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Old 05-11-2012, 01:12 AM   #1
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Have you stopped grinning yet???

Great job on the truck, brother!!!
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Old 05-11-2012, 05:43 AM   #2
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Have you stopped grinning yet???

Great job on the truck, brother!!!
lol....thanks man.
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Old 05-21-2012, 04:24 AM   #3
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How much noise difference did you notice with the "dynamat" installed?
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Old 05-21-2012, 06:01 PM   #4
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How much noise difference did you notice with the "dynamat" installed?
big difference....but I had no carpet in either....
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Old 05-21-2012, 11:55 AM   #5
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I am very impressed that you are daily driving it with no problems to iron out! Great work on the install!!
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Old 05-21-2012, 06:05 PM   #6
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I am very impressed that you are daily driving it with no problems to iron out! Great work on the install!!
yeah me too....runs awesome, only problem is the trans shifting. hopefully when I change gears it will be better.....
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Old 05-22-2012, 10:06 PM   #7
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Sweet man, looks great! Love the LS, kinda want to do one in my truck.
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Old 05-24-2012, 08:49 PM   #8
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sweet man, looks great! Love the ls, kinda want to do one in my truck.
do it!!!
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Old 05-26-2012, 03:57 PM   #9
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so today I got the gears and posi pulled from the camaro.....aside from pulling the axles out in my truck is there another way to identify what spline they are..(28 or 30)??
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Old 05-26-2012, 11:58 PM   #10
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got the gears and posi in tonight....made a big difference in driveability!....gonna test it out some more tomorrow!....
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Old 05-28-2012, 10:06 PM   #11
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finally got that russel fuel fitting the other day after being backordered for a month and a half....so I got that on, and no need to worry about that other one poppin off and burning the truck to the ground.....
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Old 05-28-2012, 10:43 PM   #12
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nice what gear ratio did you go with?
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Old 05-29-2012, 06:02 AM   #13
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Old 05-28-2012, 11:18 PM   #14
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Any media of you hazin' the tires?
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Old 05-29-2012, 10:32 AM   #15
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That's a good all around gear. That what I put in my truck
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:27 PM   #16
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so far I'm linkin it!....I really love the posi tho, and the best part is my buddy said I could have it for a favour...prob gonna involve his z28!
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:33 PM   #17
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so pretty crappy weekend....got a few things done that were bothering me, and also I cut out the opening some more for the cold air intake, and was working on the rad support bracket, just needs some polishing.....
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Old 06-03-2012, 08:38 PM   #18
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finnished up polishing the rad support bracket and bolted it up. I think it turned out ok, but wish now I would've left out the holes!
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Old 06-03-2012, 09:41 PM   #19
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looks awesome!
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:03 PM   #20
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Very nice work Moose...
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:11 PM   #21
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:13 PM   #22
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...just what I needed, more polished aluminum.
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Old 06-05-2012, 07:24 PM   #23
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AVS shaved door kit showed up today!....
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Old 06-05-2012, 10:48 PM   #24
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AVS shaved door kit showed up today!....
How does it look? I have had my eye on that kit for some time now
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Old 06-05-2012, 08:28 PM   #25
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Very nice work john
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