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10-18-2004, 06:41 PM
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New GMC Owner
I just bought a 1999 NBS GMC Ex Cab 4x4 last week and I am wondering where to start for mods and improvements for it? Anyone have any suggestions and ideas?
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Well i know alot of you guys are going lower with yours but I am thinking going up with mine hence the 4wd. I dont want it to get crazy with lift but just enough to set it apart, possible 3 inch body and maybe a 2 inch suspaension with 315/75R16 tires. As for performance, I am wide open. I am pretty handy with computers but when it comes to hooking up one to a vehicle I am green there. I am VERY willing to learn about how it works though. I am looking now for a aftermarket exhaust to open it up alittle and give it a "good" sound. Also another question, i know the truck motors and LS1 motors are similiar but just "how" similiar are they? Thanks for the kind welcome here, I have been a regular over at chevelles.com and they are a great bunch of guys as well and it seems like I have found another good site here.
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Originally Posted by chevelless502
Well i know alot of you guys are going lower with yours but I am thinking going up with mine hence the 4wd. I dont want it to get crazy with lift but just enough to set it apart, possible 3 inch body and maybe a 2 inch suspaension with 315/75R16 tires.
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ILLNALI,
That is just the look I like...for now..lol. What is involved with the body lift? I have put body lifts on older 73-87 model trucks and its no biggie but in seeing the price of the new body lift kits for the 99-04 trucks, and talking with some friends they say its really involved to do. Am I correct or will it be just as easy as previous years?
Also did you have any clearance issues with the 16x10 wheels and the 33"?
Thanks again for helping out a new guy,
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That is just the look I like...for now..lol. What is involved with the body lift? I have put body lifts on older 73-87 model trucks and its no biggie but in seeing the price of the new body lift kits for the 99-04 trucks, and talking with some friends they say its really involved to do. Am I correct or will it be just as easy as previous years?
Also did you have any clearance issues with the 16x10 wheels and the 33"?
Thanks again for helping out a new guy,
Andy
10-18-2004, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by chevelless502
ILLNALI,
That is just the look I like...for now..lol. What is involved with the body lift? I have put body lifts on older 73-87 model trucks and its no biggie but in seeing the price of the new body lift kits for the 99-04 trucks, and talking with some friends they say its really involved to do. Am I correct or will it be just as easy as previous years?
Also did you have any clearance issues with the 16x10 wheels and the 33"?
Thanks again for helping out a new guy,
Andy
That is just the look I like...for now..lol. What is involved with the body lift? I have put body lifts on older 73-87 model trucks and its no biggie but in seeing the price of the new body lift kits for the 99-04 trucks, and talking with some friends they say its really involved to do. Am I correct or will it be just as easy as previous years?
Also did you have any clearance issues with the 16x10 wheels and the 33"?
Thanks again for helping out a new guy,
Andy
Its not hard at all, you just jack up the body off the frame, add the spacers, then tighten it back up. You remove the front & rear bumpers, attach the extension brackets and you're done. Only clearance issues I ran into was with the front. They'd rub the inner fender sometimes and I had to trim down the front bottom foglight valance.