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Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:14 am
by lowrider0308
After seeing Don's thread about Meg's NXT 2.0 on his new Bonneville, along with the ongoing thread about which wax is better, I decided to follow some of the advice listed in those topics and applied a base coat of NXT and then a follow up coat of Gold Class. I had only used Gold Glass before now. I am very impressed with the results so far from the NXT/GC combo. I also felt the NXT was easier to apply. All of these pictures were taken after driving 200+ miles. Since I posted pics of my truck last time, I have added: a 4" CAI, black polyurathane OEM fender flares, slightly hidden driving lights, and a firebar that burned out (grrrrrrrr.... :angry4: ).

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I can feel a little extra top end pull from installing this bad boy. Makes that engine sound so evil at WOT.
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You do not want me behind you with my brights and driving lights on...
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Kicker 10" in a ported box with a cheap Jensen amp. Plenty of bass for the country and rock I listen to.
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Switch for the lights under my bumper. I barely used any of the wiring that came in the package because I decided to wire in a 30 Amp relay and connect that to the Aux. Acc post on my fuse block. The only hole I had to drill was for the switch, which is mounted in the same place a fog light switch is usually mounted. I used predrilled holes from the factory on the lights.
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Like I said earlier, I had installed a LED firebar under the tailgate, but it burned out in under 2 months. Looked cool while it lasted. I might replace it with a better one off the internet later. However, I would like to start saving up for some BF Goodrich A/T KO2's and possibly rims.f

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:28 am
by crash93ssei
Lookin good! Very nice reflection :)

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:33 pm
by unirok
nice my grandfather has one of those but extended cab.

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:49 pm
by Gumball
one of those pics it almost looks lowered :)

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:29 pm
by SLEighride03
nice job! The second pic of the hood is AWESOME!!!

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:16 pm
by Jrs3800
Lookin real good Andrew... Kudos Buddy

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:25 pm
by 00Beast
Wait, is that the Spectre intake?? Please tell me you used a K&N filter!!

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:25 am
by 01bonneSC
00Beast wrote:Wait, is that the Spectre intake?? Please tell me you used a K&N filter!!
Doesnt it look like it to you? :wink:

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:47 am
by BonneMe
Gumball wrote:one of those pics it almost looks lowered :)
It's 2wd so it's normal ride height.

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:06 pm
by lowrider0308
Thanks for the comments guys...Yes, it doesnt not sit as high as a Z71...I hope to raise it up a little eventually, or at least put a leveling kit on it to get rid of the slope from back to font. The filter in the pictures is the spectre one that came in the kit. I am going to be getting a K&N filter soon though. I have been watching this one to make sure it is not trapping water or getting real dirty. It has been raining enough to keep the dirt and dust down, so I am not too worried right now. I figured somebody would call me out on that. Good eyes!

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:22 pm
by 00Beast
I hate when they put on those spectre filters on TV shows. Makes me want to post a youtube vid of what spectre filters actually do......

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:10 pm
by Sadden
6.0 litre?

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:29 pm
by lowrider0308
5.3L/327CI Vortec

Re: Still Truckin'...now with more mods and a little NXT

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:18 pm
by 01bonneSC
Sadden wrote:6.0 litre?
Only avail on HD or the SS