New mods to my 2002 dodge ram 1500 4X4!!

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Armyman14

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Hey all, I'm starting my build thread because I will be doing alot of stuff to my truck in the next few days!! Blacking out everything that is silver, adding red lights on the interior and soon there will be red lights on the exterior(I know they are illegal but only when moving!)
All of my christmas presents I asked for are for my truck. Tonight, hopefully I will be painting my chrome wheel-to-wheel chrome westin step bars to black with dupli color bed armor! I will post pics and how to later tonight if I have time to do it all tonight!

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That should turn out good. Do you have to scuff the chrome or will it stick without?
 
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That should turn out good. Do you have to scuff the chrome or will it stick without?

Yeah I'm gonna scuff it pff

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Then gonna prime it

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Then gonna paint it!

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Should all work out great! Not gonna have time tonight but tomorrow morning the bars are aiming off!
 
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Well I got bad news, and good news! Bad news is a cold front just came through and I just read the primer can and it says it has to be between 60-92 degrees ): so looks like I will have to wait until Saturday or Sunday. But good news is: cold front came through!! Increases the chances of snow on Christmas Day :)
 
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Was just looking at some of the build threads and noticed that they had the future mods laid out so here it goes!
Future mods:
Interior:
Replace Sony speakers(driver door speaker has blown) with infinity speakers
Add JL subs.
Add red underdash lights
Add red neon tube that flashes with the bass.
Order custom red and black dodge cover for the center arm thing(mind is blanking on name right now)
Order matching front seat covers
Replace too part of dash that is cracked.
Fix Air box because air doesn't come out of the front of the dash.
I knows there is more but that's all I can think of for interior now.
EXTERIOR:
Darker tint on windows
Either black out headlights or buy black assembly
Use plastic renewer on all black plastic to make it blacker
Replace silver diamond plate bed rail caps with black.
Replace current alloy wheels with black and red ballistic jesters
Use bed armor on step bars to black them out
Paint all emblems and badges, and billet grill black
Add KC red and black light covers
Currently the pipes are dropped right below the back seat, I want to pull them out and have then come through the bumper like the new dodge trucks with a black tip.
PERFORMANCE:
K&N CAI not sure which one
Bigger gears.
Need some more ideas for performance!
Lot of mods gonna take alot of money and time but it's what I love to do!! Comment with any feedback or ideas! Thanks! :D
 
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So since I couldn't do the step bars and still haven't been able to, the dash lights are now red and so is the overhead display! Pics to come tomorrow night!
But I also installed new speakers, replacing the blown old Sony 6x9's with new infinity 6 1/4

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THEN I added on my new KC light covers!

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You'll have to excuse the Christmas lights :D
Then with all my extra time I started taking off the silver lettering

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And started blacking them out after going through the long, long, long process of taking off the old glue, scuffing them up then putting new tape on. Just painted them tonight

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Gonna put them on hopefully in the morning! Happy new year to everyone! :)
 
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I've got one bulb I put in the wrong way and didn't notice until it was all closed up ): gotta take it all the way back out just turn a bulb around!

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New lights!
 

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Nothing like a little blue masking tape!
Was just going to remove the grille but the clips were in there so tight I was worried I would break them or break the plastic they were connected to on the hopd

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Little extra protection! Better safe than sorry!

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Finally off!! And after a few coats:

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