I got everything switched from cloth to leather last weekend. Major comfort improvement. The stock seats had 4-way adjustable driver's seat and fully manual seat on the passenger side. The biggest failing on the driver's side was the lack of lumbar support, much less adjustable lumbar. The new seats are 12 way adjustable on both driver and passenger side. My wife and I had to merge the two wiring harnesses to make everything work. The donor was a crew cab 1/2t and mine is an ex-cab 3/4t. There was quite a bit of difference between the two and that took some doing to hybridize both harnesses into one. I will get some pics later, we didn't take any during the process, we were too busy on the install.
The second item was the front bumper. I called Buckstop bumpers this morning planning on ordering my "classic" bumper for my truck in aluminum. The aluminum saves approximately 100lbs over the steel version. I really didn't want to add any more dead weight to the front than I had to. I called and apparently they are in the middle of a redesign in the winch mounting areas. They had a failure on a Dodge which almost pulled the bumper off of the truck, so no front bumper for me right now. I'm dying to get my winch mounted, but I am not having much luck.
I have looked at Aluminess and I really don't like their design, it's too "underbite" looking. Buckstop's is the most svelte of any of the designs I have found and I really like how close to the grill they keep everything. Those are the only two aluminum winch bumpers I have found for a chevy.
Buckstop said they won't be taking any orders until maybe June, they are extremely backed up right now, so everything else is on the back burner. I guess the bumper will have to wait, bummer.
Jack
