Things you've done to your Uplander
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Don't want the noise of intake/exhaust right now (have a high flow Dynomax muffler waiting though) but will be getting the van tuned soon. Bought a spare PCM recently and should get dyno gains of 15-20 at the wheels, plus tighter shifting tranny, reduced torque management, etc.
Not cheap though, at around $500....all of my cars are modified and tuned so it's nothing new...other than that, chromed emblems, black dash mat (reduced summer heat), rubber weather tech mats (awesome) and tinted windows. Will be throwing my 2 amp active setup into the van sometime this summer when I get time as well. Maybe a set of factory alloys or swap the 6 lug setup to 5 lug but better aftermarket choices, not sure yet....
Not cheap though, at around $500....all of my cars are modified and tuned so it's nothing new...other than that, chromed emblems, black dash mat (reduced summer heat), rubber weather tech mats (awesome) and tinted windows. Will be throwing my 2 amp active setup into the van sometime this summer when I get time as well. Maybe a set of factory alloys or swap the 6 lug setup to 5 lug but better aftermarket choices, not sure yet....
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Niceguy do you have the 3.5 or the 3.9? you've got my curious of these dash mats you speak of, did you order them online, I've noticed that a 6 lug 17" is hard to find in an alloy, there seems to be more for the 5 but in 14 and 15"
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on a sound scale of 1-10, 1 being stock sound and 10 being the highest, I'd say sound is now about 3.5 - 4 it's not that loud, it just gives my 3.5L some big *****. The muffler is louder if I had to say, its not even loud either just a few notches past stock
"Gun it to 88"
"Gun it to 88"
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Here is my van. I didn't get to do much while I was on leave. Used Duplicolor bedliner on the hub caps and VHT Niteshades on the tail lights. My wife had already taken the bug guard off cause she thought it was ugly haha
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Sorry no updates for me....too busy with work right now. Still planning on installing my old active sound system but downsizing from 2 ported Treo TSX 12"s (in custom enclosures I built) to a single Memphis HPO 15" in a 1.5cf sealed enclosure.
BTW, I've never seen an Uplander w/body colored door handles/trim? What that done on the last year model or did you have them painted? I've been considering having mine ('08, black plastic) painted the body color to help wear and tear.
BTW, I've never seen an Uplander w/body colored door handles/trim? What that done on the last year model or did you have them painted? I've been considering having mine ('08, black plastic) painted the body color to help wear and tear.
