I ended up getting them from TireRack.com since they were the only folks that could ship them, everyone else was backordered. Think is was around $78 front and $69 rear, give or take a few bucks. I cleaned the rims real good yesterday, and will report how they hold up during my normal weekly commute.

Yeah right! I'm not touching those things... too lazy to go get spring compressor and don't have any of the right tools to get the job done. I had everything done at a local shop for $140 (was supposed to be $190 but I noticed on the reciept later they screwed up). Even at 190 they didn't make much money, the guys were bitchin' up a storm at how much work it was!


Stickers... grrrrrr....

The first commute went very well, shocks were great, radio was jammin' and I didn't hear the magna unless I had my foot buried in the floorboard to pass the left-lane idiots. Ran a quick ¼ on the service drive, tagged a 16.4 @ 83.x MPH. 0-60 was 8.5. Sweet. Previous best time was 8.75. It wasn't all muffer though, the temps this morning were much cooler. That outside air has a HUGE impact on performance... on a 90+ degree day even with the engine barely warmed up it takes nearly 10 seconds to get to 60...

 

looks great. Nice job.

 

You truck look pretty sweet! If you don't mine me asking where did you get the shocks and how much did they set you back?

 

www.eshocks.com - $260 for all 4...

 

Ouch...I was thinking about doing Magnaflow SIDO, but if the SISI out is audible in the cab. I bet the SIDO is a lot louder. I'm not talking drone, but I just don't want to listen to it while cruising down the highway. I do like the sound though when I would punch it (thus wanting to hear the noise) and I like the look. The stock exhaust just looks ehhh. As for putting dynamat down or padding, yeah it's an idea but taking out the back seat for that would be a pain in the ****.

 

Looks great!

 

Well just wait til you get your AF1 in, you won't even be able to hear the Magnaflow anymore cuz the intake is so loud.

 

That's funny -- I often find myself turning my radio off because it interferes with the sound of my Magnaflow!

 

Looks like I'll be ordering another bulk pack of Dynamat & a hood kit!

 

Looks great. Not sold on the exhaust upgrade. My stang has two chamber Flowmasters and it is loud.

I like getting in my truck and it being quiet....love the silence.

Looks good though

 

Nice dzervit, I'm a sucker for a "good" sounding vehicle, the way they should be. First thing I got used to was the pure silence of the truck and almost no way to judge speed by sound, hell I didn't even think the truck was running sometimes! I'm not into it being THAT quiet, and that's what I love about the MagnaFlow (I have SISO) as well. Very quiet at idle and very low rpms, but it's there when you want it to be.

As far as the bilstein's, I agree HUGE improvement.

I've had my X2 for a week but my truck hasn't been in a state where I could use it. That's sad Today, this afternoon however, is a different story.

 

On the drives by myself when I have the radio going I really don't hear it unless I'm on the gas. It's when I have passengers & the radio is down I really notice the exhaust note. I'm the guy that like 'quiet' performance unless it's a muscle car or true sports car. I think that's why I loved my LS & 3-series. Quiet and powerful...

As far as the bilsteins - I don't think I need any more time to evaluate them. Here is my final review: My god if your over 20,000 miles get these shocks ASAP. My lunchtime consists of a trip to the gym and I have to take one of the most notorious freeways in Metro Detroit - Northwestern highway.... the ultimate test of a vehicle's suspension! Anywho, instead of rattles, rear end hop and horrid CLUNK BANG POP KACHUNCK noises from the front end the truck glided over the rough road. I'd even go so far as to say better than stock. The 2 massive bumps I must endure each and every day turned into insignificant imperfections in the road. The Bilstiens absorbed an increadible amount of them and only transferred a little bump to the cab. On my way back to the office there is a nasty stretch of patchs... you MI folks know what I'm talking about... a road they should have replaced 5 years ago but instead insist on tossing down some more ashfault (sp?) coverup! The worn stockers shudder and groan over this part and turn the cab into one of those cheap vibrating hotel beds... but today it was a little bbbrrttttt and I was over the M-dot handy work. VERY IMPRESSIVE.

Anyone with some miles or considering new shocks... Bilstien gets the big two thumbs up from me...

 

I thought the Magnaflow/intake was a little loud also, so here is what I did:

1) Hushmat/dynamat the rear cab wall
2) hushmat the underside of the bed directly above the muffer and tailpipe. I was going to have undercoating installed, but I decided to just hushmat instead. There are no sites that show anybody doing this, but why not? The stuff is temperature rated and it will never come off. It's been up there for a few weeks and I can tell that nothing will ever happen to it.
3) I purchased a thick black foam pipe insulator and shoved it down between the cab and the bed. I'm not sure how much this helped, but it sure is an area where sound can come up from underneath.

4) take off the the sound dampening material that is on the underside of the hood. Put hushmat on the hood, and replace the factory material over that.

All of this helped alot. Before, I was thinking of re-installing the factory muffler, but now it is perfect.

 

Tun-2-1 - #2 is very interesting... I never thought of that. Definitely going to use that little tip when I dynamat!

I also thought about doubling up the mat on the rear of the cab to really dampen the sound some more.

 

Hey D,
Your back shocks are on upside down.