Derekp's 1500 and Cummins Swap

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Sold the front end minus the light bar.
 

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Can't wait to see it with the new bumper assembly.
 
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I'm super excited about it. People look at you funny when you drive around without a bumper. Probably think I can't drive and I'm going to run into them or something. Lol I've been told the bumper is at my shop, I just had to go out of town for a week. Soon as I get back though first thing I'm going to do is install it.
 
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New bumper! I have more led lights on the way.
 

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Added more leds. Two spot pods and a 13" led bar behind the nfab in the skid plate. I have 4 flood light pods I still have to mount on the sides for fog lights. Also need to order a slim light bar that will fit in my hood scoop.
 

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Bed lined the rear bumper today. Toolbox and rod rack are next.
 

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Everything looking good! How are the LED outputs?
Thanks! They are stupid bright. I still have on order 4 4" flood light pods, a 52" curved light bar, and a 13" slim light bar. All 6 of those are going on the front of the truck. All in all I will have 10 light bars on the front, as well as I might replace the PIAAs behind the grill for leds. Lol
 
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New curved light bar.
 

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So I finally got one of these. I can't believe it took dodge that long to put these in trucks. I'm going to cut it into behind the cup holder under my floorboard light switch. It only has a positive and negative pin so its super easy to put in. Only costs $20 for the plug at the dealership. This one is off a 2010 but it's new.
Are you (having/going to have) problems with plugging and unplugging things with it mounted on the back-splash? I know on my truck it's fairly flimsy and would fall in when I applied any pressure, I have been looking for a while at doing one of these mods and decided the place for me would be in the passenger cubby hole or in the floor at the rear cup holder.
 
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Are you (having/going to have) problems with plugging and unplugging things with it mounted on the back-splash? I know on my truck it's fairly flimsy and would fall in when I applied any pressure, I have been looking for a while at doing one of these mods and decided the place for me would be in the passenger cubby hole or in the floor at the rear cup holder.

I haven't so far. I have stuff behind the back splash (modules and what not) so my cup holder always stays down. The back splash has something to push against as well. I use both hands to remove the plug.
 
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Got em working...
 

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Got em working...
I'll know it's you when I roll up towards Austin. Looks very nice, let me know your opinion on the roof light as far as the so called "whistling". I want one, but don't wanna listen to the whistle...
 
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I'll know it's you when I roll up towards Austin. Looks very nice, let me know your opinion on the roof light as far as the so called "whistling". I want one, but don't wanna listen to the whistle...

Lol yeah its pretty much a slice of daylight. The bar itself isn't very noisy but the brackets between the doors are. It leaves a little space between the weather strip. Not enough to leak water but enough for wind to catch. I'm going to buy some more weatherstripping and put it on the inside of the door. There is some on the cab of the truck but none on the door. I'm confident that it will solve the problem.
 
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Oh, and I'm not done yet. I still have 5 more lights to put on. Lol
 
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Bed lined the toolbox and rod rack today.
 

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Couple more pics in the sun...
 

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