Rugged 2010 ram build

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This is where I will post my ram's transformation. Just got it back from the shop after getting rear-ended.
Here are the before pics.
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I just put my new 2013ish oem headlights in this weekend with HID kits.
Passenger side was difficult because I had to cut the tabs off my old headlight and plastic weld them onto the new headlight because they were broken off. Turned out alright time will tell how it holds up but was cheap enough I thought it was worth a shot.
Here is the after pics.

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I don't plan on keeping the chrome bumpers or the non color matched black plastic under the headlights.

Here are the preliminary plans
Bumpers-
Front sport color matched with color matched grill from 2013+
Rear Off road bumper probably not color matched. Not sure manufacturer yet

I'm going to get rid of the oem steps for some rock sliders hopefully.

Rims tires short term probably some 35" MT's on my stock 20's
Longer term 18" wider rims with still 35's

Probably won't lift though I love the lifted look. I work out of it and it gets hard to reach over the side when it is too much higher than stock.

Exhaust changing to dual exhaust out the bumper like stock rams but not stock exhaust.

Engine wise probably start with intake move on to headers and possibly a cam and tune.




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2012Lamarie

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I just put my new 2013ish oem headlights in this weekend with HID kits.
Passenger side was difficult because I had to cut the tabs off my old headlight and plastic weld them onto the new headlight because they were broken off. Turned out alright time will tell how it holds up but was cheap enough I thought it was worth a shot.
Here is the after pics.

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I don't plan on keeping the chrome bumpers or the non color matched black plastic under the headlights.

Here are the preliminary plans
Bumpers-
Front sport color matched with color matched grill from 2013+
Rear Off road bumper probably not color matched. Not sure manufacturer yet

I'm going to get rid of the oem steps for some rock sliders hopefully.

Rims tires short term probably some 35" MT's on my stock 20's
Longer term 18" wider rims with still 35's

Probably won't lift though I love the lifted look. I work out of it and it gets hard to reach over the side when it is too much higher than stock.

Exhaust changing to dual exhaust out the bumper like stock rams but not stock exhaust.

Engine wise probably start with intake move on to headers and possibly a cam and tune.




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If you are going with 35's you don't need to lift but you will need to level. I just did mine last weekend. 2.5" Steel bent leveling kit. 35's on stock 20" Laramie rims. Works perfectly no rub .
 
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Just put on some black wheel skins and some new center caps to hopefully tie me over for a while till I can justify new rims and tires.
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Also put in a different steering wheel. No pics yet.


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Looking good so far, Rugged! Black door emblems would be a nice touch.
 
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Took off my running boards. Trying to decide of I want some ici ones or if I like the look without Any.3fb212d2dba09de1a92588ac128177d7.jpg

I think I will live with it for a week and see if I miss them.


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Here is a little something I have been thinking about for a while and finally just decided to do it.
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I've had this ipad for a while and wanted to use it as a head unit but it was never a good time. Until now. Not a 100 percent done but everything is in for now and I can tweak some things later. I will go more in depth maybe on a different thread.


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Here is the truck after a tire upgrade. Firestone mt/2’s 35x12.5x20

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Here is my light bar installed up top. It is an Opt 7 red line.

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Here is my ipad dash i changed to the most recent ipad with LTE it works way better. Still not quite done with the bezel but loving the ipad.


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Just changed all my emblems to gloss black. I didn’t want the matte black as my rims are gloss and I just like to stay with a theme. 98e162024222db45d6b64923362333f7.jpg

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Thanks. I built it. It was a lot of plastic welding and bondo after that. I actually am about to pull it back out to rework the paint and add a couple buttons into it so I can basically turn the ipad on and off easier. I love the ipad dash more every day. I work all over so the gps and any app I want make it so much better than any other option that is out there. Maybe some day I will do a ipad pro the big one. That’s the only thing that can compete with it for me right now.


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Wow congrats on that, from the pictures it looks awesome. How is it tired into the sound system?
 

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The whole truck is coming along nice. Good job


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Factory radio is still there and I am plugged into that. The sound quality is pretty amazing from a factory stereo. Quite surprised. I was going to Swap it out for a different aftermarket system but Probably not for a while now because it sounds so good.
I have been researching backup cams for a while and there are a lot of wifi ones but I want something with really good resolution which evidently is hard to find. I’ll let you know what I come up with. I was thinking about retrofitting a go pro into somewhere but haven’t figured that out yet.


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Pic of my light bar at night. This is the running light. The brake is too bright for me to pick up on with my phone.


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Just got an evic cluster and am going to put it in tonight. The previous owner put a usspeedo face on it. Should be interesting to see how it lights up.

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Just put it in. Here is a pic at night and a pic of the sad one I replaced.

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