Totally normal, every vehicle I've ever owned measures slightly different from side to side. The only one's I've ever gotten dead nuts level were torsion bar trucks and they still didn't measure dead nuts all the time depending on how much fuel was in them.
To fix your issue, you can either...
Yep, very common with the '73-80 trucks if the hinges are not regularly cleaned and lubed. Also, alot of people don't know how to properly close them. You don't just pull straight down, you have to push back toward the windshield as well
Everything from '73-80 will technically interchange. That square headlight front end is '80 only and a specific core support/headlight bezels and also '79/80 had it's own hood with a little raised detail on the front edge. Also be mindful of grille/hood latch combos, they changed through the...
You can't judge how the truck sits with new springs just by lowering the lift, you need to roll it back and forth. How much of a drop are you looking for?
I tell everybody that'll listen, don't bother with aftermarket drop springs. They're ALL too soft. Regardless if your truck is a big block...
^What these guys said. Maroon/burgundy is kinda the same thing and everybody's version of it is slightly different regardless if it's a part that's already dyed or if you buy dye to change something. These trucks also never 100% matched inside. I think my truck has 8 different shades of blue...
I've never heard them called anything but steel wheels but if there was another name for them from GM, I'm sure @Keith Seymore would know. Also, by then the only color I've ever seen on them was white. I believe earlier trucks could be color keyed to the truck but I think the '80s trucks only...
Yes they are! I've had 8 of them lol
- Victory Red '05 Silverado ECSB Z71 L33/3.42/G80/LT2 with charcoal cloth buckets/console/Bose
- Victory Red '06 Silverado ECSB Z71 LM7/3.42/G80/LT3 with tan leather and a sunroof (this one technically doesn't count cuz it never got titled in my name, shady...
Since I have a toolbox bolted in the bed, I just have one of those parts store small jack/jack stand combos in a plastic box that stays in the toolbox. Can't remember which brand it is but it's like this...
Only 95k. Granted, it's had some sort of level kit on it most of it's life. It had a 2" when I bought it and then I put the 3" on it. And I beat the ever living tar out of it on the Tail of the Dragon last year, so the BJ's aren't really too much of a surprise. That's alotta weight to be...