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Best mod I made to my car

 

 

Ryan

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1 3/4" tubing with 3" collector and 3" off road y pipe

 

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Installed my new to me weathergaurd toolbox in my truck bed. Now my tools for work wont be flying around the cab anymore.

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1 3/4" tubing with 3" collector and 3" off road y pipe

 

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IMO- 1 3/4 and 3'' collectors are a little big for a 5.3. hope you don't louse to much at the bottom end..i would have gone with 1 5/8 with a 2 1/2 collectors, but that's just me..good luck with them..

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Time to party

 

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The o2 sensor holes are for nothing but show, if you dont have a tune with 02 "delete" youll need one to turn off the light.

Other than that, I love my LT's.

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I might need to take it back and have the tune tweaked anyway

 

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When I got my pacesetters, I talked to Justin about re-tuning the truck and he said I didn't need to, the second set of 02 sensors didn't matter and I just disconnected the rear sensors and everything worked fine with no codes.

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Ok, not so big on siiting on hot leather when I finish work....going to have to start remembering to use remote start. But enjoying it. Been wanting a truck again for a daily for a while, and now its my only choice!

 

 

Guy at works see me and says "Hey, I thought it was Black!"

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I think when there's a code thrown, the remote start stops working. This happened to me when the truck was new. Ended up some code that resulted from me starting the truck right after I took it off the charger - had a DIC message about overcharging. Then the remote wouldn't work until I had them wave the magic wand over it under warranty.

 

 

My truck is still at the body shop. Fine with me - I'm taking my 41 year old 2-stroke motorcycle to Laconia Bike Week tomorrow morning. I won't miss the truck one bit. :)

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Thinking about ordering a new dash again, but think I'll wait until that crack spreads (still in a mostly "blind spot")

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Just sprayed my rear floor mat off at midnight after an unfortunate event with my sister happened. Clearly she is a lightweight and can't hold her wine lol.

 

Weathertech floor mats are the best investment I've made in both my trucks so far! Couldn't imagine what that would have done to the carpet if I didn't have it back there!

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Washed it was way overdue

 

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Ryan

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