wiring harness and wired it all up. Did all the body work myself and my dad painted it in the carport homemade paint booth :rolleyes: . Anyway here's the pics!

     

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  4. The factory uses aluminum pop rivets with large heads. I had the same dilema here in NY after I bought the truck. I didnt know about the Pop Rivets. I used stainless bolts. There is a hole in the steel under bumper to fit a wrench right where you need it.

    I also put adhesive backed foam on the back of the plate bracket. Not that I was worried about scratches but it helped avoid squeeks and It controled not overtightening.

    Good luck

     

    I was wondering if there were holes in the metal bumper, thanks!

     

    the dealer is SUPPOSED to install them with plastic push clips and around a 3/8 drill bit

    I may use this method when I do decide to install it, for now it's just in the front window...

     

    :sick:

     

     

    I've been pulled over 3,984,375 times, and I will NEVER install a front plate :nonod:

    Hahaha, ya I hate to drill holes in a perfect bumper anyways, I'll just wait and see what happens... :rolleyes:

  5. Just got a new arrival blue front license plate bracket off ebay since your required to have a front license plate here in Alaska. My truck has never had one since it was from California so there are no holes in the front bumper(I hate to drill them but...its a must). How do I go about attaching it and what would I use to attach it? Things I was thinking of were plastic rivets or self tapping screws? How was it attached from the factory?

    Thanks

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  6. You just got a hell of a deal on that truck! that was my truck! it was stolen back in september before i got to finish everything. here are the details of the engine its an ls1 out of a camaro but im unsure of the year. it has forged wisco-2cc pistons for some where around 11.5 compression, scat forged i beam rods, factory crank. the engine was built for spray. it will handle an easy 300 shot. it has prc 2.5 heads, a small tsp cam 224/581 on a 112 lsa, yella terra ultra light roller rockers, caddy race lifters. it has a complete front assembly from an 02 camaro, an ls2 intake with tb, pacesetter headers with off road y and a flowmaster 80 series muffler with a dmh cut out. it has a yank pro ss 3600 converter, a tci th 400 built to handle around 800hp, a 241 t-case, new driveshafts. it has magaughy's shackle and hanger kit in the back with their torsion keys up front. i never intended it to be a ss clone i just got a good deal on the wheels. the truck was far from being done! it still needed alot of stuff. actually i had a lot of it in my garage after it was stolen but ended up selling all of it. im sure there is a lot more that im forgetting about that thing. but it definatly needs a tune BAD! we where working on it, but we kept getting set back because of bad sensors and a severe lack of time. is you have any more questions just ask or send me a pm!

     

    Funny that you replied to this forum, just a bit ago I found your username on LS1tech (XLR8N) and found your posts about the truck! We've been doing a lot of work to the truck mostly bodywork, but we finished the exhaust out the back and fixed all the exaust leaks. We also installed all new glass, got new tires, and fixed all the interior stuff that got broken. Your definetly right about it needing a tune, how should I go about getting the software to tune it? Is HPTuners what you used? Its difenetly got a problem because when your driving it just randomly stalls when slowing down and says "reduced engine power"! Then to top things off it won't restart for a couple minutes...while driving in it wendsday it crapped out 4 times in the middle of traffic so I've got to figure out how to tune, or have someone do it?? It's great to find out what exactly is in it because it was a sort of a mystery...Thanks!

  7. I'm new to the forum and need a bit of help figuring something out. We (my dad) picked up a 2003 Chevy Standard Cab Short bed at an auction. It's been lowered, has stock 20" SS wheels, and it has a completely custom LS1 in it from what appears to be a corvette. It also has a TCI Turbo 400 transmission with a 3600 stall converter. Anyway the engine has a cam in it, doesn't idle below 1100 rpm and shakes the hole truck. The computer has been tuned by the last owner because when I connect a scan tool to it and check the Emission monitors it says the rear oxygen sensors have been deleted it also says there are no codes. The problem I'm having with it is that it seems to be running fine and you will be coming to a stop or slowing down a bit off the throttle and the engine will just start to die out! :( On the message center it says "reduced engine power" then the truck just turns off and won't restart no matter how much gas you give it. :confused: When it does this it has about 55-60 psi + fuel pressure according to the gauge on the pressure regulator mounted to the firewall. Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!

     

    Engine's covered in bondo dust because I've been pulling dents, also replaced both bedsides, and going to replace front clip with new sheet metal.

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  8. Welcome to the site! What better way to "become 1 with the SS" than to take it on a long ass drive! How did the AlCan Hwy treat the SS? Great pics too, nice clean canvas to start adding your creative mods to! Have fun!

     

    The Alcan highway treated it pretty good although some rocks didn't...The windshield which was the original is now cracked right in the line of sight which sucks so I'll have to get a new one. Other than being completely dirty and plastered in bugs it did awesome. Lots of deserted open long stretches of road too so I thoroughly tested it out...if you know what I mean :D .

     

    Here's some pictures of it in Canada, completely dirty and covered in bugs....

     

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  9. Hey everyone I'm Matthew and I'm 19 and have been reading this forum for a while now and been wanting an SSS for a long time. I've always wanted one and yesterday just picked one up in Fresno(Wasn't really Fresno but on a farm in the middle of nowhere, a Winery), California but I live in Anchorage, Alaska! Crazy! :confused: Anyway it's an 2003, Arrival Blue, One Owner, Completely Stock, great shape has some scratches nothing that can't be buffed out though.I'm driving it up as we speak. It runs and drives great, just got up to Oregon in it and I'm headed to Seattle tomorrow. Can't post pics but I will soon enough because I'm on the road and don't have a way to connected the camera to the laptop.

    -Matthew

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