3rd Gen Ram "Pre-Runner" Appearance Budget Build

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Hello All,

Needed a place to start posting pictures of my fiberwerx install, and amerihood, and the various other upgrades my 07 Ram 1500 is undergoing.

This truck started life as a hemi 1500 bighorn in mineral gray. I bought it out of college, and its been a remarkably great truck. I've done all the basic muscle bolt ons, and after ten years, and driving in ohio, the long winters had gotten the best of the lower doors and bedsides.

As some of you know, the ram was recently involved in a minor fender bender with an (at fault) ford escape. The escape was bent in half...the ram drove away with a broken tire belt, and cosmetic damage.

So at this point, i'm in the process of a fiberglass, fiberwerx install, as I always loved the trophy/pre runner look, and I had already purchase the complete fender/bedside kit.

I had also purchased 4 complete, southern doors (let me know if you need any door parts or panels.lol)

Mechanical upgrades include..
Long tube stainless headers
true dual exhaust
cold air intake (which is now hooked up to the ram air amerihood)
Jay Greene Custom Tune
3.91's
Full aluminum tanked, dual core radiator

Cosmetics
Currently has step tubes, which may come off
spray in bedliner
blacked out, no amber, headlights
Nfab type custom pre runner bumper

incoming parts are
35x12.5 r17's
Method grids, or Vision Manx wheels
2 inch wheel spacers
2 inch Leveling kit

Thats all i can think of at the moment

Now... i know this isn't a true pre-runner, as it lacks a badass long arm kit, and its 4WD. But it'll look like one :) and in the future i plan to upgrade the suspension as well. So call it a clone-runner if you want.lol

looking forward to finishing this up and having a truly unique truck! Pics Below
 
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Here is what i started with, just a basic, mineral gray, 4x4 ram bighorn with a hemi
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Here is one of the pics that inspired my build. Again, love the trophy look. Mine will be pretty close to this in overall appearance.
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Not the best angle, but here is the hood and fenders in fitment stage. this IS my actual truck

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here's my new doors getting sanded and blocked
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hopefully ordering wheels up tomorrow!
 
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What size are you going to run? Hopefully not 20's and some sweet ass "real" beadlockers.

17's.lol Either the method Grids, or the vision Manx. They look identical. I just have to decide how much $ i want to spent...in the spirit of the "clone-runner'... i do think they are both sims, sorry.lol

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17's.lol Either the method Grids, or the vision Manx. They look identical. I just have to decide how much $ i want to spent...in the spirit of the "clone-runner'... i do think they are both sims, sorry.lol

vsw-3985865mbn19_xl.jpg

MR_309_Grid_Titanium.jpg

Well, not real lockers, but those will do. I'm just tired of seeing 20's and like to see more tire. The 17's will ride and perform better than 20's anyway.
 
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Well, not real lockers, but those will do. I'm just tired of seeing 20's and like to see more tire. The 17's will ride and perform better than 20's anyway.

Nah, i had factory 20's. in the wreck one was damaged and they wanted $300 for a junkyard replacement. Couldn't see that at all.
I am not at all into the "bro dozer" look.
22's and 8 inches of lift is not what i'm going for at all.
Trophy/Pre runner in the look i'm after.
 
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So, grille shell body color, and leave the slats black?
 
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Where did you get doors? I need some

Some guy on facebook. There are a couple characters on the ram buy sell trade group's that do nothing but buy southern 3rd gens and part them. Pm me. I can probably dig up the number
 
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