Mark's 13 CC Sport build

Hey guys, wanted to share with you my project and history with Dodge/Ram vehicules

In 2008, purchased a Dakota. Loved that truck, mean as hell and really nice ride for a mid size. Kept it pretty stock





It would burn some rubber too ;-)



I then traded in my Dakota as my wife was pregnant and we were looking a family vehicule. Got rid of all my toys, boat, atv and truck.





We went ahead and bought 2011 Journey Crew.



We then had a second child and were running low on room. Decided to trade the Journey for a Ram. Bought the truck on September 26th 2013 from Capital Dodge in Ottawa.







Here are the mods I have done so far.

Installed a Truxedo Lo Pro QT tonneau cover

No pics of the tonneau cover yet

Got a K&N drop in air filter as well



Got some Weather Tech mats for 50$ for the whole set, was kind of a mistake offer to a guy selling his set on Kijiji and ended up paying off. Offered 40$ (typo) instead of 140$ and he replied that he didn't think that he would go as low as 40$ and that he would accept 50$ lol! Full set too, including the rear.



Bought some LED license plate lights as well

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After:

Got some lamin-x headlight protection yellow film. Installed it on the fogs.

Looks like it was a long trip to get here but you're in a much better place now. Sport is the only way to go! You going to plasti-dip the grill slats too?

Yeah, it was quite the Journey lol!

For the grill slats, I tried to find a photo of one that had it done but couldn't find one. I thought it was a good idea but wanted to see a result before doing it.

Do you have any pictures with one done?

Just run a strip of electrical tape over the grill slats, easy way to see what it'll look like.

Nice truck!

I only have pics of my flame red sport with the slats blacked out.

I'm curious how the sport would look with the slats painted body color, but I wasn't brave enough to try it.

Wow! That is sick!!! Looks freakin awesome!!! Love how you painted the background of the ram body color! Looks very nice!

Truck looks great!

Mark182005 said:

Wow! That is sick!!! Looks freakin awesome!!! Love how you painted the background of the ram body color! Looks very nice!

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Easy to do for the front emblem. It's two pieces. Only drawback is they're sort of riveted together so you have to drill out several spots on the back to get them apart and then find some way to bind them back together after they're painted. I used 3M tape which seems to be holding fine.

Tail gate emblem is a different story. It's all one piece. You can hand-paint it if you're good at that sort of thing or pay someone to do it. Retro Shop does it. (See their forum down in the vendor section.)

What led plate lights are you running and did they give you any errors I the screen?

11BPSMIKE said:

What led plate lights are you running and did they give you any errors I the screen?

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Cheap ass bulbs from ebay, paid 4$ for 5 bulbs.

Work like a charm but they do give out a message. I heard you can weld an additional resistor to prevent the message from showing

Truck looks great

littlepaul41 said:

Truck looks great

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Thanks Paul!

Ordering a set of 5100's next week, looking forward to seeing that truck a little higher!

Took a picture today with my old man's 14 Sport

Nice truck!

bloombloom88 said:

Nice truck!

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Thanks Chris!

Vader and a stormtrooper????

Sacredsouls said:

Vader and a stormtrooper????

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Haha! Now that you mention it...

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Damn mod bug!!! Thought that bugs were sleeping during winter!! At least up here in Canada!

-28 celsius tonight! Got her cleaned up and took a little shot! It's dying for summer to come!!

I hear ya on the summer thing. Been way to cold here this week. Truck looks sweet. Can't wait to see the mods piled on.