Hunter11

Mine was installed up.

Yes sir. They have a good rep around here. No I do not. Not sure what I would take pictures of.

I paid $225 to have the front and rear shocks installed and an alignment.

I went with 1" on the fronts.

My wife rode in my truck yesterday for the first time since I had the 5100's installed and within two miles she said your truck rides much better than it use to. Now she wants them on her truck.

I had a set of 5100's installed on my 19 GMC X31 this morning. Now the truck rides and drives like it should have from the factory. The "float" I had is gone. As the rest have said, just a better ride all around. I had mine installed at a local shop I use and they charged $225 to install the shocks and struts and did an alignment on it. Very happy with it now.

Had the one on my wife's old 14 removed and had the one on her 17 removed as soon as we got it. A local muffler shop charged me $60 on each of them. The exhaust has a little more of a throaty rumble and she noticed no difference in sound when the AFM kicks in. Even with the valve pinned open it is a pretty big restriction in the exhaust pipe.

That happened on my wife's old 2014 and I put a bolt, washers and nut on it and never had anymore issues with it. Plan to do the same on her 17 if it does it.

I had the flapper valve removed on my wife's 17 the first week we got it. The sound is a deeper tone that she is happy with. If you look at that valve in the pipe even in the open position it is still a big restriction in the system.

I had a muffler shop do it. They cut the flapper valve out and put in a piece of pipe. I kept the valve but will probably throw it away at some point. Like I said in my earlier post, it is a big restriction in the system. They charged me $70 to do it.

We traded my wife's 14 in on a 17 about a month ago. On the 14 I had the flapper valve removed after we had owned a while and within a week of picking up her 17 I drove it one day and had the valve removed on it. We both think the exhaust tone is a little deeper and have had no other issues with it. To me it was just a big restriction in the stock exhaust.

I have been looking at getting a Range AFM Disabler for my wife's truck since she hates the constant in and out of v4. She likes driving it in M5 but just can't remember every time to do it. I to would like to make sure before I order one that it does not have to be re-seated after each time the truck is turned off. I can't imagine having to do that as it would be a real PITA and she will not go for that. Not going to tune it and lose the warranty at this point.

I did this procedure with Seafoam this past weekend on my wife's 2014 5.3 with 9400 miles as preventative maintenance. We have noticed no difference in mileage or performance but I did not expect any with only 9400 miles on the truck.

My wife drives a 2014 Silverado 1500 with the 5.3 and after reading this post last night I asked her what octane she has been running. She was use to running Mobile or Exxon 89 octane with her old Dodge Hemi truck she has been running that in her Silverado since new. I told her to stick with that.