Cold air intake, headers, a custom tune and a can of car wax for the tailgate.

Regards

Jean Marc Chartier

 

Forgot this part in my post:

As you stated your tires are still new. Wait till they wear out and explore your options for new wheels and tires then. New wheels while looking nice may not go well with the tires you have. If you do decide on tires find ones that will work well in the most dangerous conditions you drive in. Is ice or snow a big factor. Mudders work very well off road and in the snow but they suck on ice. You need sipes for ice. I use ATs on the street and MTs off road. MTs war out faster. If you go up in tire diameter your transmission will be taxed harder. A large increase would warrant regearing the differentials to compensate. While we are on the subject of transmissions a heavy duty aux. cooler would not harm it. Rocking a truck out of the snow or mud heats up the fluid real quick. A nice visual change like grill would be nice but it may make you want to drive even more. maybe keep a little of that tax money aside for gasoline.

 

GREAT response! thank you so much! I honestly always wondered what all that " 3.73 gear ratio" and stuff meant. It also never clicked with me about the larger tires how you'd have to change the gears.

You just answered so many questions for me!!!

 

I'd go with a little bit of a lift, like a 2.5 inch leveling kit, a nice sounding exhaust, or some nicer tires

 

Im getting back about the same on taxes but its all going towards new tires. But if I had the extra cash I'd buy a Gryphon with custome tunes in a heart beat.

 

but with a 2.5 level, won't the back sag down lower then the front once I put something heavy in the bed?

 

roush grill on ebay- 70.00
gryphon/evo tuner - 400.
S&B CAI - i forget.. 300.?
magnaflow- 500.
stereo headunit- rest of the money

 

Set of take off rims (ebay/craigslist... got mine for $100)
New set of MT's... approx $600 to the door.

This way you have summer and winter tires/rims...

 

you can always get rear blocks put in the rear to level out the truck if it does sag. a friend of mine got a 2.5 leveling kit and the rear didn't sag at all. i know rough country sells that leveling kit for about 100 bucks and its really simple to install. gives you enough room to put on at least 33'' tires

 

put a level kit with blocks in the rear, Tuner (SCT X-CAL III or Gryphon) with custom tunes, Cold air intake, and cat back exhaust (magnaflow)