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2015 Sport Build

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by Gruber1922, Oct 8, 2019.

  1. Apr 24, 2020 at 7:48 AM
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  2. Apr 24, 2020 at 12:55 PM
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    Yeah I love it. Super sturdy
     
  3. Apr 24, 2020 at 12:57 PM
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    I actually Jerry rigged my old fender liner for the time being. I’ll send some pics, not the greatest. I’ll be doing the intake cowl mod soon, just need to order parts and stop being lazy
     
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  4. Apr 25, 2020 at 12:13 AM
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    Intake hose, piping and clamps are ordered. Will hopefully have the intake cowl mod in this coming week
     
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  5. Apr 26, 2020 at 7:19 PM
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    Sent my driver side shock into ADS for a rebuild, hopefully it’s a quick turn around. Also, Bxbuilt was running an insane deal on retrofits. So I may or may not have ordered some...
     
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  6. Apr 28, 2020 at 6:07 PM
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    Hard to take photos with the lighting but you should get the point. Scored these tabs that I just bent up, drilled through and zip tied. On another note, my intake hoses came for he cowl intake
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  7. Apr 28, 2020 at 8:05 PM
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    Just ordered the stuff for my cowl intake today!
     
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  8. Apr 28, 2020 at 11:50 PM
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    Do you go with 3 or 4 inche piping?
     
  9. Apr 29, 2020 at 4:11 AM
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    3”. I thought i was going to use sch10 3” stainless pipe i could get at work, but turns out I ordered a piece of aluminum pipe that was pretty cheap. All I need now are the clamps and rubber to put around the edge of the hole.
     
  10. Apr 29, 2020 at 5:50 AM
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    Yeah I went with 3 as well. Might just use some door trim to see if that will work around the hole
     
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  11. Apr 29, 2020 at 3:10 PM
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    Cowl intake is done. Haven’t been able to drive it yet since it’s still on jack stands. Hoping this helps with dust in the intake
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    Very nice!
     
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    I made a piece of aluminum for the sheild. I still need to get the hose clamps. Should be installing this weekend.
     
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    Have you drove it yet?
     
  15. Apr 29, 2020 at 6:25 PM
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    I just used steel for the shield. None of my local stores had it in stock so hopefully it doesn’t rust a ton. And not yet, truck is still on jack stands. Waiting for my shock to be sent back from ADS. Definitely notice more engine noise inside the cabin
     
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  16. Apr 30, 2020 at 6:07 AM
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    Hmm.... does it at least sound good? Haha.
     
  17. Apr 30, 2020 at 2:04 PM
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    Not sure really. Noticed it was louder on start up but the same during idle. I’m sure it’ll be similar to an after market CAI
     
  18. May 10, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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    Finally did a full wash. Used a stripping soap, clay bar and applied a ceramic coat today. The amount of pollen this year is insane. Hard to tell in the second picture but this is only a few hours later... might have to take some more off the rear flares
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  19. May 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM
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    Damn that’s nice paint. Want to do my truck next? And the pollen this year is crazy here as well. Looks like it’s snowing sometimes
     
  20. May 10, 2020 at 1:01 PM
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    I just went with a spray ceramic from The Last Coat. Supposed to last a few months so we will see. And I bought a griots clay pad, wayyy faster vs a clay bar. The pollen is annoying and my allergies don’t like it either
     

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