I will jump right in and only fitting to post my first SSR. My black 04 that was given to me by my wife for Christmas in 2017. This picture was taken at the Welcome Center in Texas at State Highway 69/75 as you come into Texas from Oklahoma. It was a Saturday around 5 pm when this was taken. This was the longest trip I had taken in this one at this time.
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I told my wife I was going to go pick up some parts and would be back later. She asked where I was going and I said a little south of Springfield. The reason for the little white lie was if I told her I was going to Texas, she would have wanted to go along and visit her parents who lived in Texas then but we were both still in Missouri.
I had seen an add for a pair of running boards on Face Book Market place. The picture was kind of bad. It showed the end of the boxes stacked one on top of the other. The description was not very well written something along the lines of side steps with the part numbers and the picture of the box only. No pictures of the boards them selves.
I messaged the guy for a better picture and sure enough a pair of NOS in the box boards. I asked if I could pick them up the next day around 6-6:30. He said sure. I sent him a message the next morning around 7:30 sending him my phone number. He got it and responded with "Dude that is a Missouri number you know I am in Texas?" I said yeah so I can be there around 6 will that work? He said yeah and off I went.
My 04 is pretty much stock, except I upgraded the hood to struts ones off @oldxr parts truck, along with the wiper arms. I swapped the door panels to later versions from some I bought from Cleveland. I updated the air cleaner to the 05 air cleaner.
It also had some interior trim pieces upgraded with new satin parts and some weather strips I got from Mike Byers.
This truck got me started and I still have it, but drive it less then my Blur. It rides good on stock suspension, upgraded with new shocks, upper control arms, Trail Blazer 4 bolt cross bar, Cooling system upgrades. It has an after market fan and all new hoses. I thought about selling it but I still have it.
And as for my wife giving it to me for Christmas. Well she went to the dealer and signed the paper work for it, but did not put any money down on it. She said I owed my mother in law $1000 for the title and taxes. Merry Christmas.
I told my wife I was going to go pick up some parts and would be back later. She asked where I was going and I said a little south of Springfield. The reason for the little white lie was if I told her I was going to Texas, she would have wanted to go along and visit her parents who lived in Texas then but we were both still in Missouri.
I had seen an add for a pair of running boards on Face Book Market place. The picture was kind of bad. It showed the end of the boxes stacked one on top of the other. The description was not very well written something along the lines of side steps with the part numbers and the picture of the box only. No pictures of the boards them selves.
I messaged the guy for a better picture and sure enough a pair of NOS in the box boards. I asked if I could pick them up the next day around 6-6:30. He said sure. I sent him a message the next morning around 7:30 sending him my phone number. He got it and responded with "Dude that is a Missouri number you know I am in Texas?" I said yeah so I can be there around 6 will that work? He said yeah and off I went.
My 04 is pretty much stock, except I upgraded the hood to struts ones off @oldxr parts truck, along with the wiper arms. I swapped the door panels to later versions from some I bought from Cleveland. I updated the air cleaner to the 05 air cleaner.
It also had some interior trim pieces upgraded with new satin parts and some weather strips I got from Mike Byers.
This truck got me started and I still have it, but drive it less then my Blur. It rides good on stock suspension, upgraded with new shocks, upper control arms, Trail Blazer 4 bolt cross bar, Cooling system upgrades. It has an after market fan and all new hoses. I thought about selling it but I still have it.
And as for my wife giving it to me for Christmas. Well she went to the dealer and signed the paper work for it, but did not put any money down on it. She said I owed my mother in law $1000 for the title and taxes. Merry Christmas.
