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I ended up getting one of the Optimas, intended for my truck, but the GTI battery died first. So now its in there. I got it for less than $150 shipped on Amazon.com Took a week to get here with free shipping but since I have the two vehicles no big deal.

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If my boy strength wasnt getting it out, i was resorting to the BFC.

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My radio in my 02' was stuck also. I gave it a good yank and some plastic bracket on the back busted. Its okay, because the aftermarket radio didnt need this part for installation.

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Well the ZR-2 flares option is out, for what its worth with trying to find all of those parts intact on a junk yard vehicle and then doing all the work isnt fitting my bill. From what I looked up theres alot of little parts inside that must be installed too, like the inner fender liners, different b...

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I probably would have to get the whole front outer clip. From what I saw when I was studying my friends GMC version is the front bumper is different too. I am probably opening a can of worms to try and do something so massive but I think I could do it if I really wanted to. Now just to find the time...

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So 500 for skidz, I can probably get the ZR-2 parts alot cheaper from the junkie but I would only be looking at doing the front of the truck, because we all know it doesn't really work for the rear without heavy modifications. Id go with the separate set of wheels and tires option but I have zero ro...

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What does he want for the Skidz, I cant seem to find it in the classifieds?

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How much more over the stock fender will the Skidz give me? Thanks to the stupid design of these axles my fronts stick out much farther than the rears, so I really dont care about the rear. Rear doesn't show any tread looking down but the fronts show 1/3rd of the tire almost. I do need the rear spac...

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I need large fender flares on the front of my CC because of my poor selection in fancy wheels leaves me with tires extruding from my front fenders and failing NJ inspection, and destroying the sides of my truck with mud dirt rocks and anything I run over. I want to know if the ZR-5 fender flares wil...

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Its possible... Previous years winter blends never did me this bad. I used to be able to go 200 miles full to 1/4 tank, now 200 miles is pretty much the low fuel light coming on.

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Seems like a lot of threads here about people loosing MPGs after doing repairs, heres another one! A few weeks ago a buddy of mine and I ventured out to replace my fuel pump since I was pretty sure that the check valve in it was bad and I was tired of cranking this thing over 5 times to get it to st...

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Sounds like a plan. Being that I have the two cars, I switch now and then so one or the other spends time sitting around. The GTI usually gets used more in the summer and the truck in the winter. I think the diehard will be the way to go for the truck, in fact I think I will head to sears today or t...

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Wow very interesting... That does make sense with the Deka and recycled lead. Recycled metals are usually never as good as the virgin metals. I used to have a Yellow Top in my old suburban and I liked that I could leave my sound system going for long periods of time without the truck running. I am i...

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The battery for my CC died today, along with the battery to my GTI getting ready to walk out the door too... With no other posts since 2007 I am curious after 3 years how the Deka is holding up for anyone thats bought them. Im thinking Monday maybe I should take a ride out there and pick up a pair o...

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This is crazy. Bosch sensors dont play well? So let me guess, if I changed one of my two bank 1 sensors to a bosch, and the one bank 2 sensor, but not the one on my driver side... could that not throw codes for 02 sensors but give me other engine DTC troubles? I have a feeling I will be visiting the...

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Thanks for the suggestions. I can't do this myself since were not supposed to work on cars where I live however that rule gets broken for oil changes etc hah. The mechanic is very good, most work is covered by a 1 year warranty parts and labor. This is the second time something was done once and had...

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Thanks for the info! I guess my only fix here is to have the job done twice, now should I bring it back to the guy who originally did it and say look what happend? or bring it to someone else?

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I suggest if you go with the bazooka get the more powerful 200 watt version if you like to crank it. Otherwise the 150w version is working excellent for me with my pioneer head and just using pioneer coaxials off the head unit. Its worth the 180 bucks for the bazooka simple to install has its own au...

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Ok so im not the only one with this problem, however mine went bad 6months ago was repaired and now the other day upon inspection changing my fuel pump we saw it was leaking again. Is this A common issue that these seals fail or is it my mechanic doing something wrong?

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I would check ebay. When my suburbans sending unit rotted out, along with that whole portion of the gas tank I went on Ebay and found a company in Cali that build replacement stainless steel powder-coated tanks. They had them for hundreds of light trucks and SUVs. I picked up a 45 gallon suburban ta...

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Yea thats what I been doing for now.... eventually ill figure it out though. It would be nice to have things working as intended without the ground modification but oh well! I cant complain now because I can SEE at night again!

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Sure enough pulled up behind a car at a light on my way to work today and the low beams are on with the DRLs. Im not too concerned except that my $30 philips fancy white bulbs may not last as long. Whats involved with a relay etc to kill the low beam when the DRL is on? I guess I could always remove...

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Ahhhhhh!!!! Well thats what I did, ground the little yellow wire to the chassis... Ill find out in the morning I can usually see the reflection off my garage door or the back of my fathers pickup if I'm parked in the street. Ill report back tomorrow then I may be needing to figure out relay wiring. ...

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humm.... Havent checked that yet because its too dark out now and the light sensor keeps turning the lights on. If i do the auto light override the DRLs are off as well so no way to find out till tomorrow AM when i leave for work... I guess Ill report back!

I hope they arent on all the time...

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UPDATE!!!! So last week a friend and I, the friend being a certified mechanic in previous career, took apart the whole front of the truck grille, lights wires everything. We cleaned out the two grounds we found behind the headlights that were coming from the headlight wire harness. After doing this ...

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Yea thats why I stayed out of that thread. Id be happy if everything was jsut working as intended right now

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LOL oh my. I dont have any reduced intensity issues. Its either it works or it doesnt. Im not looking to make anything happen here beyond my low beams working like they should heh.

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Yesterday after taking my whole grille apart and testing all the outputs of the light sockets I came across some interesting info elsewhere online about the possibility of the relay being bad, or having a bad ground. With the lights being non operational my left headlight contacts had +12v coming ou...

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They are Ion Alloys. I got them from JC Whitney was the cheapest thing that was the stock size that didnt look like a honda civic wheel. They are nice but they are a headache right now because the offset sticks out a bit further than stock....

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OK I successfully installed the switch without removing the wheel or airbag. It was actually alot easier to replace the switch itself than it was to re-route all the wires. To do this job you need to take the all of the dash panels on the drivers side off, including the one around the gauges so that...

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Gotcha. Thanks again for all the info.

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Thanks Ill take a look at it tomorrow after work.

So how do I disable the bags? Just remove the fuses for my SRS system or can I unplug the bag somehow from under the dash? I have a tool I can reset the SRS lights should they come on.

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So I got the part for $99 on rock auto. It arrived yesterday, and funny up untill tonight since the part was ordered the headlights have been working just fine! Well now that the switch is here I am looking for some insight on how to replace it. One of the guys I work with said I need to remove my a...

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Ok so here it goes, what you've all been waiting for! I finally got down to a parking lot and took some night photos. I really didnt play with the SLR too much so please excuse the crappy lighting etc. Ill take some better ones if I venture out to PA this weekend. http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/...

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Nice. Just took a ride to my local chevy dealer they want $235 for the part new. Im amazed they are beating napa on a price! I think ill be going with rock auto as long as with shipping its still less than $139 on ebay. Ebay has free shipping.

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111 in AZ and 100 in NJ are two totally different things! LOL

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Thanks. I figured the Napa stuff is probably not much different then ebay. Ill make a stop over at the local chevy dealer and see what the factory delco part goes for and go from there.

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OK so after a trip to Napa they said the part is a mutli-function switch as mentioned. They will sell me the part new for $291. If I go on ebay I can buy it "new" for $139. Is it really worth the difference in price? The ebay part claims to be new and I guess is just an aftermarket part. How difficu...

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Ok Ill see what i can do this week. Its been brutally hot and humid here in NJ and after working all day outside I tend to just stay inside heh.

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Ridgefield park. Also known by the foamers from all around conrail land as CP5.

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Thanks! Its a must see at night! The front sidemarkers are UV/Blacklight LEDs. Front turn signals are LED, LP and as you can see the rears are LED also. It looks hot on the road at night without being ridiculous thats why I like it. And im not worried about people knowing what my LP is. Its somethin...

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Had a busy weekend so this is all you get for now heh. If anyone really wants me to I can get some photos of them working. I have a nice SLR camera I can probably get some night parking lot shots with. http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Crew%20Cab/th_2010-05-29145101.jpg http://i...

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You'll more than likely need to do a flasher mod or purchase a new flasher unit. Otherwise, they will blink way to fast. Don't ask me for any further details because I am electrically challenged. :roflmao: I had to do it with my heep and I am currently waiting on a couple of new jeep mods to beta t...

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oPPS almost forgot I was going to add this to the thread... http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Crew%20Cab/th_2010-06-10183456.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Crew%20Cab/th_2010-06-10183343.jpg Top photo shows where Id like to try and mount it, and botto...

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I have these lights installed on my truck. I can take photos tomorrow and post. I have the ones that are the red stock look. They work great and look great. Just dont pay a dime over $80 for them on ebay! One guy in canada sells the same ones everyone else sells for $150 for $80 thats how I got mine...

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Just an update here... Talking to my boss the other day and looking at how my tires are sitting on the truck we determined that I may have a good case of frame damage here. One weekend soon we will get it up on the frame machine and see how it sits, hopefully once its set straight that will eliminat...

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No problem! Is the headlight switch inside of the stalk? I know on all of my older GM trucks they were attached to the column and you could change it easily without much surgery. I hope its a simple swap or its getting attacked with contact cleaner this weekend...

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There have been multifunction switch failures. Be prepared that switch w/air conditioning (my cost) is $118.29 Can you clarify this for me? Not sure what the high beam switch has to do whit the air conditioning? I will check the battery connections. Not sure why that would cause just the low beam t...

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Ok so the headlights have done this to me 2 times before two days ago when it happend again. I would go to start it at night and all the parking lights, fog lights etc work. The high beams work but the low beams wouldnt. Next day they will work find again. The other night it did it again. Numerious ...

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OK well the passenger side isnt rubbing. Could I adjust my torsen springs to compensate for that on the drivers side? When the truck is on a lift the passenger side tire appears to be up a bit higher, and when its on the ground the passenger side tire doesnt stick out as far as the drivers side as n...

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I dont have any pictures right now can take some after work. Its a Kenwood TK-790. It doesnt work in the cassette thing, too big. I put my power inverter in there instead heh. I got the ashtray and holder out of the dash and it seems like it will fit there, I just need to devise a way to mount it. U...

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Nice. The unit I have is a Kenwood that I got for nothing and was already programmed to send and recieve on all 99 AAR railroad channels. Otherwise I would have gotten one with a removable head. I guess Ill have to keep looking around for the remote head for mine.

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So heres what it looks like with the "damage" that I have done http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Crew%20Cab/th_2010-06-09140518.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Crew%20Cab/th_2010-06-09140558.jpg http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/xk1llxy0urselfx/Cr...

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Thanks. So it looks like your using a remote radio head? I believe I can get one for my Kenwood, but from where I dont know. It would be nice to mount the radio unit back where the sub is like you have, I also have a bazooka tube behind the seat. And then have just the head and mic up by my center c...

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OK just ran out and looked they are 235 75 tires. Sorry about that. The -27mm is the offset of the new wheels.

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Well right now it is dark, and even with my SLR camera it would be best to take photos during the day as lighting here is horrible. I will take photos tomorrow. What are skids cutouts? Is there a diagram etc for that?

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You can see it, but cant reach it just to pop the sensor out then correct?

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Unfortunatly it was the only way to get the truck home that day, so I did what I had to do. The part I cut off and hammered are on the lower section, we only cut off maybe a quarter inch or half inch of metal on the underside, figuring that larger fender flares might cover it up. Nobody can notice i...

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Curious question here. Can the sending unit be accessed with the bed removed or does the tank need to be dropped? I need to install a stupid evap sensor, the little back thing on top of the sending unit there with the plug and I figured while I'm doing my undercoating project I can just do that too...

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Mine appear to be held on with plastic pop rivets that body shops use for attaching parts to bumpers of cars. I would bring it to a local body shop and see if they can devise a way to re-attach it. After they do the one, have them do the other as well!

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Okay so I got a set of new wheels for my crew, finally had them put on two weeks ago and now I'm finally here to report about the instant problem they caused, rubbing into my fenders. I bought them online and they were probably the only style in the 15 inch size that I liked. I had to buy 15 inch wh...

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Okay, I just came across this thread and I seen theres photos at the top of installing the radio in the truck. I have a Kenwood TK-790 radio id like to mount in my truck. I am having trouble finding a mounting location where it wont interfear with the movment of seats, my legs or being away from whe...

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hahahha I like that idea! Tons of power, 26mpg in a CC? Ill go for it. It will be on par with my GTI then which gets about 26-28 city and 30-32 on long highway trips @ 80mph. Then the S10 might have a fighting chance for me to try and figure out which car im going to drive.

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L31 vortec? Oh boy. Im happy with my 4.3 I have always had them in the S trucks and its good enough for my farting around. But then again this motor has 211k on it and still going strong. If it does fail one day maybe a swap will be in place but for now its to prove to my father my crap GM with TLC ...

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Hahah Yea not with thouse giant mudders on there. Ill have to go pick up that muffler and bring it down to the shop and see what they can do. Id like to have pipes straight out the back like everyone in florida does. How are yours set up? Looks like they point down the sides similar to stock?

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Ok I am definatly doing the same system as what is in the video there haha. Thats exactly the sound I am looking for in my truck. Did you install that yourself or was it a cat back kit you could by? I am looking for something I can just bolt on myself since lack of welding skills.

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OK So my CC has this problem. I have to double crank it almost every time I go to start it now. Is there a better fuel pump to get? The current one only has about 20-30k on it and is no more than 2 years old. I really am not looking forward to paying $360 bucks for another new sending unit/fuel pump...

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Yay! hahah. Same problem mine had. Pass side front...

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Hes right pretty sure thats your bearings man. My truck did exactly the same thing turned out to be right front bearing. If the sound gets worse/goes away on hard turns then its most definatly a bearing. I would not hesitate to have these replaced...

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Im gonna try to do it soon now that the weather is warmer. Ill defiantly post pics when I get it done. For now the inverter sits in the hole, it fits perfectly, and i have the cable just comming out next to it. Very convient for charging laptops, phones plugging anything you feel like plugging in to...

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That box looks like a sweet fit! 12"? Nice install. My alpine has a aux plug in too, but it's on the rear of the unit. Maybe if I ever wanna plug in my iPhone I'll run a short male to female cable through the dash to utilize it. Beat it sounds nice! If I was gonna upgrade that's what I would do! Bu...

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^^ Ditto x 3. Not saying the people you have giving you advice are trying to mess with you. But they don't seen to know enough about EFI to give good advice. Is the key trick still working? Chris. Oh yea, key trick doesnt work anymore..... but it definatly doesnt hold pressure. Every time you turn ...

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The injector was infact bad, which is why it was changed. It was pouring fuel out instead of actually injecting it. MY mechanic said the regulator was FINE. My two friends however, say otherwise. I trust my mechanic and you guys a bit more. Did your cat get replaced under warranty? You do know that ...

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With a fuel pressure guage attached to the schrader valve and the system primed (key on, engine off), how long does it take for the pressure to bleed down? If it takes several minutes you are ok, however if it drops right away, you need a new fuel pump. :wink: Steve Wish i had the tools for that an...

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I just installed my 6.5 100w bazooka behind the seat of my crew. It fit perfectly and the sound quality and volume totally blew me away for something thats ONLY 100 watts. With a build in amp and everything, the price was right. I paid about $180 for it with shipping.

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