- The truck market today
is saturated with auto manufacturers.
Ford,
Chevy,
GMC,
Dodge,
or Ram, right?
We have those, we have Toyota, we have Nissan,
and don't even get me started on the electric truck market.
Right?
Right or wrong or otherwise,
you can't deny that there are a lot of trucks on the market.
And while most people have their preferences,
Chevy has just always seemingly
been towards the top of that list.
Now I get it,
maybe that's because I grew up around them,
I don't know, but to me,
it just seems that they've always been
in the more popular trucks over the last few decades.
But despite all the square wheel welds
and Vortec loving goodness,
Chevy did one thing in the last few years
that really shook the market up
and took people by a lot of surprise.
I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets,
you guys can follow me on Instagram @dusty.co.
And today, today we have a spicy one for you.
We're back from LTN, we're here in the office,
we are in the studio to go over
just why you may want a 2019+ Chevy Silverado 1500.
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No, listen, before we dive into this
all new, which is really a few years old,
which means it's not actually new,
but it's still new enough for us to talk about,
thanks for watching.
We started this channel way back in 2015,
which is like six years ago already,
because we love trucks as much as you guys do
and we're just happy as hell to be here.
Also, if you guys haven't seen it yet,
we're in the process of building another SEMA truck
and you're not gonna want to miss it.
It may not be a Silverado, but in true Sima truck fashion,
it's extremely behind schedule.
And while it may not be fun for us,
it's actually probably really fun for you guys to watch,
so I mean, hey, you might as well have a few laughs
even if it is at the expense
of literally all my hair turning gray,
like I got actually,
if you look it's right, right there,
there's like a little one there and there's one there.
They're all over the place.
You don't worry about that.
- [Man] You're just ugly.
- Damn.
Shut up, Bigs.
Besides you're gonna wanna stay tuned
because at the end of the build series,
we've got some really big news for you
that you're not gonna wanna miss on that truck.
It's big,
like really big,
and it's kinda cool so check it out.
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it's this side, cool.
Into the Silverado, when it comes to pickup trucks,
there are few who can stand toe to toe
with the old Chevrolet.
At its core,
Chevrolet has been making trucks
since essentially the dawn of time.
Like seriously,
shortly after the dinosaurs walked the earth
and a big comet struck them down,
Chevy introduced their first pickup truck.
This was in 1918, in case you're wondering.
This half ton delivery vehicle
was powered by a 3.7 liter inline four cylinder engine
that produced, get this, all of 36 horsepower,
and marginally enough torque to even crank the wheels tight.
While not setting any land speed records,
this model T would pave the way
for the future of Chevy trucks.
And it even included a beautiful dark blue Chevy bow tie
right up there on the front of the radiator.
Side note.
Can we talk about how bitchin this thing is like,
how fricking cool is this little steak bed pickup truck
thing with a massive windshield
that literally sits vertically on the hood,
just plopped in there
that looks like somebody just stuck it in the sand.
Do you guys think we could put some 14 wides on it
with some street tires maybe?
I bet you that would look sick.
Regardless of how little horsepower the model T would make,
it would undeniably pave the way for the modern pickup
of today's market.
By 1929, just 11 short years later,
Chevy had ditched the open operator's platform
in favor of the enclosed cabin design of the Chevy delivery.
This styling redesigned would continue to be prevalent
until about the 50's,
at which point Chevy trucks
really started to resemble actual pickups,
like we know them today.
As the years progressed and the body style changed,
Chevy always seemed
to just have some of the best looking trucks,
according to popular opinion,
especially the iconic '03-'07 classic Silverado's,
especially if they came with an LBC,
not that I'm biased or anything.
Right.
Regardless of if you love them or hate them,
the general public seems to be overall happy
with Chevy's design choices
all the way up through the 2018 model year.
In 2019 though,
this would all change
and it kind of set the world on fire,
which is why we're here.
♪ We are young ♪
♪ So I'll set the world on fire ♪
Introduced in a crisp cold winter morning
in Detroit, Michigan,
Chevrolet would debut the all new Silverado 1500
on January 13th of 2018.
This completely new redesign
would come out swinging
making claims of things like the most functional bed
of any full-sized truck,
and up to 450 pounds lighter
from mixed materials for improved performance.
Perhaps one of the biggest announcements that they made
with this new redesign though,
would be the engine offerings
that GM option these trucks with.
Sure they would offer the traditional V8 offerings
as they always have.
And probably always will,
with things like the bulletproof tried and true,
5.3 liter Vortec
as well as the 6.8 liter high output engine of the past.
But new for this body style was a leap
in the direction of fuel efficiency.
The 3.0 liter, baby, Duramax.
We actually did a whole video on this truck
when it first came out,
which you can see here.
This new teeny tiny little Duramax engine
would actually prove to be quite popular.
I know personally,
we got a guy here that has one and he absolutely loves it.
It's got plenty of torque.
It's got plenty of power.
It's smooth, it's quiet.
And it gets pretty incredible fuel economy,
even with the 33 12 1/2 R20's
stuffed up in there with a leveling kit.
In terms of trim packages on this new redesigned,
Chevy really split their lineup
into not two but three separate segments.
We're talking high value,
high feature and high volume,
each with their own unique characteristics.
Kicking it off with the high value trucks,
this is where you're gonna find things
like your traditional work truck trim,
which is as base as it comes with vinyl or cloth seats,
17 inch wheels,
and the Chevy badging across the grill and the tailgates.
Also found in this high value,
would be the custom,
which was little more than an up badged work trim
with a body color match, trim pieces,
20 inch wheels and LED tail lights.
Coming in in the middle of the pack
is the high volume trucks,
which were designed to sell to your average customer.
This would include things like the LT trim,
the RST and the LT trail boss trim,
which included things like Chrome accents on the bumpers,
LED headlights,
and of course the 22 inch wheels from the freaking factory.
Listen, do you guys remember when 20x12's were big?
Because I do.
I remember when if you had a 20x12 44,
you were the coolest kid on the block,
and now you can get a brand new Silverado
with 22's on it.
What a time to be alive.
Chevy also offered their high feature trims,
which of course are the LTZ and the High Country.
You guys already know about all those,
you know how we feel about them.
So let's say that you maybe want to scoop up
one of these trucks here,
like what can you really expect?
Well, for starters,
these trucks are quiet on the inside
and are much quieter than some of the previous trucks,
like take Banker Silverado for example,
who literally has the exhaust cutoff under the rear cabin
because Banker's a 16 year old
and doesn't believe in full exhaust systems.
And even his truck
is still extremely easy to take on a road trip.
Heck, we took his truck eight and a half hours
over to visit the millennial farmer in Minnesota,
and it was pretty smooth and pretty quiet
for the whole eight hour drive we went there.
But how's the aftermarket support?
I mean, let's face it,
if you guys are anything like us,
you just can't leave anything stock.
The good news here
is that it's stock height 2019 Silverado,
just like this one,
is gonna clear 20x10's
and a set of 33's with some minor trimming,
which is a lot of wheel and tire stuffed in there
for a GM truck because, you know,
GM did that cool thing
where they had square wheel wells
and you could fit like a 255/45,
which basically a car tire
because you wheel well with square and your tire was round,
and then when you went to turn, it would just.
I promise I'm still not mad about that.
I'm just really disappointed,
that a four and a half inch lift
only clears me like a 33 on a 14 wide.
If you're willing to go up a few inches,
you're in luck,
because a six inch lift
is gonna clear it 35's on a 12 wide,
without too many issues,
just like this one.
One important note here
is if you are actually planning on
getting a 2019 and above Silverado,
you're going to want to get a little creative
with your wheels.
See, Chevy did this cool thing
where they decided that they wanted to stop better,
so they put a bigger brake caliper upfront on these trucks.
That's cool, right?
Not a big deal.
However, along with that larger brake caliper,
they also engineered this little cooling fan
into the caliper,
so, it would keep the calc cool
if you were towing stuff through the mountains or something.
This is also cool, both figuratively and literally,
but it makes aftermarket wheel entire fitment a nightmare
because chances are,
you're going to need to run a small three-inch spacer
to clear the brakes.
It's not the end of the world,
but it's a very important thing to note
if you're looking at aftermarket wheels and tires.
What do you guys think?
Would you drive a 2019 or above Silverado,
or are you gonna stay far away from these ones?
Let us know down in the comments section below,
and as always, be sure to like the video,
share it with a friend.
And if you guys need wheels and tires
that come not imbalanced
and shipped to your door for free,
if you need a lift kit,
you need bumpers and lighting and performance parts,
because we have those too,
you can check all that out
at customersets.com.
With that,
I'm Dustin and we'll see you guys on the next one.
I'm gonna go home now.
Just kidding, it's like 2PM,
I'm gonna go back to work.
Goodbye.
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