2014 RAM 1500 Express Crew Cab

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Lucky! You don't have an offset logo to deal with when mounting your plate! Can't decide whether to offset the plate, or move it down...
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Or I could always cover the IC and leave the I. Ha.

fYI, there's a curved 40" KChilites lightbar for sale here on the forum: https://www.ramforum.com/threads/kc-hilite-40”-lightbar-with-brackets.140225/
(Good price...look it up to see the current retail...)

But if I were you, I'd go old school, big round style KCs or PIAAs or something like that. You don't have a prerunner bar to limit you to only a light bar! Just like, my opinion, man.
 
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Lucky! You don't have an offset logo to deal with when mounting your plate! Can't decide whether to offset the plate, or move it down...
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Or I could always cover the IC and leave the I. Ha.

fYI, there's a curved 40" KChilites lightbar for sale here on the forum: https://www.ramforum.com/threads/kc-hi lite-40”-lightbar-with-brackets.140225/
(Good price...look it up to see the current retail...)

But if I were you, I'd go old school, big round style KCs or PIAAs or something like that. You don't have a prerunner bar to limit you to only a light bar! Just like, my opinion, man.
Lucky! You don't have an offset logo to deal with when mounting your plate! Can't decide whether to offset the plate, or move it down...
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Or I could always cover the IC and leave the I. Ha.

fYI, there's a curved 40" KChilites lightbar for sale here on the forum: https://www.ramforum.com/threads/kc-hilite-40”-lightbar-with-brackets.140225/
(Good price...look it up to see the current retail...)

But if I were you, I'd go old school, big round style KCs or PIAAs or something like that. You don't have a prerunner bar to limit you to only a light bar! Just like, my opinion, man.

Down and center looks good for the license plate and you can keep the logo.

Regarding the lightbar the issue I see so far is that curved ones don’t have an adjustable mounting that i could move to match the predrilled spots i have in the bumper to get the thing centered, and the measurements I see from Amazon don’t match the holes i have. I guess I could fit a little plate underneath the mounts and play with it that way to center the light it across the available holes.
Also I was thinking more towards $40 to $60 tops, if it’s gets stolen or damaged I won’t cry one bit :)
 

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Rotopax tube mount
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And 3.5 Gallon Fuelpax
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The spare is in the bed as the truck won't fit in my parking spot at work with it hahaha. Cool thing i can move it back and forth on demand so when needed it i can hang it back there.
 
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Helped this dude with his YJ this afternoon, he got overcentered in a little rough spot and needed a tug. I went for it propped by my 11 year old son... Literally his first recovery and he coulnd't be any more proud of him, the RAM and Daddy for having the opportuninty to do it :)
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And i ordered the Superlift 140 2" springs from Sumitracing, need to add an extra inch lift to the back for now. Later on i'll decide what to do as far as shocks, 29.5" extended Kings, or the King Bypasses from Dirt King assuming they can separate the shocks from their LT kit.
 

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Curious to see the actual amount of lift they provide and how much their progressive spring rate varies from the icon coils. I also wouldn't mine adding an extra inch or so of ride height to the rear of mine. I don't like how I am slightly nose high, guess I should stop carrying so much unnecessary weight in the rear lol. I wonder if the DK spec King is built off a 10 or 12" bypass. Both should work on the collapsed length but the 12 would probably need to be strapped.
 
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Curious to see the actual amount of lift they provide and how much their progressive spring rate varies from the icon coils. I also wouldn't mine adding an extra inch or so of ride height to the rear of mine. I don't like how I am slightly nose high, guess I should stop carrying so much unnecessary weight in the rear lol. I wonder if the DK spec King is built off a 10 or 12" bypass. Both should work on the collapsed length but the 12 would probably need to be strapped.

I'll call DK tomorrow to find out, hopefully they won't mind giving extended/collapsed specs on those shocks, their rear LT kit is advertised as 12.5" travel, and they have straps in the kit but i'm curious to know the actual shock lenght specs.

My truck is sitting fairly level now after installing your swingout carrier and Barricade bumper. Measuring after all the talk we had in the lifted section about those superlift 2" springs i only have 0.5" more lift with respect to stock and that's with 300lbs of weight back there, you probably have a good 200 lbs or more because of the cap, water tank and all the other goodies you have. This should be an easy way to add a little rake back while adding more offroad performance.
 
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Curious as well. I'm gonna be grabbing a set of these this week. I have 6 days full of testing and apprenticeship competition this coming week so I'm swamped until 2 weekends from now so I'm excited to see the results and pics before I get mine installed. I've squashed my rear coils flat as well, my truck has been lulled into working more than leisure and it hasn't fared well for these coils hauling stuff. Running a constant 300+ lbs right now.

Hopefully these get you to that 1-1.5 rake you had planned for when you went with the icon coils. Gonna look good for Sure!

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Will see how long it takes for the springs to get to my house, from what i saw from Summitracing these will ship straight from Superlift so i'm not expecting to have them this week.
 

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Bah humbug. You're the perfect test mule for all the stuff in conjunction with pics.

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