Street Speed 717: A Duramax Update with Mods

Welcome to Street Speed 717, where today it's cold outside, but we're going to talk about some mods that I've recently done to my Duramax. As you can see behind me, this is my Duramax update parking lot and also the place where Prius owners like to call the cops on me. Let's start with the obvious, which is fender flares. I've taken them off, and that's because one of them has recently sustained some damage.

My front left Fender Flare, my front right driver-side fender flare, and as you can see, they're pretty beat up normally. This would sit like this on the truck now. I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but I do think I know how it happened. I must have hit a bump while I was off-roading recently, and the tire bounced back and hit these plastic OEM Fender Flare. So, they don't surprise me that it broke so easily. And of course, when you're running massive tires where the clearance is already limited, there's not a whole lot of room for the tire to bounce back when you're doing things like going over big bumps.

I will have to get a new Fender Flare, luckily they are not too expensive. For an unpainted one, it's like $50. I probably will get a painted one just so that it matches the rest of them when the wrap eventually comes off. So, it's like $150. Not the end of the world but still sucks that I'm out $150. But why did I take all of them off even if they're in good condition? Well, let me tell you.

I've been thinking about this for a while now, and to be honest with you, I just wanted to update my truck. I wanted it to look modern and sleek, but at the same time, still keep that classic Duramax feel. So, I decided to take off all the old fender flares and replace them with new ones.

However, before I started this project, I realized that I needed a more modern setup for my truck's audio system. Whenever I tried to listen to the radio or charge my phone at the same time, all I got was static through the radio, and I couldn't even charge my phone properly. That made me say okay, I need to get a better system.

So, I went with this Pioneer system that has a touchscreen, Bluetooth, and all that good stuff. It's modern and sleek, just like I wanted for my truck. But, as you can see behind me now, it didn't quite fit in seamlessly with the rest of the truck.

The problem was that the old fender flares were attached to the truck using a combination of screws and clips. When I took them off, they left some marks on the truck's body. And when I tried to put the new Fender Flare back, it didn't fit quite right because of those marks. So, I had to fix that issue.

Luckily, the damage wasn't too severe. The old Fender Flares were just scratched up a bit, and the wrap was a little damaged. But, overall, it's still in great condition. And, as I said before, replacing one new fender flare is like $250, so it's a relatively cheap fix.

But what happened to my truck, you might ask? Well, let me tell you about that story too. When I was driving through the water, there were trees growing along the bank, and one of the exposed roots just hit my truck and scraped along as I drove by. And when I noticed a massive chunk of tree stuck in my tire the other day, it made me realize what happened.

I have to admit, that was quite a close call for my truck. But, thankfully, it's still in great condition, and we're able to fix any damage that might be there. So, this update is going well so far.

Overall, I'm really happy with how things are turning out. The new Fender Flares look great, the Pioneer system is modern and sleek, and my truck is still in great shape despite that close call.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome to Street speed 717 where today it is cold as outside but aside from it being really cold we are going to talk about some mods that I've recently done to the Duramax as many of you know this is my Duramax update parking lot and also the place where Prius owners like to call the cops on me let's start with the obvious which is fender flares as you can see I have taken them off and that is because one of them has recently sustained some damage so let's go ahead and look at that so this is my front left Fender Flare my front uh driver side fender flare and as you can see here it uh is pretty up normally this would sit like this on the truck now I'm not exactly sure sure when this happened but I do think I know how this happened because I must have hit a bump while I was off-roading recently and the tire bounced back and hit this these are just crappy you know plastic OEM Fender Flare so it doesn't surprise me that it broke so easily and also of course when you're running Massive Tires where the clearance is already I mean when I turn the wheel all the way it just about hits this so there's not a whole lot of room here for the tire to bounce back when you're doing things like going over big bumps so I will have to get a new uh OEM Fender Flare luckily they are not too expensive I think for an unpainted one it's like 50 bucks I probably will get a painted one just so that it matches the rest of them when the wrap eventually comes off so I think it's like $150 not the end of the world but still sucks that I'm out 150 bucks but why did I take all of them off even if just one of them is broken well you know that does kind of piss me off I'm not I don't really have OCD but you know maybe I do to a very small degree because if I have one that's broken and looks all messed up then it makes me not want to have the rest of them on there so that the truck is equal the main reason why I decided to take all them off is because we are actually working on a new wrap for my truck and I'm going to have to take them off anyway so might as well do it now this original wrap was a little bit more simple we went from Silver Birch metallic as you can see in the bed to kind of a flat uh medium gray and we want to do a crazy show WAP this year for Motorama at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex I know it sounds so so redneck the the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex but anyway uh Motorama is a show that I could best describe as kind of like our mini SEMA here and it's not just for vendors you can bring your car there but it's mainly for vendors and to show off you know crazy tuner cars and trucks and things like that so um we want to have this truck ready for that show as well as my vet is going to be there and we're going to be unveiling the new rrap uh for that as well and details to follow uh but like I said we wanted to do a crazy show RP for that event this year and I'm going to be there with Shane representing his uh company in Shane designs of course and Andy's going to be there as well uh who if you don't follow the channel and de modified my car and Nick's car uh my Z06 has over 700 wheel horsepower um so we're going to be doing kind of a a joint setup there with in chain designs and Andy from Diablo Formula racing Motorama this year is going to be absolutely nuts like I said we're unveiling a new wrap for the durax and for the Corvette so I will keep you guys updated on all the event uh details the original plan was to you know get a new Fender Flare and then rewrap them when the truck gets wrapped and then put them back on but one of the things I was thinking about doing was just leaving them off uh as you can see right now when you take them out you get these really ugly well let's be honest these really ugly looking holes uh here but what we could do is just wrap over them and make it look really nice and I don't know let me know what you guys think here in the comments but I kind of like the look of no fender flares it looks a little bit more a little bit more clean a little bit more simple and also makes the truck look even wider than it already is so that might be something that I actually end up doing with the fender flar is out of the way let's talk about the next mod for the truck which is inside so as you can see I finally bit the bullet and bought a head unit usually I don't like aftermarket head units because they don't match the rest of the vehicle like you can see here I mean this looks very modern and then the rest is mid 2000s GM which was really like from the 9s so it doesn't really match but here's a weird thing uh and maybe other people have experienced this I I don't know or maybe it's just me hopefully it's not just me but whenever I tried to listen to the radio and charge my phone at the same time so when I had something plugged in to either to either little cigarette lighter thing here uh all I got through the radio was static so I couldn't listen to the radio and charge my phone at the same time and that is what really made me say okay this I I can't do it anymore I have to get a more uh modern setup so I went with this Pioneer uh system I don't really know the specifics of it or anything but it's got a touchscreen a Bluetooth and all that good stuff and with that being said let's go ahead and get to the damage I don't know how well you're going to be able to see this because the WRA does a good job of hiding it but as you can hopefully see and this is a good one here you can definitely tell I'm looking on the screen right now you can definitely see that one um you can see that the truck did sustain some damage here and this happened I guess you know again when I was off-roading another off-roading injury don't remember it happening at all though I mean I had a passenger who was watching out for things I don't remember a time when he was like oh you're about to hit something I don't remember a time all day where I was even close to hitting something so I really I really have no idea there's all kinds of little dents here and the wrap sustain some damage which of course you know luckily we are replacing it already so not a big deal but uh keep in mind this was a perfect truck didn't have any dents didn't really have any scratch either so for this to happen is is kind of a bummer for me the good news is that I'm sure it can be repaired and even if it can't a new bedside for one of these is like 250 bucks so it's a relatively cheap fix shut up what I think happened was when I was driving through the water there's trees growing along the bank and um one of the exposed roots I think just hit the truck and then scraped along as I drove by but here's something funny I have a massive chunk of trees stuck in my tire this is really jammed in here and I just noticed it the other day so it's been in here for it's been in here for quite a while I'll have to work on getting that out that is going to do it for this Duramax update I got to get new Fender Flares I got to fix the dent and news on the wrap will be coming soon I sincerely hope that you all enjoyed this video if you're stopping in for the first time please subscribe take care have a great day w\n"