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Originally Posted by ChuckLee
Good job man! It's funny how things snowball when you start tearing it apart. It's so much better to do everything at once if you have patience, garage space, the finances to buy parts, and a lot more drive!
I'm in the same boat, it's all torn apart, so now is the time! I'm just trying to decide where my "for sure limitations" will be before I start putting things back together.
Things i've decided to cave in on while it's torn apart: fixing/painting whole
frame, fixing/painting whole body, suspension bushings etc, wiring, etc.
Things i am still on the fence about during my build/ls swap: turbo lq4 build or NA lq4 build, cheapo $1,000 airmaxxx air ride.
All in all, I love what you've done so far. You are clearly much more experienced than I, so I'm learning as I read yours. I wish I had the metal working skills and experience you have, but I'm a absolute novice there.
question: your top bed rail near the cab.......what happened to it? it looks bent in the middle.
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Thank You, your truck is super cool. We plan to do a single 78mm turbo on the 5.3 in the next year or so.
While the body is off and since we have the material laying around we are going to make tubular cross members for the rear three and new rear shock mounts and a new adjustable track bar.
The rear bed header panel is bent and even has five holes in it, I'd say it lived a hard life. We will be replacing it.
This is my son's truck so the turbo is his call, if it were me I would do a NA bigger cubic inch LS like a 408 or along those lines.