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10 hours ago, BravesZ71 said:

Details please! 

Purchased the all-black Chevy accessory grille (basically the TrailBoss grille), took the crossbar piece off, and transferred it over to my LTZ grille.  Pretty easy.  

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Installed the PPE turbo resonator delete. The install was very easy; probably 20 minutes at most. The hardest part was crouching in the engine bay.
 
This is where the AFE Blade Runner setup gets it's flow increase over the OEM. I don't mind paying the $129 for this over the $375+ for the AFE setup.
 
I was surprised how much oil was in the resonator.
 
 

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Any improvement on turbo whine to go along with less restriction?

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11 minutes ago, gemarsh said:

 

Any improvement on turbo whine to go along with less restriction?

 

Yea, the turbo does whistle more. You can't hear it in the cab but if you crack the window you can. With the windows up the S&B intake drowns the turbo out.

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14 hours ago, lapoolboy said:

Purchased the all-black Chevy accessory grille (basically the TrailBoss grille), took the crossbar piece off, and transferred it over to my LTZ grille.  Pretty easy.  

With or without front camera?  I may be interested in buying the part of the grille you didn't use. 

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11 minutes ago, Transient said:

With or without front camera?  I may be interested in buying the part of the grille you didn't use. 

I have the front camera.  I reused the rear portion of the original LTZ grille as that is the part the camera screws onto.  I have the black rear portion and chrome crossbar leftover.  Basically it is an LT grille now.

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15 minutes ago, lapoolboy said:

I have the front camera.  I reused the rear portion of the original LTZ grille as that is the part the camera screws onto.  I have the black rear portion and chrome crossbar leftover.  Basically it is an LT grille now.

Sending you a PM.

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On 1/25/2022 at 9:53 PM, JLMartinez88 said:

I also added the Diode Dynamics SS3 Fog Light Kit to my 22 RST. Awesome, can't compare! 

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Diode Dynamics is a great company.   Love the lights. 
 

Fid you replace the LED Fogs or Incandescent?

 

 

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23 hours ago, Paul McCracken said:


Diode Dynamics is a great company.   Love the lights. 
 

Fid you replace the LED Fogs or Incandescent?

 

 

They were the LED Fogs that I replaced. Huge difference.

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On 1/29/2022 at 3:13 PM, mjonesjr84 said:
Installed the PPE turbo resonator delete. The install was very easy; probably 20 minutes at most. The hardest part was crouching in the engine bay.
 
This is where the AFE Blade Runner setup gets it's flow increase over the OEM. I don't mind paying the $129 for this over the $375+ for the AFE setup.
 
I was surprised how much oil was in the resonator.
 
 

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I want that 3.0L so bad ugh

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On 1/31/2022 at 2:50 PM, shakenfake said:

I want that 3.0L so bad ugh

I love mine. So much better than the 5.3 I had. 

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Well, today I ordered the Retrax Pro XR.  Once it arrives, I'll post pics.

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On 1/29/2022 at 9:30 PM, mjonesjr84 said:

 

Yea, the turbo does whistle more. You can't hear it in the cab but if you crack the window you can. With the windows up the S&B intake drowns the turbo out.

Thanks for the heads up on that piece part. Mine arrived today.

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