What did you do with your 4th Gen this week?

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ThunderMug95

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So I got all antsy and decided to put the rear coil spacers I snagged yesterday on. Pretty easy compared to my Bilstein install on the front end.
Now I am sitting: Front 39/39” ground to fender well top center and Rear-40/40.5”. So I now have 1” of forward rake. This is with my FR Bils @2.1....Contemplating taking them to 2.8 tomorrow. Trying to decide if I really want to go through all that effort and work for an inch and then another alignment...Decisions decisions
 

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your gonna love it!!! I put one in about 2 months ago...only set on city +2 and its plenty! I move the settings around but set there most of the time.

Just hooked mine up the ECO light does not come on.
But Damn..... it's so easy to hook up.


I have been leaving it on sport +2. I did try sport++1. I need drier roads for that mode. My daughter was annoyed with it.
 

corneileous

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What’s in the box?
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Oh yeah!!
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I like those. I have a set of them on my truck. Only thing, I had to replace the sticky tape on the driver side tho. Bout lost it....lol.


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Having Trouble with my one touch unlock. It doesn't.

update: when the salt spray and grime covers your sensors, stuff doesn't work. I wiped off the inside of the handle and the unlock works now.
 
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hodge-xj

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Well, I done messed up. First off the paint definitely yellowed. Hopefully it's not total ass on the truck. That being said I was doing my final wet sand and caught a corner of the paper on the paint, took a big gouge down to the primer off. Grabbed my touch up paint which I used in a few places that matches the truck perfect and this is how it looks. Needless to say, I'm not fixing this spot. It's unfortunate since the paint job came out awesome for what it is, and I feel a bit like I wasted my time. Live and learn, letting it cure more overnight before assembly and install. The paint is still super soft.......this is why I normally use bedliner......efffff meeeab550d9a423f1da610198eaebf0cb7ad.jpg

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usaf2006

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Rolled 20k miles last night, 10 days short of 1yr since I bought it.

Don't freak out on me, the wife took the pic while we were driving back from Huntsville.266255ad97a6e201df779d49527b0c35.jpg

2017 RAM 1500 CC, LoneStar, Black Pearl
I hit 21k the other day, roughly 1.5yrs after purchase ^-^
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McBroom

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Yesterday I needed to stop by Harbor Freight for some cutoff wheels. My wife who’s a manager there was with me.
Anyway she bought me 2 new toolbox’s. I was not expecting that. What a surprise!!!
I used my Ram to haul those big ******** home. Now I need help to unload them.
Ohh yeah one is sublime green and the other one is is competition orange.
Both would look awesome with the blue Mopar M on the inside of the lid.


I love my truck!
Blue Mule 18 Ram 2500 4x4 C/C Off Road.
 

McBroom

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Well, I done messed up. First off the paint definitely yellowed. Hopefully it's not total ass on the truck. That being said I was doing my final wet sand and caught a corner of the paper on the paint, took a big gouge down to the primer off. Grabbed my touch up paint which I used in a few places that matches the truck perfect and this is how it looks. Needless to say, I'm not fixing this spot. It's unfortunate since the paint job came out awesome for what it is, and I feel a bit like I wasted my time. Live and learn, letting it cure more overnight before assembly and install. The paint is still super soft.......this is why I normally use bedliner......efffff meeeab550d9a423f1da610198eaebf0cb7ad.jpg

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Better pics please?
It don’t look bad. Probably hard spot to see
What brand of paint did you use?
Is it made for plastic?


I love my truck!
Blue Mule 18 Ram 2500 4x4 C/C Off Road.
 

hodge-xj

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Better pics please?
It don’t look bad. Probably hard spot to see
What brand of paint did you use?
Is it made for plastic?


I love my truck!
Blue Mule 18 Ram 2500 4x4 C/C Off Road.
It's in the corner so it's actually a bit of a tough spot to see unless you're looking for it. More pissed that I was basically done and just smoothing out a few missed spots a little more. I used duplicolor color match bright white paint 2 cans, the automotive primer and adhesion promoter, rustoleum filler primer, and rustoleum clear coat. All was auto zone products. Than I used meguiars polishing compound, and turtle wax hard shell wax.

All my sanding was done by hand, 100 grit to break the chrome up and give the adhesion promoter some bite. Didn't sand the adhesive layer, primed than wet sanded from 1k-2500, color coated and wet sanded from 2k-3, cleared and wet sanded from 2-3k than 2 polishing coats and 2 wax coats. Its hard to properly polish and wax the grill shell unassembled, it's flimsy and without power tools hard to get proper pressure.
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It's in the corner so it's actually a bit of a tough spot to see unless you're looking for it. More pissed that I was basically done and just smoothing out a few missed spots a little more. I used duplicolor color match bright white paint 2 cans, the automotive primer and adhesion promoter, rustoleum filler primer, and rustoleum clear coat. All was auto zone products. Than I used meguiars polishing compound, and turtle wax hard shell wax.

All my sanding was done by hand, 100 grit to break the chrome up and give the adhesion promoter some bite. Didn't sand the adhesive layer, primed than wet sanded from 1k-2500, color coated and wet sanded from 2k-3, cleared and wet sanded from 2-3k than 2 polishing coats and 2 wax coats. Its hard to properly polish and wax the grill shell unassembled, it's flimsy and without power tools hard to get proper pressure.
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Looks great to me!
 

hodge-xj

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FAIL. Gotta get an orbital sander and cut through this clear, I'll just re shoot some color and get a good clear. Lesson learned, for now i have an ivory grille.
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