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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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Talking HELP!!!! I've got a hole in my pocket!

I have money burnin a hole in my pocket and I need to spend it before the wife does! I'm lookin to spend right around a grand. I'm set on getting a Gryphon as 1 thing, just wanting to get a couple ideas for the others. I've been looking at the Hella grille as I love how it looks. Plus I haven't seen them on very many other trucks. Also thought about getting an alarm/remote start but since its Feb. in texas that means winter is about other with lol. I won't be getting a leveling kit until my current tires are toast (deal with the wife) but lets hear any other ideas!

 

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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:05 PM
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CAI, exhaust, sat radio
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Troyer pulleys or E-Fans
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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Troyer pulleys or E-Fans. Swap out your interior dome/map lights with white leds for 30 bucks. Cheap and looks awesome.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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should have mention I already have a magnaflow SI/SO and I'll be gettin a CAI before I get the custom tunes loaded. Not a big fan of underdrive pulleys. But keep the ideas flowing!
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Few cheap things, interior lights, easy town tailgates shocks, chrome turn signal bulbs. Depending on money left you could maybe do some audio such as putting a new HU in or something along that lines.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Gryphon, custom tunes, $470 for two custom tunes and the gryphon.
Pioneer AVH P3100 can be had for $297+ install kit
thats, $750.

A grille around here for that is $100, so thats $850 and $150 left. Could get a SI/SO muffler for that, or maybe a SI/DO depending on how much you shop around, I paid $200 for my SI/DO with SS pipes, but crap tips.

I have videos of my exhaust up so you can see if you like it, and videos/pics of my DVD player. I have it hooked up to play all the time too.

OR
I got my grille guard for $240 black, SS is $280. Truck gear direct google search, they have a ebay listing as well. a black grille guard like mine would be very sharp on the truck IMO.

Floor mats, seat covers. Vent visors.
 

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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:34 PM
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09 badges would look good and they're only $75.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Well I have no idea if you have these or not (your photo only shows the front) but you could get a bedrug if you don't have anything back there, or a soft cover (I doubt you could get into a PTM cover for under a grand, but maybe an Undercover?). You could PTM your mirror caps for about 10 bucks and an afternoon. Same with painting the calipers. Do you have tint? That is so helpful once you have it. Raingaurds, simple but helpful. '04 Glossy B-Pillars. Not that much, and they make a huge difference! ...at this point I'm pretty much giving you my wish list. But are you just looking to spend money, or looking for stuff that you can do yourself?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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Well I got the gryphon ordered last night. Wife is giving me hell for spending half the tax return money within a few hours of getting it. She's lucky I waited that long! So whats the 04 glossy b pillars? I've never heard of that one before. I would search for it, but my internet is crap so if someone wouldn't mind tellin me.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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I would do some cheap mods. You can do some sweet stuff for little money that would make a big difference. Some ideas are window tint, taillamps/3rd brake light tinted/nightshaded, interior LEDs, cargo LEDs, silverstar headlight/foglight bulbs, 09 emblems, DIY painted mirror caps (which would look awesome on your particular truck, would really stand out).

I also think the FX2 grille would look fantastic on your truck.

The 2004 trucks had glossy pillars instead of the flat black like your has. The glossy pillars looks pretty slick with tinted windows. Heres my 2004:

 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Save up till you have more money. You don't have to buy things now just keep your money in a safe place where your wife doesn't know ;D And when you saved up for something of your interest buy it. But HIDs would look nice or a new HU not sure if you have or not. But don't waste money on Sirius. Get a phone with internet and use pandora. Or save up for some new rims/tire
 
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Save up till you have more money. You don't have to buy things now just keep your money in a safe place where your wife doesn't know ;D And when you saved up for something of your interest buy it. But HIDs would look nice or a new HU not sure if you have or not. But don't waste money on Sirius. Get a phone with internet and use pandora. Or save up for some new rims/tire
I've tried savin my money, but some how she always finds it. Kinda like me and Jack Daniels lol. Truck came with Sirius and the audiophile, I know its not the best but its a hell of alot better than every other system I've had

The rims/tires/leveling will come once my stockers wear out. I've got 30,000 miles on em and haven't ever rotated them cause I'm trying to burn em out faster

The B-Pillars are a great idea though!

Painted mirror caps would be cool, but I'll probably get the tow mirrors eventually so don't know if I wanna mess with it.
 
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