3rd Gen Ram "Pre-Runner" Appearance Budget Build

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ramportin1

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There's that bad ass runner [emoji41]

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I've considered making my truck a prerunner if I get through schooling okay and find work quickly I may have to consider it again

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my biggest regret is 2 inch spacers vs 1.5 or 1.75 it looks badass, but man its a gravel slinger. I'm re-gaining all the gravel dings i paid money to have worked out when i painted it.
 

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my biggest regret is 2 inch spacers vs 1.5 or 1.75 it looks badass, but man its a gravel slinger. I'm re-gaining all the gravel dings i paid money to have worked out when i painted it.
Wrap or plasti dip unless we're talking actually divots

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Eh I have 1-3/4 spacers. I’ll show you my fenders from the mud hole of a parking lot at work
 

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Bigger tires could definetly be the cause. I have a mild tread AT tire, it’s not terrible. But it’s still covered in mud
 
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Back on the road. Bad wheel bearing was the cause of my "almost died" thread. Took a basic alignment/exhaust shop one day to find what a chrysler dealership couldn't find in 3. Love paying for stuff twice.
 

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Back on the road. Bad wheel bearing was the cause of my "almost died" thread. Took a basic alignment/exhaust shop one day to find what a chrysler dealership couldn't find in 3. Love paying for stuff twice.

think the bearing is caused by the spacers on the wheels, or think it was bad before you put them on and finally showed its ugly face
 

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My friends 80yr old mother just had to replace her wheel bearings in a 2017 Honda Accord with 13k mikes.

Yours could be caused by tires/wheels or just defective part
 
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think the bearing is caused by the spacers on the wheels, or think it was bad before you put them on and finally showed its ugly face
Truck has 100k miles...so I'm gonna say the spacers, wheels, and tires, probably had little to do with it. Pretty positive that's the oe wheel bearing on that side. I think stabbing the brakes to not hit that dog was the inducing factor. Lol
 
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"only" $800 for a wheel bearing, tie rod ends, and labor. This will be the last year of my life that i do not own a vehicle lift. In the last 2 weeks alone it would have paid for itself. time to put some miles on the thing and see how it goes. Called the original dealer back to let them know how poorly they failed to diagnose a wheel bearing that fell apart as it was disassembled....they didn't give too many f's.lol
 
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Put more miles on it in the last week than i have in the previous 6 months. been running great (knock on wood) seems the wheel bearing was the front suspension woe.

Back to doing its thing! needed some mobile light to drop off supplies at the new house!!
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