Help me decide!
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Help me decide!
Ok here's the deal. My deployment is just about over, have been spending months looking at things to add to the truck. So I have narrowed it down to two. Dpf-r.com cat/dpf delete kit or amp(bestop) powered steps. Can't decide which to get. I know i want the stock ford steps gone. But I really would like to get that dpf off, so as you can see I'm stuck. Getting both is not really an option trying not to spend that much. Anything you guys can say that can help.
Thx
Arric
Thx
Arric
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From: Lakewood, Ca.
Good to see you posting - hope everything's going as well as it can over in the sandbox!
You know they're going to start smogging our trucks next year, right? If you decide to do the DPF/Cat delete, be sure to keep them laying around so you can hook 'em back up when you have to test.
These 6.4's are putting down some crazy numbers with just a DPF/Cat delete and a tune. I don't know if I would be able to resist doing that if I had one.
On the other hand, you can't drive it if you can't get into it
, so maybe the steps would be best to get first.
You know they're going to start smogging our trucks next year, right? If you decide to do the DPF/Cat delete, be sure to keep them laying around so you can hook 'em back up when you have to test.
These 6.4's are putting down some crazy numbers with just a DPF/Cat delete and a tune. I don't know if I would be able to resist doing that if I had one.
On the other hand, you can't drive it if you can't get into it
, so maybe the steps would be best to get first.
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Paramount, Ca
I would get the DPF delete kit, with the money you'll be saving on fuel you'll be able to afford the steps in no time. Ok maybe not but the steps are a luxury where the dpf will save you money.
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From: Whittier, CA
Personally, I just would not mess with the emissions or tuning of an '08, particularly if money were an issue (when is it not?). Too many warranty and smog test issues. Even if you were to live in a state that did not test, Ford just has no forgiveness on that motor.
