16 Ram 1500 build

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Wheel bearings at 86k miles. Also the driver side steering knuckle cracked during reassembly so replaced that as well.

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Please manufacture these. For all the sanity in the world there are so few aftermarket tire gate carriers for Rams. It’s disheartening.


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Please manufacture these. For all the sanity in the world there are so few aftermarket tire gate carriers for Rams. It’s disheartening.


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Thank you sir. I’ll have to add up all the receipts for material and the time I spent on it to see if it would be worth making more of them.
 

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Amazing build thread. I am totally floored. You could make a mint on those water tanks alone. Great work!!
 
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Well more of an accessory to the truck. Started the off road camper build. Yep built a 4 link for it, with the temporary Baja bug coil overs making 12” of articulated travel. Also teaching the girlfriend how to weld and have to say she is picking it up a lot faster than I did. The walls will go up after I register and get a plate for it, just need to make temporary fenders and put temporary lights on it first.

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Got the new flexible 100w solar panel mounted to keep the auxiliary battery charged when the truck isn’t running. Layed down a sheet of white vinyl first to protect the paint then 10’ of 38lb gorilla double sided adhesive to secure it. Just waiting on the rest of the wiring to show up.

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Did you ever get this finished?
 
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Did you ever get this finished?
That I did. Just ran the wiring from the panel to my solar controller which feeds the aux battery. Have a REDARC smart start isolator between my starter battery and aux battery.
 

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That I did. Just ran the wiring from the panel to my solar controller which feeds the aux battery. Have a REDARC smart start isolator between my starter battery and aux battery.
Do you keep the battery under the hood? Do you have any power ran to the bed?
 
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Do you keep the battery under the hood? Do you have any power ran to the bed?
I used to have the aux battery under the hood where the oem air filter is located. However I didn't like the cone style air filter so switched back to oem and went with a Renogy AGM battery under the rear passenger seat. No power outlets in the bed, only power going back there is for the water pump.
 
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A bit more trailer progress. Got the fender supports started, rear bumper/side step and of course had to make some kick out sliders that match the truck lol, also got some of the siding on.

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