BMRbrnSNRbrd's 2010 Ram CC Hemi Sport build

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Never started one of these on here so I figured I would start one...and start from the beginning two years ago:

Dealership picture. Notice the wheels they had on it. Needless to say I made sure they understood that would be changed before the deal was done.

Here she is with my previous truck, a 2004 White QC Hemi. I still miss that truck desperately. I stripped it down quite a bit before I took it to the dealership and handed them the keys.

Here she is after having the correct wheels swapped on and the windows tinted 5% up front and 5% over the factory tint on all the rear windows.

First mod early November 2010 was a Raceland USA e-cutout that had been on my previous truck.

Trip to Tulsa, OK with my wife also in early November 2010. At this point I had plug and play HIDs in all four front lights.

My Christmas present to myself and the truck is still one of my favorite mods I’ve ever done to a truck. Thanks Jeremy!

I especially like this pic because of the way the projectors pick up the light and the angle…kind of looks like a caged pit bull.

 

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December 10, 2010 pics at a local airfield.

I later tinted my fogs with Lamin-X to help dull down the chrome.

December 23, 2010 brought my next big mod with a 2/4 drop using the McGaughy’s Economy kit.

Here’s are some pics taken in early January that I did some editing to:

Some more pictures taken in early January 2011 that were taken at one of my favorite local spots:

Late January 2011 brought on quite a few changes that were all done at my house by myself.

First was painting the factory dual exhaust tips satin black:

Then came the complete headache of custom painting my factory front and rear emblems:

 

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I also Plasti-dipped my factory chrome clads and painted my brake calipers bright red:

My factory horizontal chrome grill inserts also got the Plasti-dip treatment:

A quick pic of my kiddo with the truck during the February 2011 snow storm:

Another of my favorite truck pics while it’s getting the Fukken Wax treatment:

At the end of February 2011 I received and installed my Billet Technology Oil Catch Can. Sure, there may be cheaper options, but I KNOW this works:

In mid-March 2011 I took the truck out and took almost 100 pictures. Here are my favorites:

One of the smaller and cheapest (free) mods I’ve done was swapping the flat black vinyl on my b-pillars to gloss…they now tie in much better with my dark tint:

In April I tackled one of the things that I think Dodge dropped the ball on…mainly the cheap black plastic they use for the antenna base and tailgate handle despite that everything else is color matched. Again, this was done in the garage by myself:

The antenna base:

May 11, 2011 I finally tinted my tails and puddle lights using VHT Niteshades:

 

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May 13, 2011 photoshoot favorites:

On May 20, 2011 I finally tackled the tailgate handle:

On July 28, 2011 I decided I needed something to brighten up all the gray and black on the truck so I went back to chrome wheels by peeling the Plasti-dip off. This also shows the Tonno Pro soft tri-fold tonneau cover I added before our Las Vegas trip:

Pics from a car show:

 

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In September of 2011 I received a two piece locking billet fuel door from a member of Ram Forum. When I got it, he had been trying to paint it but was having a hell of a time. I decided to give it a shot and after a few failed attempts, finally got it to work:

In October '11, I found a guy on Craigslist with a set of true 22" NightRunner SRT10 wheels. He wanted a straight trade for my stock wheels and tires so I drove to Arkansas and picked them up.

Here's why I got them so easily...two of the tires were toast.

I ordered new tires for the rears and "discarded" the old ones...

The next thing up was getting rid of the huge grill badge Dodge decided to recess into the grill. I got this done in December 2011:

Here is how she was sitting in mid-December 2011:

So in January 2012 the wheel bug bit again. I made a deal with a friend who took my SRTs and bought these black five spokes and gave them to me. The grill was off to get fixed after it got chipped:

 

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In mid-January I ordered a Vararam:

I didn't do much for a couple of months but in June the paint bug hit me. I took the Vararam apart and decided to paint it to match the truck and use the truck's factory nose badge as an accent piece, which I painted as well:

At this time I also attempted to paint my interior plastics...it was a disaster. I took it to a professional...another disaster. That story continues later.

Also in June 2012 I bought some OEM Outdoorsman flares that were already the right color. This is one of my top five mods because, to me, it gave the truck's exterior a more finished look. I like the wider look it gives the truck and also helps pull my wide 305 tires in.

Here is a shot with the fronts done and the backs still without the flares so you can see what I mean about the finished look:

And all installed:

Also in June, I had my rear tailgate badge shaved:

June 30th, 2012 was one of the highest points for my truck and one of the lowest. That morning I won my first trophy at a car show when I took third:

And then on the way home...trophy still in the truck, I stopped at Sonic to get my lovely wife something to drink...and didn't quite clear the Sonic sign:

Luckily, I have a hell of a paint and body guy at my disposal. I dropped my truck off on July 4th at 3pm. I got it back fixed, repainted, cleared, and buffed at 2:30pm the NEXT DAY. It cost me $100.

 

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After spending some money fixing my bike, I decided this week that it was time to get back to the truck. Last week I dropped my tailgate, fuel door, and interior plastics all off to my painter (the good one I use, not the guy I gave a shot a while back) so that he could fix the mistakes made by someone else. Today I got all of them back. There will be better pictures to follow of all pieces, but here is the interior parts since no one has seen them done:

I also had my Magnaflow Y-Pipe installed today that I won from a Facebook giveaway. While I was there, I discussed with the exhaust guy that I didn't like the way the crossover pipe went under the trans pan. We agreed that it would make servicing the transmission a pain and that it couldn't help keeping transmission temps down with all that exhaust heat running right under it. We came up with a plan to move the y-pipe back about eight inches and run the crossover pipe back:

Factory design with "d-ports:"

Done with Magnaflow y-pipe and crossover pipe moved back:

That is it for now. I'm going to start using this thread to update instead of making new threads each time. Right now the plans are to add some painted door inserts to pull the doors into the overall interior look and then to custom paint the wheels.

 

[TheMaddog]

Dude, you have one of the baddest trucks I've seen. But good lord did you run through a lot of rims

 

[DohCanadian]

I admire all the money and work you put into your truck, it definitely paid off.

Truck looks amazing man, keep it up.

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Dude, you have one of the baddest trucks I've seen. But good lord did you run through a lot of rims

Not really. Two sets of stock 20s and two sets of aftermarket 22s so far. My '04 had seven sets of wheels on it over four years, lol.

 

[S2kiHemi]

One of my favorite 4th gens for sure! Only thing I would change is getting those NightRunner SRT wheels back.

 

[Hemi450hp]

This truck is top 5 in my book. Very tasteful mods all around. I'm looking forward to what's to come.

 

[TheMaddog]

Not really. Two sets of stock 20s and two sets of aftermarket 22s so far. My '04 had seven sets of wheels on it over four years, lol.

Damn, mine will have 1 lol

 

[(S.M.R) 101]

Looks awesome man. one of the best looking 4th gen's around

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

This truck is top 5 in my book. Very tasteful mods all around. I'm looking forward to what's to come.

That means a lot considering I have literally dreamed about your blue truck before...what wheels were on that truck Matt?

 

[Graygoose]

heck of a write up dude....question, feel ANY gains changing your Y pipe?

 

[Hemi450hp]

That means a lot considering I have literally dreamed about your blue truck before...what wheels were on that truck Matt?

They were MB KL77's. Unfortunatey, they have been discontinued.

MB Wheels - KL-77

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

heck of a write up dude....question, feel ANY gains changing your Y pipe?

Honestly, I don't feel any. However the sound did change, both running through the muffler and cutout. It actually got a bit quieter but the trade off was that the sound is much deeper. I love it.

 

[Graygoose]

Cool, waiting on JBA's Y pipe to come out and may snag one. Thanks David.

 

[0212353]

doing great duder!