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TBItoy said:
Good choice.

I've put the bilsteins on almost every ifs chevy me and dad have owned. Make a big difference in ride and handling over wore out stock stuff, especially when you're towing and hit a big expansion joint or rough patch of highway.
Yup....bilsteins on the race car....bilsteins on past "cared about" daily drivers.

I took a chance on some hotchkis (by Fox) on the Cuda and I was also impressed. But more $$$
 
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Any specific place to buy em cheap? Looks like all 4 Bilstein 5100's is $297 free shipping on ebay. Sound about right?
 
TacomaJD said:
FJ Cruiser replacement! 2005, 110k miles. Scored a good deal and get to put some money back in the bank.

I'm assuming shocks are the factory ones, they are shot. What are some good affordable shocks ppl put on these that ride good? Gonna have to level it too.

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We have that same truck in our fleet at my old place and it had 225K on the clock and the only issue other than regular maintenance and front end parts was the wiring harness got ripped out from underneath it in a cotton field when it was new and for some reason when we got it it would randomly without warning or reason dive to the right (steering wheel moved and everything) They replaced every steering component on it and it quit. We searched and searched and even asked GM and they could not explain why it did it so that was their advice. It is a good truck, ours even has a hole in the floorboard you can spit out of. :****:
 
Haha awesome. This one is throwing all the EVAP codes, I will eventually tackle it and replace the EVAP canister and filter. But it's an isolated problem that is not going to affect anything else other than the CE light on in the dash, so I'm not too worried about getting in a hurry to fix it. That helped me get a good deal in the truck. I actually ended up buying it from a guy I went to school with that was a good bit younger than me. He got it from an old man. It's super clean. He said the CE light on has scared off several buyers, don't bother me a bit. Saved me a lot of money. These trucks are hard to find with miles around 100k, and when you do find em, people think they are made of fawking gold.

This one also has the lower cab corner rust starting in a few small spots. It's just bubbly paint/surface rust now, so I'm gonna get a friend that does media blasting and spray on bedliner to blast the rockers and spray em with bedliner. Only on the very bottom of the rocker, not like up on the door or anything, it will barely be visible. Other than that, truck is clean as hell bumper to bumper, inside and out. I could spend less than $200 on it to fix the CE light and probably flip it in a week and make at least $1500 on it. I been looking at these trucks hard for about a month now, market value is crazy. I like buying trucks like these because I know in a few years I can always get most, if not all, of my money back if I want to sell and upgrade.
 
I almost pulled trigger on this truck up in Maryville. It's priced right and looks to be in excellent shape. Tried to get the guy to meet me at the lot today and they wouldn't. Don't have time to go up there during the week. But glad I got the one I got, saved some coin over what this one would have costed.

It's a 2008 2500hd with 6.0L work truck also with 110k miles, with added fender flares, cheap cloth interior and rubber floor, but it has power windows, door locks, cruise, cd player, and the premium wheels. Had all the **** I need in a truck - I'm pretty utilitarian regarding interior. Be a good buy if any of yall are looking for a solid tow rig.

$15,995 at Auto Solutions in Maryville. I want to drive one of these to compare it to my old truck. Think the 08 6.0L had like 353 hp and 373 torque, older ones like the 06 model I had only had like 300 hp and 360 torque. So 53 more hp and 13 more ft lbs of torque, prolly feels a little more peppy, especially paired with the 6l80e.

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05 was the first year for the L33 all aluminum 5.3 in some of the ext. cab 1500s. I think only 25% of those trucks had that H.O. motor that year. You should look into it. As far as that rust goes I'm pretty sure it starts and comes from the inside out, had a buddy of mine that does body work that told me as soon as ya start to notice it the best thing to do is to drill holes on the back side and spray some sort of oil in to help contain it as best ya can. My old truck used to throw that evap code as well and I believe it was a real cheap easy fix. I think it's partially caused by topping off your tank everytime.

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I think u could put this stuff on a dog terd and it would be decent
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Back to the cab corner rust. It looks to me like it is solely surface rust on the outside, it hasn'y began to actually deteriorate the metal yet. If it started on the inside and made it to the outside, shouldn't it look a whole lot ****tier? Im about to go meet the guy at his bank to get the truck, I will post up some oics of the small rust spots afterwhile.
 
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TacomaJD said:
Back to the cab corner rust. It looks to me like it is solely surface rust on the outside, it hasn'y began to actually deteriorate the metal yet. If it started on the inside and made it to the outside, shouldn't it look a whole lot ****tier? Im about to go meet the guey at his bank to get the truck, I will post up some oics of the small rust spots afterwhile.

Isn't your dad a body man? Have him check it out.
 
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kmcminn said:
Isn't your dad a body man? Have him check it out.
Yep, just don't want to have to go as far as cutting out and replacing the rockers. Def gonna let him look at it though.
 
Sometimes being an amputee sucks ass. Been going too hard lately. Been damn near immobile over the weekend. Still aint awesome but back to school and work today :/

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TacomaJD said:
Sometimes being an amputee sucks ass. Been going too hard lately. Been damn near immobile over the weekend. Still aint awesome but back to school and work today :/

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Saw on Facebook a little while ago about robotic legs for amputees. Nerves in the legs send singles to the robotic foot to help it move. Looked real interesting.

Have you seen that? Sure it's not cheap but looked cool.

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poolman said:
That looks like it would be sore as hell!! :****:

Nerve damage works to my advantage, but it also lets it get real bad before I realize it....when it starts to hurt, it's already bad. If it ain't better tomorrow, prolly gonna have to lay out of work, gonna try to tough it out tonight because I am by myself on Mondays. My partner will be back tomorrow so I can take off. Sucks having to slow down.
 
Zjman said:
I think u could put this stuff on a dog terd and it would be decent
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You got that right, had a friend send me some from Florida and as the lady says " I put that **** on everything "!!!
 
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Mortalis5509 said:
Saw on Facebook a little while ago about robotic legs for amputees. Nerves in the legs send singles to the robotic foot to help it move. Looked real interesting.

Have you seen that? Sure it's not cheap but looked cool.

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Yeah they are already using that technology in prosthetic arms. Most of that type stuff, to me, seems like it would not be as high performance. More technology, less functionality. My leg is simple and awesome, just been on it wayyy too much lately. I had a busy ass week last week, worked hard at work and worked hard outside of work.

But yeah that **** aint cheap! Pisses me off how much prosthetic supplies and hardware is.
 
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TacomaJD said:
Yeah they are already using that technology in prosthetic arms. Most of that type stuff, to me, seems like it would not be as high performance. More technology, less functionality. My leg is simple and awesome, just been on it wayyy too much lately. I had a busy ass week last week, worked hard at work and worked hard outside of work.

But yeah that **** aint cheap! Pisses me off how much prosthetic supplies and hardware is.
It seems like the greater the need in medical supply, the greater the cost. I'm sure your leg cost in the $$$$ dollar range between your insurance and your part.

I just got an acl brace and that was $520. Im having to pay 10% @ $240 of my acl surgery next week. It's out patient and better than 10 years ago when I spent the night for the last one.

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Well got it home and put some plugs and a temp sensor in it cause it was running rough and the plugs were fouled out and........
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Might have got the short end of the stick here


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Mortalis5509 said:
It seems like the greater the need in medical supply, the greater the cost. I'm sure your leg cost in the $$$$ dollar range between your insurance and your part.

I just got an acl brace and that was $520. Im having to pay 10% @ $240 of my acl surgery next week. It's out patient and better than 10 years ago when I spent the night for the last one.

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Initial costs was around $30k, I paid a grand or so out of pocket along with around $3k more of other medical bills for surgeries and hospital stays. But the liners I have to wear on my leg that has the ratchet pin mounted in it that locks into the leg are $600 a pc and I go through about 1 liner per year. Insurance got ****tier and now I have a $1300 deductible so I have to buy my liners out of pocket pretty much. Then more coinsurance payments when I have to the the leg worked on or refitted. It's neverending.

And you are right, they know I have to have it, they can charge whatever they want. I paid $400 for a damn piece of foam they sanded down into a rough shape of a real leg that fits onto my prosthesis for only the sole purpose of just filling out my pants leg so it doesn't flop when I walk. Literally just a piece of foam they spent 30 minutes shaping, with two velcro closures on it. $400. Insane.
 
Did some looking into it and the rust definitely starts on the inside like Zach said. Crazy it can make it start rusting on the outside before actually deteriorating the metal. It's not terrible now, but I want to get it fixed before it gets bad. Probably get dad to replace the cab corners/rockers.

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TacomaJD said:
Did some looking into it and the rust definitely starts on the inside like Zach said. Crazy it can make it start rusting on the outside before actually deteriorating the metal. It's not terrible now, but I want to get it fixed before it gets bad. Probably get dad to replace the cab corners/rockers.

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Did it come from up north? Floor pans?
 

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