That's kinda what I'm in the process of doing,wouldn't you say? Reading threads and asking questions? What other research would you suggest? I have the manual in pdf and am going through it,but nothing on adding 4th gen rims......
We will be doing the level and tires this upcoming week and ill move on to the trans upgrades from there. Any suggestions, transmission wise from people who are running 35's ,I would appreciate it! Thank you all for the responces!!
Scheduling the changes before the research is complete sounds like pressing ahead with the mods based on perceived satisfaction, unless you already have experience driving lifted Ram trucks with oversized tires.
Sure, many have successfully lifted and installed large tires, but I bet many others have created complications with their once great-riding vehicle. We see them very regularly here, asking how to fix their ride, because it feels like crap.
I am no expert at lifting Ram trucks; I've only completed that mod on a Toyota, many years ago. AFAIK, on Ram trucks, levelled at stock height can accommodate 285s; anything wider needs a lift.
Again, AFAIK, lifting more than 2" requires replacement of other components such as UCAs.
There's a lot of junk available on the market. I would prefer to find the best parts, buy once, modify once, and be happy.
My next route is to start reading what type of transmission upgrades are common to try and keep it from exploding in the first month after we put them on.
I am admittedly very biased, because I've always been a research junkie, decades before the internet became available. I read books and talked to techs. And, also from decades of working in Telecom where a wee error could impact 100s of thousands of users, I prefer to take the proactive route.
Learn all that I can before making changes, and I might choose a slightly different path, depending on what I learn.
Also, in this instance, I would prefer driving the truck for at least a couple of months and gaining an understanding of the baseline performance of how it behaves. The advantage here is knowing what I'm starting with, before I've added mods. Otherwise, you just don't know if the mods created a problem or the truck itself.
And, should you become aware of other deficiencies, they can be corrected first. Once the truck is in perfect running condition, and I'm still sold on the mods, I could press on, knowing all that I can from having researched.
YMMV, and you will find support here to make any changes you want, whenever you want.
I'm looking at this project from the angle of the best possible success with the least amount of grief. I would also want to be completely cognisant of the safety aspects if it were my daughter.
If I were 25 and hadn't learned some tough lessons, I might just slap it together and go.
The choice is yours either way. No offence intended.
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