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Lots of great ideas and discussion here. After more research on the above, the TIPM is costly and not accepant of non-stock components......much like the HID mentioned. The lights do draw some significant power, the 20" bar pulls 9 amps. The thing is a beast. The game plan from here is to integrate the POD LED's into the existing fog light wiring and wire the bar separately with provided harness. This way the use of highbeams will still be there, but will likely never use it......making it obselete. Thanks for everything above. Dave

I have a 2006 And recently purchased LED light bars which I would like to mount on the front of the vehicle. I will be replacing the two lower stock fog lights with LED pods and adding a 20 inch lightbar under the grill between bumper to use for highbeams. Ideally I would like to utilize the fog light function for the LED pods but leave the pods on when initiating the highbeams. Speaking of the high beams I was hoping to incorporate the 20 inch lightbar into the highbeam switch that's located on the steering column, does anybody see any issues with doing this? To summarize I suppose the total level of effort would be integrating the pods into the current fog light switch and then bypassing the fog light off function when initiating the highbeams; leaving all lights on. As well as including the 20 inch bar to turn on with the highbeams. Any insights you guys had out there are greatly appreciated hope everybody has a great Memorial Day weekend.

Yep, read into that too. You know if your injectors are leaking if you taked the tack up to 3 k (when engine is warm) and watch it come back down. If it doesn't come back smooth and hangs at all.....you got leakers. Otherwise for the injector change, if you keep it in the exrta 40 hp range you don't seem to cross the threshold of more fuel efficient and too much power/fuel consumption.

What install are you referring to?

AH64ID - What mileage are you seeing with your travel trailer?

The overhead was never really accurate from when I purchased the truck. Hand calculation seems to be the most accurate methos of measurement. No leaking injectors, they were all tested and 99% score in relation to one another. I also recently ran a fuel system cleaner through it as well. Truck has 145,000 miles.

What about injector changes.....has anyone out there had good luck with changing out of stock injectors?

Kelly Safari ATR Tires 265/70, 4WD, 4 speed auto. Mopartechnician - What type of benefit can you see by camshaft changes?

Totally understand the speed to fuel economy relationship, as we have performed tests mush like the ones listed above on our trips. Driving habits are huge, will never disagree with you on that. Although I will say, I drove to WY from WA without the Edge Tuner, I got 10 MPG @ 55 mph without overdrive. I don't ever want to drive a stocker 5.9 Cummins ever again, LOL. However, to keep the title of the post relevant to modifications......are there any recommendations to elements which can improve Fuel Economy performance?

Wondering if any of you out there could assist with handling this topic, I am very pleased with the modifications I have done thus far and just trying to finish the upgrades with focus on getting more fuel efficiency out of the vehicle. Vehicle Current State: 2006 Dodge 5.9 2500 Mega Cab Edge CTS Tuner - Low Boost Setting on 1 4" Exhaust from Turbo back with 36" resonator Stock Wheels and Tires Stock Airbox - This should be good to 450 Raw HP Currently we are doing heavy amounts of traveling with a 9.5 foot Cab Over Camper and 4 Place snowmobile trailer through pretty mountainous terrain. All the infrastructure is in place to handle these items from a airbag, tie down, and steering perspective. This allows the truck to remain in good riding height while traveling....which is normally around 70 mph as we are slightly inpatient Current MPG Loaded - 13/14 MPG Any insights you have is appreciated. Dave

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll go with the Spicers.The bike is a Transition Bandit. They have short chain stays and just rally through terrain.Dave

Looks like the issue is in fact the U-joint.I just bought the truck and it has 135,000 miles on it. I have put 5K on it myself with a 2300 lb slide in truck camper in the back AND do all mountain driving living in Washington State.I don't see it being a big deal that it went out, but I will likely replace all 3 since the axle is out and they are all there.Any recommendations on a strong U-joint? The camper lives in the back, it's from 1979 and we use it every weekend to ski, snowmobile, and mountain bike.My GF is actually building up a bike right now, attached is a photo. Dave

So it sounds to me like were considering the squeaking noise to be a bearing inside the front wheels or you joint problem?In regards to the vibration question, I do notice a little bit of vibration among taking off getting into the 10 to 20 mile-per-hour speeds. But after about 20 mph the vibration seems to stop or not stop but go unnoticeable.The vibration is in the can of the truck and applying the brakes really doesn't do much except's bring the squeaking back when it starts getting into the lower speeds back in the 15's intense.With wheel bearing and I know the vibration does transfer into the steering wheel but I'm not seeing that type of experience while driving especially on slowing down it's only one speeding up.

I have noticed the noise is it's loudest at lower speeds. If placed in drive (auto) and not accelerating the noise is it's loudest. There are times that a mild clinking noise is also heard.......When putting it in reverse and creeping backward the noise is also very prominent. This is another reason I feel the u joint is the culprit.One up to speed the noise is reduced substantially and cannot really be detected. It can be picked up if you're by a median on the roadway at higher speeds but it's subtle.I don't think it's a bearing, it is not a rotational wobbly grinding noise,,.... Which is a lower grunty noise in my past experience.Let me know if I am missing anything,Dave

So I'm driving down the road today, and noticed a rotational squeak. So I get gas and the noise kind of goes away once I get up to speed you don't like 30 miles an hour on back roads but then next to like cement wall I can hear it if I give some more gas. If I'm at a stop sign and I make a left turn and get gas through the left turn this week gets louder as I'm going to the turn.I recently had the exhaust done but I don't think it's the exhaust. I thought maybe the pipe was squeaking or something weird like that, but based on what I'm encountering I think the initial signs point to u-joint but I'm okay with being talked out of that assumption.As always all your input and help is appreciated, 2006 space Dodge ram 2500 diesel.Thank you,Dave Tomassen