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Good pics on 4inch lift and 31s vs 33s

I'm trying to decide what to do 4inch superlift with 31s duratracs will that look bad ?? Or 33s and buy new if anyone has some good pics that would be great and mileage with 410, 4.0 is there much difference between 31 and 33
 
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Deffientley 33's.. 31s you can fit stock, so it just doesnt look that good with the lift.. too much wheel gap. I didnt notice much difference in mpgs when i switched to 33's
 
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I run 33's with 4.10's... Mpgs isn't that much difference... Maybe a little less. If you lift 4 inches, definitely go with 33's, 32x11.5's would be the smallest I would go.
 
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31s are too small for a Superlift in my opinion... I had them on for one day until I picked up my 33's. I don't really have two pictures at the same angle but these are at least both from a front corner.



 
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What are you guys getting mileage like around town mine is gunna be stick so that should help a little bit
 
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Also what about goin with 33x10.5 km2 instead of 12.5
 
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I personally think the 10.5's are a little too narrow.. MPG isn't terrible I get about 130 miles to a half a tank. All in all its your truck so do what you want to do. If mileage is a big factor you could always body lift it and buy 32x11.5's
 
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Originally Posted by Liftedgreen4x4
I personally think the 10.5's are a little too narrow.. MPG isn't terrible I get about 130 miles to a half a tank. All in all its your truck so do what you want to do. If mileage is a big factor you could always body lift it and buy 32x11.5's
what in the world were you getting before your tires!?!?

i mean i know mine is a 2wd so gas is different.. but dear lord!!
 
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what in the world were you getting before your tires!?!?

i mean i know mine is a 2wd so gas is different.. but dear lord!!
Didn't really pay attention before hand lol still a little over 200miles per tank, same as stock on 31's. Gas prices are outrageous so I stopped paying attention and just fill up, less stressful.
 
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eh i definitely wouldn't even consider 31s on a 4" lift unless its 2wd
 
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Get 33's. With my 4.10's and a 4.0L my mileage tanked. I used to get 19-21. Now it's like 14-16.

Tuner is coming though

 
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I was also wondering if the tuner is worth it for gas mileage or just power , is there anyone in Washington good for custom tunes
 
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I was also wondering if the tuner is worth it for gas mileage or just power , is there anyone in Washington good for custom tunes
Get a tuner, it's worth it.

Fred @ Rogue Tuning is who is doing my tuner, shoot him an email
 
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whats his email, and i got my new truck today now its time to start the first thats going is the tan interior any ideas should i paint it black or just just get some grey from a junk yard?
 
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If you can get it cheap enough it'll stand up better to replace it instead of painting.
 
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Ya thats what i was thinking people make the fusion plastic paint sound so good on here.. but i still wonder if its really that good. I would like all black like the fx4 interior but grey would be fine anything but the tan it looks like it was supposed to be white and someone just smoked in it haha
 
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The Krylon Fusion is good stuff, I've never used it on something that is constantly touched though.
 
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whats his email, and i got my new truck today now its time to start the first thats going is the tan interior any ideas should i paint it black or just just get some grey from a junk yard?
you could always go to the store nd buy like a black hair dye nd color it!!
 
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whats his email, and i got my new truck today now its time to start the first thats going is the tan interior any ideas should i paint it black or just just get some grey from a junk yard?
If you're going to paint the dash and everything, use SEM Landau Black. Prep it well and it will look awesome.

not my car but the entire dash used to be the color of the steering wheel.


here is something i used SEM on. Tan explorer console to black. it looks factory, i'm holding an OEM FX4 console piece in my hand in front of the SEM painted explorer console.




I did my seats with a different SEM product. they were tan and are now black.
 
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wow that looks awesome but in the prep you need to do this right, and how do the cloth park this is kinda what my interior looks like, do i paint all of it ? the little cloth part and all

http://images.gtcarlot.com/pictures/48145596.jpg

in order
SEM soap wash
320 grit sanding sponge
wipe
SEM Soap
Let dry
Adhesion Promoter let site 10mins
SEM Paint wait 5-10 mins between coats
SEM Low Luster UV protectant clear
SEM Landau Black
 
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Newegg.com - SEM Classic Coat Leather & Vinyl Paint Black

i found this too they look different

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sm...3/media/images

is this the right stuff i dont know where to buy it at a store
 
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I used Landau Black and Matte clear coat under the "Color Coat" product line for the console

for the seats, i used Classic Coat GMC Black

Prep, i just washed it with regular soap and water (don't need the SEM soap), sanded, washed again, let dry, adhesion promoter, and sprayed.

You can order the Landau black at advance auto parts if you wanted to. some stores actually have it on the shelf. I haven't painted any cloth stuff with either paint so idk how it would look. my seats are leather.
 
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Ya I'm just gunna get different seats eventually but what about the door panels there is spots that are like cloth vinyl stuff do I just do it with te rest of the door and for the adhesive promoter does the brand matter or just any
 
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Ya I'm just gunna get different seats eventually but what about the door panels there is spots that are like cloth vinyl stuff do I just do it with te rest of the door and for the adhesive promoter does the brand matter or just any
krylon usually comes out too glossy even if you use satin black which is why i did some research on SEM to make my console look factory. I'd pull those pieces off of the door panels and wrap them in black pleather/vinyl. Its easy to do
 


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