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Old 09-10-2014, 11:26 AM
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Looks great TiAg, the Mothers has a bit too much shine for me, but it looks to be a good product.

I haven't ever dyed my plastic either, I tend to "maintain" it. Usually clean off oxidation and any dirt with an APC prior, then I dress it with a water based vinyl/plastic dressing, currently I use Adam's Super VRT, which gives a nice natural look and color to the plastic, really brings it back.

I also noticed after the first time I cleaned/dressed it, each subsequent application to the trim has been a longer interval until needing to do it again. You'll find that once it's been maintained the dressing will last longer on the plastic, and obviously a little goes a long way. If you find it runs at all, its being applied too thick and you can knock out the excess when its dry with a dry MF towel............
Yeah, the Mothers left a hard shine but I think it will dull out after a few washes.

The plastic has been maintained well and still looks new. I apply plastic cleaner twice a yr to remove all dirt/sealer products before re-sealing, unreal how much dirt releases with the cleaner solution.
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Old 09-10-2014, 11:29 AM
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Looks good. Do you have larger rotors? They seem larger than normal for 4.4.
I hear that alot, the open spoke design of the wheels show more rotor/caliper, making them look larger.
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Looks good. Do you have larger rotors? They seem larger than normal for 4.4.
Rb is correct on mine

His rims are not 20's just thicker tires, im assuming his rims are 18-19"
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Rb is correct on mine

His rims are not 20's just thicker tires, im assuming his rims are 18-19"
Yeah, I went with ultra-lightweight staggered 19"s, a rear rim/tire assembly tips the scale at >50 lbs.

After driving a few before (OE) /after (big, heavy) wheel swap vehicles I've become OCD about unsprung weight.

I'm willing to give up the look/ultimate grip of big/wide wheels/tires for the lively "feel"/better ride of 255/285 on 19" light wheels.

FWIW, the 4.4s never came with 20"s
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Yeah, I went with ultra-lightweight staggered 19"s, a rear rim/tire assembly tips the scale at >50 lbs.

After driving a few before (OE) /after (big, heavy) wheel swap vehicles I've become OCD about unsprung weight.

I'm willing to give up the look/ultimate grip of big/wide wheels/tires for the lively "feel"/better ride of 255/285 on 19" light wheels.

FWIW, the 4.4s never came with 20"s
Out of curiosity, what are the specs on your tires? I have a set of te37's i've never used that might just look alright on my truck next summer

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Old 09-11-2014, 01:13 PM
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I'm running 255-50s & 285-45s on 19"s.

This is the standard size of 4.4 Sport Pkg E53s with the staggered wheel upgrade.

The rims I installed are only load rated to 680kg, right at the load limit with 4 passengers and cargo. If I load the X and tow a trailer, I have to install the OE style 74 18"s.

Just my luck, posted fall clean pics yesterday (last wash was early in July, has not rained here in over 2 mos), had to take the Hwy to Southlake this morning, rained, truck looks nasty now!
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A lot of y'all have already seen it on a couple other threads. Just picked this up in July...I wasn't going to post any real photos until I had a chance to really detail it, but what the heck, it looks pretty already...so I'll just update it when it has the showroom shine back.



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A lot of y'all have already seen it on a couple other threads. Just picked this up in July...I wasn't going to post any real photos until I had a chance to really detail it, but what the heck, it looks pretty already...so I'll just update it when it has the showroom shine back.




Looks Good man...
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