Styx's Slowly but Surely Black Build

Welcome to my picture heavy build and travel thread. Any mods, maintenance, work, or trips I do with the truck will be posted up with lots of pics. Enjoy!

9/17/15




11/7/14




8/13/14




8/7/14




5/18/14




Mods so far:

Exterior:
De-badged tailgate
Black Door Badges
Custom TRD Black bed decals from Sockmonkey
Pinch weld mod
Blinker Relocation mod
Mudflaps removed
Tube steps removed
Black painted fender flares

Engine:
Deckplate mod
K&N drop in filter

Suspension:
Icon 2.5 coilovers up front set to 2"
Icon 2.0 Series rear shocks
Icon 3 leaf AAL
Stainless Braid extended rear brake line

Wheels & Tires:
Konig Countersteer 16x8
BFG All Terrain 285/75/R16

Future mods:
Camburg or Icon uni-ball UCAs
Tube bumper w/ LED light bar

Maintenance record (mostly for me):

60,179- Oil change, Tire Rotation and balance, New air filter, Transmission Service
65,400- Oil and filter
71,053- Oil and filter
~75,xxx- Oil and filter
79,826- New Icon coilovers and alignment
80,734- Synthetic oil and filter
85,350- Timing belt, tensioner, idler pulleys, drive belts, water pump, t-stat, radiator cap, rad hoses & clamps, new coolant, synth oil and filter
89,450- New BFG A/T tires, Icon 3 leaf AAL, Icon rear shocks, rear stainless braided brake line, brake fluid flush
~90,xxx K&N filter, throttle body and MAF cleaning, synth oil and filter.
~94,xxx Tire rotation and balance
95,004 Spark plugs and wires, fuel filter, synth oil and filter
95,2xx New battery
96,780New rear catalytic converter
97,538 Transmission service and filter change
97,870 Power steering pump rebuild, fresh power steering fluid, and full trans flush.
100,055 Tire Rotation and balance
100,262 Synthetic oil and filter
100,722 Front brake pads and new rotors
102,867 New Throttle position sensor (P0120)
103,146 Replaced steering rack bushings and alignment
136,214 Front brake pads and resurfaced front rotors, valve cover gaskets, spark plugs


How she was when I first got her:



Deckplate Mod





Removed mudflaps and tube steps



Sockmonkey custom bed decals



Konig Countersteer 16x8s with stock tires



Painted my fender flares black

 

Installed my Icon 2.5 coilovers today! been wanting these for the longest time and finally got them. on to the pics...








All finished and sittin pretty! Bro-leanin FTW

 

sick truck man. like them wheels u got on it. i like too how u painted ur fender flares. looks good. what all did u use to paint em with? did u rough sand too?

 

Subbed...

 

Thanks bro! I primered them, sanded, then painted.

Here's a pic of them primered

 

Thanks man for the pic and the advice. I have took mine off one time rough sanded and painted and still has a Shiney black. But the next time I'm leaving them on.

 

Well if you do paint them again and leave them on, i'll let ya know it was a major PITA masking them off... since the flares are curved the only way to mask them is with like 100 little bits of masking tape and it takes a long time. also make sure you wax the truck before painting just in case any overspray gets on the truck you can get it off with a good wash.

 

Did a little photo shoot yesterday... I love the stance these Icons give the truck!

 

sweet pics dude. now the next thing is black out the grille and the bumpers and that will look sick having black on black. haha

 

Yea i've been contemplating this... I've been thinking I can just do it with plasti-dip first to see if I like it. lol if not just peel it off

 

Switching to Full Synthetic and OEM filter...

 

In anticipation of new tires and adding my rear lift, I did a test fit at work of some 285/75/R16 BFG A/Ts just to see how they would fit with my current setup in the front. Pretty stoked to find out they fit just fine! I don't plan on getting BFGs but i just used them for the test fit. I need to do the pinch weld mod and i'll be set to get the 285s. Here are some pics

 

Truck looks really good man! I love those wheels

 

Thanks bro! Yea I am really happy with these wheels... Just need new tires tho lol

 

Jeez that sky looks awesome in your pics.

 

Did the "pinch weld mod" this morning, super simple and took like 5 minutes. I bent over the little corner part of the pinch weld, but i'll probably have to grind/cut some more of it off when I install the 285s

Before:





After:

 

Got myself a nice little package in the mail today from Aircabinman on Ebay... Probably gonna do the work sometime in the next couple weeks.

 

I got the same package about a month ago.....was a fun and interesting project.

 

U did it ur self? lol any tips or advice? This will be my first time doin a timing belt...
Edit: did u remove the radiator completely?

 

Well I finished my timing belt/water pump job last week and just got around to posting about it... It was a very interesting project to say the least. Here are a couple lessons I learned/ suggestions for anyone who wants to do this.

1. It's really difficult to access the tensioner without moving the a/c compressor out of the way. If u can, get it discharged before u get started so u can remove it completely from the engine bay. I just unbolted it and moved it out of the way but there was very little room and made it a pain in the ass to get to the tensioner.

2. No need to remove the power steering pump. U just have to loosen the adjuster bolt when putting your v-belt back on.

3. Make sure you have the right tools! U need a good breaker bar and torque wrench capable of 217ft/lbs for the crank pulley removal/install. Ratcheting box end wrenches make the job a hell of a lot easier too.

4. When loosening/ tightening the crank pulley bolt, u can remove the lower torque converter cover and wedge a screwdriver into the starter ring gear teeth to prevent the crank from moving. It can be exceptionally hard to break the torque on that bolt so as I said, make sure u have a nice strong breaker bar.

5. If your up for it, fully remove the radiator. If u have an auto trans, ur goin to lose some ATF when u disconnect the cooler lines from the radiator. I didn't do this because I didn't feel like f***ing with the trans fluid, but it would have given me a lot more room to get tools and stuff in there.

That's all I can think of now, if u wanna do this project just make sure u do ur research and get the proper tools. Good luck guys!