My 2008 Cummins

[JamesRam]

Just thought I'd post what I've done to my pickup since I bought it in May.

The truck came with when I bought it:
Projector headlights
Tinted taillights
Leveling kit
Supersprings which I removed
DPF and EGR deleted with turbo back exhaust
Grille inserts
Ultra remote start
285/65/R17 Toyo Open Country winter tires



This is the truck the day I brought it home from the dealer.


About a week later I had my new 305/70/R17 Bf Goodrich All Terrain TA/KOs put on and had removed the grille inserts


I had a dynomax bullet put on, not sure what the muffler was that was on there before.


I then sanded down my rear rust spotted bumper and gave it a coat of etching primer along with a few coats of Duplicolor Bed Armour.


I then sanded down the previous owners attempt at color matching the grille, which the paint was flaking off of and then primered and Duplicolored the grille.


I had also installed a set of fog lights on to the push bar.


Shortly after I removed the push bar so that I could Duplicolor the front bumper.


I had installed a Backrack which the stickers peeled off of after about a week


Then with the girlfriends dads help I built a box to put the quad up on, then I stained it black.


Finally got around to Duplicoloring the front bumper and also the hood latches thought it turned out quite good.


I bought an EFI Live autocal from Anarchy Diesel Tuning.


I then put on a Truxedo, was a tight fit with the Backrack on.


I installed blue LED license plate lights.

My most recent mod was last week I replaced the stock speakers in the doors with Alpines.

A few more mods I'd still like to do in the future:
I am buying a set of Fuel Octanes in the spring
Full stereo system with subs
A set of black steps
Tint the windows all the way around
Built transmission
Race Injectors
Turbo kit
Full repaint

That's all I can think of right now lol

 

[butters90]

wow that grille was wierd when you first got it. i can only image incoming traffic being blinded by the sun. Mods so far look great! cant wait to see more pics.

 

[FancyStancy]

Looks good!

 

[bigbadram1500]

nice work

 

[JamesRam]

Just thought I'd update my truck thread a bit. I've only done a couple of things since I wrote this but here goes.

So first of all winter came, got my winter tires that were on when I bought the truck put back onto my stock rims. Douplicolored my grille inserts and installed them as well, helps with the heater warming up in the cold.



Now it's spring time and I finally got my Fuel Octance rims, in a -5 offset. I put my Bf Goodrich All Terrains on my new rims and got them put on the truck last week. Had to buy all new lug nuts from the tire shop to fit these rims but I love them, gives my truck a more aggressive stance. Also removed the grille inserts for the warm weather.







Next thing will be to chain back my front mud flaps, with the offset rims, my tires just rub on the flaps when I cut it hard.

 

[Cruizer]

That's a sweet truck. Diggin' the black and gray theme. You not gonna put the push bar back on though? Did the cat come with the tonneau cover, lol?

 

[scottyram]

Looks great! Whereabouts in Aberta are you? I lived in Stony Plain for a few years.

 

[tipnitty]

Pretty good progress. Get some new headlights, those look terrible. Some black housing ones will make the truck look right where it needs to be.

 

[JamesRam]

That's a sweet truck. Diggin' the black and gray theme. You not gonna put the push bar back on though? Did the cat come with the tonneau cover, lol?

Thanks man. Not sure about the push bar yet lol still deciding if I want it or not. Haha yeah free cat with every truxedo was the promotion at the time haha

 

[JamesRam]

Looks great! Whereabouts in Aberta are you? I lived in Stony Plain for a few years.

I'm in Grande Praire, been here about 3.5 years now. Originally from Labrador haha

 

[Cruizer]

For the record, I like those headlights on that truck. What steps you lookin' at?

 

[JamesRam]

Pretty good progress. Get some new headlights, those look terrible. Some black housing ones will make the truck look right where it needs to be.

I dunno, I kinda like the lights but at the same time I have contemplated on getting the stock looking black housing ones, I've just heard the light output sucks on those

 

[JamesRam]

For the record, I like those headlights on that truck. What steps you lookin' at?

Yeah I think I'll be leaving them in. Lol I'm not 100% sure on what steps I want, I believe it'll be one of these two

 

[JamesRam]

Oh whoops lol those and these (trying to do this on my iphone)

 

[Cruizer]

I love the drop step. Think I'm going to get the GoRhino version for my truck after I lift it here in a couple weeks. Wife's already on board, just cause she doesn't want to have to climb my truck to get in, lol.

 

[scottyram]

I'm in Grande Praire, been here about 3.5 years now. Originally from Labrador haha

Oh cool. I have friends that just moved to Edmonton from GP.

 

[JamesRam]

I love the drop step. Think I'm going to get the GoRhino version for my truck after I lift it here in a couple weeks. Wife's already on board, just cause she doesn't want to have to climb my truck to get in, lol.

Your truck will look pretty badass with a lift, how much of a lift? My misses wouldn't mind a step for mine either cause she has a bit of a jump to get in the truck and it's only leveled lol. I'm pretty sure I'd go with the drop style too, looks nicer to me

These ones

 

[JamesRam]

The RBP RX-3 looks decent as well but theyre like $800 lol

 

[JamesRam]

Oh cool. I have friends that just moved to Edmonton from GP.

Right on, yeah Grande Prairie is a good size for me. Not too big of a place, can get across town in 20 mins or less

 

[Stangshcky12]

wow that grille was wierd when you first got it. i can only image incoming traffic being blinded by the sun. Mods so far look great! cant wait to see more pics.

They are cold weather inserts
The road salt usually cuts down the glare off of them haha