Cen Cal Denali Build

[05Single]

I don't think they reached 20 off the showroom lol

 

[TheAutumnWind]

@TheAutumnWind , my 2006 gets roughly 20ish when im cruisin doin the freeway about 70. Its possible with our trucks.

Good to hear. I wonder how much difference that the electric fans make. I'd definitely like to do that upgrade. That along with a tune should help anyway.

 

[adventurenali92]

@TheAutumnWind , Yeah they make a difference. I can't wait to get a tune! But im gonna do a custom exhaust system, CAI, and a tune all at once so I gotta put some dough away to be able to do that haha.

 

[Kingfish585]

It's not a Big deal to swap the air ride out but you will need something to disable to service suspension light on your dic if you swap them out and I can't remember what it takes to disable that. There are many threads on here on how to do that. Personally I like mt air ride. I just replaced everything on the back end and did everything for less than $800. Got parts cheap on eBay and labor was like an hour and a half @ the shop where my buddy works.

Yea I think il just keep with the stock gm oem goods so il run into less problems. But just recently my family got a 27ft airstream trailer...so I might need that air ride after all.

 

[Kingfish585]

I drive feather footed. Almost never over 3000 rpm. Full royal purple hi mi synthetic as well as gear oil. Trasmission flush.

 

[Kingfish585]

Got my leds in. Halo headlights to follow.

 

[adventurenali92]

To replace shocks gm oem air shocks are pretty pricey. I went aftermarket. Got mine from a company called touring tech and they are great. Haven't had any problems so far with them. And got good prices on them.

 

[Kingfish585]

Anyone running a "cold air intake"? Is it worth it? And what say you on this design from volant?

 

[Kingfish585]

New viper system!

 

[05Single]

Anyone running a "cold air intake"? Is it worth it? And what say you on this design from volant?

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I made one just like that for less than $20 lol

 

[Kingfish585]

I can across this seller on eBay and for what I get, it looks like a lot of the light pairs I see on Amazon and other places for cheaper. With that many reviews it seams like a good deal. Anyone had experience with this seller?

 

[adventurenali92]

Yes. I bought my halos from them a year ago. Got the same exact deal, headlights with an aftermarket style taillight as part of the deal. For the exact same listed price. My taillights are different than those ones shown. And my halo headlights have a black housing so they appear much darker. But same product. Happy with my halos however when I got them the adjustment screws were broken and wouldn't adjust where the beams were aimed. They weren't willing to do anything to fix them. I ended up having to disassemble the whole thing and replace it myself. Which sucked. That being said my headlights themselves have been great ever since. Ipex motoring has terrible customer service. And then about 2 months ago my running light lenses were cracked after less than a year and when I contacted them to ask about purchasing replacement lenses, they never responded to me. After 5 separate emails because there is no customer service line to call. I ended up buying a replacement sent of identical lenses from another seller. Do a little bit of research and see if you can find similar or the same product from another seller. Im not unhappy with my headlights. Quite the opposite. I love my headlight setup. It just took a lot of work to straighten them out and I wouldn't recommend buying from that specific seller.

 

[Kingfish585]

Anyone had their side steps line x coated? A twisted ankle has me thinking it's not a bad idea since it's all black coated.

 

[05Single]

Not sure how it would hold on plastic. I see fender flares coated with line x so I would imagine it would work.
Great for traction when dry, extremely slippery when wet tho.

 

[adventurenali92]

What is like x? Is that like rhino lining?

 

[05Single]

What is like x? Is that like rhino lining?

Yep

 

[adventurenali92]

Oh gotcha. Yeah that stuff is a pain in the behind. Lol. It gets super dirty and then doesn't come clean very well. And it's pretty slick when it's wet. I don't imagine that would be a great idea for the running board plastic.

 

[Kingfish585]

Oh gotcha. Yeah that stuff is a pain in the behind. Lol. It gets super dirty and then doesn't come clean very well. And it's pretty slick when it's wet. I don't imagine that would be a great idea for the running board plastic.

Never mind then! Not sure how to increse grip then.

 

[adventurenali92]

I'm not much help. I am tall enough to climb in and out of my truck without stepping on the running board. So I almost never step on that black plastic. I put a little bit of trim shine on it when I wash my truck to keep it looking black. That makes it just a slick!

 

[05Single]

I took mine off.
But if you go to home depot they have step pads that are like sand paper, those are grippy wet or dry. You can easily cut them down to size.
And they have a sticky back to secure them down