Daryl Z71's 2006 Silverado Z71 Re-build

[Daryl Z71]

Looks great


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Thanks!

[Full Lock]

Wow Daryl truck is looking awesome!  Alittle jelly cause I need rockers on my truck too

[Daryl Z71]

4 hours ago, Full Lock said:

Wow Daryl truck is looking awesome!  Alittle jelly cause I need rockers on my truck too

 

Thanks! Don't be jealous though because it was an involved job. lol!

[Full Lock]

6 hours ago, Daryl Z71 said:

 

Thanks! Don't be jealous though because it was an involved job. lol!

Oh I know that’s why mine are still rusty haha

[Daryl Z71]

Ordered some LED headlights last week for my low beams. Figured I would start the conversion since they were on sale.



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[Daryl Z71]

Lights came today.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2018 by Daryl Z71

[Daryl Z71]

Parts are starting to pile up again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2018 by Daryl Z71

[Daryl Z71]

So back in December I installed my new head-unit and the add-on reverse camera. Pretty easy job and everything went pretty smoothly. Definitely makes the truck feel more modern having the camera and the head unit with all of the features. Apple Car Play is pretty awesome.














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[Daryl Z71]

Installed my cab lights this past weekend. I ordered LED bulbs from superbrightleds.com since I’ve had good luck with them. Also installed sound deadener on the roof.














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[Daryl Z71]

Picked up a stepside bed for $200 last weekend. It needs some work, but nothing too serious. I can’t complain for the price.

[Daryl Z71]

So I haven't done anything meaningful to the truck for a few years now. I noticed it had an exhaust leak a couple of months ago and it needed a state inspection and license renewal. I decided to let that go for a little bit as I was busy tearing the engine down in my Duramax amongst other things.

 

Yesterday I finally got around to pulling it into the garage to examine the exhaust leak. While looking around I found that the frame had a hole rotted out in it by the fuel tank close to the size of my fist. I honestly wasn't surprised as I knew it was getting pretty bad underneath.

 

On top of this and the exhaust being rotted out, the airbag light is on, drivers seat back is broken, it makes a bad growling noise when turning right, engine light is on for an EVAP issue, has a bad shimmy/shake while driving, and the tires are starting to dry rot. So since I'm currently rebuilding a 2500 and I have four other vehicles total I decided this one is officially dead. Planning on keeping the parts I can use with my other truck, and selling the rest.

 

It was a great truck for me and a good learning experience as far as learning how to rebuild certain aspects of these trucks. I'm not sure of the official mileage, but the body/frame made it over 260k miles.

[Grumpy Bear]

How many miles on this one to the grave?