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Tell me what to do..

Well, I have 20 more days in Alaska before I head back to Minnesota. I want you guys to give me some mod ideas. Right now all I can think is I'm getting tinted rear window to 20% and all 4 side windows to 5%.

Oh yah, does anyone know anywhere easy to get decals made? I have some ideas for my back window.

I have a front bumper now by the way.. And I'm going to paint my polished aluminum wheels to black, because they are so dirty I don't know how to clean them. More lift may come later, first I need to sell my jeep and go from there.


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20% in the front and 5% rear would be perfect, go for it!


not a damn clue of other mods sir...
 
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Suspension lift and 37's
 
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you should powder coat them wheels silver. looks awesome!

i like what you having going now, tint would be a plus.

how about a real hitch?
 
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Originally Posted by zabeard
you should powder coat them wheels silver. looks awesome!

i like what you having going now, tint would be a plus.

how about a real hitch?


can you powdercoat to sliver? I was gonna go black, just because black wheels make offroading tires look beefy. Plus it'd be terribly easy to clean. But if I powdercoated silver would that be a dull silver or shiny?


And as to hitch, I wouldn't mind a real one, but first I'd like to get a bumper like Andy's put on. Hint hint Andy :-D You need to upgrade. I don't particularly do any towing now but it wouldn't be hard to find a nice junkyard tow hitch.
 
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What about my rear taillights? Andy said instead of VHT Nightshading mine, I should upgrade to the new style, which might look nice on my red truck.
 
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here is Grants truck. they clean really well.

pictures dont show the shine as much.




vs mine in the same light


another one
 
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hmm interesting, mine dirty look like that sortof ironically. Well, I have to try cleaning them with some majorly strong wheel cleaner/brake cleaner. Because the dust is hecka stuck on.
 
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hmm interesting, mine dirty look like that sortof ironically. Well, I have to try cleaning them with some majorly strong wheel cleaner/brake cleaner. Because the dust is hecka stuck on.
Aluminum polish and steel wool. i ruined mine with degreaser and that brought them back from the dead.
 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-97...spagenameZWDVW

Those tails would look good on there, but they use the 3 bulb setup.
 
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those arent bad..but they're made for older rangers unfortunately
 
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do 5% all the way around....

and add the strip on the front.

maybe 06 emblems?

have you done air silencer removal? or do you have an intake already im to l azy to look.

thats some cheapo stuff to do for looks i guess...
 
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Grants wheels are GREAT to clean just wipe with the sponge your cleaning the truck with and done.. nothing sticks to them
 
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if you do 5% tint all around, be ready to have to drive with your windows down. with 20% on my fronts and 5% on my rear, i hafta drive with the windows down at night and the rear slider needs to be open to see out of it

just givin you a heads up, i love my tint but sometimes it gets annoying!
 
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^^^not to mention the cops will on you like stink on ****...

- tint
- niteshade the tails (get '06s, then niteshade them)
- '06 emblems
- bed caps? toolbox?
 
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The tint is great but like people have said you cant see sh** at night, What type of decals are you looking to get?
 
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Get the inmpound lot info off the back window!
 
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SAS! V8 swap! Get to it you panzy.

Haha... umm... love to see some powder coated wheels. Think that'd be pretty sweet.

Also, I'd say skip the tint. But that's just personal preference. You could always do some power adders, like headers, or pulleys, or a tuner. Give the 4.0 a little more "UMPH!".
 
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truck looks good
as far as tint go for 5% on back window and on the little side windows and the windshield strip, and 35% on the front windows, i have no problem seeing out of mine at night and cops dont seem to mind
 
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i had 5% on my Trailblazer and had no problems just when i backed up at night other than that no prob and cops didnt bother me at all
 
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Get' m powder coated black or some other color. I am getting my factory impy wheels powder coated darke shadow grey. But Grants just look like they were spray painted to me.




^ This is what I want. They look black in the pic, but in real life it looks just like DSG.

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get 4.56s
 
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But Grants just look like they were spray painted to me.

not in person they dont!
 
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RCD with 4.56
 
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I like some of the ideas. Maybe the strongest tint imaginable isn't the best idea.

I'm not really worried about cops, because I'm super duper cool.

I don't know why I would buy new tails then nightshade them, wouldn't that look the same as old nightshaded tails?

And **** Reuber, I don't even know if I've done anything to my air intake. I kinda think i left it stock because I'm under warranty. I don't wanna get f'd on engine.
 


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