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

michael harpe · Aug 17, 2019

buddy guy said:
Fixed my bakflip tonneau cover. was helping my daughter move, she says i sold my bbq to mom, can you take it to her place. sureeee. what could go wrong. except i forgot my bungie cords at home so i opened my bakflip, put in the bbq and the 2nd panel came down partly and wedged it the bbq against the tailgate and it was soild. i didn't have too far to drive so i figured it would be fine if i was careful. by the time i got to her mom's 5 minutes away, the panel had managed to come right down. hadn't damaged anything except a scratch in the paint on the panel bar. no biggie. take the bbq out, closed the panels and realized the cover had moved. i was able to pull it back a bit so i thought, great. now i have to figure out how to tighten it up (dealership had installed). so then it was shifting as i drove it and being OCD, i had to pull it back after each drive so after i was done at my daughters i take a quick look and realized it was just 2 big knobs i had to tighten at the front end to secure it! yay! so, fixed. but interestingly enough, one of those kind of glad it happened. the drivers side was just a bit tighter needed. but the passengers side was like never had been tightened loose! (after 6 months being on the truck). i didn't think of it at the time but if it loosens up by itself, i should probably blue loctite it.

Not being a douche. Honest question. Was drinking involved writing this post. Cause it gets hard to follow towards the end lol.

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McBroom · Aug 17, 2019

22hemi13 said:
Man you should
Post that thing for sale. Somebody would make that a killer project I bet.

I’ll take the $600 for scrap

The Blue Mule

McBroom · Aug 17, 2019

JB1 said:
Lemme know how that creeper is, I'm 6'2 and 200lbs and hard to find a decent creeper

It’ll hold ya just fine. I’ve got a couple of them. For me n my son.

The Blue Mule

buddy guy · Aug 17, 2019

michael harpe said:
Not being a douche. Honest question. Was drinking involved writing this post. Cause it gets hard to follow towards the end lol.

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lol. maybe i should have taken pictures

actually drinking was involved just before i fixed it, but not during the writing. i tend to wake up way too early so sometimes what i'm typing probably makes perfect sense to me, but not to someone else. lol. its like my handwriting. i can make it out fine..its everyone else who has the problem :Big Laugh:

desync0 · Aug 17, 2019

After 8 weeks I FINALLY got it!

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Hawkman · Aug 17, 2019

McBroom said:
It’ll hold ya just fine. I’ve got a couple of them. For me n my son.

The Blue Mule

Or even try a Craftsman Creeper, they hold up well also. (Even the newer one made over seas

). I’m 6-02 and 230. Mine is about ten yrs old and no issues.

Mistwalker · Aug 17, 2019

Went about killing some drone in the exhaust. Dealer had put on a MRPB exhaust which just had the worst drone I ever experienced in an exhaust system. Installed a Vibrant 1142 Resonator 3" in/out. Which did wonders to kill drone and help the overall sound of exhaust. Now much better.

I did end up removing the heat shield near spare tire. No matter how much I tried to tweak it and would keep touching.

DILLIGAF · Aug 17, 2019

Removed all that useless crap and rerouting it to a side exhaust.

DeckArtist · Aug 17, 2019

Friday my two tires came in, for some unknown reason mine came with two SRAs up front And two Wrangler HP‘s in the back with more tread on them. So I found two matching HPs with the same amount of tread and today they went on the front so now all four tires match.

Not exactly sure what to do with the 2 SRAs yet.

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WY-Dave · Aug 17, 2019

michael harpe said:
What engine?

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6.7 this was on about a 100 round trip @ 70mph on as about level highway here in WY/CO as it gets. Right after an oil change and for a first time in a long time no wind. My usual flirts with 18 mph with combo city/high riving.

michael harpe · Aug 17, 2019

WY-Dave said:
6.7 this was on about a 100 round trip @ 70mph on as about level highway here in WY/CO as it gets. Right after an oil change and for a first time in a long time no wind. My usual flirts with 18 mph with combo city/high riving.

Ah you have the CTD. I have the 6.4 hemi. Sadly 15MPG for me highway and 13-14 city

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Taylor513 · Aug 17, 2019

Finally got my Bilstein’s on and wheels and tires. Love the height and ride!
Before

After

tones2SS · Aug 18, 2019

Taylor513 said:
Finally got my Bilstein’s on and wheels and tires. Love the height and ride!
Before
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After
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Much better!
Enjoy.

buddy guy · Aug 18, 2019

waterless washed my vehicle for the first time early in the morning. usually do it post 4pm when the sun is at the back of the house so it's not hot metal, but i find it can be too much shade. so i tried it this morning at 730am, 10 degrees celcius outside..it was awesome! quiet on the culdesac...just me and the Ram bonding

chrisbh17 · Aug 18, 2019

Finally (I hope!) Got my running boards installed correctly.

Luvernes instructions leave something to be desired because 4 of the brackets look alike and they don't really point out the small differences. Of course I find that out after everything is installed and not really lining up.

After "fixing" it twice, third time I think I got it right. They bolt to the cab mounts so hopefully factory torque spec and loctite will keep them from clunking on turns and bumps.

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joeygster · Aug 18, 2019

buddy guy said:
waterless washed my vehicle for the first time early in the morning. usually do it post 4pm when the sun is at the back of the house so it's not hot metal, but i find it can be too much shade. so i tried it this morning at 730am, 10 degrees celcius outside..it was awesome! quiet on the culdesac...just me and the Ram bonding

Even in full sun it's good as long as you don't try to wash to much of it at once. When I'm in full summer sun, I usually just do the hood then dry, then grill and bumper and dry etc.

I love how when you're done you don't have water constantly dribbling out of the crevices for the next few hours.

Pull Ya · Aug 18, 2019

DeckArtist said:
Friday my two tires came in, for some unknown reason mine came with two SRAs up front And two Wrangler HP‘s in the back with more tread on them. So I found two matching HPs with the same amount of tread and today they went on the front so now all four tires match.

Not exactly sure what to do with the 2 SRAs yet.

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I was going to suggest you make a swing for your kids with those tires, and thought better of the idea, they might be to dangerous for that too.
Jay

Taylor513 · Aug 18, 2019

tones2SS said:
Much better!
Enjoy.

Thank you, I will!

DeckArtist · Aug 18, 2019

Pull Ya said:
I was going to suggest you make a swing for your kids with those tires, and thought better of the idea, they might be to dangerous for that too.
Jay

No wife....no kids....HAPPY LIFE! Once I locate a 20 inch spare wheel I’m gonna put one of them up underneath as a spare the other one I’ll probably shoot at!

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buddy guy · Aug 18, 2019

DeckArtist said:
No wife....no kids....HAPPY LIFE! Once I locate a 20 inch spare wheel I’m gonna put one of them up underneath as a spare the other one I’ll probably shoot at!

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you can have my temp spare to shoot at!

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