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Old 06-26-2017, 09:56 PM
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The wind noise im hearing is like going through car wash where the blowers start but its happening on the highway with minimal winds(5mph and up). I would expect to hear this noise with wind gust of 50mph and over, not 5mph
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lol. this is the last time i will say it. low profile tires suck for ride great for handling if you want a nice ride get a bigger side wall tire. you want handling get the LP tires they will ride like crap and wear out and get extremely fast, on city streets LP tire will get choppy.

you get what you pay for.
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Originally Posted by karfever
On the plus side the gas mileage is very good, averaging 18.2 city/suburban
you're getting way better gas mileage than i'm getting.
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Originally Posted by MagneticLariat
Where did he say the truck is lifted? He said he is retiring soon, so I am going to guess he purchased new and its stock.

But like everyone else said, get better shocks, the stock ones are terrible.

I notice random vibes from time to time too, but meh its not like death wobble or anything.
you are correct he didn't say it was lifted.

read op post over and over. dodge owner spent 60+ on a ford, antenna to long, lol.

have you driven a dodge truck?

google dodge truck 1500 problems .
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Originally Posted by acdii
Chances are the truck has the Goodyear LT tires on it. There is a very good chance that is where the vibration originates from.

Replace the rear shocks with Bilstiens.

That solves 2 of your problems.
FX4 with 20s normally come with Hancooks
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Originally Posted by Scotsskier
FX4 with 20s normally come with Hancooks
not on the Lariats. Mine has goodyears. the Platty's have hankooks or however you spell it.
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2017 502a painted
20s with hancooks
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My 14 came with Bridgestone Duellers and currently have around 60K on them with lots of life left and great ride and traction(except when stopped on a wet road). The ride is so much better with the Duellers than the Goodyear on 18's are.

I went back and looked at the sticker, didn't notice it was with 20" wheels, but it does have Goodyears, which if you look at reviews, and I can personally attest to them, they do have a lot with vibration issues. On mine the left front needed a 1/2 pound of lead to balance, and did nothing to eliminate the vibrations. They replaced the tire and it was smooth, but not as smooth as the Duellers are. Every bump is amplified with the large sidewall. I haven't driven with the GY on now that I have bilstiens on all 4 corners, so that may have changed the ride, but on stock shocks, there is quite a difference in ride quality between the two brands.
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Originally Posted by SCrewYou
not on the Lariats. Mine has goodyears. the Platty's have hankooks or however you spell it.
Yes, all the plattys I have seen had the hancooks. May vary between chrome and sport On the lariat. My 502a sport had hankooks and all the other sports I have seen were the same.
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Originally Posted by karfever
4. Lastly, what is up with the radio antenna? 31 inches is a joke. It you garage the truck you have to buy a aftermarket antenna. 21 inches is fine.
Antennas are specific lengths for a reason. No, 21 inches isn't "fine"... it will perform worse than a properly tuned antenna. The factory antenna is a unity-gain quarterwave. You'll discover that, assuming tuning for the center of the broadcast band (98MHz), a quarter-wave antenna is 30.1". So, Ford has tuned the antenna properly in accordance with the laws of physics.
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