Dean's '11 Crew Cab Budget Build

DeanH1290 said:
Y u do dis? :cry:
I'll bag when you do. :cheeky:

Here's a new one at 4/6 which is a strong possibility.

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That's just like 6/9 haha. That chop you did looks great though. I'd personally go 4/7 but I know you said you'd rather have a little rake. 4/6 will be sweet too.

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Back a couple weeks ago, I got tons of black tar-like spots all over the truck. Found out it was artillery fungus, which only comes off with clay. So since I was claying the truck anyways, I decided to try to polish it up some. The fungus ended up leaving stains on the paint, but my machines weren't powerful enough to get them all the way off. I spent a bit of time with Meg's ultimate compound on the hood, then followed up with Meg's ultimate polish on the whole truck. Once I get my hands on an actual DA polisher I plan on correcting the whole truck panel by panel. On to the pics.
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Looks good but how the hell do you get fungus on your ride? I've seen it on rides that have sat under trees, etc for years but never on a well maintained daily
 
I guess technically it the spores that were on the truck. The fungus grows in mulch, then shoots these little spores up to 2 stories high. Apparently it is in the mulch in the parking lot at work, and I wasn't the only one affected. Mine had hundreds of spots on the front clip. Needless to say I park in a different part of the lot now.
 
I've been thinking alot about doing a tune to wake this thing up, but kind of torn on what to do. Here are the options I'm considering.

1) catch BlackBear whenever they are doing a tuning session close by. Closest one I've seen is at least a 2hr drive one way. Think it costs $300

2) Get a full dyno tune at a reputable local tuner, ShorTuning. They've done quite a few vettes and seem to be the go-to here in KY. They are about 1.5hrs away and would be $450

3) Go with the tried and true BlackBear Autocal mail order tune. Although it's the simplest, its the most expensive at $600

So what do I go with? I'm not going extreme with the tune since its my daily, just want to get a well rounded tune to make it more fun to drive and maybe get some more mpg's out of it.
 
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