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Decided to put a fart box on it. Gives it mini diesel vibes, and can hear the turbo a bit more. 3" in/out Black Widow Widowmaker. Still have the resinator also. 

 

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Finally swapped all the chrome badges out with black. So much nicer! And then ordered the Banks iDash and PedalMonster today. 

 

I love the 5100s but already itching to snag some deals this week on coilovers and an upper arm. Definitely gonna pick up some A-pillar lights though.

 

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Got the iDash and PedalMonster in. PedalMonster is a blast!  Hopefully the A-Pillar lights come in this week so I can go pick those up. Went with SDHQ mounts and Baja Designs XL Pro's. Gonna just run a rocker in the blank plug where the trailer brake controller goes.

 

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Did the widow maker really change the exhaust sound enough to justify the muffler swap?

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4 hours ago, z28tranz said:

Did the widow maker really change the exhaust sound enough to justify the muffler swap?

 

Yes. After going with just the delete, it made a huge difference in not only tone, but reducing drone. This is just at idle w/o any load on it.   Before the BW, Wife never drove it, now I can't get her to use her own car.

 

 

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A-Pillar lights came in. Should get them on next week. Think im gonna do a rocker in the blank plug where trailer brake normaly is. 

 

Baja Designs XL Pros

SDHQ Mounts

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Got the lights on and wired. Routed through passanger side gromet/nub. They are just on a small round rocker in the blank plug where trailer brake goes.

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As much as I do like the 5100's, I got itchy and pulled the trigger on some Fox 2.5" coil overs and 2.5" rears with Dirtking BJ uppers for the extra travel. Really just wanted the mid-travel setup and the ability to fine tune the stance/ride and then plan for deavers in the future and finish the front off with their lower arms.

 

Since I'm on a 3" spindle, I don't need the full pre-load that comes on the Fox's (3.5" of lift) So i picked up the springs that are used on the 0-2" lift versions (16" / 550's) and will swap those over. I'm only looking for  1-1.5" more than now and will add a 1" shackle to the rear to give me about 4.5" in front and 1" in the rear to be about 1" nose high wen everything settles.  Right now im dead nuts level with the 5100's at stock height and the 3" spindle. May take the swaybar off and see how that feels as well.

 

For anyone else with the 2.7L, Fox is the only one who uses a 550lb spring. King and the others are 650's so the ride should be better for us turbo lovers. I got the motion ratio and preload #'s from Fox so i can adjust before putting them

 

Took tomorrow off to finish the speakers and intake/charge pipes. Pics to come.

 

 

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Hows your mileage been with the 2.7L and those big ole tires?

 

Truck looks sharp.

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3 hours ago, fondupot said:

Hows your mileage been with the 2.7L and those big ole tires?

 

Truck looks sharp.

Not as bad as I expected honestly. Highway im around 20-21 still when flat. Hills it drops obviously. Around town its about 16/17. I just idle a lot when waiting for kids in pickup line ao its kinda skewing it. Im hoping the intake and pipes gets me an mpg back. 

 

It can still spin em though!

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Intake on.  I ran into a snag with the Intercooler pipes. Looks like AFE may have changed their adapters. It seems like the clips can go internal on thr adapters vs external as shown on install sheet. But i just want to make sure so i reached out to AFE with some photos. The o-rings are a bit undersized looking too. 

 

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Got the Fox's and DK upper arms on today. Brought the front up about 1.5 which is about where I wanted.had to adjust preload a few times to get it right. She can stretch her legs decently now. 

 

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Added some Dirt King Cam Tabs and UCA Caps, Lasfit Floor mats and Talon's Garage Skid plates to it. 


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