My 2000 Sierra, Sophie

[silverado13]

i paid $6000 for my 2000 z71 and it only had 93,000 on it, and was in good condition and everything works

 

[Bonecollector]

Your 2000 would be about $8000-9000 here


Sent from Team Sierra

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

Yeah, it's hard to find anything decent GMT800 for less than $7000

 

[silverado13]

im not gonna lie, when i saw my truck at the dealership and found out the price i was really wondering what was wrong with it but the saleman said, its just because its 14 years old.....i said good enough for me

 

[Bonecollector]

If you converted my 02s KM into miles it has about 67,000 miles on it and I paid 6900, so stoked and lucky to have gotten it


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[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

im not gonna lie, when i saw my truck at the dealership and found out the price i was really wondering what was wrong with it but the saleman said, its just because its 14 years old.....i said good enough for me

I wish they would look at it the same way with the crew cab 2500. I found an 01 the other day, they had $11,000 on the window

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

If you converted my 02s KM into miles it has about 67,000 miles on it and I paid 6900, so stoked and lucky to have gotten it


Sent from Team Sierra

That's a real good deal man, very nice

 

[silverado13]

one block over they had a 05, Z71 crew cab, that only had 83,000 miles on it and they wanted 15,--- for it but it was the cleanest damn truck ive ever seen, it looked like it came out of the factory, some old guy owned it as a side vehicle. 1 owner

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

Very nice! That's what I need to find, just in a 2500

 

[silverado13]

i didnt want to pay 15,000 for a truck at the time, but i could go for a 2500 diesel

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

Lol I don't want to either, but I want something I don't have to worry about not pulling and something that I won't have to work on. That way I can focus on building my 2000

 

[silverado13]

i need to get around to lifting my truck

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

As soon as I can afford it mine is goin at least 6 inches higher

 

[silverado13]

im going to look at the price difference between a 6 and up, i know a 4 and a 6 are almost the same price, so im going to have to do my research

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

Yeah I'll have to do some research too. I'm pretty sure 6 is all I'll want to go up. At least on this truck haha

 

[BigGraySophieTheSierra]

So my build is going to get complicated real soon. Last weekend I noticed going around some corners that one of my rear wheels was dragging the pavement, so the next morning I drained the rear diff and found some chunks

and a ton of shavings.
Hopped online and found a good deal on a rear end with the ratio I need, although it's from a 3/4 ton. I decided to go for it, and swap my while suspension to 3/4 ton. Figured why not since I'd like to put a 6.0 and 4L80E in one day anyway.
I'm going to a pick-a-part this weekend to test fit some parts I'm a little concerned about not fitting, but I think this will be a fun project
Here's my new to me rear end