Sycostang67

So I plan to jump on this train shortly, waiting for a check to arrive so I can get a Quadzilla Adrenaline with the wifi option. I plan to use my current iphone 6, I was curious if I will need to have the app on all the time with gauges displayed for it to work or only if I want to see the extra gauges? I may convince the wife to upgrade to a new iphone and I will use her 6S+ as a dedicated gauge display in my truck. I'm very computer illiterate, but after reading the info on the Quad multiple times, it's been making more sense. Another question, obviously I will be able to sell my comp and I don't imagine I will need my scangauge anymore either if I get a dedicated display. Will the Quad allow me to change tire size in the computer or should I hang on to my smarty for that?

Is there a write up of that version? It does sound pretty slick.

I talked to the shop, they said adding the switch wouldn't hurt my warranty, even agreed it was a good idea. I guess I'll look for a switch and give it a try. Thanks for the info.

Some times it doesn't matter what kind of driver you are. Last year I had a friend miss a few days of work because they couldn't get her car to move from all the snow, even tried pulling it out with her brothers 3/4 ton chevy, he just couldn't get enough traction to get it free. My co-worker went to visit his parents who don't drive, parked in their driveway and had to call a tow truck to get out and he was in a lifted duramax. He had a neighbor try pulling him first with no luck. My wife and I had to get running starts to get out of our driveway. I shovel the driveway, but we don't get much plow service in town so the street was still pretty deep. That reminds me, I need to get a new tow strap, I have a feeling I will be pulling more people out of ditches this winter.

That makes sense, I don't tow too often, but when I do it's usually on the heavy side, I can see how the lockup would come in handy. It's nice to know everything else would remain normal the rest of the time as well. I may swing by the shop that built my transmission and see what they think about me doing that. I still have 98k miles of warranty left, don't want to ruin that. It may be something worth doing to my truck after all.

That's good to know, so do you basically use it to assist with braking then? I guess the switch would be better for the guys who use it for racing. I assume if you left it locked while stopping it would stall the truck?

I have a fairly good idea of how the lockup switch works. I am curious though, if you install a switch but don't have the switch on, will the converter lock/unlock like normal? Do you have to control it 100% of the time if you install the switch? I'm not really sure I need or want to do it, these are just questions I keep asking myself every time I see a post related to it.

The only things on my truck I HAD to replace was one TRE, the starter, and recently my steering shaft and I just hit 215k miles. I have spent lots of money on my truck, but I don't consider upgrades a requirement. I didn't HAVE to get the custom battery cables, or the FASS, or the 3rd gen brakes...and this list could go on. Those were all things I wanted to have.

I know everybody hates them, but I've had Glow shift gauges for 2.5 years with no issues.

If you only have 10k on the rebuild, why doesn't it have a warranty?

Threads didn't appear damaged, I cleaned them up real good yesterday when everything was apart. I got my new bolts today and they went right in. I applied some loctite so hopefully I don't lose them again.

So I did the 3rd gen brake upgrade today and while looking things over noticed I only have 2 bolts holding my driver side hub bearing on. I know removing weight helps with mpg/performance and all, but this seems a tad overkill. I ordered a new set of bolts, should arrive tomorrow morning....and I will be taking my car.

Those are the ones I have as well and they came with the support brackets. I started with the non towing so can't comment on the 2nd gen style. I do like the large 4th gen style convex mirrors though. Because they go all the way down the side when folded down, I can see my rear tires which allows me to parallel park or back into tight spots with without rubbing curbs. They also give a much wider angle view when flipped up for towing as opposed to a small spot mirror.

I have the 4th gen style from 1AAUTO as well, pretty smooth on the road, no complaints from me. I've had them over a year with no issues. I really prefer the straighter lines of the 4th gen mirrors over the 2nd gen as well.

I found a set of the 3rd gen 5 spokes on CL for $180, had to get some more center caps from another CL person though so I have a few spares. Got a set of Cooper Discoverer STT Pro's, 295/70R17. They are super quiet on the road, but unfortunately they rub my nerf bars a bit when making tight turns for parking. Thankfully it isn't an issue just driving around.

I took my truck to the dealer to have the computer flashed and the idle software turned on. My switch didn't work so I went back and had them do it again. It turns out they had done everything right the first time except turn the idle option on.

New paint makes the truck almost feel new again, what color you going with?

I currently have 5 Auxbeam LED lights on my truck, 2 spots under the rear bumper, 2 spots on my headache rack and a 20" bar on the grill guard. I installed all of them last summer, they all still work great, no yellowing, no moisture accumulation and they definitely got wet this winter. I paid $40 for all 4 spots and $50 for the bar, all on Amazon. I plan on getting a 30" bar to replace the 20" so it completely fills the gap on my grill guard.

I tried a set of LED bulbs and never even got to install them. They wouldn't work at all when I plugged them in to the harness, moved the pins around and could only get high beams to work. I called tech support and was told that due to the stupid way our trucks are wired, the LED's wouldn't work. They sent me some 5k HID's with a relay kit in exchange. They work a lot better than the silverstar ZXE bulbs I was using. I adjusted my headlights down a bit as well as I see people say they are too bright in a stock housing. I got in my friends car and drove at my truck and they aren't near as bright as these new car HIDs, plus it's been two weeks now and nobody has flashed me either.

I take mine off to dust it out once in a while. I little clear plastic polish or even chrome polish will help remove any light scratches you may have as well.

My truck has one of the hard plastic covers. The dealership installed it the day before I got it. It's not bad, the casual observer probably couldn't tell it's a cover but the auto or detail oriented people like us would notice. They didn't do the best job installing it though so it could have turned out better if someone who cared was installing it. I plan on doing a full replacement dash this year.

I have an SGII which came in handy yesterday. I installed my BD stealth cover and had to turn the ignition on with the APPS disconnected to test the connection. That caused me to get a P0122 code which I was able to read and delete.

I've had 5 windshields replaced at Safelite and never had an issue. They come with a warranty against leaks and defects as well. They even did a great job on my 67 mustang and my friends 79 Trans Am.

Sorry, I'm still a large child, no mufflers on my rides. My neighbor is deaf if that helps...and no he's not deaf because of me.

My friend has a 6.0 and says his truck heats up really quick. My old 7.3 IDI didn't warm up terribly quick, but was quicker than my cummins which seems odd since I think my IDI had 3 more gallons of coolant to heat up. The IDI did have a cold idle though so that may have been the difference. Now my cummins has the cold/3cyl idle just in time for the weather to warm up. At least I will be more comfortable next year.