Just wanted to show off my new ARB bull bar. I couldn't help but throw in some motor shots. Engine degreaser & Aerospace 303 cleaner 4thewin.

I plan on getting a winch on there some time next year when I get my WARN rear bumper. Couldn't have the ARB sitting around ne more.

 

Looks great!! love the truck!!

 

Holy spotless truck!

 

Cleeeeeaaannn

Noticed you covered your license plate,, Me 2.

 

If I could, I would write a love song to your truck. I would call it "Ode to ARB". That would be weird though...

Beautiful.

 

Thanks man

For now


Thanks man. All the photos i see on here people hide their LP. Figured I would aswell . Whats the main reason for this?

 

Your TACO is clean man. I have a 98 4 banger that I love. Craps all over the 3vze but I still like the 3.slow for some crazy reason.

 

Looks awesome!!

 

Yea right your some kinda ninja photoshoper looks way to good to exist admit it... What kinda software you Rollin to create such a pristine rig. I'm not buying it. But it's really cool nice!!!!!

And you just wanted to show off your ARB whatever :

 

Wow that under the hood shot looks better than they probably did before they even left the factory.

Sweet truck man! It's screaming for some locking hubs

 

lol busted. The only thing not photoshopped is my jacked rear bumper

thanks dlott. Gotta scrub the hell outta the interior tomorrow with some bluemagic!

On the list for 2013 . I finally broke down and i'm gonna have to take it to the stealership to have them troubleshoot a few things. Gotta close out 2012 getting this baby running right. I have replaced pretty much everything including a new long block and i'm still dealing with gremlins. See this https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-noise-256831/

 

So car thieves can't just look for a nice rig online with lots of money dumped into and go steal it.

Be nice if thiere was a way a way to look for car thieves online and go end them.

 

Hey abe how u like your oer motor? You opinion on quality n such?

 

I have two words for you I cannot say here. So instead, I'll just say this...

I think I'm in love.

 

Jury is still out TBH. Requested and payed 100$ extra for OEM head gaskets and he still sent me Felpro. I let it go though. I had to ship the cylinder heads back because the intake valves were not seating. I was having all sorts of issues ( compression etc ) that were since taken care of since i got the heads back. John at OER took care of everything so that was good on him. I'm having a slight knocking/tapping/clicking noise when I accelerate now though, so that isn't good. I don't know if it's a bearing or what. It's not an exhaust leak. I'm also having a power loss / throttle response issue. Gonna have the dealership check it out. Less than 2,000k on the motor.

If I could do it all over again I would probably go with Putneys. Either that or get those pro cylinder heads from LC engineering. I also wish i didn't ship back my old motor for the core charge. I have been having nothing but headaces since I did the engine swap. I'm not the only one also, Irish Tyrant went through the same things I did with his OER motor. Both the super stock 3.0. I don't think I should be having these problems with a brand new motor. I figured everything would be gravy after the swap, and things just keep getting more and more complicated.

I can't keep pulling this damn thing to ship it back if their are any more problems. If it fails i'm gonna consider it a loss and get a putneys motor. I was warned by other users here on the forum, and i'm not 100% sure if this motor is gonna last. My whole goal was to have this truck totally rebuilt, and have it last for another 20 years and not have to worry about it.

 

that is an amazing truck!! how many miles on it? I love the bumper too.

 

Thanks man. She has around 330k on her. Close to 2k on the new motor though.