Description
Static Pawpaw is a 1992 GMC Sierra SLE. I bought it in 2017 as something to drive back and forth to work. The truck had been sitting for about a year with the original engine locked up. Once I got it home it was time to find a new engine. I found a NAPA crate 350 a guy was going to put in a 30s Model A. So I get the truck running and got all of the bugs worked out. Then I was getting ready to do my first ever lower kit install. I ordered the McGaughys 4/6 kit and found some old 15” rally wheels to throw on. That look only lasted a couple years. Then I got tired of the lowered look so I decided to take the lowering kit off and go back to stock. I drove it like that for maybe a year then that’s when I started toying with the idea of a new paint job. So I talked to a friend of mine that’s an awesome painter about doing it and we agreed on a price then I began the tear-down process. Little by little things began to come off trim, emblems, molding, etc. I was still driving it in the meantime until I got as far as I could. Once I had everything sanded down it was time to take off the last few pieces like the taillights, headlights, and grill and load it on the trailer. After I dropped the truck off I was looking at the parts I took off and was like I can’t put this stuff back on. A nice new paint job needs to have nice new parts to go with it. So I would just order what I could here and there. Once a new part would come in I would ceramic coat it and put it back in the package so when the truck was finished all of the parts were ready to be installed. I picked up the truck a little before thanksgiving 2020 got it back to the shop and started installing all of its new parts. A few months later I decided to get some new wheels and tires as well. (U.S. MAGS would later become a sponsor) I absolutely hated to look of the truck. The height, stance, and wheels just weren’t working together. (During this time we picked up our first sponsor from C/K Society on August 2nd) So I did some research on different front lowering kits (I still had the rear kit from before but sold the spindles) and IHC Suspension was the winner so I ordered their control arm kit. (IHC Suspension would later become a sponsor) After installing the new kit for the front and I put the old McGaughys back on the rear “Static Pawpaw” was born on August 14th. A super huge shoutout to our sponsors C/K Society, IHC Suspension, U.S. MAGS. I love you guys!!!!!
Wheels: US MAGS Bullets
(Front) 20×8 (Rear) 20×9.5
Tires: (Front) 245/40/20
(Rear) 275/35/20
Suspension: (Front) IHC 3” upper/lower lowering control arms, McGaughys 2” lowering springs, Belltech 4” lowering shocks
(Rear) McGaughys, C-notch, flip kit, Belltech 6” lowering shocks with shock extenders.
Engine: 350 NAPA Crate
Exhaust: New 2 1/4” pipe all the way through and 3” tips. No cats. (2) Magnaflow mufflers with dual Magnaflow tips.
Paint: Repainted in 2020. Original paint scheme but not original colors.
Window tint: (Rear) 5% (Sides) 20% (Front) 20%
Interior: All original.
Exterior: All new. (Front) bumper, air dam, grill, GMC emblem for grill, headlights, corner markers, SLE emblems, .50 cal antenna, side mirrors, window trim, fender trim, side molding, cargo light, door handles, tailgate handle, tailgate cables, tail lights, (rear) bumper, GMC trucks emblem, sierra emblem, Line-X bed liner. Bulbs converted to LEDs. All items were ceramic coated before installation.
