http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...663&uid=572924

<img border="0" alt="[hail]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_hail.gif" />
finally got those bastards on the truck!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

Those look badass on there man. What else you got done to it?

 

thanks for the compliment; it was pretty simple to install if you have the right tools, i didnt get the extension i needed until after i got cuts and scratches all over my hands and arms and a huge bruise on my forearm thanks to the metal rods in the door.
(this was the driver side door; took me like 1 hour) with the extension the passenger door took 5-10 min max. what a difference the right tools make!!

i have the billet grille (pic on that same link)

regular drop in k&n filter
flowmaster one in, two out exhaust
(sounds mellow and not overbearing)

my next step is i found chrome z71 decals...
i will be ordering these next week sometime..
from there, who knows what i'll have the trigger finger for!
<img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

 

I have done my truck and a friends truck and I found that the easiest way is to cut a slit in the plastic instead of pulling it back because you can just tape up the slit instead of having to glue the edges back down. Also use a 10mm socket with a short extension on the plug nut, but on the other 2 reach through the slit and use a small 10mm box end wrench on the other 2. It is really easy like that, but like 02Z71 said watch for the window track it is a sharp mother, I luckily only got 1 tiny cut when I did mine.

 

How much did the handles run you and were did you get the from?
Thanks

 

I see me doing that mod in the near future. It really pisses me off <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> when guys like you post those great looking pics and get me all hot and bothered to do something else to my Z. I hate that you GMC guys get all the good body side molding a better looking factory grills too. <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" /> Guess if the local GMC dealer was as easy to deal with as the local Chevy dealer I would be driving a GMC too.

 

i got mine off of ebay..the seller was a pretty cool guy. i got them in about a week.

that's why i opted to get a gmc randy.
But you can always paint the center tube that holds the chevy symbol black and get a billet bowtie. that would like badarse!
(i like this scheme: minus the bumper cover for you randy) http://www.eastcoastcustoms.com/
the red truck on there)

i had a 2000 silverado before and personally i dont like the way the billet inserts look on the chevy's unless the plastic above and below it are painted body color. i like the speed grille inserts like what greg and cashdudehomie have. i love the solid black and chrome look. i think i'm going to focus on the exterior first; opposite of what i did with the silverado...

 

Thanks for the info 02-Z71.

Randy, I like my Chevy, but maybe because I have done a lot of work on just the body. I agree on the side molding though, chevy could have done a better job in that area. Just get your side molding painted and leave the top part chrome. Or order side molding for a GMC. Put the suburban facia on the front and paint the top part of the bumber and it looks better than the GMC(in my opinion).

I need to slap some pics up of my truck so you guys can get a idea, but need the escalade handles first! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />

 

hey krazy j,
here's the e-mail to the guy i bought the escalade handles from his name is Brian:

Mil-Spec R&P
mil-spec@***.net
Tell him Santiago that got the handles a week ago told you to contact him...see what he says about them.

 

The speed grill is for sure on the agenda, as are the Escalade handles thanks to 02-Z71's pic's. I painted my bowtie black and removed all the emblems. Since the truck is black, the side molding doesn't look too bad, but the <img border="0" alt="[hail]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_hail.gif" /> GMC is much better imo. I would totally remove the side molding, but that would probably lead to many, many dings which would drive me crazy.