What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Fedex delivery, Nice start to list of new upgrades.

 

I have that same decal under my hood. Came with my aftermarket remote start.

 

OTT Tune from BT Tuning in Northern California! Best mod yet! Wow, what a difference.

 

I got this done with less than 200 miles on the odometer and never got to experience much of the gear hunting/ throttle delay- and everytime I see a post like this I'm glad that it was the first 'mod' I made!!

 

Did mine at 1,000 and never gave it a second thought. Had a car previously that was flashed, couldn’t pass vehicle emissions. Having the CE certification was a big part of my decision.

 

I waited too long. Got busy with the shiny things instead of being smart about the modding. A tune is the VERY FIRST thing you do to an STI in California. They run lean right off the showroom floor because of the crappy CA. tune in them. I should know better for sure.

Agreed. And like I said above, I know better and got caught up buying shiny truck things.

 

Perfect height.

 

I like this. Good Lock-Out-Tag-Out warning for isolating energy. If your spouse hit the remote start (or it got butt-dialed in your own pocket), you could get a finger pinched into the belt or somehow injured while working in there.

 

New leaf pack time, AAL and stock was very unhappy with weight I had put it through. Added a 1in lift block as a bandaid until it was Black Friday deal time. Dobinsons L59-110-R pack in, sitting at 1.8in of lift with all my goodies in the rear.

No complaints, rides good and I can always add leaves if I add more weight or need extra height down the road. I'm really enjoying the truck at it's 1-1.5in of lift so I didn't want to jump to the 111 pack right off the rip. Truck sits slightly more level now, .75in rake front to rear with my 6112s.

 

More Dobinson's love here, bought from Exit Offroad. 110 leafs with 940 shocks out back. 314 coils on 221 shocks up front. About 2.1 inches all around and rides fantastic. Really impressed with the quality and strength.

and some 33's. Falken AT4W's

 

Over the weekend I installed the AC Drain mod and redline max lift hood struts.
Didn't get pics of the struts

 

Finally pulled the trigger on some 5.29s (revolution - polished) and a front elocker (Eaton) with the ECGS bushing at Premier West Gears. Just drove home for the 1st break in cycle (20 minutes at 55 mph).

you can definitely feel the difference off the line the truck doesn’t feel like it’s trying so hard to move. Super excited about the results. Didn’t notice any whine or anything yet but also didn’t go too fast. Mpg went from the normal 16 to 18.6 (high hopes here). Haven’t seen mpgs like that since I got the truck.

going to do the rest of the cycles tomorrow and try to wrap up the initial cycles.

Update:
After a couple thousand miles I can definitely hear the gears when cruising 45+mph and around 80mph it feels like it’s going as fast as it should lol. Still loving how fast it is off the line now. Also mpg is around 17 again which is awesome.

 

More info please (PM me if needed), where was the remote start controller located and did/do you have a different remote start fob, or does it work with your smart fob??

I ask cause I would like the remote start feature if it has it, but not pay $$$ to add it on.. My truck only had right at 12K miles when I bought it and hard to believe, but possible, someone would remove it not long after adding it... I have looked under the drivers dash as well as under hood and see no sign of anything aftermarket except maybe the LED fogs...

 

I installed the RemoteX remote starter which operates from oem fob, and it's located behind/under the glove box somewhere.

 

Rear bumper step, stows away nicely and 15 minute install. And a light bar facing back over the rear, been meaning to do something like this for loading kayaks at night, farm work, cleaning fish etc. Both turned out well but may need to mount the light lower due to whistling at speed

 

#oddlysatisfying

 

Questions for you:
1. What model are your pod lights
2. When did Arizona Tea start making shock reservoirs?

 

Try hitting your key fob Lock, 3x times within about 3 seconds, that is how mine works. you have to time it just right, immediately after the lights finish flashing, press the lock again; sometimes it takes me two tries, to get the timing right. Also note, that if it is the older version of remote start, and you have push button start; the truck will shut off when you open the door. Newer systems have worked around this, but i can live with the extra start.

 

Those steel wheels look great!

 

Details on which BF sale you found? I looked on Dobinsons site and didn't see anything.