1st Year with my 4th Gen

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Memorial Day weekend 2018 i brought home a 2012 Bighorn 1500 4x4 with 44,000 miles on it. Within 48 hrs I tinted it because I can’t drive a fish bowl

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It had a leveling kit I later found out. The previous owner put 20” fuel hostages and the dealer threw on 35x12.5 mud tires
 
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I made quick work of de badging and swapping to the black ram logos

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I did a once over and realized some of the wiring was not to my standards as it did have a 7” Kenwood and a 12” flip down tv on the roof. I also started ordering parts3A8A94BE-0B7E-4BD7-B364-C4BBC4C94C2A.jpeg
These were wired in for reverse Lights (Scary wiring)
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I made my own oem replica back up camera. (The space is already marked on all tailgate handles)
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I pulled off the mud flaps, bug deflector, and steps. Quickly installed Amp Research power steps and dabbled in how the door handles would look painted55B1F9C0-4B97-4C12-8EBC-369528D4DFB7.jpegD3F795B9-7F76-428E-84F2-70D4A46480B1.jpeg 4C24F94E-A8B3-424A-B9B8-8ED4EAC822CD.jpeg
Can’t forget about adding custom badging to the grill
 
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At 2 weeks of ownership I said good bye to my new toy and dropped it off at the shop that was installing my Zone lift kit. I went with the 6” kit and opted for the 5” rear coils.
While I was at it i threw in some Barricade front and Rear Bumpers that I installed the day the shop finished the lift

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That setup lasted me through the summer and in September I decided that it wasn’t high enough so I added a 3.5” eibach kit on top of my Zone 6” kit
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It turned out nose high so I then added 1.5” top gun customz rear coil spacers to level it back out and it was big and beautiful
 
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I then added the tuner and the e fan
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Opted for the Hemifever tune and very happy that I did I also swapped for the 180 thermostat
 
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Winter time was pretty slow. PA is cold and I don’t have a garage
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swapped out the tan A pillars to black ones, The drivers side is done in this pic D3FB4561-B1DA-422E-90B9-C13865491BD0.jpeg5B0C008B-7895-4DB2-9BA7-7E112C6D9C1B.jpeg
Just did the 1 1/2 Bora spacers as I plan to order new wheels and tires
 
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Ceramic coating my wheels and polished out water spots on glass
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Turned 50,000 had to get my Carven tips replaced and a scored a pap cap so I can bring my dogs on vacation 666A8B7A-1663-4E02-897E-EEE6567FAE39.jpeg58E76D6B-ED88-4EEC-BA3F-66735CCDCB11.jpeg 1228C318-1204-46BA-8E98-E8526D82E659.jpeg98BEA6BE-1D51-4998-9A97-36F0182D7022.jpeg
 
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The Eibach kit is awesome but I only have 3:55 gears and wasn’t planning to go to 37’s (even though I thought about it a lot) but truth is the lift was too big for 35’s so I decided to go a different route

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I removed the TGC rear spacers and the Fox 2.5 coilovers are the ones designed for the 6” lift so I am now lifted with no spacers at all6D24EC45-95A1-4CA4-A9DA-56BAFCCD495D.jpegA7D1AC36-225C-44BA-87A9-11064F1299DC.jpeg FEB1326A-E9F3-4A1F-8560-F64712C03C78.jpeg64F8C069-066B-4D58-8239-9DFF01B019AD.jpeg
Finished the install with a little winter cleaning
 
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Since I lowered it back down I needed shorter sway bar end links so I opted for the core 4x4 links and a purple cranium rock guard to pop a little color under the truck. The red makes it easier to see my truck is blue and not blackDD69E6A3-AD2C-4717-8E47-361A52FC6C8C.jpeg1F167388-6897-4BA9-BF73-3C94404458D7.jpeg
The punisher logo is to set it apart from every other purple cranium guard. And it ties in with the one on my grill and back window
 
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Antenna mount was in rough shape too. Adding this and the tailgate assist are some of the minor details373C81EF-57C7-42CE-8BFF-E3CB5FA95E12.jpeg
Swapped out the 3 1/2” speakers to brighten up the soundC2F41131-0952-43D1-AD9A-34A257D8AD8B.jpeg

Swapped the tan console to the grey
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Removed wheel wheels for cleaning9BDD4DA8-F897-4EA5-B23C-3B8E974E12FD.jpeg
 
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Shorten factory antenna I’ve been doing this since we ordered parts from magazines.
 
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