so ive made my decision....2wd to 4wd

rammanriley20 · Dec 18, 2014

so i have finally made the decision. im gonna buy a RCSB 4wd ram with a decent frame. hopefully just a roller or maybe one with a blown motor. gonna do a body swap from my 2wd frame onto the 4wd frame. and swap all of my parts out. does anyone see any major complications with this? im just gonna swap motors and bodies keeping the 4wd tranny and such from the donor truck.

Merc225hp · Dec 18, 2014

Nope I see two solid day's work of R&R (remove & replace). You ready to cut a hole in your floor?

rammanriley20 · Dec 18, 2014

Merc225hp said:
Nope I see two solid day's work of R&R (remove & replace). You ready to cut a hole in your floor?

ive already cut holes in my roof for my visor to bolt onto. not scared to cut a hole in my floor lol.

Stangshcky12 · Dec 18, 2014

Good luck

bassslayer25 · Dec 19, 2014

Good luck but I wouldn't want to do it lol I was going to do it with my grand cherokee a couple years ago but when I started looking at it I just thought it wasnt worth it so I got my ram instead and that was my best decision! lol

rammanriley20 · Dec 19, 2014

bassslayer25 said:
Good luck but I wouldn't want to do it lol I was going to do it with my grand cherokee a couple years ago but when I started looking at it I just thought it wasnt worth it so I got my ram instead and that was my best decision! lol

my original thought was that a 2wd with some good tires would be okay in the iowa winter but i was wrong! i cant afford a whole new truck (a good clean one) and id take a $10000 hit selling this one, so a body swap is my best option i think.

Stangshcky12 · Dec 19, 2014

Did you get an all season tire or an actual snow tire?

rammanriley20 · Dec 19, 2014

i have Cooper Discoverer ATR's now.

dodge dude94 · Dec 19, 2014

Oh, that's your problem. The ATR isn't the best in snow. lol

rammanriley20 · Dec 19, 2014

before this i had BFG all terrains, they werent any better lol

Merc225hp · Dec 19, 2014

Park the yellow truck and buy a winter beater 4wd truck, make is irelavent. You are not increasing the yellow trucks value by making it a 4wd if anything it might just go down. I have done a lot of body swaps its no small job.

rammanriley20 · Dec 19, 2014

i could never drive a boring truck man! if i found a winter beater it would be old and beat up hence the "beater". plus i have nowhere to store another truck and i dont need another to maintain. im gonna keep the banana for a long time so it may as well be 4wd. and everything i have done to it has decreased its value!

dodge dude94 · Dec 19, 2014

rammanriley20 said:
before this i had BFG all terrains, they werent any better lol

Yeah, my buddy Johnn123 would agree with you there for sure.

bassslayer25 · Dec 19, 2014

If I were you id just sell the truck and make some money to put towards a 4x4. The conversion seams easy on paper but once you start tearing into it you might find that you forgot about something or something wont work. Plus on top of that, your truck will be out of commission for however long. I mean its your call but just calculate all the risks before doing so.

ADudeOnSkis · Dec 20, 2014

Just find a Subi to rally around in the snow.

Stangshcky12 · Dec 20, 2014

Get a set of tires that have a snowflake inside of a mountain on the side (which are actual winter tires and not all season) and you'll get better snow performance

Merc225hp · Dec 20, 2014

Stangshcky12 said:
Get a set of tires that have a snowflake inside of a mountain on the side (which are actual winter tires and not all season) and you'll get better snow performance

Been suggested by a few in another thread of his, along with adding weight and adding a LSD.

You're 100% right though proper winter rated tires is going to go a long way. A whole lot cheaper and easier than doing a body swap. But it's his truck and his $$$.

Edit; We live up in the mountain range in Sicamous BC, 80% of the stuff on the road is 2wd and they get around just fine up here as long as they have the right tire and drive accordingly to match the road conditions.

Johnn123 · Dec 20, 2014

rammanriley20 said:
before this i had BFG all terrains, they werent any better lol

Worst tires Ive ever used in the snow! Buy your self a set of real snow tires.... you will be amazed at the difference. I did that with my 2wd Dakota with no weight in the back, never got stuck once. The right tire makes the difference. Of course if you do go through with this body swap be sure to keep us updated the whole way through!

edit: LOL just seen DD94 already posted my opinion of them :rofl:

leadrofthepak · Dec 20, 2014

Winter tires, no weight (all it does it make it harder to stop), and put a set of z-chains under the seat for emergency purposes. If you are partial to Cooper tires, they make a Discoverer M+S tire that is a highly rated winter tire.

Merc225hp · Dec 20, 2014

33 years of driving in Canadian winters and I have never used weight in the back, never will. Putting weight in the back take's weight off the front tires I want as much weight up front as I can get.

If you do the body swap it would be nice if you made a diy for the forum as it is a lot of work.

so ive made my decision....2wd to 4wd

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