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Well I finally got my checking card yesterday so now I need to order up some parts to break it in 
. But I need help on what to buy and where to get it the cheapest. Reason I want to do as much as possible is that I live 100 miles away from my grandparents shop and my tools, I'm in school now living in a crappy apartment.
So far on the list I have-
Exhaust-I have no idea on what I want to do for this as of right now, would like to get a true dual set-up on it. I don't want to go over $400 on the full exhaust system, and we don't have emissions testing here so I can cut the 3rd cat out. If it is A LOT cheaper to get a single exhaust instead I would go that way. I'm looking to get the most gain out of it, but I don't want to take the front 2 cats out unless they are a really restricting part of the exhaust.
Intake-Looking for the best Ebay intake pretty much. I feel that the K&N full kit is WAY over priced for what it is. I found 2 different brands that both cost $88 on Ebay, and both come with a 6.5" long K&N filter. The brands are ChromeIntakes and Insys, anyone have experience with either?
Auto Locker- Probably what I am looking forward to the most, as having an open diff is REALLY annoying to me. I'm pretty much set on the Lock-Right, but I am open to other ones. Limit is about $400 or less for this, and I have a 9.25" open rear. Do I have a 31 spline? Don't have the time/tools here to check it. The Lock-Right for any 9.25" would work correct?
Transfercase seal/something-There is a seal or something where the front drive shaft comes out of my transfercase. I haven't been able to find anything that looks like it so far online, and I can take a picture if you guys need it. It looks kind of like a rubber boot that goes onto the front drive shaft, and the boot part is ripped in two. Anyone know what part this is?
Brakes- Front and rear. The fronts need new rotors but I'm not sure on the rear drums. Is it worth it to get drilled and slotted rotors? What kind of pads should I get? And the sticker in the glove box says I have heavy-duty rear brakes, I'm guessing that means I have the bigger drums? I'm not looking to spend a whole lot on the brakes, I would say $200 max on them.
And heres an issue I have been having with them- Whenever I let the truck sit for a few hours then go drive it, the first time I hit the brakes one of the front tires will lock up. After that it works fine, and I'm thinking its the brake line as when I was doing the ball joints on it when the I got the bottom one knocked loose my whole hub fell off the stand I had it on and all the weight was held up by the brake line. Before that it worked fine so thats my guess.
CV Shafts-When I was doing the ball-joints I had the mishap of all the weight being held up by the brake line. That was partially because the CV shaft poped out of its collar. Is it time to toss it out when this happens? I just lined it up and pushed it really hard and it poped back in there. The other problem with them is that both of my front ones had little cuts on the boots already. Not real bad as to throwing grease all over the place, but there was a little bit on the boot around the crack. I was just wondering if I should replace these or if they can wait til summer.
Tires- These wont be coming until I get playing with the new locker out of my system Looking to get a set of 265/75R16 All-Terrains. What are some good cheap options and where is the cheapest place to get them? I would REALLY like to get the General Grabber AT2's, but I'm not sure if I want to spend quite that much. I found the Cooper Discoverer S/T's for fairly cheap and they look like a good tire aswell. I was hoping to spend less then $600 installed so keep that in mind.
This is what I have planned to order up so far, I might be forgetting something but I'm pretty sure this is it. Thanks for any help on this!
. But I need help on what to buy and where to get it the cheapest. Reason I want to do as much as possible is that I live 100 miles away from my grandparents shop and my tools, I'm in school now living in a crappy apartment.So far on the list I have-
Exhaust-I have no idea on what I want to do for this as of right now, would like to get a true dual set-up on it. I don't want to go over $400 on the full exhaust system, and we don't have emissions testing here so I can cut the 3rd cat out. If it is A LOT cheaper to get a single exhaust instead I would go that way. I'm looking to get the most gain out of it, but I don't want to take the front 2 cats out unless they are a really restricting part of the exhaust.
Intake-Looking for the best Ebay intake pretty much. I feel that the K&N full kit is WAY over priced for what it is. I found 2 different brands that both cost $88 on Ebay, and both come with a 6.5" long K&N filter. The brands are ChromeIntakes and Insys, anyone have experience with either?
Auto Locker- Probably what I am looking forward to the most, as having an open diff is REALLY annoying to me. I'm pretty much set on the Lock-Right, but I am open to other ones. Limit is about $400 or less for this, and I have a 9.25" open rear. Do I have a 31 spline? Don't have the time/tools here to check it. The Lock-Right for any 9.25" would work correct?
Transfercase seal/something-There is a seal or something where the front drive shaft comes out of my transfercase. I haven't been able to find anything that looks like it so far online, and I can take a picture if you guys need it. It looks kind of like a rubber boot that goes onto the front drive shaft, and the boot part is ripped in two. Anyone know what part this is?
Brakes- Front and rear. The fronts need new rotors but I'm not sure on the rear drums. Is it worth it to get drilled and slotted rotors? What kind of pads should I get? And the sticker in the glove box says I have heavy-duty rear brakes, I'm guessing that means I have the bigger drums? I'm not looking to spend a whole lot on the brakes, I would say $200 max on them.
And heres an issue I have been having with them- Whenever I let the truck sit for a few hours then go drive it, the first time I hit the brakes one of the front tires will lock up. After that it works fine, and I'm thinking its the brake line as when I was doing the ball joints on it when the I got the bottom one knocked loose my whole hub fell off the stand I had it on and all the weight was held up by the brake line. Before that it worked fine so thats my guess.
CV Shafts-When I was doing the ball-joints I had the mishap of all the weight being held up by the brake line. That was partially because the CV shaft poped out of its collar. Is it time to toss it out when this happens? I just lined it up and pushed it really hard and it poped back in there. The other problem with them is that both of my front ones had little cuts on the boots already. Not real bad as to throwing grease all over the place, but there was a little bit on the boot around the crack. I was just wondering if I should replace these or if they can wait til summer.
Tires- These wont be coming until I get playing with the new locker out of my system
Looking to get a set of 265/75R16 All-Terrains. What are some good cheap options and where is the cheapest place to get them? I would REALLY like to get the General Grabber AT2's, but I'm not sure if I want to spend quite that much. I found the Cooper Discoverer S/T's for fairly cheap and they look like a good tire aswell. I was hoping to spend less then $600 installed so keep that in mind.This is what I have planned to order up so far, I might be forgetting something but I'm pretty sure this is it. Thanks for any help on this!
