[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by knomadd

Thanks!

Got the truck inspected today and had quite a few people checking it out. Was showing the guys at the shop some of the mods that I had done and they were blown away by the hidden hitch. It's funny how I start to take things for granted when I’m used to seeing these things from other builds I see on here. All it takes is one person who hasn't seen things like that before to make me appreciate the work I've done. Is that weird?

No it just makes you normal, I know that's the way I am with mine I'm used to seeing certain things and a friend will come over and see something that I haven't done and well it gets me a talking

Originally Posted by knomadd

Finally took the fuel cell out of the bed. Still need to weld up the holes in the floor though so no pics until that's done.

Started doing some research for going air ride eventually. I'm planning on going with Porterbuilt "stage 1 front" and "stage 2 basic rear" as I want to keep the bed floor where it is. Looks like I'll be going with Accuair e-level air management too. I'll also be getting the 1" forward LCAs from PB.

Since I'm on a tight budget and funds aren't always available to save and drop a ton of money on everything at once, I like to buy smaller groups of parts and save them for later. (my wife hates it when I buy things that sit , but I bet she'd hate it more if I dropped high 4 figure $ amounts on stuff to do it all at once.)

To do list is as follows (for now)
*Brakes
*Air Conditioning (for those hot/humid Houston summers)
*Bed cover & liner (need to strip the old off and patch the holes from the fuel cell)
*Air Suspension
*other stuff lower on my list

My plan is to tackle the brakes first. Install the hydratech booster and upgrade to the Wilwood D52 calipers and slotted rotors, upgrade the lines as necessary and replace the ugly/rusty proportioning valve. I have the booster now, so I just need the calipers, rotors, prop. valve & lines.

What should I do? Should I buy the Wilwood D52s, slotted rotors and replace the lines and prop valve, or just install the hydratech booster and use the factory disc stuff for now and move on to the A/C and suspension parts?

I keep going back and forth on my truck whethe to do air or keep it the way it is, well I contacted Porterbuilt they suggested doing a coilover kit, which is what I'm going to do in the future, tad bit more pricey than running air, but they also told me I would be saving about 2k by not doing air, just a suggestion didn't mean to get sidetracked.