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Yes, you can hear them from outside while it's running. And like I said, mine was loud for many years before it crapped out, so I wouldn't be worried about the noise. However, when they do go out there's no limping to a good stopping point--the engine simply goes off or won't start. So if you...

Finally getting around to posting some pix with the dash lights on. The pix don't really do it justice. They have a cool glow. Nevertheless, next up will be some bright LEDs in the instrument cluster. With a flash: Without the flash: Closer view:

If this is what you're looking for, good luck. That's what I wanted but NuImage changed the design to the solid polished face that I have. They haven't updated the pic on their own website yet, let alone sites for their distributors.

Gang, Last weekend I installed white gauge faces and a stainless steel gauge bezel/overlay for cheap (relatively speaking). Pix with and without flash, no lights on in the dash: The SS bezel is by NuImage. Stylin gets $160 for it, but I found it for $60 at SuperTruck Essentials...

Any plans to make them for the 90s body style trucks & SUVs? (would that be 2nd gen?) These are the first LED tails I've seen that I like the looks of.

Well, the turd came out again. Another singed-hair day for my shins. I put the boot back in and turned the wheel a few times. It seems the boot is grabbing on to the steering column a bit, and it's just working the boot downward over time. I shot a bunch of silicone spray lube in there while...

Actually, there's another good point. If the rest of the system is restricted, it doesn't matter if you open up just one end. It won't necessarily breath better unless flow along the entire pipeline from start to finish is improved. Vortec and later heads breath pretty well, and the OEM...

Don't do it for power or MPG because you're probably not going to get it, as others have posted. Even Truckin magazine once, surprisingly, said that much of the HP gained after installing one particular intake was eliminated after logging some miles on the truck (they did two dyno pulls). The...

There are pix of smoked colored ones on the website. They also sell VHT Nite-Shades if you want to go darker. I haven't used that stuff in well over 10 years, but it worked well back then. Just don't go too heavy with it! _dennis

I did discover some damage from the tow, after all. He put those magnetic-base lights on the roof of my hoe, at the very back. The magnetic base of each light left marks in the paint, as well as 3 or 4 semi-circular scuff marks in the paint on the hood from the cable that was draped across it...

I broke a coil spring today.... Hit this section of freeway that is a short bridge and has about 4 dips in a row. They usually cause my tires to buzz on some bolt heads inside my fenders. Today, I got the usual buzz buzz buzz buzz then BUZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! Driver side coil snapped. Managed to get...

Any time you increase unsprung weight (you're exchanging rubber for metal, so you're increasing the overall weight of the wheel/tire combo) you *should* consider improving the braking. It may not be perceptible, but everything I've read on the subject says that stopping distance will increase...

My dad helped me diagnose that misfire. Luckily it had set a code that narrowed it down to cyl #3, so that really narrowed down the search. I cranked the engine over while he tested the spark and we determined that the problem was in the dizzy cap. I had a new dizzy installed a month or two...

Glad that fixed it up. A mysterious detonation would have probably cost many more $s in the end... I had an exhaust leak at the header a few months back, due to a misfire causing my catalytic converters to plug up and the backpressure just overwhelmed the header gasket. I could hear a...

Still think it's pinging based on your descriptions, but if you've run higher octane and that didn't solve it (or at least diminish it), then it's either a REALLY bad ping or it's something else, like the dealer said. An exhaust leak *can* sound like ticking, but I'd expect to hear it more...

Weights come off. I've had it happen with both tape (adhesive) and clamp-on type. I've even heard it happen before--when a weight flies off at speed and hits the inner fender liner, you hear it ;-) It's worth checking the balance again before going to any drastic means--just take it back to...

So I'm driving home the other night and I crack open the windows a bit as it's pretty muggy but not bad enough to turn on the A/C. As soon as I did so, I felt a blast furnace of hot air cooking my shins. Closed the windows, and the hot air stops. Crack just the passenger window, hot air...

I don't know what bearing it being a Flexfuel would have on this. For more info, this page looks pretty good: http://www.misterfixit.com/deton.htm You're not going to be able to try some of the suggestions (eg, retard timing, reduce compression etc) but there are a few other ideas worth...

Might be pinging... Try upping your octane. _dennis

I don't think the 2-doors had this amp. They added an amp just for one more pair of door speakers on the 4-door models?!? _dennis