Happy Birthday to me, 3500HD officially ordered!

[FirstAscent]

Flights are officially booked for Friday 3/20. I swear if my flight gets cancelled I'm renting a friggin hot air balloon and floating my way there. 

[cdnSpinalTap]

1 hour ago, FirstAscent said:

Flights are officially booked for Friday 3/20. I swear if my flight gets cancelled I'm renting a friggin hot air balloon and floating my way there. 

Congrats and good luck!

[Dunn]

yeah hope all goes well, take a pic of that beast when you get it

[FirstAscent]

yeah hope all goes well, take a pic of that beast when you get it

Oh I for sure will!!

[FirstAscent]

Well on a positive note my wheels arrived, 22x10. I don’t have tires yet but I’m not in a rush for that. I’ll need a leveling kit before I can install but at least the wheels are here. I ordered them early because I knew they were supposed to be on backorder for over a month. Took about 6 weeks to get here. Pretty excited about these.

[mkeddie]

Well on a positive note my wheels arrived, 22x10. I don’t have tires yet but I’m not in a rush for that. I’ll need a leveling kit before I can install but at least the wheels are here. I ordered them early because I knew they were supposed to be on backorder for over a month. Took about 6 weeks to get here. Pretty excited about these.

Stock offset???

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[FirstAscent]

Stock offset???

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Nope, -18

Had the same size but a -25 offset on my 2019 1500 with a 6” lift with no clearance issues but these HD trucks are also bigger and fit larger tires better. So I’m hoping to get by with 2” or 3” of front lift.

I’m holding out for BDS to announce what smaller kits they will offer.

[FirstAscent]

Quick update, so far so good. My flight hasn't been cancelled yet, just a few more days, c'mon airlines! you got this!

 

Spoke with the dealer a little today about some extra parts I wanted that this truck didn't come with that was on my original build (all weather floor mats, black front bow tie emblem, and trailer TPMS sensors). I told them I wanted them upon my arrival (if they had them in stock) to install the floor liners and front bow tie. 

 

Bastards won't install the bow tie for me! will only do it for $85 install charge. seriously!? $80k truck and you can't spend 5 minutes to install a friggin emblem for me!? They are lucky I have no other options right now. Friday can't come soon enough.

 

Aside from them being stupid about the bow tie they've been pretty good and are picking me up from the airport. So at least everything else is going ok so far, but still. the bow tie thing frustrated me. I'm going to try to get them to do it when I'm there in person. 

[Dunn]

tell them just that....its an 80k truck!

 

well whatever who cares....if you play it right they will, but once your there they "got" you....hopefully everything stays the same and deal goes as is....take a pic while on the road

[FirstAscent]

tell them just that....its an 80k truck!
 
well whatever who cares....if you play it right they will, but once your there they "got" you....hopefully everything stays the same and deal goes as is....take a pic while on the road

Ha, I did! My exact words: “You can’t install the emblem as part of the deal on an $80k truck? “

Thanks yeah it’ll all be over soon. I’ll definitely post pics!

[SilveradoX2]

Be very Happy FirstAscent, the UAW wants production lines shutdown for two weeks because of the coronovirus.

[Dunn]

yeah bro you would have never got truck you ordered....was good call to get the one you are

[FirstAscent]

Yeah I saw that in the other thread! Curious to see what comes out of that and how much the big 3 will push back.

 

But I agree, that would be just one more delay in the already mess of a situation haha. 

[Dunn]

Penske just sent me an email.....they are doing 9k off plus rebates

 

this is with me not even saying anything about price, model, etc.....it was just standard rebate a week ago

Edited March 17, 2020 by Dunn

[FirstAscent]

2 minutes ago, Dunn said:

Penske just sent me an email.....they are doing 9k off plus rebates

 

this is with me not even saying anything about price, model, etc.....it was just standard rebate a week ago

Nice, that's pretty close to Laura pricing!