Yeah Bill at Alcan said that was fine.
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2000 GMT400 CREW CAB SFA SWAP-The Warden: Fuel leak fixed and awaiting surgery…
- Thread starter GWeakland620
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The ultimate goal for this truck is tow duty/family camping trips/small offroad adventures.
How did the old shocks look? Have they leaked down during their short service life? 
Were they bottoming out? Any shock should be better than no shock, unless it's restricting movement.
The old Rancho shocks didn’t have any pressure to them, but did have resistance both ways. Good? No not really, but enough to test for a bit.How did the old shocks look? Have they leaked down during their short service life?
The Bilsteins were not bottoming out, I would assume the valving was just too aggressive.
Did some fun, Asthetic work tonight. Mounted the Scangauge in the overhead console and ran the cat5 OBD2 cable. Ran the wire up through the headliner and down the a-pillar.
I then pulled the the plastic blank and marked just a hair inside the size of the gauge. I then drilled some pilot holes inside those markings.
I then used a cutoff wheel to get a rough idea, the followed with a utility knife until I got it close enough.
As you can see I did slip once, and gouged the top a bit. But it’s not too noticeable once in the truck.
All mounted up. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out considering this truck didn’t even come with an overhead console.
Also threw some of the pods up on the a-pillar, but not sure if they’ll stay there or not. But I’ll try it for a couple days.
I then pulled the the plastic blank and marked just a hair inside the size of the gauge. I then drilled some pilot holes inside those markings.
I then used a cutoff wheel to get a rough idea, the followed with a utility knife until I got it close enough.
As you can see I did slip once, and gouged the top a bit. But it’s not too noticeable once in the truck.
All mounted up. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out considering this truck didn’t even come with an overhead console.
Also threw some of the pods up on the a-pillar, but not sure if they’ll stay there or not. But I’ll try it for a couple days.
Yeah I like to step away from the stressful stuff and do some cool stuff.More excellent!
Is that thing backlit? I like the looks of it!
Those pillar pods make your truck a tuner truck now 
The scangauge placement looks awesome though
The scangauge placement looks awesome though
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It is, I just couldn’t get a good picture of it. I’ll grab one in the morning once you can see it.
And fwiw, I run the tires on my Yukon at 38 psi.
You’re the polar bear, so your truck actually has polar pods.Those polar pods make your truck a tuner truck now
The scangauge placement looks awesome though
Yeah that’s the look I didn’t want, but we’ll see what I end up doing.Those pods make your truck a tuner truck now
Stoopid autocowrecked...
You really think I would take the picture while driving?! Lol
Stupid dash lights.
