Newp, I remember in my intro thread I mentioned that I had picked up a 5.3 to swap in my truck and then you chimed in about the specs of your 5.3. Pretty sure all my posts on that forum were in my intro thread :lol:

first brand new vehicle i have ever had, paper plates 2,400 miles. and i get this fucking shit
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no idea when or how. little bit of black paint where whatever the fuck it was hit, to high for a ball hitch.

250 dollar deductible.
anyone have a body shop to recommend in the south Houston/ league city area? i was thinking about using ron carters body shop since i just bought it from there in alvin 2 goddamn weeks ago.

Look into Bayside Frame, it's on HWY 3 right next to the Nasa Road Bypass. I was recommended to them by another collision shop to fix my frame. I had my truck back after one or two days.

So I got the truck back from the body shop. Just now really inspected the work. It might just be in my mind but I feel like its a extremely tiny amount off on the color match. The shop told me the use water based paint instead if a solvent based paint like the factory. What do you guys think about that?

I took some pics of there work from the back side. It's still pretty damn lumpy= lots O filler....

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Also while I was down there I was trying to figure out my future exhaust an was wondering what the hell this is and what it does. Is it like a butterfly valve that works off heat or exhaust velocity? And what is it's purpose?
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Also is that a 3rd cat or a resonator and should I go ahead and cut it off? I don't think it would fuck with passing inspections as there are no O2s near it.

The valve is for drone. While in v4 it's closed to get that retarded 4 cylinder resonance from the cab. And open up when you hit the skinny peddle. IMO keep it on. Also that's a resonator at the rear.

I was talking about the deal after the Y before the muffler

Once a car is wrecked its never the same. My Civic was brand new, just a hair past 5000 miles and it's already been vandalized and wrecked by an illegal without insurance. Pisses me the fuck off.

Yep first new vehicle of my life not even a payment yet till I got it out of the shop last Friday.

Made a vid of that valve in action
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And yes the muffler already has a hole....

I wouldn't accept that body work, make them pay for a dealer to do it and redo it if they can't get it right. It's a plain white damn truck, shouldn't be that difficult.

The hole in the muffler is a water drain. Every factory muffler I've seen has one. If it gets plugged up and you do mostly short trips and never heat the exhaust up thoroughly and keep it hot enough to cook out whatever water collects inside it will eventually rust from the inside out. Water is a byproduct of combustion. No way around it.