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  3. Intro Twisted Vista I Price?

    in Rims and Rubber

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    I found a used set of Intro Twisted Vista I's for sale a few hours away from me. They come with tires but the tires on them are junk so I would have to replace them. They are 20x8.5 and 20x10 for rear and they need to be polished. Any idea what I should offer for them or what would be a killer deal? Also, can anyone guarantee that 20x10 will clear the rear?

     

    The style of the wheel is like this (picture from google).

     

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  4. WTB CORSA SPORT MUFFLER

    in For Sale/ Wanted

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    I noticed recently that on their site there was some individual mufflers for sale, I believe it was the dB series? I do not know much about them though, I believe they are weaker materials (10 year warranty vs lifetime I think?) but may sound similar for a fraction of the price. I shopped around for my corsa sport forever and eventually just bit the bullet on the cost :(

  5. LED A/C Control Ideas?

    in Off-Topic/General

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    I tried to attempt the LED switch a long time ago and had a problem with my A/C. It would never light up. Today I took it apart and moved the top rightmost led and boom, two of them lit. I re-soldered it and now it works normally, but the rest of the LED lights will not light up. It seems that the way this circuit board is built that they are chained together. Does anyone know which bulb I should try and fix next to make the chain continue or have any tips on how to figure it out?

     

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  7. Urgent Duraflex SS style front bumper install help

    in How To

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    If this is what I think it is my truck had one of these put on originally before I got an OEM one. I think my body guy took the bottom (and top half maybe?) of the bumper off and bolted this one over the middle bar (which was the chrome part of the bumper). The bumper had mounting holes on the sides on the inside of the fender well and mounting holes where the grille goes in the center if I remember correctly. I think there was also 3m tape involved on the middle bar and on top to prevent the bumper from warping but I am not certain. Let me know if there's anything I can do or answer to help!

  11. Need help with possible wheel choice if I dont keep mine.

    in Rims and Rubber

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    I'm dropped 5/7~ with stocks on a 275/40/20 and still not sure if they even really clear like you are wanting as after long roadtrips I have a little bit of wear on my rear tires sidewalls from the inner lip (not much, but you can barely see some lines on the tire) from hitting dips in the highway going 70+ mph. Not sure if it helps much as I don't know the offset you are looking for, but the factory wheel may not be it! :(. One temporary solution could be to run the factory bumpstops instead of the drop ones and trim them a little so that your axle can't go high enough for the wheels to try and tuck, although it may not be the smoothest ride. I ran cut factory bumpstops on mine at 2/4 that I drilled small holes in but it did ride rough at times. Very nice looking truck though, great find!

     

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  17. Hanger kit**

    in Suspension & Brakes

    Posted · Edited by Thing1 (see edit history)

    I know that hangers are a PITA but any other issues with these??? Any squeaking after install??? Do you have a part #??did you notch your frame also?? Thanks in advance

    No issues and they were on for probably 2 years or so. I went back to the stock ones when I went lower as the rear would have been really low with shackles and hangers both.

    Maybe some minor squeaking if I went up something really steep but I would say its my leafs rather than the hangers fault.

    I can try and get a part number and get back to you! If you are set on not drilling anything out, I believe belltech makes a drop leaf. I would expect it to ride more stiff than the shackle/hanger combo, but much easier to reverse.

    I was dropped 2/4 for a little while and hit the stop at times although I never replaced the bump-stops with the small pancake ones (due to fear of really slamming it hard if I bottomed out), instead I just cut the factory ones and drilled them.

    I am dropped 5/7~ now and did notch the frame. I used the mcgaughys notch as the belltech one is cut a bit higher and a lot of people have to cut the brace under the bed as well as the frame (although this could be fixed by just running bigger bump-stops I suppose). If I did it again, I would probably use the belltech notch as it comes with a guide to line up on the frame to cut with if I remember correctly. I still haven't figured out how you are supposed to get the mcgaughys one 100% aligned since the axle will most likely move a little when it rises up.

    It has been so long but if I am correct, I used mcgaughys c notch, spindles, shackles, and flip kit with belltech shocks and coils.

  23. Supercharged 4.3

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Thing1 (see edit history)

    I've seen 4.8s and 5.3s go off craigslist for $500-$700 all day long. I was going to say that would be a good option for a budget build until I saw Richard and Matt already mentioned it. If you shop around some you will probably make it out cheaper with the V8 as far as parts go, I'm sure you could find someone or a shop to swap it out at a decent price too. If you haven't already, I would call around your area and see what they are going to charge to put the supercharger on vs a v8 swap in labor. I would hate to see you spend a lot of money on the V6 and lose to someones 4.8 or 5.3 with a few bolt ons.

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