USAF2006's 2017 Rebel

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I'm digging that mini ram in the garage [emoji41]

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I'm digging that mini ram in the garage [emoji41]

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Haha it's awesome. Laramie 3500 dually. Kids love cruising the neighborhood with it.

Loving my new Tyger tonneau cover too. Withstood Tropical Storm Irma, zero water leaks into the bed while in the driveway.
 
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Been TDY for the last 4 weeks. One week to go and I'll be ranking up! Mileage hit 4242 yesterday. Wanting to do a pedal commander and maybe some exhaust.... Wishing I could afford a lift lol
 
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Sitting at 5470 miles. Doing an oil change later today. Little chilly outside but it needs to get done.

Thinking about doing adjustable air suspension links to get a slight lift with some wheel spacers.
 
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Oil changed. All cleaned up. Ready for another 8k miles.
 

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I used pennz platinum 5w20. Oil from the factory had 5k miles on it and it still looked great.

awesome to hear. Check all the oil threads if your engine starts getting noisy or even before hand. Lots of people have switched over to 5w30 Redline
 
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awesome to hear. Check all the oil threads if your engine starts getting noisy or even before hand. Lots of people have switched over to 5w30 Redline
I noticed a slight tick before I changed and it's still there. I got a quote from you on Redline before I changed it just to see, but decided to go this route for one round. I'll probably go Redline after this.
 

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Thats why i asked. was wondering if you were getting some noise and if it went away. not even for a sale perspective just more of a knowledge base thing. These hemi's seem to be very picky with oil
 
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Thats why i asked. was wondering if you were getting some noise and if it went away. not even for a sale perspective just more of a knowledge base thing. These hemi's seem to be very picky with oil

For sure! My old 06 seemed to be fine with anything, but new technology is always picky.
 
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Installed leveling links last night. Drove it to work this morning. First impressions are better than expected! Ride quality IMPROVED over stock so far. We'll see if that lasts long term.
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Washed it up, changed the oil, checked the air filter, vacuumed it and will be fueling it up tomorrow. Headed to Michigan for a 2,500+ mile round trip to Michigan. Hoping for 18 mpg at a minimum. When I get back, I'll start working on installing a 2.5" front, 1" rear spacer lift kit with adjustable links (if it works).
 

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Left yesterday at 250AM. Made it to Michigan by 1045 PM. 1250ish miles. Averaged just about 18mpg exactly @ 73mph 90% of the way.

One concern I had. I was in traffic cruising about 65, but when traffic broke up I hit the has to get back up to 73 and my transmission jumped as if it skipped a gear. My wife thought I ran an animal over. Anything I should be worried about?? I have 13 days here in Michigan then I had back to Georgia.
 
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Long time since my last post! No lift still, leveling links are gone. Truck was out of commission for 4 weeks with air suspension issues back in August. No issues since. Didn't end up moving to CA back in 2017, but I will be in spring of '20!
 
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