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Old 12-29-2011, 05:57 PM
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Well Ive been a member waayyyyyy to long not to have a build thread so here goes.

The day I got him



added mastercraft couser c/t's
First off road adventure




Than I added monroe air shocks and a tbar crank, and removed the huge grey stripe



Than I painted my stock rims black, added a set of 100watt kc daylighters and an aluminum front skid plate






Added a big tranny cooler and trans temp gauge





I have since upgraded to a digital gauge.


than I tinted the front windows to 20%



have since removed the 20 and put on 5%

Converted my kc daylighters to hid





hid spotlights and a custom made roof rack





Hid reverse light and led tailights








treadwright "muds"



 
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Old 12-29-2011, 06:16 PM
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Harbor freight 12,000lb winch on a custom made winch mount



Bed lined from body line down







Sony radio, and now 2 xxx brand 12 in subs and a 1200 watt amp



My curent exhaust set up

custom made dual exhuast with a cherry bomb extreme muffler.





envoy hid headlights






cut off of the lights




I also have a tarus 3.8 efan, lock rite and lots of other stuff I forgot about
 
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Nice looking build so far pj. Your truck has come a long way and it looks boss now lol. I have a question though. How did you come up with your trucks name? What's the story behind the name james for your truck?
 
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Originally Posted by tibby
Nice looking build so far pj. Your truck has come a long way and it looks boss now lol. I have a question though. How did you come up with your trucks name? What's the story behind the name james for your truck?
I own a 2000 gmc jimmy.................. hence james
 
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I own a 2000 gmc jimmy.................. hence james
Ok, I wasn't sure if there was a funny story behind the name or something you picked out at random or a friends name. But that clears that up lol.
 
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Old 12-30-2011, 07:12 AM
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Ok, I wasn't sure if there was a funny story behind the name or something you picked out at random or a friends name. But that clears that up lol.
Yeep thats how he got his name.
 
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Very nice!
 
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Well Im starting the add more lift portion of this build so heres the list

Ordering this next week
2" Body Lift

Than the rough country lift in a few weeks.
Chevy / GMC Suspension Lift

than these tires after I get my 16in rims
https://treadwright.com/p-47-265-75r...ler-m-t-e.aspx
They are 31.9in diameter tires so baisically they are 32's
 
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looking good...how is that harbor freight winch treating you?
i have been looking at those every time i drop in there....
 
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looking good...how is that harbor freight winch treating you?
i have been looking at those every time i drop in there....
Good, I hooked up the controller yesterday to make sure it works ( havent used it since labor day) and it works just fine. Its saved my *** few times so its worth the money.
 


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