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I think the body color looks good ,but would be ah pain to keep clean. Brake dust & finger prints every time you rotate the tires. For this reason I painted mine matte black verses flat. It cleans off better and if your like me and end up tire shinning everything then it makes sense to have them...

Well mine has ah hose clamp on that breather hose coming off the side at both ends. The hose clamp at the breather failed the other day and I noticed some wetness around it. I replaced the clamp and cleaned the area and no more wetness, so far 700 miles later.

As for sheet metal I found that just buying new was actually cheaper not to mention easier then tracking down original peices. for that matter good luck ever finding ah rust/dent free tailgate. I just bought ah new tailgate from summit for $109.00. And the hood was ah little over $300.00.

Glad your okay. Sounds like the damage is pretty extensive. Are you sure there isn't any frame damage?

You guys must be getting your parts from autozone? Lifetime Warrenty if you want to spend the rest of your life swapping out parts.

Every time I've cracked open the cooling system it took about 5 heat cycles for all the air to purge out of the system, and the over flow bottle from needing to be refilled. Until then it wouldn't build any pressure. Opening the rad cap will prolong this process. I'd just drive it normally for...

Yeah I'd like to see that AC, and alternator set up

Agree why not just take the time to do it right? Buy ah correct , (already tested), receiver, that bolts to the frame and can hold 16,000 LBS. That way you'll never have to worry about it again. This is the one I installed on my M1028 ( B&W, HDRH25122) $154.00 to your door on Ebay.

There are advantages to an electric fan, and they can be reliable. All new cars run them and even some trucks as well. My brother is ah Dodge guy, he has an 06 hemi ram with almost 200,000 miles on it. One of the first mods those guy's do on there trucks is to remove the stock mechanical fan and...

Adding ANY additional spring type devise to what you already have WILL make it much stiffer. I did ah quick search and found this at summit....http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sja-c125ck.... If you'll notice to the right of the page it tells you that even this modest 2.5" lift will require a...

If I understand you correctly, your looking to ADD air bags TO the leaf springs to gain this lift? That would make it horribly stiff. If it were me I'd do a leveling kit to the front , then in the rear I'd remove the Military portion of the springs or just replace them with stock K30 ones, Then...

Your work looks good and that mount looks like ah beast. Here's how I did mine I just used the original rear battery tray and made the top out of 1"X1"X1/8" angle. Then cut and welded the original upper fender braces/struts to it. I did mine this way for two reasons #1 it made room for the banks...

Ha! Super smart computer guy overthinking an analog era system :wink:. Forgive me, I don't have the eloquence or vocabulary that you do to overly explain my point, so here's the simple explanation as I understand it. The radiator is a heat exchanger, if the coolant passes through it too fast it...

I guess this is what they would have looked like if Cadillac had built them:driver:.

I've found WIND, to be a big factor in the fuel mileage with my M1028. These trucks aren't exactly shaped like and arrow yah know:shock:.

Old style 4 core copper rad's are actually less efficient then the new 2 core aluminum ones. Notice how ALL new cars and trucks use tiny little 2 core aluminum rad's these days. Stay away from 4 core aluminum ones though. More cores sounds better, but with aluminum rad's 4 cores can actually...

Yeah your trifecta of (heavy suburban) , (4.10 gears) ,and (37" tires), would be three factors that are putting much more strain on the engine. Do you have the timing advanced or the fuel turned up? Those can also cause over heating like you described. You mite have to upgrade your cooling...

It's supposed to have a 195° thermostat. Too low of a temp thermostat can cause overheating do to the fact that the engine will reach it's designed operating temperature (in this case 195°) and the stat will just stay open. Thus not allowing the coolant to stay in the radiator long enough to...

It sounds to me like it's sucking air from somewhere. I'd start by (temporarily) replacing the short return line on top inject pump with a piece of clear tubing so you can see if your getting air OUT of the I.P. If so then start tracing it back from there. My guess is if the lift pump isn't...

Maybe I'm missing you guy's point? But all I do is stick the tire iron down inside the round hole of the top alternator brackets. Which puts the tire iron up against the side of the alt. Then just push towards the center of the engine with one hand and tighten the 15mm top bolt with the other...