ILuvJDM

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I've been a member of this forum for quite some time now, but mostly just read and rarely post. I figured I would copy paste my latest build from another forum onto here since it has now taken a turn into the performance side of things

I'll start with the past:

Old truck - low and slow, but very nice truck





Sold that truck to buy the car I always wanted - 2006 Evo IX SE. Bought it completely stock and built it over about a year and a half into this











That was a fun car, but I got tired of having a toy in the garage I never drove, so I caught the diesel bug and bought a 2006 LBZ stock, and modified it over a couple of years



But it was expensive to make a diesel fast, so I got tired of it. I decided to get back into gas trucks, and the super short bed extended cab caught my eye. They only made them in 06/07c and I started the search. Eventually found this one that was pretty beat up for a decent price at a dealer. I think I spent $9k with 140k miles



I tried to be responsible and just do a slight 3" front lift, some 33's on stock wheels and have a nice daily driver, but we all know how that goes.

So I started with the 3" 2wd lift spindles



Did a few cosmetic mods and started my HID retrofit with mini h1s



headlight graveyard



Cleared and colormatched headlights with HID retrofit



Scored this for $13 at a local junkyard and bought a clockspring for the steering controls on ebay





Started with just an audio install with my duramax parts, but we all know how that goes... (story of my life)

ILuvJDM

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DL3 switch for the power folding mirrors I added




Modified a NNBS shifter, I love it






SMD meters for audio



Simple setup to get it driving so I could sell the duramax



Escalade cluster with DIC



Cleaned the duramax up to sell



Last shot before new owner drove it off



So now it was a true DD



Bought some engine covers from a member on here that I will paint the color of the truck



Transmission flush



At this point driving around on 33's with 3.23 gears was getting old, so I looked into having 4.10s put in. I called around and the Austin area is ridiculous for pricing. I was quoted around $1200-$1400 with a locker I didn't want and gears I didn't want. So I got on craigslist and bought an axle to do myself



And if you haven't figured out by now, that small project of adding 4.10s and a trutrac turned into this (still ongoing right now) - It's got Yukon 4.11s, trutrac, all new seals and bearings, TA girdle cover, Yukon axles, extended studs, 1350 yoke and all new brakes



Since I was in the mood to clean stuff up, I decided it was time to replace balljoints. I didn't want to do it on the truck, so I bought UCAs and LCAs from a junkyard to do on the side



Cleaned up some Belltech 2" drop spindles





Pile of parts



Axle is somewhat done, just need new parking brake cables so I can install the brakes. I also need to double check axles and brake shoes for round

ILuvJDM

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Bought a set of OEM chrome 20s to declad and plan was to widen them with a 295 tire





But for now, I took the easy way out and bought these on craigslist to run with 275/45/20. Once the truck is lowered I can then measure to see what size tire I can run in the rear



Started measuring for coilovers





This would be my upper balljoint angle at ride height, so when I installed the upper balljoints, I flipped them








Since then, I've ordered everything for the front coilovers, already have the rest of the drop parts to make it like a 2wd 4/6 drop including c-notch and helper bags.

Last week I ordered a stage 3 turbo kit from Trick Performance and I'm anxiously awaiting that step

Still need to figure out my transmission setup. Originally I was going to get a Jakes 4L80E, but I'm wondering if I should just source a craigslist 80E and run that. As you guys can tell, I like to overdo things, but I try to wrangle that back in to help the wallet. Jakes is having a tax sale so I have until April to decide.

That's it for now, I'll keep this build thread updated as I go. This was a cut and dry version of the build that has taken 20 pages on other forums, but I cut out all the bullshit and back and forth

settlemoore

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In for win. You're the reason I bought my dick low silverado, can't wait to see how this turns out

ILuvJDM

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It's definitely taken another direction from my original post where it was a simple DD so I could save money and be responsible

hutch311

Clean build! What did you use on the back wall of the cabin to mount the amps onto?

GMCtrk

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Nice truck! Curious, what made you go from lifted to lowered?

Interesting one with the midget bid and torsion bar front suspension 2wd

Blown06

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Cool projects man

ILuvJDM

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I used loctite glue from home depot that bonds anything together and propped up a piece of 3/4" particle board overnight. Then just covered the back wall with black carpet from auto zone












I've always been a fan of lowered trucks, and I think lowered trucks just look 10x better than lifted

thanks

ILuvJDM

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Parts came in today