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Old Tue, January 4th, 2011, 12:46 PM
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Looks great!

Did you just pull the blocks out?

Those rims are very nice, and seem to be an easy find.

What do you plan to do to get correct backspacing?

No blocks on the 2wd trucks. I pulled out the thick-*** bottom leaf on each side (1 inch there) as well as out one of the main springs on each side. There are 4 mains stock...now there are 3. New U-bolts and new center bolts. $48 in parts and 1.5 hours worth of time are worth every penny. Rides a good bit better too.

I will get wheel spacers for the newer wheels. Even the stock ones are sucked in a bit more than I like, so 2" spacers with the 20x8 wheels will get me where I want to be.
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Old Tue, January 4th, 2011, 07:08 PM
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That looks real good Cody
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Old Fri, January 7th, 2011, 12:22 PM
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Thanks, CJ.

Since 1993, I have always had at least two trucks, one being a '73 F-100 2wd that I ran the wheels off of. It just always seemed to me that having a 4wd truck meant that I had to keep it in operable condition at all times (ulititarian vehicle). The 2wd has always just been a fun vehicle that was good for stress relief. I have since parked the '73 for a while....I just lost interest (sold the engine anyway and didn't want to waste any more time on a gasser).

This truck is no different as it is fun and very easy to drive. However, I am bored with the power now. It's quick, but it's not as "WOW!" as it was the first time I drove it. Funny thing is, I never got bored with the power of the '73 and it made a whopping 235 HP with a stock-ish 460. This truck is heavier....and is likely in the 290-310 range right now.
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The truck has a muffler now. MUCH BETTER!
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The truck has a muffler now. MUCH BETTER!
Moving to town?...lol
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Moving to town?...lol

Ha ha. No.

I just got sick of the obnoxious whistle all the time. It wasn't loud in the cab, but it was completely unbearable outside the truck......and I do leave it running any time I'm doing something in town. I'm pretty cognizant of the things I do and how they effect other people, and having a stupid-loud truck idling away at 1200 RPM in the grocery store parking lot just makes others .
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Not to mention the sound it makes when the EBPV closes when its up on high idle.
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Folks would be looking around for a crashing jet airplane
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ehh who needs one of them muffler things anyway
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I just bought a set of wheels. It's just too bad that I have to wait another 2.5 months until I go home to install them. I didn't really have the money for these, but for the price I wasn't going to let them get away. They're not the Harley wheels that I pictured above, but they are very similar and they are 20's. $200 for the set.......



I found them on the local Bozeman, MT craigslist on Friday afternoon and had my friend pick them up after he got off work.

Now I just have to come up with the $600 for 305/50 tires and $450 for the spacers.
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