Picked up a new beater today

[JL8Jeff]

So the SS will get some relief or I may end up selling it to buy a 1st or 2nd gen to play with. The truck is a 2001 Silverado stepside Z71 pickup with 78K miles. It has power everything including the seats. The previous owner had the Readylift keys put in and adjusted the torsion bars to level it out and put the Mickey Thompson wheels/tires on it. It will need new tires soon and I'll probably stick with 33's since they fit well. It has the towing package and the 5.3 which moves the truck pretty good. It also has a Magnaflow cat-back which sounds nice. We probably won't see any snow for the next 4-5 years now! :lol:

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[bandit88]

looks good! congrats!

[JW]

Nice Truck!

JW :D

[maroman88]

dam nice truck!... gave up on the lil TOYota trucks and bought a real one huh???

[baddest434]

We probably won't see any snow for the next 4-5 years now! :lol:

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and i would'nt mind that at all!!

nice looking truck good luck with it.

[emolineaux]

nice truck! i would love to get one of these.

[JL8Jeff]

dam nice truck!... gave up on the lil TOYota trucks and bought a real one huh???

The rust problems made me give up on the older 4Runners, pickups and Tacoma frame rust issue made it hard to buy something that will rot out from under you. After thinking about it and seeing how many people rack up high miles on the Silverado I decided to get a regular cab short bed 4x4. I prefer the front end on the 99-02 so that narrowed down my options. This one popped up on Ebay so I went and looked at it and after driving the 5.3 it convinced me the 4.8 wouldn't cut it. The passenger rear stepside area is cracked so I need to try and repair that but he was driving it like this since he bought it so it's no emergency.

[Featherburner]

Good luck with it, Jeff.

[Tru2Chevy]

Looks good Jeff. This is now the newest vehicle you have owned, correct?

- Justin

[The Fixer]

Congrats Jeff! Might I suggest - remove the 1500 emblem from the driver side door (your passenger one is gone already!) and remove the side moldings too - that truck will look badass!!

[deadtrend1]

cool Jeff. I would get pocket flares to keep crap off the sides with those bigger tires

[NJ346]

Nice, I picked up a 99 Extended cab a little over a month ago. The 5.3 really moves these things out...even with the extra weight of the cab.

[JL8Jeff]

Looks good Jeff. This is now the newest vehicle you have owned, correct?

- Justin

Actually yes, my 2000 SS was the most modern vehicle I've owned but now the 2001 takes that title! :mrgreen:

And who stole the 1500 emblem already!

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[redsoxsstink]

looks sweet, i love the rims. normally when people say beater you think of a little toyota 4banger camry i guess your standards are way higher:wink: nice truck

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looks good jeff.

[maroman88]

looks sweet, i love the rims. normally when people say beater you think of a little toyota 4banger camry i guess your standards are way higher:wink: nice truck

my 'beater' is my vette lol

[Blackbirdws6]

Good looking truck. Have fun with it.

[T69SS]

Nice looking truck! I like the wheel/tire combo

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Looks good!! Congrats and good luck with it Jeff!

[ws6 jim]

You said u wanted one in black. Pewter will look better when its dirty nice pickup.

[JL8Jeff]

You said u wanted one in black. Pewter will look better when its dirty nice pickup.

Yeah, I found a black 2002 stepside but it wasn't a Z71, had the 4.8, had the manual windows and about 10K more miles for $1900 more at a dealer. The pewter color should hide dirt pretty well.

[T69SS]

Yea my friends truck is in that same Sandstone Metallic color (or whatever they call it) hides dirt as well as scratches very well

[chrisfrom nj]

congrats nice truck jeff