RPO B4V:
Silverado Performance Edition, includes (LQ9) Engine, Vortec high-output 6000 V8, (M32) Transmission, 4-speed automatic, heavy-duty, (GT4) Rear axle, 3.73 ratio, (Z60) Suspension Package, High-Performance, (G80) Differential, locking, heavy-duty, rear, (NW7) Traction assist system, electronic, (KC4) Cooling, engine oil, (KNP) Cooling, external transmission oil cooler, (Z82) Trailering equipment, heavy-duty, (UK3) Sound system feature, steering wheel mounted radio controls, (QR9) Wheels, 4 - 20" x 8.5", cast aluminum, chromed, 5-spoke, (QSS) Tires, P275/55R20, touring, blackwall, (ZAN) Tire, spare P265/70R17, blackwall and 17" Wheel, steel, spare
1 - Requires CC15753 Models. - Option content within this package may not be substituted or deleted. Not available with (E62) Pickup bed, Sportside, (ZY2) Paint, two-tone, (DPF) Mirrors, outside rearview, power, heated, camper-style, (NYS) 4-wheel steering, (B2E) Silverado Limited Edition or any (SEO) Special Equipment Options.

 

How would you go about getting the VHO package? Is it on the Chevrolet website?

 

I went to a local chevy website and they had a build your own link and was able to pick the B4V option on this link:
http://www.autobuybids.com/ABM_Build...make=Chevrolet
You might try this and see if it works for you.

 

If you do not think your brakes are unresponsive and spongy, then drive an 05 with at least 1k miles on it.
Cost reduction or not, the 05 brakes are much improved over the disc\disc system of yore.
Actually disc brakes are a cost reduction move. There are more moving parts to the drum system and assembly required in the production process. A rotor and caliper Vs. a Drum, 2 shoes, wheel cylinder, 2 springs, retaining clips & springs, e-brake linkage and adjuster. Not including the labor required to assemble it all and adjust them in compared to the disc system. Then there is the better master cylinder and booster.
The proof is in the pudding. I have had a 1987, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 and now the 2005, and I say the brakes on all of them were barley adequate at best. Just enough to get by.
Drum brake technology has not ceased to advance in recent years, or say when disc brakes came out. It has continued to advance.

 

Thanks jdg...I'll have to look again.

 

These trucks are amazing with the amount of technology coming out in them, its somethin else.