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Kennith Pujol

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Hey guys, this is my first post on the forum. I am a F-15 Crew Chief in the Air Force and this is my first new truck I have owned. I owned a bagged Ford Ranger and slammed F150 prior to joining and got shipped off to Okinawa, JP where I owned a Jzx100(basically a turbo 4 door sedan) and had a lot of fun in that car. A little bit after our PCS, I bought the truck new from the dealer and so far I really am happy with the truck and overall my favorite of all the vehicles I have owned. Here is a few things that I have done so far, some of the OEM equipment that came with the truck, and a extra long list of stuff to get done. Hopefully taxes bangs that list out a little bit. ^^ If anyone has any questions about anything that I have done to the truck so far, feel free to ask and I will gladly help you out. I do plan on doing everything on the to do list myself with the exception of the re-gear, tint, and painting the tailgate handle. Thanks for looking!

 

Exterior Mods:

AVS Vent Visors

Deleted OEM 6" Chrome Steps

Deleted OEM Rear FWD Mud Flaps

Painted Front Bumper License Plate Surround And Cover

Painted Front GMC Emblem

Painted Wheel Well Arches

Debadged GMC, All Terrain, And Sierra Badges On Tailgate

True Dual Straight Pipes Ran To 5 Inch Tips At 45 Degrees

UWS Black Toolbox

Spray In Bed Liner

 

Suspension & Wheel Mods:

OEM Z71 Rancho Shocks

OEM 20x9+27 All Terrain Machined Wheels

OEM 275/55/20 Goodyear SR-A Tires

 

Engine Mods:

K&N Blackhawk Air Intake

 

Interior Mods:

Dealer Window Tint

OEM All Weather Floor Mats

OEM Rear Seat Storage Bin

 

Future Mods:

37x13.5R22 Toyo Open Country MT Tires

22x10-13 Fuel Maverick D260 Wheels

4.56-4.88 Re-gear

Edelbrock Mild Cam

HID/ Custom Headlights

Hypertech Programmer

JBA Headers

Led Taillights

McGaughys 7-9" Suspension Lift

Paint the Tailgate Handle

Swap Chrome Mirror Caps for Painted Mirror Caps

Whipple Super Charger

Z71 4x4 Badges

5% Tint

Kennith Pujol Enthusiast

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Tailgate Fully De-Badged and Exhaust installed

 

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I cut the resonator off initially, but gained no sound. So I moved up to the muffler and sounded decent in higher rpms, but idle was too low for me. Finally I moved up to the third cat and like an idiot cut the Y pipe off about an inch from the O2 sensors behind the first two cats on both pipes, so basically had angled true dual turn downs under the cab which had an awesome idle, but were far too loud going down the road in the cab and got a check engine light. Long story short got straight pipes welded in place where I cut to 5 inch tips at 45 degrees and am completely happy with how quiet this new truck cab is and no crackling or popping with the exhaust. I guess you learn from your mistakes right? Also, check engine light is good to go and no issues.

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Kander41 Enthusiast

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Looks awesome! Thanks for serving.

 

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Kennith Pujol

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Thanks fellas. Should be purchasing the lift, wheels, and tires within the next couple weeks. The rims are on national back order for a couple months unfortunately, but they are the only wheels I really want to spend that much money on.

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chuckl1218 Senior Enthusiast

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K&N Blackhawk Intake install

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How do you like the Blackhawk intake? Any throttle or MPG gains? I always lose MPG because I can't keep my foot off the gas with these mods...

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