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I really dont think ones better than the other. I know Zippy is very well thought of on this site, but he is super busy. Blackbear is very popular with other GM truck guys on other GM truck sites. So its really just personal preference. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The general consensus is that handheld programmers are not worth the money, not as waste of money, but not a very good bang for the buck. Most get a custom tune, from Zippy, or Blackbear, or someone else. I have had 2 mail order tunes from Nelson Performance on 2 different trucks and I have been extremely happy with both.

Are these the wheels? I know they are availible as an option, and on the "sport truck package", but I think they look too much like SS wheels to replace SS wheels.

Yep

Those are for the 06-07 with the honeycomb grille not the diamond shaped for 03-05 Go to http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm they have them. They are about $178 each which is as cheap as you will find them Part Number: 12335766 (Right) Part Number: 12335767 (Left)

Yeah its always fun working on things with your father. This will be our second project together. We restored his original chevelle in the 90's. I hope to one day work on a project like this with my own son or daughter. My buddy who is doing the paint and body work is teaching his 10 year old son the tricks of the trade and his son is helping him out with my truck, which I think is pretty cool.

I have never thought about rolling them up like that. Good idea

Not yet, I have yet to cook on the new grille since I just bought it yesterday, but im planning on using it this weekend since Im having a bunch of friends over for a BBQ. They make a rib rack for this new grille I have where you can put 8 full racks on the grille (vertically). However The way I cook my ribs, I cant put them vertically, but my dad says he can get 5 racks on his Grille (Same as my new one), vs only 2 racks on my old one. I bet it would be pretty expensive. I was looking on Amazon and they sell the next step up from my new one ( 2 steps up from my old one) and they charge $500 for shipping. Ouch

Well I just picked up another Trager this afternoon. This is the one I should have bought originally. Its much bigger, it has the ability to add a cold smoker attachement, plus it has a way to easily dump the pellets out when you want to switch to a different wood. Looks like I need to sell my older one. I will be able to do a lot more smoking with this, and will be able to cook my specialty ribs for all my friends

I guess I should share some of the things I have smoked over the last couple weeks: Buffalo Chicken Legs- Just marinated in buffalo sauce and a tiny bit of oil, then cooked with the sauce on Pulled Pork- This did not come out as well as I hoped, I decided to use a different rub which was a mistake I smoked a Corned Beef the other day.Turned out great! After a couple ours getting smoke, it was then basted in a Apricot BBQ sauce mixed with a little dijon, then covered and left too cook in its own juices.

Wow your alive! Still have your SS, nice

Yeah its getting there. I told my buddy to take his time. He did not do much work this winter because he did not have heat in his shop, then his wife gave birith, and immediately she had to have surgery. So one thing after another. He is trying to bust it out this summer. So hopefully it will be done fairly soon.

Well my buddy has started making more progress on the truck. He told me that the bed is super straight which is very rare I guess. But it does have a ton of holes so its kinda a pain to work on but hes starting to work super hard on it so he can get it done. In the lase picture you can see his 68 he has been working on since he was a kid. Hes got it bagged and made it so it can be completley dropped to the ground. Pretty badass, he just never has time to work on his own project because he is always doing projects for someone else.

Wow your right. I use to think LMC was usualy cheaper, but they are selling brake ducts for $270 each and GMparts direct has them for $176

There is no difference between 03 and 06 taillights.

They are just super expensive. You can also find them on LMC

Very Nice!

Thanks for the advice. I may just go ahead and change it out

Ok so this is about my HD, but I figured this was still the best section to ask this question. So its been about 1 year since I changed the oil in my truck. I used Royal Purple Synthetic and a K&N Filter. I have only put 4k miles on my truck since the oil change, and only 1k since November. Normally i change my oil every 5k miles, and I use to average 10-12k miles a year so I would change my oil about twice a year. I have never had to deal with issue before. The oil still looks very clean with just a tiny bit of dirt, but far from being dark. I know with regular petroleum based oil can expire an you should change your oil frequently, but what about full synthetic? especially a high end synthetic like Royal Purple? What do you guys do that don't put many miles on your truck? If you use synthetic do you change it based on a time limit? or do you just wait until you hit 5k miles. If you were in my shoes would you change your oil now, or wait until I hit 5k (which could be another 6 months)?

Want! Its pretty spendy (about $10k over BB value) but Its a brand new 9 year old car. I have test drove brand new vehicles that have more than 143 miles on them.

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Any pictures?

Yep like others have said. A custom tune is the way to go. It is a very simple process in will net you much better gains than a hand held programmer. I have had 2 different vehicles with tunes from Nelson Performance and i could not be happier.

Welcome!