Raleigh North Carolina and surrounding areas

ya at thighway speed they are def a drag on the truck. i love them offroad but man i might have to go back to at

 

Damn I wish I owned a forklift or a lift or a reasonable garage for that matter. Truck looks great @Deo taco

 

ya having a forklift is hella nice for checking fitment

 

I had them on my Dodge, 35s, and loved them but “that thing got a hemi”. Too much for my V6

 

Yea man I did the same with the Jeep. Now that I’m not DDing it I’m back to more aggressive tires.

how’s the 5.29 on the highway? My 4.88 in the Jeep run me about 3k at 80mph with a 6 speed manual.

 

its great on the highway. about 2k but it just struggles for power. and mpg hahahahahaha nope

 

Man I've got 4.88s with my 2nd gen on 35s and am turning 2500ish at 75 mph 2300ish at 70

 

Lol yea I gotcha. I thankfully have plenty of power on the highway up to about 85 or so.. after that she’s gassed out for the most part.

 

are you getting into 6th? bc on hills and stuff i down shift and run high 2000s like 2800 to 3k. but on the flats i am def in the low 2s

 

2nd gens don't have a 6th. That just seems really low and sluggish to me. Stock gearing I was at 1900-2000 on 35s and it had no balls. Late shift into OD and torque converter lock up downshifted easily. Lastly the accel pedal had to be depressed a good amt to hold speed

 

Working on other peoples cars makes me love our trucks even more! A friend asked if I could check his DTC codes on his 09 Malibu 3.6L, codes came back as p0433 - evap purge solenoid circuit. Him not fully understanding how inspections in this state work(He's from the Mid west where they don't have inspections) took his car for inspection and failed. The shop kind of yanked him around got him to agree to diagnostics and then he finally remembered we already checked codes. They came up with the same thing we did but charged him $113... Again him not fully understanding bought the evap solenoid, ACdelco from Amazon, even though I told him I thought the problem was wiring p0433 - evap purge solenoid circuit.

Fast forward to 2 days ago, part is here and we install it after he changed his oil and we put in the back 3 sparkplugs (which aren't as big of a pain as they look). Fire up the car, it runs fine, and he pulls out of the garage as I'm hooking up my scanner to pull codes again. No power, it's in limp mode and CEL is on still. HOLY MOTHER... wtf is all this from... Transmission is not related to Engine oil spark plugs or Evap solenod RIGHT?!?!?!?! Spend a whole day being sidetracked by that BS because the p0443 is not showing, I finally got back to the Solenoid plug and realized the wire was broken inside the insulation... Cut it off, took it home, spliced some new wires on, and this morning we hooked it back up. ALL CODES ARE GONE, and it's back out of limp mode.

Thanks GM FAK YOU!

 

That sounds really hard

do you need a straw?

 

if anybody can get it right YOU CAN!!!

 

You’re practically a genius in my mind. I had a slight seizure just reading your post

 

So smart.. came up with a few new curse words.. but I forgot em.

 

hey guys looking to pick up a tent. what do you think is the best brand out there?

 

I have had Tepui and CVT and now Free Spirit Recreation. The Tepui and CVT are all copies of the same and now I believe are owned by Smittybilt but not sure. Cheaper quality for sure but decent design. FSR has a much cleaner and better design with easier deployment and quality ladder setup. I love my highcountry tri wall 88 FSR. There was one in VA for sale in excellent condition on here.

 

ill have to check that out. i know tepui got bought by thule now. what about 23zero?

 

Sorry, those are the only brands that I have physically seen and used myself.