What did you do to your Gen3 today?

usaf2006 · Mar 6, 2017

Worked a little on my old headlights last night. Looks better than the first attempt. Will finish the second one tonight or tomorrow night, and plan on sanding them a bit with 2k grit and polishing them this weekend.

JimsRamTruck2012 · Mar 6, 2017

Giving it the standard 2 days of rest after a weekend of great service. :happy107:

SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

Pretty sure I just blew my front driver suspension on a submerged pothole coming into the parking lot.

usaf2006 · Mar 6, 2017

Blow out the shock? or what?

RonJon '06 · Mar 6, 2017

SilverStreak88 said:
Pretty sure I just blew my front driver suspension on a submerged pothole coming into the parking lot.

OUCH! That doesn't sound good.

SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

Not sure of the severity yet, praise Lord that I went to an 18" wheel and got away from the 20's. The last time I caught a pothole with the 20's it cost me $300 to get it pressed out and road force balanced, I know my struts are probably gone from the leveling kit, I'll just have to see how she does on the way home at 65MPH.

rocket · Mar 6, 2017

I have a short fuse with **** that don't werk...latest discourse was the hid headlamps....bye bye....threw the oem halogens back in til I can get some led's.

usaf2006 · Mar 6, 2017

SilverStreak88 said:
Not sure of the severity yet, praise Lord that I went to an 18" wheel and got away from the 20's. The last time I caught a pothole with the 20's it cost me $300 to get it pressed out and road force balanced, I know my struts are probably gone from the leveling kit, I'll just have to see how she does on the way home at 65MPH.

How was the ride home

SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

usaf2006 said:
How was the ride home

Seems good, I've always had a little shimmy with these tires. I'm pretty sure the 35's saved me, it was hard hit at 5MPH.

wiggy999 · Mar 6, 2017

rocket said:
I have a short fuse with **** that don't werk...latest discourse was the hid headlamps....bye bye....threw the oem halogens back in til I can get some led's.

Nor sure if the RAM Canbus/TIPM is anything like the Caliber SRT4, but there were horror stories trying to get the HID's to work. All kinds of different kits claimed to fix flickering, cars STARTING ON THEIR OWN etc... Of course, there's the one guy in 20 that said they work just fine for him. LOL

rocket · Mar 6, 2017

wiggy999 said:
Nor sure if the RAM Canbus/TIPM is anything like the Caliber SRT4, but there were horror stories trying to get the HID's to work. All kinds of different kits claimed to fix flickering, cars STARTING ON THEIR OWN etc... Of course, there's the one guy in 20 that said they work just fine for him. LOL

yup, sick of that flickering ******** as well :roflsquared:

SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

rocket said:
yup, sick of that flickering ******** as well

That's why you throw them in the trash and put halogen bulbs in the halogen housing so you don't blind people.

Ajwalk2008 · Mar 6, 2017

rocket said:
yup, sick of that flickering ******** as well

Flickering while they're on?

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SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

Ajwalk2008 said:
Flickering while they're on?

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Yup, it sucks, when I ran HID's they would flicker (like flipping the light switch off and back on really quick every 15 seconds), mine actually went out completely one night and I had to run with my fog lights back home.

Ajwalk2008 · Mar 6, 2017

Umm I'm going to be that one that says mine work fine with out the flickering and everything

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SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

06 switched to TIPM, you still have a real fuse box. My halogens flicker, it's faint, but I notice it.

Ajwalk2008 · Mar 6, 2017

Can bus on my 2005 idk if that makes a difference

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SilverStreak88 · Mar 6, 2017

I think it does, cause I don't see the early 3rd gens having the flicker issue.

Ajwalk2008 · Mar 6, 2017

To be honest it still was a pain in the ass because I couldn't just have just the ballast and bulb plugged in, I had to have a relay harness and resistors also

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rocket · Mar 7, 2017

Ajwalk2008 said:
Flickering while they're on?

Hard to see a flicker when they are off...........(I know wise assed remark)

Ajwalk2008 said:
Umm I'm going to be that one that says mine work fine with out the flickering

It's an '06 and later thing.

SilverStreak88 said:
I think it does, cause I don't see the early 3rd gens having the flicker issue.

In a nut shell The tipm (total.integrated,power,module.) pulses the power to the headlights, Halogens remain lighted because they retain the power before the pulse,,while hid's have no ability to''linger'' the pulse , which is the main cause of the flickering . In fact the strength of the hid is in fact it's weakness in our trucks.I never really was a fan of the ballasts and the resistors, It's easy to throw in a xenon halogen and if it blows throw another one in. :happy107:

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