my 2011 grandpa Ram Express build

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dearchristopher

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Hey guys, i've been updating my newbie thread and finally decided to just make a build thread. I move sorta slowly, but you guys on this forum are making me want to spend all my money on the truck. Hopefully i can catch up to you guys soon!

Here's the truck the day i bought it. Side steps, bed cover, rain visors, deer whistles, and a serious rake.
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pretty much immediately after buying it, i removed the side steps and gave them to some random guy.

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shortly after that, i converted all of my lights to LED. looks great, but a little too blue for me to be completely in love with them. may change to a whiter bulb soon.

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a few weeks later, i got tired of the rake and lowered the rear and added a mopar sway bar i got for free. gotta love friends with dodges! also yanked most of the badges off. needs black front and rear badges asap

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towed my small tt shortly after lowering the rear and getting it level, was able to keep it level with my WD. rode very well, the 5.7 has plenty of power. i used to tow with an LS2 Chevy Trailblazer and the full size is so much better.

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this is the most current shot of the truck. i added black wheels a few days ago, very happy with where the truck sits right now. have a few interior things planned, but this is how "caught up" i am. I've had it less than a month, and I'm really happy with how its looking so far. thanks for follwing!

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next to a stock ram express
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Lookin' good!!!

What's next?
 
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Lookin' good!!!

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thanks man! probably bed lighting for under that cover on a switch in the bed. and I'll be ordering air lift for the rear, I've heard nothing but good things. my FIL has them on his 2500 that he tows around 12k pounds with and they help his truck a ton!

eventually I'll grab a vararam and a tune. my ls2 trailblazer had intake, tune, trans cooler and exhaust with an efan swap so the truck will probably at least get that far. for now I'm stock with muffler swap and enjoying my 22mpg highway. I've been thinking about going back to stock exhaust with a qtp cutout once I get a tune and some bolt ons as well. lots of little things basically lol

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Looks good man! I suggest tinting those windows, it would really add to the look!

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Looks good man! I suggest tinting those windows, it would really add to the look!

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thanks man! my last truck was very dark and I miss it. it's in the plans

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Looks familiar, my 2011 looked just like that from new until your lowered with black wheels :)

GL truck!
 

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Looks familiar, my 2011 looked just like that from new until your lowered with black wheels :)

GL truck!
that's a clean truck man. I keep going back and forth on whether I want to commit to a drop. I found a great deal but I like where its at right now because I can still do truck things. I could barely go anywhere with my tbss. I need tint bad and these rain visors need to come off lol

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the 2/4 was fun, but the 2" rear drop rode so good! :)
 
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