$300 to blow: suggested options?
#21
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.
$300 will buy nice shocks.
Last edited by Moonfish; 03-01-2012 at 08:35 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
-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
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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.
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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.
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.
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