Summer upgrades
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Summer upgrades
It's getting warmer and I'm looking at some upgrades and need some advice. I'm looking at going from the 3.93 gears to the 4.10 gears but I dont know if its possible with a 4x4. Any input would be great. Also, I bought some diamond cut headlights off eBay two summers ago and the plastic turned yellow. I dont know if it was a bad batch of plastic or what but I am looking at replacing them with these Headlights but I dont want them to turn yellow, too. If anyone has experience with those headlights or any other ones that they have bought off eBay, I'd like to hear what you have to say. Thanks in advance.
Oh one more thing...how can I find out what kind of diff (Dana blah blah blah) I have? I have looked all over online but cant find any info that tells me exactly what I have.
Oh one more thing...how can I find out what kind of diff (Dana blah blah blah) I have? I have looked all over online but cant find any info that tells me exactly what I have.
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RE: Summer upgrades
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It's getting warmer and I'm looking at some upgrades and need some advice. I'm looking at going from the 3.93 gears to the 4.10 gears but I dont know if its possible with a 4x4. Any input would be great. Also, I bought some diamond cut headlights off eBay two summers ago and the plastic turned yellow. I dont know if it was a bad batch of plastic or what but I am looking at replacing them with these Headlights but I dont want them to turn yellow, too. If anyone has experience with those headlights or any other ones that they have bought off eBay, I'd like to hear what you have to say. Thanks in advance.
Oh one more thing...how can I find out what kind of diff (Dana blah blah blah) I have? I have looked all over online but cant find any info that tells me exactly what I have.
It's getting warmer and I'm looking at some upgrades and need some advice. I'm looking at going from the 3.93 gears to the 4.10 gears but I dont know if its possible with a 4x4. Any input would be great. Also, I bought some diamond cut headlights off eBay two summers ago and the plastic turned yellow. I dont know if it was a bad batch of plastic or what but I am looking at replacing them with these Headlights but I dont want them to turn yellow, too. If anyone has experience with those headlights or any other ones that they have bought off eBay, I'd like to hear what you have to say. Thanks in advance.
Oh one more thing...how can I find out what kind of diff (Dana blah blah blah) I have? I have looked all over online but cant find any info that tells me exactly what I have.
You can also check your glove box there should be a data sheet. Gears aren't impossible to change but it is costly in a 4x4 because you have to do rear and front diff.
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all ebay headlights are made of cheap plastic, so they will start to yellow after acouple years. and 3.93 to 4.10's isnt really worth the money. you will not notice that much of a difference. you could go to 4.56's and that would make a better difference for the money.
and you can find what diff you have on the sticker in your glove box.
and you can find what diff you have on the sticker in your glove box.
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moe in wichita ks
summer upgrade? mine is going to be getting the cooling system serviced, so it doesnt overheat. fall /winter? if you have a cap and rotor, replace both each fall, and block off the vent in the cap, j b weld works for this. this keeps condensation out. which causes LOTS of trouble. i did have this trouble years ago, untill i started changing the cap and rotor each fall, and blocking the vent off.no more trouble now.
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I have the other halo projector headlights. And they put out ALOT of light. I haven't used high beam in a long time. Low beam is just so bright and its perfect. Doesn't even blind oncoming traffic. Looks pretty sweet to at night.
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I thought briefly of buying lights on eBay, but am also not sure of the quality. There's typically a reason they're on eBay. The stock lights on my '97 are still good...slightly yellowish. A $15 Permatex kit will fix 'em right up, and they'll be good for another 10 years.
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I never thought about going to the 4.56's, Johnny, but I'll look into it.
Geoff, could you link the headlights that you have? Sounds like they will be a lot more promissing than the diamond cut ones I bought. The ones I bought started noticeably yellowing after about 3 months which is a little sudden. As you can imagine, I'm a little hesitant about buy some more off eBay. It's too bad that eBay is pretty much the only place you can find these kind of upgrades.
Moe, I'm not talking about winterizing/summerizing. I meant that since its getting warmer, its time to start working on making my truck better. Thanks for the advice though.
Thanks for the advice guys.
Geoff, could you link the headlights that you have? Sounds like they will be a lot more promissing than the diamond cut ones I bought. The ones I bought started noticeably yellowing after about 3 months which is a little sudden. As you can imagine, I'm a little hesitant about buy some more off eBay. It's too bad that eBay is pretty much the only place you can find these kind of upgrades.
Moe, I'm not talking about winterizing/summerizing. I meant that since its getting warmer, its time to start working on making my truck better. Thanks for the advice though.
Thanks for the advice guys.