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  1. thecantaloupeman

    Best sounding exhaust for c20?

    This is what I'm going with thank you [emoji23] Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    Best sounding exhaust for c20?

    I JUST DIED A LITTLE Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Wow I'm surprised you let your customers even bring their own parts. I've always been under the impression you should never ask a mechanic to put on the parts you bought because they won't be able to guarantee the parts won't fail. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    Original interior color options?

    Your truck has the same seat as mine (and the same sun damage issue except mines worse) The doors look the same but my dash looks less orangey. Btw do you know if its possible to sew those little things back together on the seat and reseal them?
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    Best sounding exhaust for c20?

    I have a 78 C20 camper special and it's got loads of holes in the tailpipe and some in the muffler which make it sound like a turd. It sounds super weak and I wanted to buy a new muffler and patch all the old holes/replace tailpipe. What's a good muffler that sounds pretty good but isn't loud. I...
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Ya know what your right. Amen! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  7. thecantaloupeman

    Original interior color options?

    Mines a 78 I'll send some pictures in a moment Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Well I totally expect a labor cost, but what they claimed was that parts were 600 and labor was 600. When in reality parts should've only been 200$. I dunno there's nothing I can do now. Its fixed so I can drive it now which is what matters. I just feel bad for my parents because the only reason...
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Well it just kinda sucks knowing I couldve done the same job myself and saved 1000$ if I used the same parts. It is nice to have it done and it likely won't fail in the near future, but I would've liked that peace of mind with the moog parts.
  10. thecantaloupeman

    Original interior color options?

    So I wanted to possibly restore my dashpad but I don't even know what color it was supposed to be originally. I have the yellow buckskin and white exterior color and same on inside with the cloth tan seat and door panels. Was the dash originally a darker brown? It almost looks like a redish...
  11. thecantaloupeman

    Original speaker options/location

    So I am trying to restore this old truck as best I can on limited funds, but I wanted to know if the original speaker wouldve been underneath the dash in the middle? Were there other speaker location options or just the dashboard one? Thanks.
  12. thecantaloupeman

    New speakers and OG head unit?

    So my truck has no carpet on the bottom half of the door and someone mustve cut out holes and installed their own 6.5 inch speakers on the door (which dont work anymore). I was gonna replace them with nice refurbished jbl ones for 40$, but will they sound at all nice on the original head unit? I...
  13. thecantaloupeman

    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Still I just feel like they jipped me 400$ because if I had bought those oreilly parts myself it wouldve Yeah I think thats just what I'm gonna have to do. As long as they didnt miss that one nut. I took it to them this afternoon and they couldnt figure out where it came from. I find it really...
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    How to pick the right jack+stands

    They do look pretty good so I might go with those. Now in terms of an actual floor jack, will a small 2 ton JEGS one work good enough to lift my truck? I'm mostly worried about the 13" lift range. Is that enough to lift the vehicle enough to get jack stands underneath?
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    Well that's the thing. My parents really trust them, and they've helped me out a few times in the past and they are a family run business. They are all pretty friendly so I find it odd that this happened. I was wondering if somehow they mistakenly put precision parts on instead of Moog. Sent...
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    I mean I understand that but 400$ markup seems a bit odd to me. If it was 200 then maybe, but I could be wrong. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    I think I just got screwed. Advice?

    So I was debating doing the control arms on my truck by myself, but my parents surprised me and had my truck fixed for me while I was away which is awesome, but the shop used parts from O'reilly auto parts. They claimed the parts were 600$ and 600$ labor, but the Oreilly parts are only about 200...
  18. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    I just hope Firestone continues to make that Transforce in 16.5 for a while. It's a great looking tire especially for vintage trucks and I think it would be a smart business decision for them to keep it around just for guys like us who need that specialized size to keep our trucks original. They...
  19. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    Do those size tires fit on a squarebody? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
  20. thecantaloupeman

    How to pick the right jack+stands

    Is there any particularly cheap good 6 ton jack stands you recommend?
  21. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    I will! And I might sand down the rims and repaint them too, And I'll polish the hubcaps because I think all that will really make the truck look a lot better.
  22. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    Well actually I discovered that Walmart sells a tire caled the powerking and is a 16.5 inch. It looks like a vintage tire and its pretty cool. Its only 100 bucks too and is a highway tire. Idk so that and the Transforce are the only 16.5 inch Tires I know of in production. Correct me if Im wrong...
  23. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    Thank you for that chart. Also by better mileage did you mean gas mileage or tire mileage? And the only reason I dont like the 8.75 look is because they dont look like they fit even though they do. I dont know if that will change with the 9.5s but its worth a shot and the truck originally had...
  24. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    I guess more specifically I meant the Firestone Transforce 9.5s on stock wheels. But those do look like they stick out a bit. Maybe it is just the rim thats odd.
  25. thecantaloupeman

    Tire size for c20 silverado

    Do your tires on that suburban fit right on the rims? Do the rims stick out still like mine do?

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