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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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well finally got another truck it a 2012 crew cab with the 6.2

plans are to put a 5/7 or 5/8 jus dont know if i should get control arms or what yet.
then i still have a full hd front end black 24" slides esky door panels and front seats and lt2 console i need to install



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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Very nice! Congrats and welcome to the group. One suggestion: a pair of rear fender liners would clean up the look, lowered or not.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 09:13 PM
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its driving me crazy i really wana get on it to see what it has cuz my last truck only had the 4.8 but im trying to hold off how long should i wait?
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 09:25 PM
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I followed the owners-manual recommendations - 500 miles (ish). It frickin' near killed me ....
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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ya man its def guna be hard to wait that long
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 11:12 PM
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I say baby it a good while before getting too lead footed with it. Some people say run the **** out of while others like me say take it easy on it.My years of working on cars says take care of it. Why rag the **** of a 40K dollar vehicle you plan on owning a long time.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 11:33 PM
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ya thats what im guna do i def dont wana mess this one up
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 11:40 PM
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I have driven all my vehicles the same from day one, after the first 300 miles I change the oil and then drive it like I stole it. All of them were still going strong 100-150k miles when I got rid of them. but thats just me
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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I drive mine deep into the 300-400K mark before putting them to pasture. My 98 big block had 456,765.8 the night I totaled it by hitting a cow. It was still in perfect condition. On stock big block and overhauled the 4L80 at 295 just for preventative sake.

So yes if you get rid of it at 100-150 mark dont sweat it too much.

However I have a feeling this truck is assembled with legos and wont make the kind of miles my old one did. I'm seeing these trucks that are cared for coming in the shop and at 150-175 they are falling the **** apart. Guess time will tell.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 11:57 AM
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yeah i gave mine a good 93 miles before the whole cam thing lol but after that a good 400 miles when i gave it Hell
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