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Cleaning out the garage before winter. All items located at 49040 Pair of DL8 Mirrors with Chrome Caps (transferred from the DL3 pair that I bought), I got my DL3 set for 60 so I will pass these along for the same + shipping I bought 2 consoles and made one really nice one, the center stack was junk (man that truck must have taken one hell of a hit) Woodgrain trim pcs, 10+shipping Center Console Lid (has old style wireless in it), see pics for condition, 40+ shipping

Denali Cluster over the weekend, why didn't these things come stock? Such an improvement in looks.

PM Sent I assume this is Blue?

Well, back from my trip towing our camper for a total of about 11 hours through some pretty good hills in northern MI and a pretty stiff wind on the way back home (thank goodness for the new WDH with sway I put on) the trip up to camp the trans got to 161 with ambient right around 70 degrees. the trip home with more traffic, 85 degree outside and a stiff headwind it got up to 189 in town traffic with lights but went back down to 170s once I got moving. Needless to say I am very pleased with the pill flip and changing the fluid.

Back from towing the camper and am happy to say that my trip this year was much more enjoyable with the J-pipe installed

First chance to take a decent drive and ambient temps outside are about 70. Mixed driving from city to 55-60 Trans never got over 140 while driving and hit 150 after I let it idle for a minute or two when I reached my destination. I am pleased.

Got this done Friday and am very pleased with the results. I didn't get pics but you guys know what they look like He did make it adjustable, it will go from about 25 to about 29. It is set at max right now and sounds so much better. The test will come up in a couple weeks with the camper.

Flipped the pill, trans pan drop with filter and a fluid exchange to Redline D6. Pumping out with the line on the radiator wasn't too bad Definitely learned a couple of tricks for next time and by then I think I will invest in a pan with a drain plug. Always a good day when its all back together with no leaks

Case of Redline D6 and a filter ordered along with a big oil catch pan. where can I find the torque spec and pattern for the pan? May as well just flip the pill and do the whole thing at the same time while I am having fun.

Having this done next Friday and hopefully making it adjustable. Exhaust shop had never seen this but understood what I wanted done. Will get some pics and let you know how it sounds

Wouldn't "wrong fluid" be anything not "rated" as Dexron VI approved? At this point I think I am going to get my fluid of choice and either take it to someone local or make a mess in my garage. I am not a fan of all the fenagling (sp) to get the pan completely off but I am sure it looks worse than it really is. Do I even need to pull the pan completely to get it cleaned up and filter changed? I will hopefully be flipping the pill this weekend which should make the exchange portion a little easier for me should I choose to run the pump and get a much out as possible the first change.

Well, I asked my dealer this very question and she was happy to give me basically the same cost as if they were providing the fluid AND then proceeded to tell me my powertrain warranty would be void by not using GM fluids.

I was hoping you would chime in Grumpy and you gave the answer(s) I expected. Now the question is, how many places will pump out the old and put in the new. I want to get as much fluid out as possible the first time. Watching the videos these guys are getting 8-10 quarts out by pumping and then doing the pan. With the pill flipped you don't have to worry about operating temp to pump fluid right?

I am going to do this out of 409 SS just like the rest of my exhaust (gotta love the rust belt) Will SS stretch like that to make the slip joint?

could do that I suppose and just clamp it into position right?

I just hit 36k and have nice long trip coming up towing our camper at about 6500lbs fully loaded. Prior to our trip in about 4 weeks I want to get my "pill flipped" to keep the trans temps down this time. This will be the 2nd time towing this camper 6+ hrs and the 3rd time overall the truck has has a pretty good workout (towed RZR / ACE to West Virginia) 2 years ago so I am calling my truck severe use With that said, dealership quoted $220 for trans "flush" and filter change and after watching the video(s) they can have my money, I don't want to mess with that. On the other hand I am thinking of switching to Redline or Amsoil and do the same procedure to get as much of the old stuff out as possible. Can any reputable shop "pump" out the old and fill with whatever fluid I bring them? I know it is still under powertrain warranty so do I just have GM do it in case there are issues down the road or go for it with better fluids?

Flowmaster FX is a pass through muffler. I am not doing this for performance (the exhaust is already done) I am trying to eliminate the drone on the installed Flowmaster FX cat back

Thanks, not really sure how to make it adjustable easily. I could always make it 30 and cover a broader RPM range I suppuse. Funny enough I took off the huge tip that came with this system and it actually helped so I have to believe that anything will help at this point.

I have decided after much reading that I am going to try a j pipe on my exhaust before my next road trip with the camper. Flowmaster FX catback, sounds great except for a drone under load in the 1800-2000 range. I have a shop that is going to look at it with me on Wednesday. When doing the calculation I get basically 28-25 inches respectively. My question is do you build for the longer length and it covers the whole range?

yep, just like those except mine is a double cab. my truck has that new car smell again

Picked it up from getting Katzkins installed Just need the WAMS instrument cluster now

Does anyone know if resonator location makes a difference in sound? I swore I read somewhere that for some reason the downturn to the tailpipe (over the axle) generates some of the drone on our trucks. my current one is in line with the muffler in the long straight section, just curious why the factory one is in that location to begin with?

I have been all over summit and have seen a few I like, would double wall hold up better to "yellowing"

I did a quick search and really didn't see much on tips. I have 3" exhaust and the tip that came with my system (black powdercoated SS) is not holding up at all I would need 3" inlet and 3.5-4.5 outlet and 10-12" long. Any recommendations in either SS or Black that will actually hold up? For SS it would be nice if it didn't turn yellow from heat and for black it would be nice if the coating held up. I even have mudflaps and it still took a beating, gotta love being in the rustbelt.

well, it is pulled / plugged / patched what were we talking about again