dearchristopher
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- Galveston, TX
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Hey guys, have had my '11 Ram Express for about 2 weeks now. Traded in an 08 trailblazer SS for it, sat on the fence between CC and RCSB and ultimately I'm glad with the decision I made! truck moves pretty well, and tows my 19' TT better than the tbss did. bought the truck with 44k miles on it, and they threw in an additional 60k mile bumper to bumper for free, so the mods will be light for now. here's pictures!
Old Truck
TB was LS2 with 4" intake, FW trans cooler, e-fan swap with a street tune and exhaust. Was rated 395hp/400tq from factory, I would guess it was probably 330hp and 360ish tq to the wheels on my less-than-stellar street tune. Ran well, had a lot of power but mileage was GARBAGE with the 4l65.
Traded it in and got a Pure White 2011 Ram with 44k on the clock and some nice "pawpaw" mods!
thats how it looked the day i bought. has a flowmaster 40 si/do welded in with resonators, and had side steps and deer whistles on the front. P/O did power window swap and added an aftermarket alarm, so that is a nice start. I believe i'll swap to factory alarm and remote start in the future. so far, I've removed the side steps, the door edge trim, and did a full clay and 1 step wax. waiting on a cooler weekend in texas to do a 3 stage. the truck will be getting a 2" drop in the rear in two days with an R/T rear sway bar, and possibly a 2/4 drop in the next couple of weeks. Already found a Diablo Trinity for a screaming deal ($180 for tuner and 85mm TB) and will be hopefully snagging those in a bit when the guy returns to stock. Since I tow, plans for this truck will be pretty mild, same reason i didn't add a lot of power to the TB. mostly light bolt ons, helper bag rear, and maybe LT's in the future. too happy that i have a warranty to want to void that right now. i do definitely see a vararam and blacked out OE 20"s in my future
also did LED swap on the main white bulbs. eventually going to do the rest, love the stock lenses so not looking to swap to LED tails. I think i'll have to wire in load resistors to prevent hyper flashing. eventually i will also be doing LED's on a switch in the bed to light up under the cover.
this is the camper I'll be towing with it, probably going to size up now that I have the extra oomph.
Anyway, thanks for looking! hopefully I'll be able to contribute to this forum! I'm still a little active over at TBSSowners and still lurk f150online from my older days. I'll post updates to the thread with all my changes. This forum seems like a very helpful and active place!
Got lowering coils and rear sway bar installed last night. looking for a 2/4, thought the drop coils would level it but I don't like how much rake it still has
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Old Truck
TB was LS2 with 4" intake, FW trans cooler, e-fan swap with a street tune and exhaust. Was rated 395hp/400tq from factory, I would guess it was probably 330hp and 360ish tq to the wheels on my less-than-stellar street tune. Ran well, had a lot of power but mileage was GARBAGE with the 4l65.
Traded it in and got a Pure White 2011 Ram with 44k on the clock and some nice "pawpaw" mods!
thats how it looked the day i bought. has a flowmaster 40 si/do welded in with resonators, and had side steps and deer whistles on the front. P/O did power window swap and added an aftermarket alarm, so that is a nice start. I believe i'll swap to factory alarm and remote start in the future. so far, I've removed the side steps, the door edge trim, and did a full clay and 1 step wax. waiting on a cooler weekend in texas to do a 3 stage. the truck will be getting a 2" drop in the rear in two days with an R/T rear sway bar, and possibly a 2/4 drop in the next couple of weeks. Already found a Diablo Trinity for a screaming deal ($180 for tuner and 85mm TB) and will be hopefully snagging those in a bit when the guy returns to stock. Since I tow, plans for this truck will be pretty mild, same reason i didn't add a lot of power to the TB. mostly light bolt ons, helper bag rear, and maybe LT's in the future. too happy that i have a warranty to want to void that right now. i do definitely see a vararam and blacked out OE 20"s in my future
also did LED swap on the main white bulbs. eventually going to do the rest, love the stock lenses so not looking to swap to LED tails. I think i'll have to wire in load resistors to prevent hyper flashing. eventually i will also be doing LED's on a switch in the bed to light up under the cover.
this is the camper I'll be towing with it, probably going to size up now that I have the extra oomph.
Anyway, thanks for looking! hopefully I'll be able to contribute to this forum! I'm still a little active over at TBSSowners and still lurk f150online from my older days. I'll post updates to the thread with all my changes. This forum seems like a very helpful and active place!
Got lowering coils and rear sway bar installed last night. looking for a 2/4, thought the drop coils would level it but I don't like how much rake it still has
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