pvflyer
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- Joined
- Jan 20, 2022
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- Location
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Ram Year
- 2021
- Engine
- V6-3.6
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It’s car / truck show season soonI've clayed it, I've compounded it with a buffer and will be waxing it using a buffer by next weekend. I work 70 hrs a week so yes I'm slow. Getting it ready for the show at Rockingham NC 4/16. More interested in the 1/4 mile dragstrip. Maybe it will run a 1/10th quicker being slicker in the wind! LOL
@dadbern I'm in need of a set of lower control arms. I saw Moogs for a really good price. Since you're running them, what do you make of them?enjoyed testing my all new front suspension with 2.5" level kit. Replaced everything two weeks ago, but, finally got to put some miles on it, new jba upper control arms, moog lower arms, timken bearings, moog inner and outer tie rods, kyb truck plus strut assemblies new axle shafts. Love the fact that my wife cant see over the dash cause now she dosen't want to drive it...lol. Did all of the rear 4 link suspension last month.
But now seeing the last two posts I wish I had got them seat fans blowing too!!
Hey man, at least you got it for a lot cheaper than what I was gonna let it go for….lol.Filled the hole under my back seat left by someone prior to my ownership. Thank you @corneileous for making the process more umm, interesting than it would have been otherwise. ;-)
Fahrens are awesome I have them too. They pair nicely with the Fog lights I bought off amazon.Just got the truck out of the shop from the deer incident and installed 6500k Fahren LEDs in the headlights and fogs. Very nice output. Head and shoulders above the stock halogens and even silver stars.
I guess this last week or so I've been busy since we're starting to get some moderate temps! To wit: First, I replaced the puddle lights and turn signals in the mirrors as both puddle lights were burnt out, and the driver side turn signal was dead along with a couple of the LEDs on the passenger side. Then I put my Truxedo Pro X15 tonneau cover on, installed the Stampede US Flag deflector on the hood, swapped in the Alpharex Luxx 5th Gen 2500 series projector headlights, a pair of Sealight 9005 LED bulbs in my fog lights and swapped on 5th Gen Black taillights (got the lights from a wrecking yard out of Oregon for a decent price!). I used the Retroshop adapter to connect to the truck.; the simple harness that doesn't change the Turn Signal lights to amber- just uses the red (which was what I had with the stock LED tails).
I also swapped the flickering LED map light with dedicated LED bulbs and switched the visor vanity mirror lights to LED as well (no pics of either). I put on Truck Hardware Gatorback mud flaps on the rear of the truck (there were already mudflaps on the front when I got the truck). While doing the mudflaps, I discovered my right Icon 2.0 shock body has unscrewed from the top mounting point...so that's caused a bit of struggle to figure out if I can get it corrected or replaced. My issue there is that a previous owner did either a lift kit or leveling kit of some variant, and I don't know the specifics of what was done! But I could need new rear shocks now- and I'd like to replace the front Monroe Reflex shocks while I'm at it. Oh well...
Lastly, I finally installed the DeeZee tailgate damper: I really like their re-designed mounting point for the gate! Oh, and I put some color on my "RAM" letters in the center stack...just because.
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Tonneau and 5th Gen taillights
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ProX15 install was fairly simple, and the wrinkles have smoothed out as it's "settled in".
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The inner section and bottom bar of these lamps illuminate as the DRL...looks good, but I didn't have anyone to hold the truck's brakes to show that!
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The turn signal bar is sequential on this model of the Alpharex lights. And when the DRL dropout is canceled, the DRL does the "activation" function when it returns to DRL...pretty cool.
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The 5th gen taillights and my Putco Red Blade in "run" mode. I have noted that despite using the Curt 5-pin T-Harness, the Red Blade is JUST A BIT out of sync with the tail turn signals...luckily I can't see that in action!
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The Truck Hardware Gatorback mudflaps. Maybe now I can steel wool the exhaust tips and they'll stay a bit cleaner longer!
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The turn signal works again!
HA! Actually determining the lift so I can order proper front shocks...and possibly all four. Then finding a garage/shop I can use to install the Mopar cab clearance lights kit.Coming along real nice
What do you have next on the wish list?
Which fender flares are those? Looks good!View attachment 490660Installed the Westin pro mod bumper and skid plate…. And quite a few lumens