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Old 03-01-2012, 08:33 PM
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Make it comfortable. Seat swap. Stereo. Brighter headlights. Cruise control. A topper to lock the gear up in. A new battery so it actually starts when you're down by the river alone at 2 a.m.

$300 will buy nice shocks.

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Husky liner floor mats?? Umm new windshield? Stereo??
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Gas!!!!!
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im with cman1 get 6 tanks of gas and get some mud on them tires!
Old 03-01-2012, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonfish
A new battery so it actually starts when you're down by the river alone at 2 a.m.

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By this sentence and by your screen name, I would come to the conclusion that you have experienced this at least once?
Old 03-01-2012, 09:00 PM
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Lift it 1.5"
-BJ Spacers $100
-Longer shackles for the rear $60
-longer shocks $160

Or help your gas mileage and help your ground clearance
-used Aisin hubs $60
-Budbuilt crossmember $200. If you really wheel your truck in the rocks, your stock crossmember will bend backwards and ruin your motor mounts.


Just some ideas
Old 03-01-2012, 09:09 PM
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If you want to blow some money... You could always give it to me I do have PayPal
Old 03-01-2012, 10:17 PM
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Spend it on your wife.













































Get her a WabFab Tshirt added to your order

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Old 03-01-2012, 10:27 PM
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Red face

First i would think what is the catch.

This is going to cost far more then $300.00 till your done.

if you don`t have a wish list I would just use the money for Gas and enjoy going for a ride.
Old 03-01-2012, 10:36 PM
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go to a random roulette table. $300 on black. then you double your money. its so easy, try it, it works.
Old 03-01-2012, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by woodyth
My loving wife gave me $300 to spend on my truck.
Woody
haha shes testing you! you're supposed to spend it on her its a trap haha.
Old 03-02-2012, 07:58 AM
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If it's mechanically sound now and you want some added offroad ability, I'd say a locker should be your first purchase. Then the next time you get some allowance, think about some armor. THEN I'd say start thinking about a lift and stuff.
My 2 cents
Old 03-02-2012, 10:29 AM
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lock the rear

Automatic locker for rear - *IF* you have a 5spd. On my last truck, I had an Aussie and was very pleased. When I went to buy one recently for my new truck, i didn't find it on their website (they may have just been out of stock), so I bought a Spartan locker this time.

If you've got an automatic transmission, you can try line locks on all four corners - useful not only for traction, but turning on a dime. Will cost only $100/axle for parts. (But these aren't to be used with autolockers, so it's an either-or decision.)

Second pick would be cold air intake and headers, but that'll run you more than $300 unless you get one of the cheap ones (e.g. Pacer), which have mixed reviews (may be fine). On my last truck, I used Downey Offroad's but they're gone. On my new one, I went with Trail Gear. On my last truck, I measured an increase from 15mpg to 17.5 mpg with these changes alone, with minor but noticeable power gain, particularly up hills.

Originally Posted by woodyth
My loving wife gave me $300 to spend on my truck. trying to figure out what to do with it. I am sure somebody on here has some suggestions.

Woody
Old 03-02-2012, 11:20 AM
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im gonna say get a spartan and use diffsonly.com they are really cool people and ship right away .
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depends what u want to do with it, i want a snorkel! or get some bad ass bumpers so u can run into stuff!
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smittybilt 8K winch $299.00 or a spartan locker (or aussie)
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