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Bruce's Silver Spruce Metalic ST
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I agree with you on the wheels, somewhat. The tires are only 5k miles old and they are the stock size. I looked at going bigger but the price got a lot bigger so I decided stock is fine for now. I may get some spacers but a new set of wheels is on the list. I'm probably going to just squirrel away the money until I have enough to buy some new ones. By the time these tires wear out I should have enough for new rims and tires that fit better.
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If you like that style, sure. I’m just not into the low profile look. I like a little sidewall. Definitely want wider though.
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The sidewalls aren’t that much smaller. Plus you can get a larger tire size that has the same amount of sidewall. Wheels are in the eye of the beholder though. Could get some Niche Mazzanti wheels and Nitto tires in 20” rims for around $2k so that would be your budget. Anything is better than the stock wheels IMO.
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The way it sounds? I've had CAI on many of my cars and they never made any sound. The closest thing to making a sound was when I took the silencer out of the air box of my Ford Ranger and added a K&N drop-in filter. You could hear the air being sucked into the engine. Sounded like a vaccum cleaner on steroids! LOL! Are you talking about the sound from the BOV? The reason I was gonna go with the aFe system is because it allows you to retain the stock one where the FenFabrication system requires you to either delete it or use an aftermarket one, which I don't want to do. I'd be interested in hearing the sound they make. I spent a couple grand on an exhaust just for the sound so I may be more inclined to go ahead and make the purchase if I liked how it sounds. Does it make the turbos more audible? That's really the only sound I would like to hear.
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No, you have to use one of the three listed BOV's or the block off plate on the 2020 . That's what I was told after emailing them and asking them. aFe is made to fit the stock BPV and you have to use an adapter to use an aftermarket. This is just the information I got from emailing them.
Yeah it definitely is quite audible. And again, just like with exhaust, intake volume is going to be subjective. The way others have talked about the Fenfab, I thought this thing was going to be crazy loud so I was a little disappointed when I first installed it. However, I've come to love it for the sound. After I installed my intercooler it seems a little louder though that's probably placebo. Now that the weather's warmer, when I have the windows down and the music off, even medium throttle pulls are fun just to hear the intakes.
