New guy with 2006 sierra

[SnakeKP]

Hey guys im from South Texas and am daily driving and towing with a 2006 CCSB GMC Z71 1500, I dont tow any crazy loads with it so I wont be pushing its limits, mostly just moving around my track car and such things.

I have always wanted a 4x4 and though I dont need it im glad I have it, im not really planning on lifting it, maybe just a leveling kit, but nothing else.

I would like to make it a funner DD, it has an intake and flowmaster 40 series welded in place of the stock unit. I will be putting long tubes, coustom dyno tune, and some new wheels on it for now, and in the future maybe a mild cam and respective springs and rods.

I purchased the truck with the full red neck treatment that seems to be quintessential down here, 285/70/17 BFGs, Ranch hand brush guard, and westin nerf bars (of which other than the tires are rotting in my back yard). I have also cranked it about level to my liking.

Ill leave you with some pics and a question.

Can I run a 17 x 9 with a 5" backspacing wheel with a 285/70/17 tire on the set up I am running? (285/70/17 fit fine and never rub with stock wheels.

And here the beast sits with my baby in tow:

[567234ta]

welcome to the site, im sure many here will tell you get a nelson tune lol, i will too. If your towing a lot of the time a shift kit, tranny cooler and extra capacity pan will keep the transmission running cooler and last much longer. I have a shift kit in my 4l80e and during normal driving it just shifts firm where you feel it shift but not anything harsh at all, under hard acceleration it shifts fast and crisp. Allen Nelson built it all for me though. I personally don't know if those wheels would fit well but if you measure the backspacing you have now and crank the wheels you will be able to see how much room you have to go.

[SnakeKP]

Ah thank you for the advise.

I do mostly daily driving with my truck so I would be worried about the shift kit destroying my tranny. Or is that not the case? I am pretty proficient with a wrench but I still don't think that I would want to install the shift kit myself, something about auto trannys scares me, how much is charged to get these installed usually? Also which is the best kit for my 4l60e I have seen about 15 different ones?

Also if anyone has a confirmation on wheel fitment that would be great, I think that they should fit.

Thanks,
Kris

[Bigschwerm]

Welcome

[SnakeKP]

Did some cool new stuff in my life...

Truck with old tires..



Truck with new tires and car before it was totaled



Turboed and tuned at 10psi



Friend totaled it for me..



And a recent drift event I did in my dads totally stock miata...



Im going to be doing some work on my truck so I was updating what I have been working on lately

[Botlfed]

truck looks good man, sucks about your car.....but it was a miata.

[double047]

Welcome.

[beingblueeyes]

welcome
truck motor+miata......