kylekap19
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2016
- Posts
- 123
- Reaction score
- 98
- Ram Year
- 2014
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Gotta say, it was quite exciting -- after driving sedans since I was 16 -- to finally get a truck.
Always wanted one. Always drooled over the rams.
This purchase was just pure luck and finding my wife on the right day. We were actually going to our Mazda dealer to check and see if we can get her out of her current CX-9 lease and into a new CX-9. Didnt work out but I did spot my truck on the lot.
Long story short, they took my modded 2014 Mazda 6 (was 6 of the month in the Mazda 6 forums) and got me into the 2014 RAM 1500 for just a few bucks more. The truck as 21,000 miles.
The night I picked her up:
Anyway, I've always had zero immunity when it comes to the modding disease. After 2 months, here's what I've done
So far:
1- Carven Competitor Series Muffler: Love the sound, absolutely incredible. But I cant take the drone. I installed a Drone Suppression Pipe from Mufflex. Cut the drone considerably and still sounds great. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcG5HQHk0c4
2 - S&B Intake. Looks great, and as we all know, that's about all it does! However, I do plan to get a custom tune and will ensure to maximize what it has to offer.
3 - Debadged the truck. Love the clean look. Rattle canned the chrome ram emblems on the grille and gate too. Didnt come out great, so I ordered black ones. Will probably replace them soon if the weather warms up.
4- Removed the chrome OEM side rails. and swapped for N-Fabs
N-Fab bars:
5 - Extang Trifecta Tonneau: so far so good. Love it. Hope it holds up in the NJ winters. We shall see.
6 - Trailer receiver hitch: easy to install and a must. Also got a custom hitch receiver cover with my company logo
7 - 5 inch moes tips: again, super easy bolt on. They LOOK SICK. And added some different tone to the exhaust notes. I have them poking out a bit -- like that look. To each his own
8 - Swapped OEM chrome headlights for OEM black. Dramatic difference IMO. Did not want to do the ballast route again with HIDs. Had that on my last vehicle and wasnt worth it. Again, to each his own. Also did the H9 and 9011 bulb upgrades and LEDs for back up and cargo. While we're still on lighting. I added some LED strips for Bed lighting and LED pods as Aux backup lights too. Both are tied to their own switches in the cab.
Here's the black OEMs
LEDs for backup and cargo:
Bed Lighting:
Aux LED Cubes for backup lighting:
LED Cube Coverage:
9 - Zone 6 inch lift with Bilsteins up front set at 2.1. Also added Moto gloss gray 970s. 20x10 with -24 offset. They're wrapped in 35x12.5 Toyo MTs
As she sits now!:
Thanks,
Kyle
Always wanted one. Always drooled over the rams.
This purchase was just pure luck and finding my wife on the right day. We were actually going to our Mazda dealer to check and see if we can get her out of her current CX-9 lease and into a new CX-9. Didnt work out but I did spot my truck on the lot.
Long story short, they took my modded 2014 Mazda 6 (was 6 of the month in the Mazda 6 forums) and got me into the 2014 RAM 1500 for just a few bucks more. The truck as 21,000 miles.
The night I picked her up:
Anyway, I've always had zero immunity when it comes to the modding disease. After 2 months, here's what I've done
So far:
1- Carven Competitor Series Muffler: Love the sound, absolutely incredible. But I cant take the drone. I installed a Drone Suppression Pipe from Mufflex. Cut the drone considerably and still sounds great. Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcG5HQHk0c4
2 - S&B Intake. Looks great, and as we all know, that's about all it does! However, I do plan to get a custom tune and will ensure to maximize what it has to offer.
3 - Debadged the truck. Love the clean look. Rattle canned the chrome ram emblems on the grille and gate too. Didnt come out great, so I ordered black ones. Will probably replace them soon if the weather warms up.
4- Removed the chrome OEM side rails. and swapped for N-Fabs
N-Fab bars:
5 - Extang Trifecta Tonneau: so far so good. Love it. Hope it holds up in the NJ winters. We shall see.
6 - Trailer receiver hitch: easy to install and a must. Also got a custom hitch receiver cover with my company logo
7 - 5 inch moes tips: again, super easy bolt on. They LOOK SICK. And added some different tone to the exhaust notes. I have them poking out a bit -- like that look. To each his own
8 - Swapped OEM chrome headlights for OEM black. Dramatic difference IMO. Did not want to do the ballast route again with HIDs. Had that on my last vehicle and wasnt worth it. Again, to each his own. Also did the H9 and 9011 bulb upgrades and LEDs for back up and cargo. While we're still on lighting. I added some LED strips for Bed lighting and LED pods as Aux backup lights too. Both are tied to their own switches in the cab.
Here's the black OEMs
LEDs for backup and cargo:
Bed Lighting:
Aux LED Cubes for backup lighting:
LED Cube Coverage:
9 - Zone 6 inch lift with Bilsteins up front set at 2.1. Also added Moto gloss gray 970s. 20x10 with -24 offset. They're wrapped in 35x12.5 Toyo MTs
As she sits now!:
Thanks,
Kyle