My 08's Christmas presents installed, with pics
01-03-2009, 05:32 PM
#1
Proudly Rockin the XL!
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My 08's Christmas presents installed, with pics
Ah, I love modifications 
As Christmas presents to myself, I bought a Flowmaster 40 series (original, single 3" in, dual 2.5" out), tips, and finally got tires for the FX4 rims I picked up back in early November. Yesterday, I had the exhaust installed at a local Muffler Brothers, side exit through 4" square tips in front of the rear passenger side tire. It sounds AWESOME! It does put lots of noise into the cab, and drones at a certain RPM range, but at highway speed, I can barely hear it 
I know there's a lot of debate about mufflers, and many say Flows are no good, but I've had a couple and just LOVE their sound. I don't notice any power change, but I didn't expect any.
And today, I took the truck over to Discount Tire and had a set of Goodyear Wranger ATs (275/65 18) installed on the FX4 rims. I love the new look of the truck, the rims and tires are such a dramatic difference.
On to the pics: the 1st is how it looked the day I bought it (don't mind my cheesy ***, hahaha). The rest were taken this afternoon, just after getting home from the tire shop. As for the dent on the passenger side, just try to ignore it and imagine that it's a perfect bedside (it's a long story involving a short steel post; I felt sick for days afterwards, and will be paying out the nose to get it fixed this spring). I really like the way the square tips look, I think they compliment the look and lines of the truck very well, and along with the rims, they add just enough silver to set off the white and black.
When I get the bedside replaced, I will be adding a color matched upper bumper and grill (well, the H-bar style grill with color matched surround), so the truck will be white with a black 'ring' around the bottom (from the stripes and metal bumpers), the black accents from the stripes, grill center, etc; I think that will finish cleaning up the truck.
Anyway, just my humble XL that refuses to look like a work truck
As Christmas presents to myself, I bought a Flowmaster 40 series (original, single 3" in, dual 2.5" out), tips, and finally got tires for the FX4 rims I picked up back in early November. Yesterday, I had the exhaust installed at a local Muffler Brothers, side exit through 4" square tips in front of the rear passenger side tire. It sounds AWESOME! It does put lots of noise into the cab, and drones at a certain RPM range, but at highway speed, I can barely hear it I know there's a lot of debate about mufflers, and many say Flows are no good, but I've had a couple and just LOVE their sound. I don't notice any power change, but I didn't expect any. And today, I took the truck over to Discount Tire and had a set of Goodyear Wranger ATs (275/65 18) installed on the FX4 rims. I love the new look of the truck, the rims and tires are such a dramatic difference.
On to the pics: the 1st is how it looked the day I bought it (don't mind my cheesy ***, hahaha). The rest were taken this afternoon, just after getting home from the tire shop. As for the dent on the passenger side, just try to ignore it and imagine that it's a perfect bedside (it's a long story involving a short steel post; I felt sick for days afterwards, and will be paying out the nose to get it fixed this spring). I really like the way the square tips look, I think they compliment the look and lines of the truck very well, and along with the rims, they add just enough silver to set off the white and black.
When I get the bedside replaced, I will be adding a color matched upper bumper and grill (well, the H-bar style grill with color matched surround), so the truck will be white with a black 'ring' around the bottom (from the stripes and metal bumpers), the black accents from the stripes, grill center, etc; I think that will finish cleaning up the truck.
Anyway, just my humble XL that refuses to look like a work truck
Last edited by nagata; 01-03-2009 at 05:41 PM.
01-03-2009, 05:46 PM
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Proudly Rockin the XL!
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I agree on Flowmasters, and exhausts in general, it's mostly just personal preference, at least at our level.
01-03-2009, 06:20 PM
#5
Inaugural TOTM
Truck is looking good. Hard to believe what a new pair of shoes does for the look of these trucks. The mod bug has it's teeth firmly into your wallet now. 
Tint those windows.
Tint those windows.
01-03-2009, 06:28 PM
#6
I agree with what he said to the "T". The rims and tires did wonders for the looks. Now if you can tint the windows it will go with the look more I think. Sweet ride man.
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01-03-2009, 09:07 PM
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Proudly Rockin the XL!
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Thanks to everyone for the compliments! It's always nice to know that others share my tastes for a good looking truck
wxm & exitwound - Thank you for the suggestion on tinting. I've never really been big on tinted windows, but I see your point. I'll have to look into it a bit more.
wxm & exitwound - Thank you for the suggestion on tinting. I've never really been big on tinted windows, but I see your point. I'll have to look into it a bit more.
