Bring dads truck from 1995 to 2010 Project

[NORCAL SS]

This is a special truck to my dad 95 silverado he special ordered in 1994. Took 4 months to get here and its a s 95 silverado with the 350 to a 5 speed with 3.73 gears. Very rare truck. Well im making this into a Father/Son project plus since I sell djm/belltech stuff perfect time to make it handle great. I've been doing these trucks since 95 so I know the in and outs on them and making them a great handling truck.

Anyways hes been using this truck for the past 15 years and has headers/intake/full exhaust etc and he got into a accident. Perfect time for my father and I to do a project together and get it up to date for him. He hit a lifted ford ranger so completely missed his front bumper/frame but took out what you see in the pics. So the frame is cherry. The outside of the truck will have a new front clip on it but doors and bed etc are still stock so we will wet sand and buff it and try to get it the best we can. Im sure down the road ill end up repainting from front doors back anyway. The body is very str8. few minor dings and scratches but its allways garaged he never leaves it outside overnight.

I wanted a project to be simple and clean. no 4/6 drop since he uses it for work just something minor with a nice tire to fill up the wells so here we go.

Mods will be
EXTERIOR
Color matched door handles
color matched tailgate handle
color matched mirriors
front bumper no hole painted to match
color matched rear bumper
painted grill to match
2.5 inch cowl hood
All clear headlights
HID 5000K kit
all bulbs will be chrome but look amber when light up.
chrome chevy bowtie
painted all light bulb housings in silver to look cleaner when put into the euro headlights
ALL TRIM REMOVED.

Entire frame of truck was cleaned and painted Flat black. Fenderwells/springs and all suspension.

Exhaust will have to be changed painted muffler black but pipes behind it are rotted out so doing turn downs by the rear spare tire.

Suspension
DJM Front Spinldes
Rear Hotchkis 4 inch drop leafs
DJM Rear Lifting Shackle
Front Belltech Swaybar 1 3/8"
Rear Belltech Swaybar 1"
Rear Edelbrock Shocks (29 bucks I have a hookup)


Wheels/tires
Boss Motorsports 338 in Gray
20x8.5 front/20x10 rear
275 45 20 front 295 45 20 rear

Engine
Edelbrock Headers with y pipe
High flow cat
Flowmaster muffler and will be cutting rotted pipes out (thats why i didnt paint em black) and doing turndowns after the axle

Ill keep you updated.

[NORCAL SS]

painted rotors/calipers/drums semi gloss been doing this for years keeps rust off the rotors and it still stops fine. The paint comes right off with the pad leaving the rest in nice shape





his 275 60 15 compared to my extra 285 35 22. the 275 45 20 will be almost the same height which will look good and then in rear the 295 45 20 is 3/4 of a inch taller so will fill the well nicely

[NORCAL SS]

heres his daily driver now his other baby. 04 lifted z71 with 14k miles on her he wants his green truck fixed asap so he can put this one back into the garage.

[collins10672]

great looking project.subscribed

[fiddy9apache]

is it true that the Hotchkis 4 inch drop leafs are discontinued?

[NORCAL SS]

yes they are dicontinued. i got mine for 195 shipped direct from hotchkis 2 weeks ago. they are blowing them all out now.

Make a offer of 65 bucks for front springs they will take it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-...s#ht_500wt_956

[jb1016]

Great looking truck, and I'm a sucker for the 5-speeds. I've often wondered about painting my brake hardware, too. That looks really good.

[NORCAL SS]

Yah ive been doing the rustoleum to the rotors/pads for years now never had 1 issue.

[NORCAL SS]

[NORCAL SS]

[Blitz]

Nice project. Been wanting to do a father/son project with my dad for years but right now we're seperated by 12 hours of driving so I just bought (another) project this weekend. He's already talking a little competetive trash on who will get their's up, running and ready to roll the quickest...seeing as how he's had his truck for 20 years now.

So who did you source the hood, fenders and grill through? We're both wanting to upgrade our pre-95 grills to the better 95+ w/ billet.

[NORCAL SS]

The front clip i got at a local junkyard for 200 bucks
hood i got from the guys that started their own company that used to work at year one and goodmark.

[72BlckButy]

Great father/son project!!!! Keep us posted on your continued progress.

[NORCAL SS]

well painted mirrors and door handles are in. Front hid kit installed and headlights in. Still have to wait for the hood before we can do final fitment of front end.

rear bumper try to take off on wednesday and put the new painted one in along with the painted tailgate handle.

[JohnC]

Looks like a good project. Nice to see you over here on this forum. I noticed the screen name from the tbssowners board

[NORCAL SS]

YAH im all over the place or try to be lol

[JohnC]

I was over there when I first bought my TBSS, but not so much now. It's a pretty cool board.

[NORCAL SS]

gonna put the 20s on tomm i hope. Almost have everything done in front.

[JohnC]

Looking good man!

[ChevLoRay]

I like it! My '96 Silverado extended cab was that shade of green, with the gold/tan below the lower reveal line....like a bunch of 'em around then.

[og350]

is dropped leaves better then flip kit?

[NORCAL SS]

hotchkis leaves ride a lot better i took ti for a ride tonight

[NORCAL SS]

just a quick update took the truck for a ride and even with alignment off rides a lot better than before. it also sat down more

with 275 45 20 and 295 45 20 and front just djm spindles and rear hotchkis leafs with djm lifting shackles it sits at 31.25 in front and rear 32 inches from ground to fenderlip which is perfect. Ill have my dad drive it about 1000 miles so the rear leafs settle down but with the rear hotchkis leafs/djm lifting shackles/edelbrock shocks/belltech rear swaybar truck rides great

I should have the front grill on the truck tomm
pics for now
this pic is right after it came of the jackstands


now here are others after i finally drove on it





HIDS

[JohnC]

The wheels look sweet on there man! You're dad isn't going to want this to be the work truck anymore.

[jb1016]

Stance looks good.