Derekp's 1500 and Cummins Swap

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My current addiction. Its a 2007 dodge ram 1500 4.7L. I've done more to this thing than I can remember off the top of my head. I just finished a blue led dash conversion. I'll list the mods here pretty soon. Let me know what you think.
 

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This thing was bare bone stock when I got it. There is a long list of adds so Im going to try and list them all.

Things I added that should of come with it...
-frame hitch (so stupid for a truck to not have one)
-fog lights
-fog light switch
-tow mirrors (every dodge should have them)
-7 way trailer receiver pin

Performance...
-180 tstat
-sickspeed radiator hose temp housing
-Air Raid Cold air intake
-Air Raid throttle body spacer
-3" electric cutout with Remote
-Flowmaster muffler dumped
-drilled and slotted rotors

Suspension...
2.5" level spacers in the front

Exterior
-Husky Toolbox
-10 fishing rod holder bolted to toolbox I built out of pvc pipes and 2x4s
-Ramsey 6000# winch on the hitch that I hand built the mount for out of old hitches
-chrome bull bar
-chrome door handles and tailgate handle
-chrome fuel door
-chrome front grille
-debadged minus the emblem on the tailgate
-2011-2014 chrome 5 spoke wheels
-bfg all terrains 275/60/r20
-rhino lined bed
- back up camera with 7" screen

Lights...
-white halo headlights
-halo fog lights (changed them to blue)
-Hid 8000K headlights and fog lights
-blue leds behind the grill
-drilled the eyes out on the ram emblem on the front grill and gave it blue eyes.
-white led license plate lights (blue at times but cops hate them)
-blue cab lights
-60" ANZO tailgate brake light bar
-30" led light bar
-2 6" PIAAs behind the grill
-2 4" led lights on the toolbox facing the rear, my fishing lights (aka get off my tail on the highway lights)
-I rewired my headlights through the parklights so I do not have just park lights anymore. Two reasons, One, normal dodges turn off the hids to turn on the brights, and off and on a lot is not good for hids. Two, I can have my brights on at the same time as my hids.

-Im also about to add two 6" flush led lights in the bumper

Interior...
-srt pillar gauge with handle
-blue led digital temp gauge in pillar
-just finished my blue led dash conversion minus the radio, going to tackle that soon.
-5 switches under steering wheel
-1 horn button for police siren behind grill
-changed black bezel to one with silver around radio
-Added blue led lights to each cubby hole on the bezel to light them up.
-black front seat covers
-real tree floor mats

Im probably missing stuff, Ill add it as I remember lol
 
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Add some interior shots! Like those rims are your truck a lot btw. I want to do the LED conversion to mine but heard the bulbs are different and hard to find.
 
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Thanks. I'll get some interior shots up soon. Yeah I didn't like the polished aluminum wheels this truck came with. I was looking on Craigslist one day and a guy put that brand new set of chrome wheels up for $200. I snatched them up quickly. Lol I know your interior is doable but just takes a little work. I attempted to change my radio and window switches but I messed up both and had to get replacements. I decided to just change my vfd radio display and leave the rest alone for now.
 
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I need to get a full interior shot but here are a few of the gauges. I also need to get a picture of the overhead display, radio display, and odometer display.
 

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Interior looks great, gonna have to do this to my truck hopefully soon, just gotta figure which bulbs then I'm set!
 
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Thanks. I added cubby hole lights and cup holder lights. I put the floorboard lights on a switch so they wouldn't be on all the time. I also have floorboard lights in the back seat as well, on the same switch.
 
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All the displays blue. They are not nearly as bright as the camera shows. I tried photo shopping to make them not look ridiculously bright but I was not successful.
 

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Did you just put a blue film over the overhead display? I'm trying debate if I want to do cool white or blue.
 
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Yeah I did. I wish there was a way to do it differently because the display is tinted. It is bright enough at night but I have to look at it hard to see it in the day.
 
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I ordered cab clearance lights today, should be here Monday. I just have to gather the courage to drill into my good non leaking roof. Lol
 

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Do you have any pics of the interior w/o the lights on? In the daylight?
 
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Im confused about what your asking. It just looks like a standard interior with black front seat covers.
 
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I have blue leds all over this thing. Here is a picture of the front. With head lights off and on.
 

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Finally rhino lined the bed this week. Also, Ive decided that I am done with chrome, its been on the truck for about 5 years already. I want a new direction and a new look. I want to go black, so Im going to plasti dip everything. Keep an eye out for my new thread where I black my truck out. Ill probably start with the wheels and see how they look. I plan on baking my headlights and painting them black inside as well, while finally changing my halos to blue instead of the white they have always been. Any thoughts or recommendations?
 

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Blacked out will look real good, meant to ask, what company LED bar did you go with?
 
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Blacked out will look real good, meant to ask, what company LED bar did you go with?

Honestly I have no idea. Got em off ebay. They claimed to be cree leds when I bought them but I just bought the cheapest biggest one I could find that fit. I don't use them everyday so I wasn't worried about it. Though they haven't let me down yet in almost a year. lol
 
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Just dug through my emails, it was a seller called US Stock on ebay. It was $110 free shipping. Came with brackets. Apparently I bought the 25" one, not the 29". Im not sure why I thought it was 29". lol
 

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Also, I work at a rhino lining and truck accessory place and Im thinking about lining the toolbox and bull bar. Probably just dip the bumpers.
 
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