johnday in BFE

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Moving, ugh. I hope I never move again. Good luck!

FXtreme5.0

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Bought a PowerAid TB Spacer from another Forum member.
Not sure if it'll do any good but for $50 figured I'd give it a try...lol

FXtreme5.0

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I ordered some JBA silver Ceramic coated Shorty Headers to compliment the new Borla exhaust
Now I just gotta find some time to get them installed, but it looks like it's going to be a horrible job

SD_F1504x4

What a clean build. I love all the little mods you're doing. What was the size of those reverse LED bulb? Subscribed so I could steal some of your ideas. Lol.

FXtreme5.0

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SD_F1504x4,

Here's a Link to those JDM's I had previously:



I already replaced them with these Sylvania's only due to aesthetics (lol):

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...bp2/11236783-P

Thanks BTW

FXtreme5.0

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Recently returned from a 2115 mile trip & not only did I observe the Truck's MPG calculations, I also hand calculated it. In total, I used appx 114 gallons of gas w/an appx cost of $310. (I did not top it off upon returning to town, so the final total is estimated).

As of the last calculated stop at 2004.2 miles, the truck displayed 104.8 gallons @ 19.2 while hand calculations were 108.08 gallons @ 18.54 which is fairly close I guess. Nearly 19 mpg isn't bad considering I run appx 10 mph over the speed limit all the time, so she maintained appx 80 mph most of the time.

I am interested to see the difference when I replace these 3.31's with the 3.73's here soon. Shouldn't be too much IMO but then again, it really doesn't matter either. I do not drive it every day & hell, this is the first road trip that we took the truck on since getting it appx 2.5 years ago.

NOTE: Reference my Borla S-Type Exhaust, Sound has gotten much better! A little deeper & a little louder!
This trip really helped, as it had lots of time running which probably baked in the packing material or whatever it does (lol).
It's still not as loud as my Legato system, but the consistent tone of the S-Type is fantastic!

BTW: I have not had a chance to install the new JBA Header's yet

johnday in BFE

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Yes, that exhaust does need to burn in On both my STypes, I noticed them sounding better and better the longer I ran them. On every 200 mile one way trip downstate, I notice that it changed. After a few thousand, it seemed to stabilize.

bbradford89

How did you go about painting your tail light trim? What color and brand did you use?

Love the build btw.

94BOLT

What are your thoughts on the Goodyear tires. How do they compare to the Bridgestones?

FXtreme5.0

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I went to Hobby Lobby & purchased a matte black as well as a dark gray Paint (to get the color to match the OE black which is not perfectly black)(does not require much Gray, appx a 1-4 ratio IIRC), some paint containers (which looked like restaurant ketchup's...lol) along with the most important part.... A small ketchup looking paint container with a heavy gauge needle on it. You need that needle point in order to get the paint into the crack between the 2 housing halves. I also made sure the crack was cleaned out as best as I could prior to paint, then afterwards I sealed it in w/a black RTV silicone.

I found the idea & instructions on the Forum, but I cant remember if it was here or FordTruckEnthusists

Thank you