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So after some expressed interest Im finally getting around to posting this build thread. Gonna do the best I can to list everything I can think of I've done so far. I still have so much more I want to accomplish with this truck but this is how she sits for now and I will add as I go.
My hunt for a wagon all stemmed from me wrecking my Lifted 2017 1500 Sport in the fall of 2018. My initial thought was to buy the most capable truck i could so in my mind "wouldn't have to mod". By chance i found a used 2017 with 1800mi on the odometer for 42k I jumped all over it.
Brought her home and the first week I put in 55w HIDs, morimoto fogs and Go rhino side steps
Next Mod was 17x9 +18mm XD addict 2s with 35x12.5 Nitto Trail Graps. My first "offroad trip" happened right after. I was hooked immediately..
Next few mods were pretty low key and simple.
Factor 55 ultrahook, 20" Auxbeam lightbar, and sub woofer, using a oem woofer box.
The summer of 2019 all the bigger mods started flowing in 37" cooper stt pros,Thuren Front track bar, Thuren leveling springs, Fox 2.0 shocks, Victory 4x4 bed rack with rotopax, xbull recovery boards and ARB Awning. Go rhino SRM 60" roof rack with custom mounted pelican boxes and (6) 3" rigid D series lights, quick fist mounts for a axe / shovel and centramatic balancers.
The following fall of 2019 i added a few more necessities. Maple offroad sliders, Abel components locker bypass, A.R.E synthetic winch line, factor 55 fairlead with custom adapter blocks i machined.
In winter of 2020 I installed a Thuren rear track and synergy draglink. In april i ordered my thuren King 2.5s. Shortly after i went on my first official wheeling trip with @IRSmart and a few guys from the PW registry. It was there i realized i needed a few more things to feel more confident on the trails in rausch creek offroad park in PA. So a Dethloff skid plate , AEV raised air intake and gmrs radio were installed
In July my Kings finally came along with a few dash navigation mods(8" tablet abd garmin inreach). I also added some cjc reservoir armor to my rear kings and extended all my breathers.
This is pretty much how she currently sits with the exclusion of a rotopax storage box i just added on the rack, patagonia 37s and a abel components sway bar bypass.
I still have so much more i need/want to do but with our second child just arriving, a wrist surgery, and covid jacking up my overtime stuff will probably have to wait till spring. My future mods are looking to be maple rear skid, thuren rear springs/end links and a HCC bumper are on the short list.
I have a ton of thanks for this rig irsmart, Don Thuren, Neil @ maple offroad, Marcus Dethloff, Mike Key, George @ 8 lug truck gear, David @ abel components and a ton of others for answering all my dumb questions.
Sorry this has been long winded...lol Stay tuned for more in the spring [emoji869]
Suspension mods:
Thuren front springs
Thuren Front/Rear Track Bars
Thuren King 2.5 shocks
Synergy Drag link
Traxada 1" rear spacer
Performance mods:
AEV Raised air intake
wix filter
All Amsoil Fluids
Abel Components locker and swaybar bypass
Solo muffler delete and resonator delete
Synthetic winch rope
Factor 55 fairlead and ultrahook
all breathers extended
Exterior mods/lighting:
37x12.5r17 Milestar patagonias
17x9 +18mm XD addict 2s
Victory 4x4 bed rack
Go Rhino SRM100 60" roof rack
Rhino Rack cross bars
model 1650 pelican cases
Quick fist clamps on sides
Rotopax 4gal fuel, 2gal water, storage case
Xbull recovery tracks
ARB Awning
20"auxbeam light bar behind grill
(6) 3" Rigid cubes in roof rack
Morimoto Fog lights
DDM tuning 55w HIDs used with alfa obd
DRL enabled with Alfaobd
Lower air dam removed
AVS Bug guard
Armor:
Dethloff Trans skid
Purple cranium front diff guard
Maple Offroad Sliders
CJC reservior guards
Comms/ GPS:
Midland MXT115 GMRS
Garmin inreach+
Samsung 8" Tab A with Gaia GPS
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
My hunt for a wagon all stemmed from me wrecking my Lifted 2017 1500 Sport in the fall of 2018. My initial thought was to buy the most capable truck i could so in my mind "wouldn't have to mod". By chance i found a used 2017 with 1800mi on the odometer for 42k I jumped all over it.
Brought her home and the first week I put in 55w HIDs, morimoto fogs and Go rhino side steps
Next Mod was 17x9 +18mm XD addict 2s with 35x12.5 Nitto Trail Graps. My first "offroad trip" happened right after. I was hooked immediately..
Next few mods were pretty low key and simple.
Factor 55 ultrahook, 20" Auxbeam lightbar, and sub woofer, using a oem woofer box.
The summer of 2019 all the bigger mods started flowing in 37" cooper stt pros,Thuren Front track bar, Thuren leveling springs, Fox 2.0 shocks, Victory 4x4 bed rack with rotopax, xbull recovery boards and ARB Awning. Go rhino SRM 60" roof rack with custom mounted pelican boxes and (6) 3" rigid D series lights, quick fist mounts for a axe / shovel and centramatic balancers.
The following fall of 2019 i added a few more necessities. Maple offroad sliders, Abel components locker bypass, A.R.E synthetic winch line, factor 55 fairlead with custom adapter blocks i machined.
In winter of 2020 I installed a Thuren rear track and synergy draglink. In april i ordered my thuren King 2.5s. Shortly after i went on my first official wheeling trip with @IRSmart and a few guys from the PW registry. It was there i realized i needed a few more things to feel more confident on the trails in rausch creek offroad park in PA. So a Dethloff skid plate , AEV raised air intake and gmrs radio were installed
In July my Kings finally came along with a few dash navigation mods(8" tablet abd garmin inreach). I also added some cjc reservoir armor to my rear kings and extended all my breathers.
This is pretty much how she currently sits with the exclusion of a rotopax storage box i just added on the rack, patagonia 37s and a abel components sway bar bypass.
I still have so much more i need/want to do but with our second child just arriving, a wrist surgery, and covid jacking up my overtime stuff will probably have to wait till spring. My future mods are looking to be maple rear skid, thuren rear springs/end links and a HCC bumper are on the short list.
I have a ton of thanks for this rig irsmart, Don Thuren, Neil @ maple offroad, Marcus Dethloff, Mike Key, George @ 8 lug truck gear, David @ abel components and a ton of others for answering all my dumb questions.
Sorry this has been long winded...lol Stay tuned for more in the spring [emoji869]
Suspension mods:
Thuren front springs
Thuren Front/Rear Track Bars
Thuren King 2.5 shocks
Synergy Drag link
Traxada 1" rear spacer
Performance mods:
AEV Raised air intake
wix filter
All Amsoil Fluids
Abel Components locker and swaybar bypass
Solo muffler delete and resonator delete
Synthetic winch rope
Factor 55 fairlead and ultrahook
all breathers extended
Exterior mods/lighting:
37x12.5r17 Milestar patagonias
17x9 +18mm XD addict 2s
Victory 4x4 bed rack
Go Rhino SRM100 60" roof rack
Rhino Rack cross bars
model 1650 pelican cases
Quick fist clamps on sides
Rotopax 4gal fuel, 2gal water, storage case
Xbull recovery tracks
ARB Awning
20"auxbeam light bar behind grill
(6) 3" Rigid cubes in roof rack
Morimoto Fog lights
DDM tuning 55w HIDs used with alfa obd
DRL enabled with Alfaobd
Lower air dam removed
AVS Bug guard
Armor:
Dethloff Trans skid
Purple cranium front diff guard
Maple Offroad Sliders
CJC reservior guards
Comms/ GPS:
Midland MXT115 GMRS
Garmin inreach+
Samsung 8" Tab A with Gaia GPS
Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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