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What should I do with $1000?

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Like it says. Keep in mind that I am a mechanical idiot and will rely heavily on friends or a shop to get work done.

My Blazer now:

89 K5
mildly modded 350 (milder cams, manifold upgrade)
3 inch exhaust thru magnaflow muffler
brand new 700R4 (HD, kevlar clutches, etc)
3inch front 4inch rear spring lift (Tuff Country)
33x12.50x15 Daytona M/T's on Rockkrawlers

Where would you guys put the thousand bucks?
I'll be getting it in December.

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Take a mechanics/welding class and get down the basics so you can do 80-90% of your mods yourself.......
Spend the rest on Beer....
 
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or just spend it all on LSD and hallucinate you have a cool truck...

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well mr smartass, your proving your point /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif

i agree with timmay!
if there holding with the wheeling you do, lockum and crossum, and talk to tim about it hell hook you up!
 
I would go w/ a winch and recovery or safety gear... You can get a 12,000 lb Milemarker Elect. winch for around 600 bucks...
 
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Get two lockrights and spend the rest on crossover steering. It'll get you going for now without swapping any axles.

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Ditto. You are only running 33's, id spend the money on lockers and steering. If you want to beef the rear a bit but dont want to spend much money, then go get a 14b SF and then lock the rear.
 
sure, he's running 33s now, but you can tell from his posts that he wants to go bigger. Believe someone whos been there and done that on the "i have 10 bolts and limited cash, what should I do?" thing. I spent a couple thousand making my 1/2 ton set up kick azz... only to sell it cheap and dump a similar amount of $ into 1-ton stuff. Save yourself a lot of heartache and a few thousand $ and just go 1-ton first, then do all the other mods, bigger tires, x-over, lockers etc later. Buildups (should) start with burly axles.

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I would at least get a 14bff, they are cheap and strong. then use the rest for various hop ups /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
i can't believe nobody has asked what you want to do with your truck? is it a DD, do you play on the rocks, do you play in the mud? are you hardcore about any of your play?

decide what you want to do then it will be easier to decide the best way to get there.
 
he said he wheeled hard with his 10b's, so I assume he wheels pretty hard /forums/images/graemlins/deal.gif /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
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guess I missed that one...

ok, so I'd start with a FF rear axle. the price of a 14 is right but if you have other options for less $, don't shy from them (D60, D70) depending on what kind of abuse and your goal tire size. Then an 8 lug conversion for the front, some cheap rims, and start on the crossover steering.

the $500 3/4 ton setup sounds pretty damn good considering it comes with the gearing... then search for cheap rims and start on your crossover steering. that will exhaust the 1000... if more is on the way, then save for lockers next... else, weld the rear and put a lockrite up front.
 
I'm thinking about buying F and R bumpers from DP_90, followed by a winch in March. I'll grab a 14bFF in March too, hopefully followed by the 60 front in December 05...
 
Here's a few suggestions:
1.Go to Hooters or a strip joint,stay for a week!.
2.Fix up your truck--a new air freshener is always a good investment!.
3.Build an anti-terrorism bomb shelter under your house--Osama might still be alive!.
4.Give it to your wife or girlfriend--if she finds out you had a thousand bucks,and you blew it on your truck--your dead meat /forums/images/graemlins/deal.gif!.
5.Lend 25 bucks to me--so I wont be a lowly "Blubie"anymore! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
6.Go to a casino and hope for a big hit!
Seriously--its your money--do what you like with it.I'm glad at least one person has a grand to spare--not many people I know have even a hundred to spend on anything non essential. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
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i can't believe nobody has asked what you want to do with your truck? is it a DD, do you play on the rocks, do you play in the mud? are you hardcore about any of your play?

decide what you want to do then it will be easier to decide the best way to get there.

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I like trail runs, but I have a hard time turning down a challenge. I always tend to take the line my friends won't. I'm pretty easy on the skinny pedal, ecxept in the mud (which I hate, but everytime I see some, I tend to end up in it). Trails here in Colorado I like to run on include China Wall, Twin Cone, etc. Not real intereted in Moab, because I'm not mechanically inclined enough to risk the breakage I always hear about there. A good run to me will have a couple of hillclimbs, some flexy rocks, some mud. And the Blazer will still be a daily driver for at least a couple mre years...

Where would I find a semi-float 14b, what models have them? What is the averge price?
 
At the u-pull-it yard here in Greeley a 14FF and 14SF would be the same price. There are a lot more FF's than SF's, and the gear options in the scrap yard are a lot better in the FF's.

The price for an axle there is less than $500, maybe somewhere around $200-$300. They price out the drums and such separate and I've never added it all up.

And I can vouch for the fact that John doesn't pick the easiest way around.
This is a pic of me and B_to_C pulling John out of a very big hole. John's is the one you can just see on the left.
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That was a great day! I might just have to visit the pull-n-save in Aurora soon and check on the axles there.
 
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