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I'm on the fence about regearing, I'm in the process of getting quotes. My question is, I favor 2nd gear a lot. Meaning, I manually drop her into 2nd gear. So I can avoid 2nd prime. What are the cons of doing this? My truck sits on 35x12.5x20s. I only do the 2nd gear drop when towing. Long term, short term. What am I looking at? Things to help my tranny, I have installed a 1 ton cooler. I'm also running amsoil full synthetic fluid. 2nd gear drop is only going up hill.
 
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No cons to this that I know of, for the exact reason that you're doing it lol. I do it all the time and it's even easier now because I just tug back on the floor shifter.
 
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HemiLonestar said:
No cons to this that I know of, for the exact reason that you're doing it lol. I do it all the time and it's even easier now because I just tug back on the floor shifter.
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Is your truck a manual or is the shifter in the center for your truck?
 
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Snake15eyes1998 said:
Is your truck a manual or is the shifter in the center for your truck?
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Unrelated, but I love your interior colors. Where'd you get those SRT-style chrome lock knobs? I've always like the black-and-chrome look from the early SRT-10's rather than the gray and black of 99% of later 3rd gens.

Since I can't find any plastic dye that perfectly matches the boring 2006 gray for the new door panels, I may decide to just dye em black like yours to match my carpet lol
 
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Fishstickz said:
Unrelated, but I love your interior colors. Where'd you get those SRT-style chrome lock knobs?
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Not actually black but really dark gray. The knobs, center stack bezel and door panels have satin silver accents and are all from SRT trucks.
 
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And obviously the seats and console are 4th gen lol.
 
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