Xcumminsx Truck Pics 7-19-04

[XcumminsX]

Well you all asked for them so here they are. Since i lost my digi camera i had to use a AWESOME 1 mp camera i use for taking pictures of set-ups at work.

 

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[XcumminsX]

why do we only get 32k for the thread pics Bigger pics are in reader rigs...

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Technical reasons Nick - the pictures in the forums are stored in the database not on a file, therefore the limitation. However, you can get pictures quite a bit larger than what you posted by turning up the compression on the jpeg images. If you save it at a 5 or 50% (depending on the software) you will lose very little to no quality and have a much bigger picture. OR you could show your pictures from the readers rigs section by bring up one of the pictures and clicking on "forum codes" below the picture - it will give you the exact code to paste into your post and the picture will be there. BTW, all of this information is in the website/roundtable FAQ section. Why nobody reads the FAQ's I'll never know .

 

[Bertram65]

Looks pretty awsome. Couple questions, how are they routed under the truck? what happens when it rains? do they get hot to the touch?

 

[CLAYTON]

Looks good. . how do you like having stacks?

 

[XcumminsX]

Q:how are they routed under the truck?



A: Where you see the whole in my bed there is a 90 degree pipe right there and the kit comes with a flex pipe and it hooked right up to my existing exhaust system



BTW, These are ROB THOMAS stacks. If your getting stacks get his!



Q: what happens when it rains?



A: Rob Thomas's kit is a self draining kit. The rains drains out of my 5" stacks and into the bed. I dont want to say how it is just incase someone trys to copy his idea... Maybe rob will see this and add to it.



do they get hot to the touch?



The chrome pipes themselves dont get too bad. The actual pipe in the bed gets pretty hot. I drove the truck for 4 hrs straight and the pipes were hot but it didnt burn my rhyno liner. In fact i touched the rhyno liner and it wasnt even warm. So its all good



Q:how do you like having stacks?



A: Best thing ive done to the truck yet . I love it. This was a SHOCK to me but this thing is now quieter in-cab and just in general than my 4" straight piped exhaust. Now the truck doesnt sound so raspy. . I love it

 

[curatchko]

Nick,



What brand fender flares??? I like how they give a squared look to the openings... . ala 2nd gen.



Chris

 

[Yo Hoot]

Originally posted by Steve St. Laurent

Technical reasons Nick - the pictures in the forums are stored in the database not on a file, therefore the limitation. However, you can get pictures quite a bit larger than what you posted by turning up the compression on the jpeg images. If you save it at a 5 or 50% (depending on the software) you will lose very little to no quality and have a much bigger picture. OR you could show your pictures from the readers rigs section by bring up one of the pictures and clicking on "forum codes" below the picture - it will give you the exact code to paste into your post and the picture will be there. BTW, all of this information is in the website/roundtable FAQ section. Why nobody reads the FAQ's I'll never know .

Might I suggest a huge hard drive so the paid membership can post say... double the size picture file. I find a 500 wide with decent resolution makes for a nice pic. 32 is a bit restrictive.



Storage space today is cheap.

 

[XcumminsX]

bushwacker pocket style flares

 

[lmills]

Well, I am glad I finally got to take a look at a 3rd gen with stacks. I like them. I just wish I could pony up the guts to start cutting into it.

 

[RankRam]

They look great, but I have a question. Can the stacks be installed closer to the cab? Or is there a problem with heat?

 

[XcumminsX]

Rob would have to answer that one. I am leaving mine like this because i am getting a headache rack ASAP

 

[RankRam]

When I saw the first pic I thought man that would look much better with a headache rack!



When you get it post a pic.



Thanks.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Storage space isn't the problem Yo Hoot - NOT AT ALL, we have plenty. The problem is that pictures uploaded directly to the forums are stored in the database and use up a LOT of CPU resources. One picture of 32k is the equivalent of about 100 average posts. The more data stored in the database the higher the load placed on mysql - which is what has caused the vast majority of our performance issues in the past. That's one of the main reasons we have the reader's rigs gallery. When you upload to the readers rigs gallery your picture is stored as a file and takes up zero CPU time, doesn't slow down the database, doesn't slow down searches, etc. That is why the readers rigs gallery has a much larger file size allowance. I've made it as easy as possible to post a readers rigs picture into your message, all you have to do is cut and paste the text.

 

[lschultz]

Good looking truck. I think Whitmores wife Elizabeth has the exact same color. She got her a new one several weeks ago. That just shows that you have something in common with the Whitmores even though you might think different. Same color, stacks, what else?

 

[XcumminsX]

Whitmores wifes truck is altantic blue. she was at my house last night... nice truck. .



(whitmore calm down buddy im just joking)

 

[Guest]

XcumminsX



Whos the manufacture and the style on that grille?



Where do I get one?

 

[XcumminsX]

the actual grille shell is from DC. The billet grill is stull i believe