Marv88 2016 Silverado LS Regular Cab 5.3L

[Marv88]

I didn't like the totally debadged tailgate nor how "out of balance" it looked with the SILVERADO badge on the lower left so I made a couple of changes'

 

 

Original..

 

 

Bowtie removed and LS emblem added...

 

 

 

What it looks like now with LS emblem removed, SILVERADO emblem centered and color matched handle installed..

 

Edited April 26, 2017 by Marv88

[Marv88]

Rain is finally giving us a break so I figured I'd shine it up and take a few pictures for the new website...

 

 

 

[Marv88]

 

Get a before and after printout. Look at the last few post in my build thread to see what the Hunter reports looks like. Grumpy Bears 2015 Silverado 2WD Start getting a feel for what changes do what and how it feels driving. I'm very happy with mine.

Hey Grumpy..front tires were getting really feathered on the outer edge so I figured I'd have them check the alignment again while I was in for an oil change yesterday. Young tech said he fixed it and also re balanced/rotated my tires. Picked it up and it was wandering all over the road, pulling to the right and had louder tire noise than it had before. Took it back today and my wife who works there requested one of the master techs check it out. As soon as he looked at the report he said I bet this truck is wandering all over as well as pulling to the right! He said don't worry he would take care of it and man did he as this thing drives fantastic now!! Whatever was wrong must have really been putting a drag on it as before I could literally stop the truck at low speed without touching the brake (I thought it was the grade brake doing that) and the tires squealed/skipped whenever I made a u-turn. Now if I let off the gas it seems like it would coast forever and no more squeal on the u-turns. Nothing like somebody with experience to take care of stuff properly!

 

Now the drag, I was cleaning off a smudge someone left on one of the wheels when I noticed a line of small circular marks between several of the the lug nuts and figured they could have been caused by the spinning impact socket touching. I checked the others and sure enough the tech who rotated my tires had damaged ALL 4 of my wheels like that!!

[Grumpy Bear]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Idiots with tools. Sorry that happened to you. When I take mine in I walk the service writer around the truck and show him every flaw. Easy enough there are few. Then I tell him I am not bringing it here to get it back in worse shape than I delivered it. If the dent it, scratch it, soil it or mar it they get to pay the repair. I reminded them while it may just be a truck it is not their truck. I might also mention the cost of a wheel so he gets the idea. This will get one of two responses. Okay, I can do that OR I don't want to work on a truck whose owner is that fussy. Solutions for both are obvious.

[Marv88]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Idiots with tools. Sorry that happened to you. When I take mine in I walk the service writer around the truck and show him every flaw. Easy enough there are few. Then I tell him I am not bringing it here to get it back in worse shape than I delivered it. If the dent it, scratch it, soil it or mar it they get to pay the repair. I reminded them while it may just be a truck it is not their truck. I might also mention the cost of a wheel so he gets the idea. This will get one of two responses. Okay, I can do that OR I don't want to work on a truck whose owner is that fussy. Solutions for both are obvious.

I did exactly that when I took it in including mentioning the wheel/tire cost along with the fact that I already had severly feathered tires after less than 2,000 miles due to their mistakes and my wife had informed them beforehand that I was very particular about the truck. The service advisor (new guy who wasn't there the last 4 tines it went in) actually commented he could tell how well I cared for this truck after seeing the inner wheels were as clean as the outside (I always take the time to clean the brake dust when detailing). Crazy thing is I actually pointed out a similar mark on one of the wheels that was done there when they installed them and specifically let him know I would not be happy if anything else like that happened!

[Marv88]

Almost forgot, they are bringing in a "wheel guy" to see if they can polish it out since they are PVD Chrome so we'll see what happens.

[Waymon]

 

 

What it looks like now with LS emblem removed, SILVERADO emblem centered and color matched handle installed..

 

Did you find a handle already matched or did you buy a paintable one and have it painted?

 

 

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Edited May 5, 2017 by Waymon

[Marv88]

Did you find a handle already matched or did you buy a paintable one and have it painted?

 

 

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I bought the smooth aftermarket one from eBay and painted it myself using a rattle can color match kit with clear coat from Scratch Wizard. Color is dead on however the aftermarket handle mechanism is of poor quality and the handle itself is very flimsy compared to the original (see post 48 on page 3 where another members mechanism broke) so I have already sanded the texture off of the factory one and will be painting it as soon as I have a chance.

[Kingstrider]

Wow Marv this is a cool build thread. I have been thinking of buying a new(er) RCSB and doing something similar. I like the color matched parts and the clean look of the tailgate now. Looking forward to see where you go next!

[Marv88]

Wow Marv this is a cool build thread. I have been thinking of buying a new(er) RCSB and doing something similar. I like the color matched parts and the clean look of the tailgate now. Looking forward to see where you go next!

Thanks Kingstrider! I don't care much for the totally debadged look but also not a fan of how Chevy did the badges so I will also be "re"badging the doors and adding some "custom" emblems I have coming (I won't comment on that until I see how it looks!). Next I am going to finish lowering and finally get started on the audio system.

[Marv88]

Started collecting my gear after changing my direction a bit and install progress can be seen on my Instagram @mrmarvsplace in the near future (I'll also post it here when I get done). Tentative plans are to use the factory headunit to a Match processor, Hybrid Audio Technologies Unity U69 6x9's in the doors for mibass, the new Unity mini midrange in the factory top dash location, tweeters in the a-pillars or sail panels depending on which sounds best and 4" Hybrid Audio Mirus coaxials minus the tweeters for rear fill. Sub duty will be performed by a JL Audio 10TW3 shallow sub along with a custom designed/tuned 10" passive radiator to enhance the bottom end in an all birch custom built enclosure. Mids/tweeters on passives and rear fill will be powered by an ARC Audio xdi450.4 4 channel (85x4) midbass and sub will be powered by an ARC Audio xdi600.4 4 channel (150x2 + 300x1). Sound deadening will by RaamAudio.

 

 

[SuperSierra]

That's not stock?

Sadly no, the drive gets the joy of holding on the the steering wheel to pull themselves up...

 

 

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[Nasty]

Sadly no, the drive gets the joy of holding on the the steering wheel to pull themselves up...

 

 

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It is an option. My rc came with it but the wife's ltz cc didn't

[SuperSierra]

It is an option. My rc came with it but the wife's ltz cc didn't

I don't know why all of them don't have it. I'm not short but I would still like to have one lol

 

 

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[Marv88]

 

Sadly no, the drive gets the joy of holding on the the steering wheel to pull themselves up...

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It is an option. My rc came with it but the wife's ltz cc didn't

I've had my truck for nearly a year and just yesterday while measuring for my sub enclosure I noticed there is a fold away handle above the door jamb on both sides! Edited May 23, 2017 by Marv88