Getting lifted soon.

[ChrisChen74]

You'll have to let me know how you make out with Auto FX.

Here are some pics of my Ram with the Bushwackers off so you can see how far the 20x9's protrude.

Cool thanks for the pics! Looks like I'm gonna need flares if I want to save my paint plus the cops around here can be major douches when it comes to stuff like this.

 

[joeygster]

Cool thanks for the pics! Looks like I'm gonna need flares if I want to save my paint plus the cops around here can be major douches when it comes to stuff like this.

You'd fair alright paint wise during the summer months but the amount of crap they throw on the roads during the winter would chip your paint pretty good.

If you're considering pocket flares, I'm really happy with the Bushwackers but recently found out that Rough Country makes a similar flare that doesn't stop short on the front like mine do. I like the looks of them better I think.

https://overlandprotocol.com/collec...flares-rivets-09-18-ram-1500-w-plastic-bumper

 

[ChrisChen74]

Well I finally got the lift installed and it looks great, just two issues two of my TPMS sensors don't work, they don't even register a pressure on my dash so I need to get those replaced. Plus I hear a ticking noise from my front left tire. I can't hear it from the outside but only inside when I'm driving. It is speed dependent so I'm sure something from the wheel/tire is hitting something but I can't see anything. I'm taking it in to the local tire shop to get the sensors replaced and I'll have them look to see if they can find where that noise is from. On a side note the shop got the wrong size AMP tires in so they sold me Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ P3 35 x 12.5 x 20 tires at cost. No pictures now till I get it fixed and the fender flares put on but soon.

 

[Krein]

Cool thanks for the pics! Looks like I'm gonna need flares if I want to save my paint plus the cops around here can be major douches when it comes to stuff like this.

To give you a heads up flares do help a little but your still going to get some chips and scratches.

 

[ChrisChen74]

All right I added the flares but are still waiting for the dealer to get new TPMS sensors and figure out what the clicking noise is. Anyways been driving the truck for a week or two now and I'm still getting used to it and how the center of balance has raised. It's also starting to snow here so I'm finding out the limits of the new tires.

Oh well here are some quick pictures.

Before.




After, just three weeks later and there's fraking snow on the ground lol.



Just for comparison sake my old Ram 2500.



I honestly think my lifted 1500 is a little taller then the 2500 which had a front level and was riding on 35's or the sidesteps are a little higher on the half ton. Either way I love the new lifted truck, once I get the small stuff fixed it will be perfect. I do miss the diesel power and have a 6.5' box in the 2500 but the cost of ownership was horrendous and the fact that I don't tow or haul anything besides **** made me feel like I was wasting the trucks capabilities.

I'll add fender heights before and after later and I did add two 4" cube led lights to the tow hitch and wired them into a two 2-position Deutsch connectors and then into a 7-position trailer plug so I can unplug it whenever I want and not have to do any invasive splicing.

 

[Robert Pratt]

It’s always good to measure all 4 corners before. I have seen many members say there truck leans to one side or question the rake and when you ask them what was it like before they don’t know because they have no before measurements.

It’s actually part of the instructions on your kit (page 7)

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Not going to lie. I'm guilty of this. I didn't measure because I was sure I was just doing a leveling kit and body lift so I didnt care at the time. But in my defense I'm a DIY and I'm currently on my first-ish build. I say that because I knew I shouldn't have touched it and put a leveling kit and 2.5" Body Lift.... Then 6 months later put a 4" lift, 35s, blah blah on it. Why does that always happen?