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Old 12-13-2009
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light bumper test

lol was bored and finally got my winch fixed so after mounting and conecting it again decided to do a light test on whether the bumper holds on

so a tried the truck to see if it holded me going over a hill and upwars the ountain.....

not some great pics but you get the idea of how it worked...

but first.. 2 pics that mad eeme sad to follow... whn the truck was getting towed cause of the brake issue....
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oh btw the trailer hitch was hitting the ground.... once ipulled the truck 1 ore feet the ball got off the concrete and sunk like 6"-9" into the ground.....



i gotta lower the fair lead a few inches but ill do that this week


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looks good, you need some larger tires now!
 
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yeah workin on that... still studing bout new gears so ill try and see if i can fit 295/75-16 or of not 285/75-16 ... or some on those ranges... if i regear ill go with 4.56 gears though....
 
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^^^ ditto

its screamin for bigger tires
 
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what gears do you have now?
 
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who needs gears when you have.. turbo diesel! lucky lol
 
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^ hel yeah!

i got 3.73 right now on 245/70-16 and im pretty sure i woont be happy with 33s and 4.10 gears.... thats why if im buying gears they r gona be 4.56
 
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oh and just painted the fair lead black.... didt like how it just didnt go with the truck... being it all alll black... and i already lower it a couple inches ...

ah phone turned of cause battery ill post pics later....
 
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the actual fairlead part, or the bracket? cause wont the paint just come off anyways?
 
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Damn i love your truck
 
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painted everything black. yeah the fairlead part gna fall when i use the winch.. but who cares... i carry around a black spray can on the truck always... of the bracket it wont fall anyway.
 
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I love it! 2.8l turbodesiel 4 door! Can you get those in Canada? All you need are those bigger tires!
 
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