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Yes, actually we are. Everywhere all over the world, so be careful or you will be assimilated.
Why are there so few Silverado overland rigs?
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I have a '99 Tahoe that I am using, so far it has gone where I asked it and would probably do more but, I am usually alone and do not want to get somewhere I cannot get out of alone. I have a rooftop tent, custom sliders and 265/75R16 KO2 tires, everything else is stock. Looking at 205K on the clock so far and still ticking.
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Nice mixed group. I have a Magnaflow single out on the side. Keeping my eye out for other options, not too loud, but nice rumble.
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Wait until you go to a get together lol. Then you'll be on the only Silverado. I know the feeling.
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Lol, I would be the only Tahoe there, have not seen any other Tahoe's set up for overlanding. Mine is not done yet, a work in progress.
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Lol, yep.
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I know the feeling of being the only full size lol heres a shot of me and some of my friends I go out with. Funny thing is tho sometimes they ask me to carry thier gear because they cant fit it and I laugh and tell them I dont think I have the room for it when I clearly do. I do like to take mine over rocks and they trails these guys go down and I fit just fine.
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The Taco guys I roll with will occasionally try to give me crap about weight. Most of them have added so much to their rigs that they’re at or above gvwr. Mine being a stripped police model was several hundred pounds lighter than a consumer model, and is still below the weight of the mid size Tacos.
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I just installed Bilstein 5100's in my 2014 GMC Sierra Z71 K1500.
Ho.
Ly.
F*k.
I got them from Kolak. I think he mostly hangs on the Jeep forums. I did business with him a year or two ago for my '99 Grand Cherokee. He hasn't steered me wrong yet.
These Bilstein shocks are an amazing upgrade from the Ranchos that came with the Z71 Offroad package. I set the fronts to the highest setting (about 1.8 inch lift to get rid of that nosedive look
). The potholes and asphalt patches seem to have disappeared from the New England roads I'm driving. Do we have a thread dedicated to suspension or shocks or Bilstein, where I should be posting this?
Ho.
Ly.
F*k.
I got them from Kolak. I think he mostly hangs on the Jeep forums. I did business with him a year or two ago for my '99 Grand Cherokee. He hasn't steered me wrong yet.
These Bilstein shocks are an amazing upgrade from the Ranchos that came with the Z71 Offroad package. I set the fronts to the highest setting (about 1.8 inch lift to get rid of that nosedive look
). The potholes and asphalt patches seem to have disappeared from the New England roads I'm driving. Do we have a thread dedicated to suspension or shocks or Bilstein, where I should be posting this?
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Right on, Cary. Before installing them, I put on 3 coats of clearcoat, to help preserve the metallic finish in this wet, salty, and humid New England environment.
I told the girlfriend I was going for a test drive yesterday and was gone an hour and a half just trying highway, slow turns, fast turns, back road, pothole, patches, railroad tracks, gravel, anything I could find! Nothing made me unhappy
I told the girlfriend I was going for a test drive yesterday and was gone an hour and a half just trying highway, slow turns, fast turns, back road, pothole, patches, railroad tracks, gravel, anything I could find! Nothing made me unhappy
Contributor III
I just got a 2020 Silverado Trail Boss and Im looking forward to getting it out and around. I have a Turtleback Trailer Ill pull behind it (also have a Jeep Wrangler JKUR). Anything I should first and foremost?
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I'm still trying to decide if I keep the RTT or not lol... and... what's next to do.
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I used to run the 5100's on my JKU years back then later switched to FOX... Both are great shocks, I felt the 5100's were too soft for my tastes.
