Looks great.

 

looks clean man, I'd loose the GM rake. other than that

I likey!!

 

Personally your truck is probably my favorite truck on the site. It's not all hacked up and lowered scraping the ground, has a sporty stance, a touch of rake which is nice and the color can't be beat The truck is downrice sexy, simple and clean. Don't change a thing and the style will be timeless. If you ever got bored and wanted to try something. Have your wheels painted to match the front bumper (satin). Either way would look fantastic thought. Again, definatly one of the most beautiful trucks on this site. Keep up the great work

 

looks good only thing i would do is get rid of those monster tires and lower a little.

 

Thanks for all the comments. I'm pretty much done with the exterior of the truck. I don't want to lower it any more because I still use my truck to haul/tow stuff occasionally. It is also my daily driver and I don't want to worry about scraping or bottoming out all the time. I might do little details like clear corners, paint the grille black, and get darker tint later on. I'm also considering getting the wheels powder coated gun metal grey.

jpodell, I got the steering wheel cover from stylintrucks.com. You actually have to stitch it to the wheel...which I prefer. It's not one of those covers that just slip on. My wheel wasn't leather wrapped from the factory so I wanted to change that...

hirdlej, thanks for your kind words. Now, if I can only get the same drivetrain as you. My ultimate goal is to have a tuned LQ9 under the hood of my truck one day.

 

Just remember to be careful when POWDERCOATING aluminum wheels. The heat can weaken the wheels and you end up with wheels like the pic below. I'd paint them instead since they're aluminum.

 

spider man wheels

 

Very sharp

 

Wow I'm glad I read this...I was planning on powder coating the wheels on the SSS

 

The common alloys used in wheels are 356-T6 aluminum for cast wheels and 6061-T6 aluminum for forged wheels. These aluminum's are 'aged' to obtain a certain strength. For example referencing an ASM handbook...

356-T6: aging at 305 to 315 °F for 2 to 5 hours
Yield stress = 185 MPa
Ultimate stress = 262 MPa
Fracture strain = 0.05

So in this case aging the cast wheel at 305-315degF provides the above strength. Now that said you can 'overage' aluminum's, which results in a weakening of the material reducing it's strength. Most powder's require 350-400degF for 30min or more to cure. In doing so it is possible to over-age the aluminum causing the reduction in it's strength properties. The pic I posted above is from a car that was taking hard turns during an Auto X event.