Chevy Salesman Gives Viewers a Taste of the Silverado Black Widow
SCA Performance’s tricked-out Silverado looks good and sports some nifty features, but it’s pretty expensive.
Car customization is sacred. It allows owners to create something truly unique and worthy of attention. Some buyers will want to upgrade their trucks on their own, but options are available for those who’d rather purchase something that’s been upgraded before they get the keys. We’ve covered customized trucks before, and they’re always a treat to share.
Dealer sanctioned upgrades are the subject of a recent video posted on YouTube by Mike Davenport (aka “Chevy Dude”). Davenport shares his excitement with viewers over the SCA Silverado Black Widow. It’s unquestionably a great-looking Silverado, but is it worth the $18,000 price tag?
Davenport is a salesman who uses his channel to promote vehicles that he can then sell to his viewers. Nothing wrong with that, and fortunately he is pretty up front about what he’s doing. That being said, he is motivated to hype the inventory on his lot, and that’s exactly what he does throughout the video. “This truck is made by SCA Performance, and while I usually tell people that you’ve got to beware of these stickers, as these stickers are a ripoff, [but] this is the one exception,” says Davenport. We’ll have to keep an eye on his channel to see if he makes further exceptions. And to be fair, the truck does look quite sinister.
As far as looks go, SCA hit a homerun with the Black Widow package. The company puts a six-inch lift kit on the trucks and 36-inch BF Goodrich all-terrain KO2 tires on their own rims. The alloys look just as great as the leather seats you see in the picture above, which is actually an option on Black Widow trucks. Presumably, Davenport’s dealership felt that they were worth paying for. He certainly thinks so. “I think this is a little bit better than leather coming from the factory,” says Davenport.
‘This truck is made by SCA Performance, and while I usually tell people that you’ve got to beware of these stickers, as they are a ripoff, [but] this is the one exception.’
The interior gets other upgrades too. SCA installs LED projector puddle lights that activate when you open the front driver and passenger side doors. All the backlit gauges are changed to red, and the drivers cockpit gets its own custom setup as well, which may be the best cosmetic upgrade in the package.
Davenport made sure to catch the upgrades that aren’t spider-themed as well. The lift kit gets good coverage and he puts the camera right next to the SCA exhaust while the Chevy Silverado is running so viewers can listen to the sweet burble the truck emits at idle.
The tail end of the video has Davenport showing us the truck’s pricing break down. He doesn’t keep anything vague.
“We always post our best and our lowest price on our website,” he says in the clip. Aside from the factory rebate and incentives, Davenport’s dealer lists the Black Widow package at $18,000. That is a pretty high figure for what you get, but as Davenport demonstrates, the quality of the upgrades is top notch. Bachman Chevrolet also expects quite a bit of money for this particular truck too. Without the Black Widow package, the dealer shaved about $3,000 off the MSRP. With incentives, the discounts amount to about $10,000, which not coincidentally matches up with their “Open House Event Price.” Basically, they’re only taking about $3,000 off the total price of the truck even when the Black Widow package is added in.
That being said, Davenport is honest about the Silverado’s incentives. He rightfully points out the typical dealer trick of posting rebates that no customer could possibly qualify for. We’d go a step further and commend Bachman Chevrolet for simply talking about the price of the truck at all. Some dealerships will refuse to even discuss vehicle cost until they meet face-to-face with a prospective customer. It’s an old school tactic that unfortunately is still in practice today. Davenport’s price may be a little high, but honesty is always refreshing, and sometimes it’s worth paying a little extra to avoid intense haggling. As for the Black Widow package, it’s worth checking out the video to see all the goodies that come with it.