New Shoes... my baby is riding on eighteens now!
 

Ok. I'm embarrassed to say my brakes and tires on my truck were an absolute joke. I couldn't get new tires because I was too embarrassed how my brakes looked and I didn't do the brakes because I never had time.

My truck spent the first 4 years of its life in Indianapolis so needless to say the rotors and calipers had seen better days. Not only that, but the truck had the original brakes on it. That's right, over 12 years and 135,000 on my brakes. It's OK if you don't believe it... I don't either...

Anyway. I finally did the brakes. The stupid e brake shoes were shot, they're not cheap @ $80 for the little boogers. I stepped up to ECE rotors and brake pads. I replaced the calipers and all five of the rubber brake lines. I also painted a bunch of rusty stuff like both sides of the rear dust shields and a few other things.

Too lazy to rotate your tires? Really? Lesson learned here folks... my front tires have a good 10,000 miles left in them but the back are racing slicks (lots of miles with a trailer behind her). I also run all my tires at the same PSI (max rating for fuel efficiency) and if you see, my rear tires have uneven wear in the middle. The only thing I can figure is the weight of the trailers added extra pressure which wore them unevenly, because both fronts have a nice even wear pattern. So another lesson learned... Don't run max PSI especially if you will be pulling a trailer!

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After looking and looking and looking for tires the best prices I could find on tires I wanted were between $7-800. That got me thinking... I've checked on ebay a few times for take offs... and I got lucky. I found a guy that was local with a good price (shipping included) so I called him up and make a cash "if I come get them" offer and I got a set of new take offs off of a 2011 Z71 with less than 50 miles on them. The tires still have the little nipples and color stripe on them. I basically got them for a couple hundred more than the price of new tires so I was happy enough. They're 265/65/R18.

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Looks good man!

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I put the same wheel tire combo on my 02 ext. cab and really looks good. Tires still have over 50% tread and I've put about 40 k on them. I'll try to put up a pic soon.



Here they are


http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...onepics086.jpg

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I never noticed them before, I guess they blend in when they're on the new trucks... but I saw an 03/04 silverado with them on last night too... looks like quite a few people had the same idea! :metal:

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It's funny the things you don't notice until you have them and think your's is unique. :lol:

Has happened to me quite often.

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Looks great!

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I bought min from a guy in your neck of the woods. It was either travelers rest or Anderson SC. They have been on for nearly 3 years and I still get compliments on them daily!
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Come to think of it that pic was taken real close to Greenville SC. on my way home from Daytona bike week in March!
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I got them from Alans Wheels in TR (traverlers rest). It's just a guy working out of a garage at his house, but he had all the fancy computer spin balancer and other tire stuff.

Here's his ebay link... I did NOT pay the ebay price!!! :metal:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2012-Che...item5d31786cea

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That's the guy! Small world huh?
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Yup. I don't know if you picked them up from him or had them shipped (I obviously picked them up), but Alan kinda looks like he could be Chip Foose's brother :lol:

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I saw a black 01/02 Z71 ext cab with these rims today too :lol:

Dang it, can't I at least be unique within 10 minutes of my house???

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Did the same thing with my '03 Z71. Had already upsized to '06 17's a few years ago. Found these at the Moultrie swap meet in Feb. Brand new.