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sonomadude4x4

if u want a muffler i prefer magnaflow. . flowmaster seem to resonate bad and have like a metaliac sound magnaflow gives u just a smooth deep tone thats what i put on my new truck i had just a straight pipe on my s-10 sounded good and didnt resonate in the cab was kinda loud with the windows down bu...

sonomadude4x4

That doesn't sound too bad considering the size/weight. Better than I've been getting in my CC lately anyway. MPG is always a concern but we have no illusions about economy in a 5.3L. Have you done any towing with yours? The primary reason for us going full size is to pull our travel trailer. I'd l...

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i hava a silverado crew cab 07 with 5.3 3.73 gears 4x4 new body style also have 33's and leveling kit i avg 15 on daily driving and 18 on the highway as far as the AFM i doesnt work very often beacuse of the 33's if i does cut in it only stays in for 5 to 10 seconds and as far as the oil consumption...

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search ... Towing or large payloads with spacers? that should give u the answer i dont think youll have a problem as long as u stay with in what the trucks towing capacity

sonomadude4x4

may be ok if there isnt much stoping and going just keep the truck in 3rd .....and if your going to be towing it alot a aux transmission cooler would be a good thing to do

sonomadude4x4

+1 on the MML i wanted to do a suspension lift on my truck bad when i had it but decide to go with the MML if 33 inch tires wont get you through it you probly dont need to be there lol

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by Jongo88 » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:03 pm

That is sooo true but no payments sound good too...

this is true lol

sonomadude4x4

i said i would never sell my s10 crew but it had to go i was dumping to much into it and its nothing like the sound of a v8 under the hood

sonomadude4x4

yeah ive done alot of reading on the afm some seem to have problems and some dont i guess u got a good one or a bad one . and it doesnt really work anymore because of the bigger tires it stays in v8 mode 95% of the time and gas millage it around 15 or so for a average

sonomadude4x4

the active fuel management where it shuts down 4 cyl on the highway it doesnt do it much anymore because of the bigger tires it stays in 8 cyl most of the time but ima do the banks ram air intake and maybe a edge programmer

sonomadude4x4

5.3 with the AFM

sonomadude4x4

so sold the crew a few months ago and bought a 07 silverado crew z71 just finished my lift rims ant tires i did a 2.25 inch ready lift leveling kit 18x9 xd rims and nitto trail grapplers 33x12 heres a pic and straight pipe exhaust sounds wicked.. very loud lol :rock: http://i293.photobucket.com/albu...

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i think your right 14x4 lol i sold the crew the guy is supposed to pick it up this week ill still be aroud this forum though. i ended up getting a 2007 silverado crew cab z71 4x4 in the progress of gettting it lifted and rims and tires and such but ill be sure to tell the next ower about this web si...

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i just bought a 2007 (new body style) silverado crew cab z71 to replace my sonoma i love the truck so far and its better mpg than the sonoma was so far

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ima ask 8500

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my black 2002 crew cab is going to be for sale in the next few days soon as i get it all cleaned up its a 2002 gmc sonoma crew cab with 141000 miles lots of new parts new intake gasket fuel filter new uper ball joints new cv axels t case seals spark plugs and wires distributer new front drivers side...

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im doing the same thing im looking for a 07 or above tundra or a 07 or above silverado . . cant find i nice tundra for less that 25k i was talking to a guy at my fire dept he has a 2011 silverado he said hes gotn it to get 24mpg on the highway on a long trip when it was in 4cyl mode running 60mph

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new update on claws turns out there better than i thought still tread were is fast but turns out ive had a front hub going bad over like the last 4 months and didnt ever notice because i though the tires were just getting louder turns out it was the hub making most of the noise. no vibration at high...

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Probly wont buy another set in some ways they are worth it like for the looks and not many people have them so they really stand out I thing they are better suited for a off roader with the occasional drive down the high way not on a daily driver like my crew tires really kick a** though just not on...

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update . . LOUD LOUD LOUD close to 20,000 miles on them now about half tred

sonomadude4x4

u can set one of the patterns where its just the left ones that flash and the other stay on and same for the right side im sure theres a way that u can wire them so they work with yout turn sigals

sonomadude4x4

pictures! This shows the 4 amber lights in the back window for the picture i have the lights set to steady on there not as bright in this setting but have 15 flash patterns http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/bcw4x4/untitledtruck1.png front 2 red lights http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/bc...

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10 4 will get them up soon as i can get some good pictures

sonomadude4x4

dont know where your located but i have a hard cover ill sell if your somewhat close to VA

sonomadude4x4

got my led red lights installed for the fire dept and back up camera

sonomadude4x4

we can only have red lights so we arnt mistaken as law inforcement

sonomadude4x4

yes were allowed to have just 2 red lights but still have to obey all traffic laws its more of a safty thing for when were parked on the side of the road at a call

sonomadude4x4

where is that?

sonomadude4x4

lights are supposed to be here this coming up week i have to run 2 power cables from the power supply which will be inside the cab to the battery and 2 more from the lights to the inside of the cab anyone know a easy way to run wires through the fire wall?

sonomadude4x4

yeah it would be nice if they get it figured out cause then would have a much cheeper lift option if u run a 2 inch body lift and this 2.5 inch lift u could get allmost 5 inches which would be alot cheeper than buying the BDS or the superlift kits

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i eneded up going with some lights from speed tech lighting i ordered 2 red lights for the front and 4 ambers for the back window the 2 for the front are gona mount to the brush guard for the swithes i made a plate to mount over the cd case holder will post pics when i get them all installed lights ...

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any one in the fire dept im getn ready to put lights on the crew for when i respond to calls cant figure out where to mount the 2 red lights on the front any ideas? any one done this? i know where im put the ones in the back but cant figure out any good ideas for the front any ideas would be great

sonomadude4x4

yeah me too would be really intreasted in hearing how it does allthough i may not cause im considering selling the crew and dont know if ima be able to not put this on it before i were to sell it lol

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http://www.roughcountry.com/chevy_4wd_s10.html

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i had a flowmaster 40 before i went with the y pipe sounds great with that just wasnt loud enough for me the y pipe sounds the best to me it gives u a deep tone as long as u keep it under 2000 rpm"s about 2000 it starts to sound like a v6 but still deeper than u would expect but mine is fairly loud ...

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My ses light has been comeing on in the morrnings when I leave for work only comes on when the truck is still warming up after going down the road about a mile the code is po446 something to do with the vent from what I've read but I just clear the code and it goes off for the rest of the day and an...

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yeah ive been looking for a while and cant seem to find any for the sonoma there are tons out there for the s 10 though

sonomadude4x4

i just realized the s-10 lights are different for a sonoma . are there any aftermarket lights out there for a sonoma ??

sonomadude4x4

saw u changed your headlights where did u get the ones for the turn signals? did u have the stock fog lights?

sonomadude4x4

mud grapplers!!!!

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fuel pump went out in the crew the other day i put a new one in today its running 10 time better than it had in the last 6 months i was towing my trailer again when it went out . . the truck got really sluggish like it has in the past and on came the check engine light then the truck quit after abou...

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like these

http://www.buyeurolights.com/1998-2002- ... 93558.html

sonomadude4x4

looking to replace the headlights on my sonoma i found some i like for the high and low beam but cant seem to find replacements for the factory fog lights and turn signals im looking for some in black with the clear linse looking to replace the whole system not just the bulbs

sonomadude4x4

i have 15x8"s with 5.5 inch back spacing and i clear the frame perfect with my 31x10.50"s

sonomadude4x4

so mass air flow sensor maybe? also exhaust seems to be the same its kinda hard to tell cause mines all ways loud lol

sonomadude4x4

replaced air filter and changed oil today while under it i checked out the exhaust didnt see any problems there air filter was nasty but truck is still running the same . . once i get to 70mph thats about it . . runs great till it gets to 70 just no more after that o2 sensors havent been in to long ...

sonomadude4x4

so many things it could be i dont even know where to start looking

sonomadude4x4

so im comeing home the other day in the crew towing my trailer down the highway its a 6x10 enclosed trailer truck is in over drive and my truck starts to slow down so i start giving it more gas so it drops out of OD and tach is reading 3000 rpm still slowing down then the check engine light came on ...

sonomadude4x4

yes u will be able to use your stock rims i managed to get by with running 31x10.50"s on 15x8 rims with 5.5 inch back spacing i have the MML but with no finder cuts also check out the readers ride thread i beleave its under the N.O.S section

sonomadude4x4

next should be a SFA! lol

sonomadude4x4

ive got a winston ill post pics on how it mounts later on today if i can mines alot different than the one shown above

sonomadude4x4

eagle alloys 15x8 with 5.5 inch bs

sonomadude4x4

yeah would love to see it with the front bumper whens it supposed to be avalible? have u tryed the one from synergy?

sonomadude4x4

but this is just my opinion others may hate the sound and performance but i like it alot bettter just my opinion

sonomadude4x4

it runs wide open alot better which is why my 0-60 was faster u do lose some low end but not enough to worry about didnt notice any lose but im sure it did due to the fact that its so free flowing now but over all runs better and is cheeper than any other over rated mufflers like flowmaster magnaflo...

sonomadude4x4

yeah same here dont really need one but just for the coolness factor and for the look lol maybe someone will chime in that has tryed one

sonomadude4x4

any one ever tryed one just saw synergy off road is carrying it now ....
http://shop.synergyoffroad.com/S10-Blaz ... -S10WP.htm

sonomadude4x4

runs better 0-60 was faster i checked it before and after i did it

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update got about 7,000 miles on the claws now been rotateing them every 1500 to 2000 miles probly at about 85-90% tread now i can see geting about 30,000 miles out of them as far as the noise goes there starting to get a little louder which is expected with a tire like this nothing better than a goo...

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I would go for the springs but I don't want it to ride like a dump truck lol

sonomadude4x4

need to raise the rear of the crew i sit 1 1/2 inches higher in the front need to level it out some but really dont wana do the add a leaf to the rear so shackles in the rear seem the way to go but i do a fair amout of towing and have read that towing with shackles isnt the best thing so my question...

sonomadude4x4

Look just a few topics down its called "y pipes" I posted a picture on there a while ago its just a pipe in place of the muffler so after the cat there's nothing but a pipe

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y pipe for the exhaust

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had the claws in the mud finially lol there great . . my buddie got his F 150 stuck . . i mean he was stuck he was bottomed out on a hole so i went back and got the crew . . had to go through a few holes to get back there to him . never locked it into 4wd untill i had to pull him out.. i pulled him ...

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my boss has these tires on his jeep they were also 31x10.50 seemed to be a good tire hes had the jeep for 6 months or so and no tread were has shown they do ride good.... like hj said theere kinda a combmitation of a AT and a MT do have a slight humm on pavement but u probly wont hear to much of tha...

sonomadude4x4

i would have gone lower but i didnt know if i was going to be able to get air close by theres a place across the street but its allways packed i really didnt wana have to run them at 15psi on the pavement

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there load range C i aired down to 25psi cause i usually dont let any air out when i go on the beach but i was on organ inlet in Nags Head North Carolina the sand was really soft there this year people were getn stuck left and right but aired them down to 25 and never had a problem

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just rotated tires had been 1700 miles no wear yett just heard the more u rotate them the better also will have them in the sand one day this week and plan to air them down to 20psi or so cause the sand here is soft this year i have heard

sonomadude4x4

no muffler at all ..just both the cats.. after the main cat its 2.5 inch pipe all the way back to a y pipe just before the axel back to 4 inch tips turned at 90 degrees behide both rear tires

sonomadude4x4

yeah u keep the rpm's down below 2000 its sounds great.... between 2500 and 3500 its ok but above 3500 is when it starts screaming sounds nasty

sonomadude4x4

u can still just cut the stock muffler out and put a single pipe in place of it . . heres mine with a y pipe heres a sound clip sound clip doesent do it justice its alot deeper in person

http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk31 ... I_0525.mp4

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haha maybe 5 inch bds lift in the future not sure yet its my DD so gota keep it getting somewhat decent gas milage its bad enough as it is

sonomadude4x4

im lucky i guess ive got a great exhaust shop close by its just a local place they had my muffler out and a y pipe in in less than 20 min

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what my crew started as 2002 gmc sonoma 64,000 miles stock except the 31x 10.50 bfg AT http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/bcw4x4/myride1.jpg after my 2 inch body lift and tb crank and 31x10.50 bfg muds http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/bcw4x4/afterlift.jpg what she looks like now 4 years ...

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