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Well I am on hold as of now. I’m waiting for my Magnaflow catback exhaust and my side bed decals so nothing left to do on the outside but park it. Once those (2) items come in, I’ll install those and move on to my SQ aspect of the build.
 
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I was just outside looking into that. I may need to give up an area under my passenger rear seat ( behind driver ) to make this happen. Thankfully I’m going with a shallow mount sub in a sealed enclosure. Just have to make sure I won’t need an oversized one as we all know how JL are with their specs lol.
 

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I was just outside looking into that. I may need to give up an area under my passenger rear seat ( behind driver ) to make this happen. Thankfully I’m going with a shallow mount sub in a sealed enclosure. Just have to make sure I won’t need an oversized one as we all know how JL are with their specs lol.

It won’t fit behind the rear seats when you have them reclined?


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In my Laramie I do not have reclining seats. I have the typical gold up ones as to maximize the space I would need. My main concern is when someone of “ size “ sits on the seat, how much closer to the enclosure will it be.73c304e5195db5ec9bc1190d76c72707.jpg
 

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In my Laramie I do not have reclining seats. I have the typical gold up ones as to maximize the space I would need. My main concern is when someone of “ size “ sits on the seat, how much closer to the enclosure will it be.73c304e5195db5ec9bc1190d76c72707.jpg

The bottom should pull forward and recline the back. At least mine do.


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Nope, mine is really a bare bone Laramie just as I wanted. I didn’t want one to begin with so by having to, I kept it as simplistic as possible. :)
 

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Nope, mine is really a bare bone Laramie just as I wanted. I didn’t want one to begin with so by having to, I kept it as simplistic as possible. :)

I didn’t even realize that was an option. I learn new things about this truck every day.


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Lol, neither did my dealer as I had to walk them through what I wanted and didn’t want. All of their trucks had 3.21 gears on the lots. I also saw several BigHorns that were more fully equipped then the Laramie on their lots. Seems more people wanted the BigHorn then Laramie or Limiteds around here. The funny part is the BigHorns cost more then the Laramie.
 
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Well I parked it next to my dying lack of grass area to see how well that windshield shade works.cf1aae4b9e8e2fc9f5441bee7f82871c.jpg
 

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Magnaflow catback exhaust with 5” black tips have been ordered and paid for. Removing the Laramie and 4x4 part and replacing them with all black emblems. That’s it then for the exterior of this truck. Next stop will be to start on the SQ system.bb920eb387a8b530369ec9efb6078862.jpgcf92bcf1067ec79e94fca3064ae25a0d.jpg965fae903633bb8cc4f2e9edf2ca7c55.jpg

What made you decide on the Magnaflow? Is that one of the first to be released for the 5th gens? Have you heard any sound clips? I am thinking of going with a cat back for my 2018 currently.


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It’s the only one that has supposedly been released. I have an eta of mid August which truly suks lol. There’s a YouTube video with it on my exact color and model truck. I actually only wanted 5” black exhaust tips but no one seemed to be biting.
 
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Thank you but sadly I seem to have less patience with this build as opposed to my white one lol. I’m just not feeling having to wait for everything, as I’m in the I want it now mindset. Oh well the good part is after the exhaust comes in, I’ll be done with the exterior until my BDS lift. Of course I don’t actually expect to see that until 2019 ha ha ha.
 

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If you have the mod bug.... you could sound deaden, just sayin. ;)
 
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Oh I’m sorry I forgot to add, I’ll be doing a full SQ audio build when the exterior is completed. The reason I don’t want to start it now if that will be more of a winter project for me.
 
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Here’s what I’m hopeful that mine will sound like with my exhaust.
 
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Just when you think it’s safe to go into the water lol, along comes this news...ac3a37bea6b9dabf65d7859ccbb74c4c.jpg
 
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Well I’m coming to an end as far as building up my truck. Reason being is if they can not find and eliminate the leak in it, I’m not going to dump more money on it. So for now what I’ve purchased is what will be up for sale soon folks.
 
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