Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

[Rocket Man]

The good folks at intro said 6-12 weeks for delivery. A guy on FB just got his in a little over 6 weeks.

 

[Bombsquad85]

The good folks at intro said 6-12 weeks for delivery. A guy on FB just got his in a little over 6 weeks.

Nice should be a good Thanksgiving gift to yourself haha

 

[Rocket Man]

I got The Machine back from paint today after nearly 2 weeks. As usual my bud hooked me up with a damn nice job. It's raining tonight and getting dark so I got some quick shots before the light faded out. Man it looks so good; I really like the new bumper and for once the body and paint work is done. ALMOST. I still need to do something about the mirrors but that will wait. The ones on it now have paint that isn't worth saving; I need new mirrors that he can paint. The good news is he has almost a full pint of paint that he's saving for me. He ended up blending it all the way to the back of the front doors so it looks perfect. The tubs I had him paint black so it looks better under the hood IMO.

 

[Tonyrodz]

View attachment 208752 View attachment 208753 View attachment 208754 View attachment 208755 View attachment 208756 I got The Machine back from paint today after nearly 2 weeks. As usual my bud hooked me up with a damn nice job. It's raining tonight and getting dark so I got some quick shots before the light faded out. Man it looks so good; I really like the new bumper and for once the body and paint work is done. ALMOST. I still need to do something about the mirrors but that will wait. The ones on it now have paint that isn't worth saving; I need new mirrors that he can paint. The good news is he has almost a full pint of paint that he's saving for me. He ended up blending it all the way to the back of the front doors so it looks perfect. The tubs I had him paint black so it looks better under the hood IMO.

Nice!

 

[Rocket Man]

Front end before and after. This was when I bought the truck and now.

 

[73impala]

OEM looks 100x better, nice man

 

[Tonyrodz]

Front end before and after. This was when I bought the truck and now.View attachment 208757 View attachment 208758

I think it looks so much better. More thought out.

 

[NathanJax]

Front end before and after. This was when I bought the truck and now.View attachment 208757 View attachment 208758

So much better. That's why I did my front end the way it is...

Now I just need the low low that you have...

 

[Rocket Man]

So much better. That's why I did my front end the way it is...

Now I just need the low low that you have...

Thanks for the encouragement back when I was told that bumper wouldn’t work. But now if you want the low that I have, you'll have to cut your frame off behind the motor mounts and build a new one...

 

[iamdub]

Up next: Color-matching the engine accessory drive brackets and accessories

 

[Rocket Man]

Up next: Color-matching the engine accessory drive brackets and accessories

They need to be pulled and crinkle-painted black like I did on The Beast. And black out the ugly alternator. That aluminum only looks right in a crinkle IMO due to the casting.

 

[NathanJax]

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Thanks for the encouragement back when I was told that bumper wouldn’t work. But now if you want the low that I have, you'll have to cut your frame off behind the motor mounts and build a new one...

Lets do it... When are you coming down to help?

 

[Rocket Man]

Lets do it... When are you coming down to help?

Be there in a minute

 

[Rocket Man]

The damn TPMS light is back on. It’s been a mystery lately, sometimes it goes away for a while and then I do some work on the truck and it comes back. So I bought some ACDelco sensors and straps to attach them inside the new wheels. They say for up to 26” wheels.

 

[iamdub]

Mine hasn't been on since I made my pipe bombs.

 

[Rocket Man]

Mine hasn't been on since I made my pipe bombs.

I considered that but figured if I’m buying the sensors I want them to not be lazy and do their damn jobs lol. Plus my tires are so low profile that they look flat all the time so if one loses air it will be good to know; I don’t want to ruin a $1500 wheel.

 

[iamdub]

I considered that but figured if I’m buying the sensors I want them to not be lazy and do their damn jobs lol. Plus my tires are so low profile that they look flat all the time so if one loses air it will be good to know; I don’t want to ruin a $1500 wheel.

Oh, I was NOT suggesting that you do what I did. By all means, do it the correct way (as you are with the bands). My post was really just an easy way to take a cheap shot at myself for such asshattery. Stock wheels and tires on a Tahoe that sits 5+ days a week aren't worth it to me to have broken down.

 

[Rocket Man]

I drove it to work today and on the way home I was riding low and the freeway had a dip. I made contact so when I got home I looked under the rear to see what hit because it didn’t sound right- it was the rear DS rocker- which was weird since it’s designed to hit the landing pads which are heavy steel. The normal sound is more like the frame hitting. I noticed that rocker was hanging just a bit low and a bit of investigation showed a broken spot weld which let the panel hang a bit low and it was also moving around a bit. No way to get it welded with the bed on so I drilled and through-bolted it. It’s solid again. Just another normal day skating on the freeway lol. Oh..,there was a city cop behind me when it happened and he just backed way off. Prolly wondered wtf this dude is shooting sparks.

 

[Rocket Man]

I also got some more missing bumper pieces in the mail today. These are under the hood and I’m assuming keep it from bouncing when you close the hood. I had noticed the grill had a bit of scuffs last week and it looked like the hood must have been hitting it when I drop it to close it. There’s 4 total rubber bumpers across the front. 2 more are on the way.

 

[07Burb]

Sucks about bottoming out