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New DD/Tow rig

Cajun4x4

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well finally broke down thursday about bought a truck! the seal was soon to be in need of new DD tires as the XMLs are damn near bald after only 8K miles :mad: and after the transmission scare i had last duhons i figured it was time to do something... this is pretty much the truck ive been dreaming about owning for about 4 years now, specs: 1999 ccsb 454/4l80e/243/14ff/3.73s/285s/212k miles with hydroboost brakes LS package with leather (
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) 60/40 bench with fold down center console up front and a giant sofa out back. nothing major realy planned for it besides a blackbear tune to pep it up and to get rid of this $hitty torque management and some look good mods like my basicly brand new GM headlight buckets that are in the seal, HIDs some fresh tail lights, some color matching, maybe some tint on the windshield and some gunner 8s when i can afford it

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Love it dood, just swap out the rims and you're golden!

hell yea dusty!

looks just like mine except a diffrent color....mines only got a 5.7 thought :( looking good dude

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thats one damn good looking truck :D how does it feel with teh 350? also does yours have 373s or 410s?

my buddy is putting H2 rims and new tires on his HD soon im thinkin about running his stock rims like the ones on your truck with either his or my 285s... is that 265s on yours in those pics?
 
Cool, glad to see you ended up getting it...

I agree about the headlights though, that's the first upgrade I did on my k3500 and it was money well spent...

Now we all have identical trucks :)

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absolutely! :bow:... you have cloth seats right? you wouldnt happen to have a pic of your back seat would you
 
yeah I have the cloth seats and I LOVE them... our C2500 has leather and I don't like it... too hot in the summer and freezing in the winter...

These are the only pics on my photobucket but I'll snag some good ones after I wash it this afternoon...

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hell yea dusty!




thats one damn good looking truck :D how does it feel with teh 350? also does yours have 373s or 410s?

my buddy is putting H2 rims and new tires on his HD soon im thinkin about running his stock rims like the ones on your truck with either his or my 285s... is that 265s on yours in those pics?

im happy with the 350...i need to put a dist in it though....thoose are 265s but i have 285 mtrs on it now..it tows great with thoose tires
 
Cool, glad to see you ended up getting it...

I agree about the headlights though, that's the first upgrade I did on my k3500 and it was money well spent...

Now we all have identical trucks :)

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time for a drop hitch.
 
nice truck. how does it feel and drive with 212xxx miles on it? im looking for a tow rig next spring.


the truck drives and feels solid as hell IMO

talk to me more about this i know nothing about it

its some crap GM came out with in 98 that some way or another detunes the engine or some kinda crap, in an attempt to make life easier on the transmission... what you get in turn is a truck that feels like it has no power :doah:... like on this truck it wont even power brake! the truck just luggs the farwk down and cant even break the tires loose. my buddies 6.0 was the same way and after he got it tuned he can spin the tires a lil bit from take off, not even powerbraking. i could also feel a big difference between my green truck which is a 97 and my brothers truck which is a 98 stock for stock my truck had sooooooo much more get up
 
thats the way mine is!!so how do you get rid of it??tuning??my roomate takes his car to a tuner but im pretty sure that he only does ls1s
 
thats the way mine is!!so how do you get rid of it??tuning??my roomate takes his car to a tuner but im pretty sure that he only does ls1s

yea you are gonna have to get it tuned... give justin at http://www.blackbearperformance.com/ a call and talk to him about what your truck is and what you wanna do with it. thats who did my buddies 6.0 and it woke his truck up a good bit. and for only 150 bucks you cant beat it with a stick :D

oh yea and you can also have you speedo corrected for your 285s etc etc
 
so do they send me a handheled or do i still need to take it to a tuner??im confused

He can do generic tunes but for the best performance Blackbear rents the setups that you plug into your truck. You take it for a test drive doing various driving situations and then send him that info along with the ecm out of your truck and he makes a custom tune for your truck, along with refunding your deposit for the equipment...
 
well im gonna see what my local tuner can do..he has done wonders for my roomates car...i still need to replace the dist gear then off to that
 

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