1987 Chevy Silverado project

[benntn]

Nice Truck! Love the rally's and the trucks stance too. I just bought an 84 GMC swb and I had mine rally's power coated. I'm working on the center cabs still. The flat piece on the center cabs for some reason were planted silver, under that silver paint is aluminum. What I've done so far is grind the plant off with a dremel. Next my going to wet sand them steping down the sand paper each time to smooth out the finish. Bamm, Shinnyer Cabs! I know it a lot of work but so far mine are looking great.

[texasfunk]

Originally Posted by 80chevyshortbox

the truck is looking awsome. i love the stance and the rims. you should get a sport rear bumper or a rollpan, it would top it all off.

thats an old pic, it has a sport bumper on it now

Originally Posted by Neon Beach

Both look great. Bolt on stuff is the bestest, but don't forget to spend some cash on the important stuff.....

thanx, the truck is rusted bad all over, i have new doors i put on, and getting new fenders, i havent done any work to the bed because i dont have anywhere to do body work til school starts, we get to do a project and mine is this truck,so thats when i'll really get the body work done, i want to get the suspension and interior done before paint, so when its out of the school, its done


some new pics



decided this will be the build thread for my 82 as well, i had an extra set of buckets and a console, so i decided to put them in this (then i decided i wanted a bench in my 87, anyone need some buckets and a console? have an extra set again, lol)



new system in the 87 since i put the bench back



my girls, haha

[texasfunk]

also saw these today, new camaro and GTR





thought id share another on of my trucks, 89 silverado

[texasfunk]

summer heat is getting to my girl, so time for a/c, unfortunately, previous owners replaced motor and serpentine systems from a no a/c truck, but luckil, my parts suburban comes through as usual
old system



new brackets, very dirty, cleaned everything up, finished pics tomorro



so far, the suburban was a great investment, uncle left oil can under the hood and it got on fire, all it burned was shroud, power steering hoses belt and a few wires, it sat and sat, finally, he told me 200 bucks and its mine, great deal, also has new crate vortec 350 and new 700r4, with less than 3000 miles, new alternator a/c compressor starter, everything, i think it paid off, and my 82 gets a 91 clip

[3r!c84]

hey i got to drive one of the new camaros and the new dodge challenger srt8.helping out my brother out valet park some cars.and parked my truck right up fronthad more ppl stop and look at the truck then all the nice sports cars

[texasfunk]

havent done much lately, been sick, sadly, i have to get rid of some projects so my 89 and 81 stepside are for sale, but got the a/c working on my 87, and fixed the freon leak, and also gogt a 91 clip for it going on this weekend









EDIT: also, "made" a new air cleaner, haha, never realized how dirty the engine bay was til the pics, gonna wash and paint next weekend after the 91 clip goes on

[pig rig]

comming along nicely
Q: do you think you might be able to pull that positive cable tighter?

[menace121978]

wow!^^ the smart @sses are up early! and yes i'm 1 of them...

[96t/acj]

Your truck sits pretty nice and level whats the setup?

[texasfunk]

dang, didnt even notice that, i guess it got caught up on the a/c lines, will fix tht when i replace the lines, and i have no idea what to cal the setup. the previous owners just took a torch all the way around, looks good but horrible ride

[texasfunk]

well, had the day off, so i decided to change the clips, so glad i bought this suburban, i was just gonna do the core support switch, but the full clip was much easier

[texasfunk]

[tvblazer78]

Very cool, like the new clip..

[JohnC]

Looks good man. I would say the burb was a great investment!

[menace121978]

Originally Posted by JohnC

Looks good man. I would say the burb was a great investment!

yea! what he said!!!

i love the look of that grille with the newer style clip. you have transformed that truck in a short amount of time. cant wait for the paint(all flat black im assuming?). she's gonna be a looker!

[JohnC]

I kind of dig the color of that front clip. You don't see very many with that color compo on them.

[texasfunk]

Originally Posted by tvblazer78

Very cool, like the new clip..

Originally Posted by JohnC

Looks good man. I would say the burb was a great investment!

Originally Posted by menace121978

yea! what he said!!!

i love the look of that grille with the newer style clip. you have transformed that truck in a short amount of time. cant wait for the paint(all flat black im assuming?). she's gonna be a looker!

Originally Posted by JohnC

I kind of dig the color of that front clip. You don't see very many with that color compo on them.

thanx for the compliments guys! and yes, the burb was a great investment! finally got my power windows done as well! work great!
and on the color its going to be flat black for now, i was going to do a proffesional flat job, but then i started of thinkin of a black and silver, but i have always liked the baby blue dark bue, and kinda leaning towards that now, in school next year i get to do a project and they always say they never get a really good job, or something cool, so i decided i'll do it, i want to kind of keep it stock, but have a little cool touches, so if i do the silver and black, im going to keep the lower chrome, and spit it like they did stock, but put some tribal flames in the silver, i have a rough sketch, and i think it'll go perfect with the 20" BOSS 338's im getting for her


but now i kind of like the baby blue and dark blue, any opinions?

[81BLAZE]

Very Nice transformation in a short time. Keep up the good work.

J

[texasfunk]

Originally Posted by 81BLAZE

Very Nice transformation in a short time. Keep up the good work.

J

some wheel ideas
corvette rallies


20 rallies


20" BOSS 338's (my personal fav)

[3r!c84]

last ones

[menace121978]

those 20" rallies are SICK!! w/ all flat black!!

[JohnC]

The last ones look the coolest, but do some research on them first. There have been discussions about the Boss wheels not working on the front of these trucks. You can do some modifications to make them work, just a heads up.

Where did you go to do the different wheel platforms? That would be a cool link to have.

[texasfunk]

Originally Posted by menace121978

those 20" rallies are SICK!! w/ all flat black!!

Originally Posted by JohnC

The last ones look the coolest, but do some research on them first. There have been discussions about the Boss wheels not working on the front of these trucks. You can do some modifications to make them work, just a heads up.

Where did you go to do the different wheel platforms? That would be a cool link to have.

yea, the 20" rallies are good looking, if i do the truck flat black i am going with them, mainy because my budget will allow for more exp rims, if i go with the black and silver, BOSS, and hmm, i never knew that, any idea of what type of modifications? i reallylike these wheels the best,

and heres the link for all you guys
http://autowaretech10.net/nextwheels/tire_fac.htm

has a good amount of wheels, and vehicles,

[texasfunk]

love these wheels!

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by texasfunk

and heres the link for all you guys
http://autowaretech10.net/nextwheels/tire_fac.htm

has a good amount of wheels, and vehicles,

Awesome Link man! That's way cool.

They were my favorite wheel too, until I heard of all the issues. Then I started looking at others. Yeah do a search on here about the 338's. There were several threads about them. I don't remember what all was involved, but it had to do with the end of the spindle, and rotor. Wouldn't clear the center cap of wheel.