$550, how would you spend it?

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So I had planned to buy a 4" lift and I still may, but what would be your first purchase to a stock truck? I want the pedal commander, the lift, wheels and tires, Line-X the bed, and aftermarket lights. So many desicions, so little funding.
 

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So I had planned to buy a 4" lift and I still may, but what would be your first purchase to a stock truck? I want the pedal commander, the lift, wheels and tires, Line-X the bed, and aftermarket lights. So many desicions, so little funding.

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Pulsar Edge. I love mine.

Never mind, i thought you had a 5.7
 
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So I had planned to buy a 4" lift and I still may, but what would be your first purchase to a stock truck? I want the pedal commander, the lift, wheels and tires, Line-X the bed, and aftermarket lights. So many desicions, so little funding.

So little money, sounds like me! I would go for the Line-X first then start saving for the lift, the wheels and the tires. Do the performance stuff last.

Don't forget to put all the old stuff you take off up for sale right away as this extra cash. Doing this will help pay for the next upgrade and remember its cash you don't have to tell the wife about.:) That's how I have been doing mine over the last year.
 

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Will it do much for the 3.6L?

You didn’t give any details about your truck but, Yes I believe it would help


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Quality LED Off Road lights for me. Check out Rigid or Baja. My vote.


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I would say exhaust! Carven is an amazing company and the Type R mufflers are perfect for me. If I could only do one mode from the many I’ve done it would likely be exhaust.


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You didn’t give any details about your truck but, Yes I believe it would help


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Yep that's my fault. I just assumed everyone looked on the left under my name the way I do. Entirely my fault there.

I would say exhaust! Carven is an amazing company and the Type R mufflers are perfect for me. If I could only do one mode from the many I’ve done it would likely be exhaust.


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The truck already has aftermarket exhaust. Not sure what brand or what was done but it definately isn't stock.

Taking advice from the lot of you I think I have decided to do a few things:
1. Skip the lift for now. I bought a spring spacer level kit from a member here. Cheap enough to level the truck and take the rake out of it without hurting me later when I go for the lift.

2. Buy the 3X lock remote start for my wife's Cherokee. After all it's getting to be cold weather and happy wife, happy life.

3. Buy either a tuner or the Pedal Commander for my truck. This one is the most difficult to decide on. Not having any experience with either, I'm not sure what I'm missing by not having it and I'm not sure which would be the better upgrade for my situation. My truck is a pavement princess and all we do with it is go to the drive-in and pull the pontoon boat to the lake. I drive it when I'm off work but that usually consists of short trips one or two days a week.
 

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I’m using the Tapatalk app. It only shows the name and avatar. I always look at the signature for the truck info.


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Yep that's my fault. I just assumed everyone looked on the left under my name the way I do. Entirely my fault there.

The truck already has aftermarket exhaust. Not sure what brand or what was done but it definately isn't stock.

Taking advice from the lot of you I think I have decided to do a few things:
1. Skip the lift for now. I bought a spring spacer level kit from a member here. Cheap enough to level the truck and take the rake out of it without hurting me later when I go for the lift.

2. Buy the 3X lock remote start for my wife's Cherokee. After all it's getting to be cold weather and happy wife, happy life.

3. Buy either a tuner or the Pedal Commander for my truck. This one is the most difficult to decide on. Not having any experience with either, I'm not sure what I'm missing by not having it and I'm not sure which would be the better upgrade for my situation. My truck is a pavement princess and all we do with it is go to the drive-in and pull the pontoon boat to the lake. I drive it when I'm off work but that usually consists of short trips one or two days a week.


since you have the 6 cyl I would say go with the pedal commander. You will feel the difference of this mod more than a tune. Good part is if/when you tune you can use the PC with the tune, many of our customers do this and love having both!
 
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