Working on my girls truck(lots of pics)

[TexasRammer]

Wow that sucks never thought that would happen. I need to check mine, if i remember the tabs were either broken or about to break...

 

[the codes]

on the plus side, cab lights look good man..good luck with the search for stockers


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[Stangshcky12]

Yup, asphalt at probably 45-50 mph if not faster
Of course it couldn't have been the passenger side that wasn't working very well

O well I guess, I have a new project idea now

 

[TexasRammer]

Look for trucks being parted out on craigslist. Ive seen some for like $20, I was gonna get some because I wanted a pair to tint but never got a round to it.

 

[0212353]

Yup, 45+ mph to asphalt
My girlfriend didn't realize till some guy caught up to her beeping and flashing his lights
Of course it couldn't have been the passenger side that wasnt working very well

O well, I have a new project now, just need to find a pair of cheap tails

how cheap?

I carry new ones (TYC brand) for 75 shipped.

02-06 Ram Taillights

 

[Stangshcky12]

Wow that sucks never thought that would happen. I need to check mine, if i remember the tabs were either broken or about to break...

Keep an eye on them
The tabs were super flimsy, I had hot glued them all to be safe and it didn't do **** apparently

on the plus side, cab lights look good man..good luck with the search for stockers


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Thanks man, we'll see how long it lasts this time
Hopefully the spray max will hold up to the sun better then what ever clear I used before

how cheap?

I carry new ones (TYC brand) for 75 shipped.

02-06 Ram Taillights

You crossed my mind

I'm gonna try to find some cheap on Craigslist since I'm probably going to try to open them up

 

[Stangshcky12]

Well I said I would never do it again but I forced my self to do it... More painting

Took the old bedliner off (which really really sucked) and re-did them, much happier with them. Also cleaned up some of the rust spots
This was some time ago

A buddy of mine helped me pull the dents out a bit last summer, primed it and painted it with a gray enamel an covered it with the flare

So while I had the flares off I actually color matched the spots, the paint is a little bit darker but it looks better then rust!

Wasn't to worried about the sharp paint line user the flare. I probably could have blended it a little bit better had I had more time but had to get clear on it an te flares back on to head back to school


Planning on wet sending and polishing it tommorow to try to blend it better

Now I just have to do something with the door and bed corner

 

[Stangshcky12]

I dont normally do this butttttt any guesses?

 

[4x4Hemi]

HIDs? haha i dont know if you already put those in or not

 

[Stangshcky12]

Nah, I was just about to do a retro on an extra set of lights I have at home (probably would have if the guy shipped them to my apartment at school like he was suppossed to)
But I wasted all my money on this instead

 

[Stangshcky12]

Got a good deal on this

So far I'm not to thrilled about it
Updated it and went to install it and it won't initialize with the truck.
Hopefully going to try it on my buddies powerstroke tomorrow to see if it's the tuner Or the trucks obd2

 

[Stangshcky12]

Well here's where the tuners stuck at

Didn't mess with it at all anymore today, going to update it again and try it on another truck here in the next few days

Also hit this in election day, the 200k badge isn't all to far away

 

[Stangshcky12]

Well came home and these were on my bed
They were supposed to be shipped to my apartment but the guy sent them to my house

I'm kicking myself for buying that tuner instead of projectors, hopefully I can get it working and won't regret buying it
My mom's getting mad at te stock pile of ram lights I have right now haha
I ripped this open cause I was bored

Hopefully I can do something with these this week

 

[0212353]

get on it!

 

[RompinRam]

Hopefully it'll start working man. My superchips was doing the same thing at first an then after a couple attempts it worked

 

[Stangshcky12]

Hopefully it'll start working man. My superchips was doing the same thing at first an then after a couple attempts it worked

I really hope so
I tried it on my buddies powerstroke and it gave me an error and wouldn't even switch to the ford settings
I'm home now so I should be able to try it on one of my friends cummins and have the time to sit on the phone with bullydogs tech support

 

[RompinRam]

Good luck mate!!

 

[Stangshcky12]

I cant believe how easy it is to open 02-05 lights!
I followed JJ's instruction, 6 minutes at 250* and it took about two minutes to take each light out of the oven and get them apart!

Really wish I had something to put in them though

Any tips for pulling the bulb shroud? I tried wiggling it and pulling a little bit but have made it this far without breaking anything
Can I take it out with out taking the bowl out and do you guys think it would look dumb mineral grey when the bowl is still chrome? Figuring that wouldn't hurt light output

 

[TexasRammer]

... damn I didnt know you were painting them. I think the shroud thing would look fine painted

 

[RompinRam]

Bulb shroud takes some force. I struggled at first. Just grip it with your fist as low as you can and rock back n forth pretty hard