Marv88 2016 Silverado LS Regular Cab 5.3L

[RDKILL]

Looking Great there Marv!

 

You might want to spray that tail pipe with some high heat black paint until you get your Awesome exhaust down the road, which I'm sure will happen.

[Marv88]

Looking Great there Marv!

 

You might want to spray that tail pipe with some high heat black paint until you get your Awesome exhaust down the road, which I'm sure will happen.

Thanks and I like the LS emblem better but my OCD is working overtime so I'm going to try it with the blue handles/mirror caps again to see how that looks! I had the oem chrome exhaust tip but it stuck out too far for me so I bought the short one meant for Tahoes which should be here soon and if it doesn't look good I like your suggestion of painting it black until I get the full system!

[Donolie]

I was able to get one of the LS emblems on before it started raining today....

 

 

 

It's very sexy. Can you send those rims to Detroit please I'm tired of my pitted aluminium dull rims. Are they Chrome or PVD? The only thing that strikes me as odd on your truck is the large antenna. Maybe frenched or deleted :o

 

Don

[Marv88]

It's very sexy. Can you send those rims to Detroit please I'm tired of my pitted aluminium dull rims. Are they Chrome or PVD? The only thing that strikes me as odd on your truck is the large antenna. Maybe frenched or deleted :o

 

Don

Thanks Don and the wheels/tires may actually end up for sale if I run into any clearance issues after lowering it a bit more! (they are PVD). I'm with you on that antenna being a bit long but I do listen to the radio a lot so hopefully the "shorty" bought will work well!

[Marv88]

I put the blue handles/mirror caps back on and for sure the "SILVERADO" lettering was the main thing I didn't like about the door look but the drag is I like how it looks with the blue or the black so I have to make another decision! My wife likes the blue better, what do you guys think?! (BTW, I just set the blue mirror cap on to take the picture so it looks "off" however it fits flush when snapped in)

 

 

[Marv88]

I forgot to mention I installed the painted aftermarket tailgate handle to see how that would look and found it was nowhere near the quality of the oem handle (see post #48 on the previous page where TXTruk15 mentioned his broke after a very short time) so if anyone is willing to take the chance they can have it for free.

[RDKILL]

You know I thought I would like the color key look of your mirrors and door handles...however, I'm liking the black much more only because it matches the forward mud flaps and mud guards on the bed too. As well as the bottom trim of your window and your bed rail cover...go Black is my vote!

 

On another note, I snapped in the driver side A pillar assist handle...was not difficult at all, took me about a good 10min.

Glad I saw your post on this, now my interior looks balanced!

[TXTruk15]

I love the blue mirror caps and blue handles best. Especially with the chrome LS, blue and the chrome go together nicely. Blue, black, chrome = too much going on. you know what you're going to want to do also: paint that shark fin antenna blue!!!! it never stops!!!!

 

I'm with you, I went back and painted the OEM handle and put that back in on my tailgate, much better quality and much more solid...

[Marv88]

You know I thought I would like the color key look of your mirrors and door handles...however, I'm liking the black much more only because it matches the forward mud flaps and mud guards on the bed too. As well as the bottom trim of your window and your bed rail cover...go Black is my vote!

 

On another note, I snapped in the driver side A pillar assist handle...was not difficult at all, took me about a good 10min.

Glad I saw your post on this, now my interior looks balanced!

 

Yeah I keep thinking I like it a certain way but then change my mind after seeing something else!

Glad you got the pillar done easily! What did you use to get that clip off?

 

I love the blue mirror caps and blue handles best. Especially with the chrome LS, blue and the chrome go together nicely. Blue, black, chrome = too much going on. you know what you're going to want to do also: paint that shark fin antenna blue!!!! it never stops!!!!

 

I'm with you, I went back and painted the OEM handle and put that back in on my tailgate, much better quality and much more solid...

My wife said basically the same thing but I'm still not sure which way I'll go! You are correct about it never stopping as my list of little mods has increased tremendously since coming on this forum especially after seeing that thread on the $50.00 and less modifications!

 

Here's another option I tried this morning....

 

[TXTruk15]

that looks pretty good - I'm sticking with liking the color matched best though!

Edited February 11, 2017 by TXTruk15

[RDKILL]

 

Yeah I keep thinking I like it a certain way but then change my mind after seeing something else!

Glad you got the pillar done easily! What did you use to get that clip off?

 

 

My wife said basically the same thing but I'm still not sure which way I'll go! You are correct about it never stopping as my list of little mods has increased tremendously since coming on this forum especially after seeing that thread on the $50.00 and less modifications!

 

Here's another option I tried this morning....

 

Bingo!

Now it looks like it should be, this way and you're not trying to hard to match areas of your truck...great idea of the combo here, and a good way to keep peace with the wife!

Hehehe...the Mod Gods are upon you!

 

I used a long slender screw driver to pick off the clip, strange how the new piece didn't have the same mounting area for the clip to go back on, but it works for me.

Edited February 11, 2017 by RDKILL

[Marv88]

Still not 100% decided on which handles to go with but pretty sure I'll leave the blue mirror caps on since I broke one of the black ones taking it off too many times!

 

On a side note I won't have time to do the full lowering for a while yet but I decided to put the new rear shocks on to see how they rode (Belltech Street Performance). Excellent shock IMO with a firm yet very controlled response and should be real nice once I install the front struts. Also, initially I hadn't planned on going 5+ inches lower in the rear so I'll have to add the shock extenders once I install the new rear lowering leafs since these shocks are designed for a 2"-4" drop.

 

[TXTruk15]

Still not 100% decided on which handles to go with but pretty sure I'll leave the blue mirror caps on since I broke one of the black ones taking it off too many times!

 

See, it was pre-ordained that the blue ones were the right ones to put on! good choice, and now the handles need to match!

[Marv88]

 

See, it was pre-ordained that the blue ones were the right ones to put on! good choice, and now the handles need to match!

Yeah I think that was the sign so Im gonna leave everything blue! I have a new idea for the tailgate handle and will post pics as soon as I get a chance to see if it will work.

[HoosierZ]

Yeah I think that was the sign so Im gonna leave everything blue! I have a new idea for the tailgate handle and will post pics as soon as I get a chance to see if it will work.

I vote for blue handles and black mirrors. That's what I'm doing with mine. I prefer the black mirrors so that they blend in with the tinted windows. The half black/ half painted mirrors look odd to me.