My 2012 R/T with a few mods....build log...whatever...

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All of this is copied from another site...I'm too deep in to start over. lol
Started with a 2012 Dodge Ram R/T
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I'm having real hell finding the wheels I want to fit the way I want them to so it got these for now while I search.
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Tires are Pirelli Scorpion Zero in 305/40/22
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Of course it got lowered, McGaughy's 2/4 drop kit that I modified for about a 3/5
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Can't not have shocks...so I went with single adjustable QA1's
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Seems kinda silly to do all that work and leave stock sway bars on it...so Hellwig's went on front and rear.
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Didn't wanna do all that and have a spongy rear suspension with rubber bushings...so I called up Spohn Performance.
Adjustable panhard bar.
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And better upper and lower control arms.
Actually...I now have their very first set of adjustable link bars. I'll get pics of those up soon.
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And last but not least...SSBC's 14" front brake kit with 4 piston calipers along with matching slotted stock size rear rotors. I had major issues with the front kit...that's another post though.
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Debadged and billet antenna on day 1.
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Threw in a couple sets of 55watt 5000K Retro Solutions HID's
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Had about 500 miles on it in these pics. I had gotten rid of the Sport hood too....I hated that thing.
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Spohn link bars and QA1's
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Spohn adjustable panhard and Hellwig bar. I gotta rework those brackets to get that bar level somehow.
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Tailgate shaved...that giant emblem annoyed me. lol
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My Snuglid and BedRug installed.

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Part 2:

OEM V6 fan and Legmaker intake...there's a Moe's Performance 85mm TB under there too.
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Bought all this crap. Ceramic coated JBA shorties, Magnaflow cat-back and Magnaflow mandrel bends to fab up my own mid pipe.
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Here's the headers all nice and shiny.
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And just in case nobody has ever looked under their truck...this is what lives there. Obviously this is how much of it I replaced.
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New mid pipe welded out. I made the end of the Y a slip fit and used a band clamp...making the whole thing removable in about 10 minutes. I figure it'll come in handy for trans swaps. Yes, I got lazy and used the MIG...it was sitting there all set up and ready. lol
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Passenger side looking across.
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Driver side...
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Weird angle....I promise those bends are smooth radius. I wouldn't build something with those angles in it.
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Slip fit Y for easy removal.
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And a nice parting shot. I have to cut the tips off and move them, one was welded on crooked and they both stick out entirely too far.
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Picked up some Billet Technology stuff...more is on the way now.
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Then I really wanted the OEM Mopar body kit but it's not made for a RCSB.
Scrfew it....I made it fit.
I had to cut down the front part of the 2 piece side skirt where it overlaps the rear part. After studying pics of SEMA trucks closely I could see the seam there so once I got the kit in my hands it was easy to figure out how they made them fit. I had to shorten one of the hidden mounting brackets but those were the only 2 mods necessary to make it fit.
I made a straight edge out of a piece of .050 aluminum, marked where I wanted it cut and just used a razor knife to slice through it. I sanded that cut edge smooth and taped it off about 1/16" from the cut and sprayed it with Dupli Color paint for now. You really can't tell that anything was ever done to the kit. Overall I'm super happy with how it came out.


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You can see the cut line in the center of the door in this pic.
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And last for now...I settled on my new wheels. HRE 940RL in a 22x10
These are next year's mod after a supercharger, heads and cam swap.
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OK...enough bandwidth wasted for now. I'm sure I'll waste plenty more later.
That's where she sits as of today....with right at 3000 miles on the clock.
 
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damnnn thats sick! I love how a lot of those mods were done when you still had the dealer tags lol.
 

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That's sexy right there. What part of Texas you from?
 

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Would have never guessed you had that much done to the suspension
Very sharp looking truck!
 

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Haha good to see you over here rico, I had already posted some pictures of your truck. This Oise much mote indepth though, the new wheels are gooing to look amazing on there.
 

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very nice, and welcome to RF!
 
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Thanks for all the welcomes. I'll have some updates next week when I finish up this work thing I have going. The new Spohn bars and painted quad lights are going in along with some gauges in preparation of the supercharger.
 

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i wanna see this thing with a supercharger, will help me decide what i wanna do lmao
 

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Very nice and clean truck! Awesome progress man!

How come you didn't like the sport hood?
 
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