My 2008 Transition

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

Here is what it looked like when I first got it:

Then I blacked out my rear bumper with plastidip:

After many long hours I blacked out the front bumper using plastidip and put a 3" lift on.

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

And after today, here is what it looks like so far:

So what should be next?? Any and all input and comments is appreciated!

(My interior is already finished, and I will post pictures of my interior in a little while)

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

looks good man! looks like the only other thing you need that you wanted to do were the flares and spacers, and if i can remember correctly, the front bullbar!

maybe next will be some lights? fogs in the vents and nice off road driving lights behind the grill?

what lift did you wind up going with? just a 3 inch spacer?

PCA4208 · Mar 10, 2014

Dude my back is killing me. Haha
Here's what it looks like level.

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

Yeah those are still on the project list! I used a pro comp lift. Shocks spacers and everything. S/O to PCA4208 for helping all day with that also.
I'm already looking into the fog lights

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

PCA4208 said:
Dude my back is killing me. Haha
Here's what it looks like level.

Dude my back is killing me and it took me a solid 25 to get all the grease and oil off. Haha

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

hehe i remeber that day also! im gunna be helping my friend joey (silram1500) with his 6 inch lift once he gets it! projects are fun haha especially when you can sit back and say that you are the one who did the work to make it look so good!

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

itd be funny if we lived in NM or you lived in FL with us... we both have silver rams and youboth have gray rams... that any we all could lend each other hands in each project haha

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

... just curious, why did you take the front bumper off?

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

That would be super awesome... We would get so much done if we were in the same area. Hahaha

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

LS5DodgeRam said:
... just curious, why did you take the front bumper off?

It gave us more room to work and we could see better. And I dipped it while it was off.

PCA4208 · Mar 10, 2014

LS5DodgeRam said:
... just curious, why did you take the front bumper off?

We were painting it anyways. Also it freed up SO much working room.

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

hmmm sounds like you got it all down to the science! i do agree with the whole taking it off makes it easier to paint part though lol

PCA4208 · Mar 10, 2014

Well the driver side took about 3 hours to pull apart and install.
Passenger, like 30-40 minutes maybe? Then cleaning up and putting this away. Whole thing took us from 10-6ish allowing lunch and screwing around.

AK_Armendariz · Mar 10, 2014

It only took us that long for the drivers side because we couldn't figure out the right way to put that huge spacer in and still trying to fit the spring in while it was being compressed. Lube was the key to get it in place. Lol

PCA4208 · Mar 10, 2014

Das lube!!

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 10, 2014

lol once you do it the first time the second time is timeless. my lift took a while..

started at 9 in the morning and ended at 1 in the morning. picked up at 10 the next morning, and finished at 11.

why so long? i had to take my controll arms to a shop to have the bushings and balljoints pressed in. easy enough right? wrong! they called me 4 hours afterr the fact to say hey i sorry but our press broke. we only did the bushings not the balljoints! had to pick them up and take it somewhere else where they put it in in less than 10 minutes. awesome guys thanks. if that didnt happen we would have been done in way less time than that!

Bigdaddycodes · Mar 12, 2014

Next thing I would do is get a set of headlights with black housing but still the clear lens

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AK_Armendariz · Mar 14, 2014

I have that planned!

LS5DodgeRam · Mar 15, 2014

Try taking yours apart and spraying them black! It isnt hard I have done 3 sets already! Youll save a lot of money and keep the factory lights!

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