BMRbrnSNRbrd's 2010 Ram CC Hemi Sport build

[Okiespaniel]

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

I agree, having seen it up close and personal like.

But he's also a gent who doesn't believe his own press...

 

[bigbadram1500]

very nice

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I agree, having seen it up close and personal like.

But he's also a gent who doesn't believe his own press...

Thanks Al.

 

[Big Boi]

Love ur truck David. Definetly one of my top 5 for sure!

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

On October 18th I went on my lunch break to find this:

The real fun of it is that I park in a gated parking lot, so this was another employee of the agency I work for. No note of course.

After some buffing, wetsanding, buffing, and polishing I'm down to this:

I'll have my paint guy touch it up for me real quick one afternoon.

On the night of October 18th, I washed the truck with ONR. If you've never heard of it, check it out. I've been using it for over two years:

http://www.optimumcarcare.com/onrwns.php

It only took an hour and a half in the garage, where I left the truck until Friday morning when I would do some real work.

The next morning I got up at 9:30 and started claying the truck with the Mother's California Gold Clay kit. Seemed pretty good. I've used a Mother's kit before and was happy enough. I'm not sure what the difference is between the "California Gold" and regular kits though. Claying took about two hours or so.

It wasn't nearly as much work as I expected. The last truck I clayed was the white '04 and it had rail dust spots all over so it was tedious work. On the '10, I just went off of the feeling. I could tell where the really rough spots were and when it started to clear up. Honestly, half of the nicks and such that I thought were damage were just contaminates in the paint. I even got one spot off of the tailgate that I thought was under the clear.

Next I waxed with Zaino's ZAIO, or "All in one." I wanted a wax better than some store-bought stuff and this was recomended to me by a guy who used to detail vehicles and keeps his Corvette flawless. I was even able to pick it up locally from the guy he buys from. I am very happy with the ZAIO finish. I didn't layer it because it's pointless with a wax that contains cleaners as you just take the previous layer off. It went on easy and came off even easier. It wasn't until I was done that I found out about Z2 and Z5, which can be layered as much as you want on top of ZAIO. Now I have something to try in the spring.

Here are the products I used:

Overall I'm very happy with over six hours of work. The truck's paint feels almost odd as it's so slippery now. It's not a wet feeling...just slippery. I'll get some better pics off of my DSLR, but here's one off of my cell. I think next time I'm going to try polishing after I clay...I've seen amazing results with even a cheap polish.

 

[Hemi450hp]

Very nice. Its time for me to clay again as well. I'm starting to feel the grit in my paint when I dry it.

 

[TexasRammer]

that sucks, but looks good now. You truck is my favorite lowered truck... Ive had it as my desktop background for a while now lol

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Wow, thanks for that TR.

Here are some more pics just showing the finish...I definitely want to polish next time. I'm about to go out to one of my photo spots and get some good ones:

 

[(S.M.R) 101]

Pure sex dude... no doubt

 

[KozzyJr]

wow wish i got MG when i ordered mine

 

[BigSexyBlue05]

What were the steps of you sanding down you antena and tail gate handle. Also how did you remove parts?

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

What were the steps of you sanding down you antena and tail gate handle. Also how did you remove parts?

To remove the antenna base, just unscrew the nut at the top of it. The nut looks like a finish piece, but its actually the nut that holds everything together. Leave your antenna on when you do this because taking the nut off will cause it to drop inside the fender. With the antenna attached, its easy to retrieve the bottom. After you take the nut off, you can just slide the base up and over the antenna.

The tailgate handle requires that you take off the access plate on the inside of your tailgate. I believe its just a couple of nuts after that.

Smoothing them isn't very hard. Start with a heavy grit sandpaper and just step it down four or five times until you end up at 1500 grit or so.

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Here are some pics from a local spot I like:

My favorite spot was occupied by a group of people taking pics and the light was fading too fast.

 

[0212353]

too much reflections!

 

[BigSexyBlue05]

To remove the antenna base, just unscrew the nut at the top of it. The nut looks like a finish piece, but its actually the nut that holds everything together. Leave your antenna on when you do this because taking the nut off will cause it to drop inside the fender. With the antenna attached, its easy to retrieve the bottom. After you take the nut off, you can just slide the base up and over the antenna.

The tailgate handle requires that you take off the access plate on the inside of your tailgate. I believe its just a couple of nuts after that.

Smoothing them isn't very hard. Start with a heavy grit sandpaper and just step it down four or five times until you end up at 1500 grit or so.

Thank you

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I happened to like reflections...they tend to show off how nice of a wax job I did.

 

[02hairlessram]

Pure example of how the mod bug never goes away lol Truck is an all time favorite of mine! Did you ever think of dropping it lower than 2/4?

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[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Pure example of how the mod bug never goes away lol Truck is an all time favorite of mine! Did you ever think of dropping it lower than 2/4?

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Yeah, I have really considered it but since I'm running a 305/45, my tires are a bit too tall for anything lower right now. Once I wear them out I'll go with something just a little shorter and go for a 3/5.

 

[Catchin Zs]

Nice looking truck man

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Well, lame sauce time. I cancelled my BBK headers order. This is no fault of Matt at Moe's, by the way, it is a problem with BBK.

So, now I have $400 or so do something with. My first thought was an 87mm Moe's throttle body. However, I want to think out some options. There are plenty of "show" mods I could do like painting my wheels or giving the interior a shot (blacking out the pillars and headliner) but I really wanted something to get the truck moving better.

A re-gear is not going to happen anywhere near that price but I started looking into stall converters. I've seen everything from a Circle-D as low as $400 to an Edge at $700 and back to a Circle-D as high as $1100+. Anyone ever installed one? Any reason why I would need billet this and billet that?