nickyreno's Build Thread

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All cleaned up

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Only have two cleaned up. They have some minor issues with chipping chrome near the spokes. ANyone have ideas for mitigating that? Overall not a bad deal for $500
 
Little update: Got a spoiler style tailgate cap, the smooth one was gashed up plus I like the look of the spoiler on a leveled/lifted truck more. Finally got new hood trim. And I put the billet trim that was on the valence in the bumper gap, and deleted my tow hooks to put a full billet grille in the valence.

Still deciding whether or not I want to keep the OEM 20's. Tint might come next.

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front end of truck looks much better now man. I'd keep the wheels you have personally cause those oem wheels are fugly
 
I'll sell you my 2" spacers if you want. Pm me if interested. 2 have 3k miles and the other 2 are still bnib


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In case any of you guys wanted a good option for ipod integration; I just installed the usaspec pa-20. It's totally plug and play, charges your iPod/iPhone and works great with the factory nav. On the nnbs you just plug into the xm receiver behind the glove box and then route the rest to wherever you want it. I ran behind the dash and into my center console.





While I was at it I pulled the console completely and investigated my subwoofer issue with it not working. I checked all my connections and cleaned up everything with conduit and electrical tape. Whatever I did ended up fixing it, but who knows.

So much fucking work compared to an nbs.

 
Oh and I'm trying to install an OEM USB charger where my cigarette lighter is. Does anyone know the part # for the USB 2.0 connector on the back of the plug in the dash?

Here's a pic I found of what I'm talking about

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So, pretty sure my head gasket is going. I'll do the chemical test tonight to find out for sure. I hope to fuck it's not because I can't afford to have it fixed and I'm not confident enough to fix it myself.

What're you guys' opinions on stop leaks?
 
Works for a while, but you'll still have the issue. It isn't difficult at all to do the gasket, just takes some time taking everything off and putting it back.