Thread: Complete Silverado Build Up

Well the time has come to start a thread on my build up. Started out with an '02 Sierra ext. cab turned "'06 Silverado" with Mazzulla long travel, King 2.5 10" coilover and triple bypass up front with a 1 1/2" mild steel engine cage and 1 3/4" front bumper. Out back had a Deaver F87 pack with King 3.0 16" triple bypasses. Glassworks glass up front, cut and pulled bedsides out back. Had the stock 4.8 with 4.56 gears and a locker in the rear end. 17" American Racing Crater wheels wrapped in a fresh set of 37" Projects.

That description sounds like a pretty set up truck. Haha. But if you know me, then you know i cant leave things alone. And theres always room for improvement. And also one major reason for all this is because I was backed into by a 25' box truck which bent my front bumper and ultimately ended up cracking and tearing my engine cage.

So plans now,
Full 2" DOM cage front to back.
Brand new Mazzulla kit up front.
Kings all the way around.
Bed cage, incorporating dual spares, fuel cell, jack, coolers ect.
Full custom interior including aluminum dash with all new instruments.
Havent decided which power plant to go with yet.
Custom engine cage with core support.
Full frame plating front to back.

Well here goes.

Starting point.

The tear down begins.


Old engine cage.


More pics to come.

your truck looks sweet already! i cant wait to see the build. let me know when you get your new LT kit and are selling this one.

Hey I thought you truck looked familiar. I sold you my deaver pack. Haha.

hey! haha

dude, so this is the truck you're gonna 4link?

Yeahh. 4-Link is in the near future for this one. Haha. Keep checkin back for updates. They be coming quick. And let me know if you need anything else for your truck. I still have most of my parts.

cool deal.

ill let you know for sure.

hell yeah! another silvy build! i'm sure it gonna be badass!

Haha yeahhh. These builds seem to be rare. And badass is what im shootin for, so wish me luck!! Haha

so your front end is for sale??

For the right price yeahh.

brady!!!
gunna be better than ever

what the right price?? what that kit new??

Like you said looks sweet now! Cant wait to see the final product!!! Where in HB are you?

more pics! those are ancient photos.

Im off goldenwest and ellis. But the truck is in Tustin at my shop.

Hahaha I know. But I gotta go in order.

Trucks badass!!! I have a 2000 gmc sierra and when i go long travel i want to put the 03' silvy one piece front end on mine, how hard would that be?

if you go a real one piece, it depends on the brand, but most of them take hours and hours to trim to fit perfect. One brand, i think its trailer products, their one piece i hear mounts up almost perfect. but one pieces are pretty tough to get perfect. I would recommend getting glassworks fenders with a glassworks hood. it looks badass!! ill try to find a pic of it.

Heres a pic of a truck i did with the glassworks fenders and hood.

pic dosent work, but i will prob consider doing the separate glassworks. but i love how the one pieces look, with the louvers in the hood too!

There you go. I personally think that is way easier than a one piece. and looks sickk!!

ya that looks sick, is that a silvey or sierra. just curious to what i will have to buy to convert the front end, obviously lights and grill shell.

pretty sure it's a silvey

It's a silvy. But it's a 2000. I converted it with just the headlights, grille, and headlight mounting brackets. Paid $150 for everything.

looks sooo sick!

$150! im deff gonna do that conversion, but with the projector headlights, and prob with the trailor products glass. thanks for answearing all my ?s

the trailer products glass is no where near close to fitting the best one to get is the boneyard fab one its the only one really specifically made for an 03-05 silverado

Correct. My mistake. The boneyard one is the one that fits near perfect. Thanks for the correction.

Originally Posted by LtSilvy24

Im off goldenwest and ellis. But the truck is in Tustin at my shop.

looks like it's at wil's shop 2 me.........

Originally Posted by AAAlovesME

looks like it's at wil's shop 2 me.........

the truck was moved right after the build started.

Some pics of the torn engine cage.



Got the whole front end torn down.



Got the rear end torn down and started boxing and plating the frame.




Had some rear shackle hangers fabbed up.



More pics to come soon.

aw man chopping the nose off right after the front cross member is what i have been thinking about doing for weeks to mine, maybe ill sit back and watch for a bit

i cut mine off too

Started on the cage.
















Made a quick stand to hold the truck and get it all level.





Stay tuned.

trigger welding? not talkin shit or anything but you have some of the weirdest(not in a bad way) welds i have ever seen.

Haha. What is so "weird" about them?

most off them look good but the close up one you posted looks hot, cold, hot, cold....... but like as if it happened very quick while welding. its hard to explain.

Looking good man.

great job man the fabwork looks tits so far,i am looking forward to the finished product.

got a lot done in one day now hurry up and get more done