"Black Betty" 2nd Gen Build

[CrumpManJr96]

I got lazy and never kept up with my build thread on my Jeep Cherokee so I figured I would stay on top of this one... I've always wanted to get myself a Ram (dream truck is a '08 cummins) and have been lurking on here for a while.
Finally picked her up last Friday (5.3.14). The plan is to go full blackout with it

The Truck (as i got it 5.3.14):
1996 Ram 1500
5.9L V8 Magnum
Auto, 88,*** original miles
Suspension: **** Cepek dual shock mount, Rancho 9112 shocks (all 6), not sure what brand of spacer or 2.5" block
**** Cepek Upper and lower control arms

33" BFG AT's (1 General Grabber AT2)

Completed:
Flowmaster Super 10, dumped at axle
Pacesetter shorties
Spectre CAI
E3 Spark Plugs
Drilled/Slotted Rotors
50" LED bar (roof mount)
Debadged
Black Grille
Black Bumper
Black wheels
Tow Mirrors
LED pods (fog light position)
Class IV rear hitch receiver
cut off '***** bars'
Tint 2.5%
Realtree interior accents
Painted axles/steering/suspension
Paint - Matte Black
Tinted Tail lights
Scanguage 2
Stereo/Speakers
Black Headlights

To Be Completed (in no order):
8" LED bars (next to pods in bumper)
Satoshi style grille
X-pipe
Dual flowmaster 10 series dumped
Bedliner
52mm throttle body
Traction Bars
King 2.5 coilovers
Carli 3" Full leaf pack
King 2.5 shocks
35-37" Toyo Open Country m/t
17-18" wheels
4.56 Yukon ring and pinion in rear
M1 intake
Tuner (brand unknown for now)

...I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but all input/advice/criticism is welcome!


The day I got her:





First things first... The next day I got the grille guard, lower valence, fender flares, molding, badges, and tool box off.. Box might be painted and go back on



Tuesday had a local muffler shop weld up a Flowmaster Super 10 --> 3" dump at the axle



Last night I got the grille painted, prepped and primered the front bumper and started sanding the front end..





And tow mirrors came in yesterday but i didn't order brackets oops lol hopefully will have these on sometime next week



Thats where she sits as of now.. Will hopefully get her primered next weekend and ready for paint.. I will keep this updated!

 

[dodge dude94]

Good work so far. You going with a gloss or satin black?

A word if warning on the bumper though: paint doesn't like to stick to chrome so I hope you sanded the hell out of it.


It's gonna look great when you're done.

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Good work so far. You going with a gloss or satin black?

A word if warning on the bumper though: paint doesn't like to stick to chrome so I hope you sanded the hell out of it.


It's gonna look great when you're done.

ya i learned my lesson painting the chrome on the jeep... i sanded this til you couldnt tell it was chrome anymore
but im gonna go with gloss to match the grill, hopefully ill have it done tonight

 

[dodge dude94]

ya i learned my lesson painting the chrome on the jeep... i sanded this til you couldnt tell it was chrome anymore
but im gonna go with gloss to match the grill, hopefully ill have it done tonight

Good thing. It's gonna look great.


May I advise that you keep the wheels and polish them? I think the little bit of chrome that the wheels add will make it look great.

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Good thing. It's gonna look great.


May I advise that you keep the wheels and polish them? I think the little bit of chrome that the wheels add will make it look great.

yea im keeping these for the time being, i wont be getting into the suspension or wheels/tires for a while so for now i was just going to paint these black.. and plus the tires have a tone of tread left so i might just run them dead

 

[iSlacker816]

Hey CrumpMan, I sent ya a PM

 

[bigbadram1500]

nice work, looking forward to the finished pics

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Got the grille and bumper finished last night... I really like the way the black came out

 

[Cruizer]

Sub'd, can't wait to see this progress. Front end come out lookin' good.

 

[WhiteExpress]

Certainly is lookin good! Nicely done! I look forward to following this build.

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Sub'd, can't wait to see this progress. Front end come out lookin' good.

Certainly is lookin good! Nicely done! I look forward to following this build.

thanks im primering it in the morning so i should have so more pics up soon

 

[BlkExpress]

looking good.........

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Got her primered, painted the wheels and taillights, and put my tow mirrors on this weekend










and this is how she looks now

 

[CrumpManJr96]

looking good.........

thanks man

 

[Cruizer]

Makin' progress.

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Makin' progress.

thanks man... cant wait to get her painted!

 

[Cruizer]

I think she'll look good. The wheels came out great!

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Just picked up this bad boy for $40!

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Got my hitch receiver painted and installed last night.

 

[CrumpManJr96]

Got these bad boys yesterday!



Old vs new


They're bright!