What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
Legend
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 8,914
Likes: 4
From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Alllllllllright! They finally showed up in the mail today! I was outside talking with a buddy when the mailman passed. I asked if he had a package for me and YES! there it was! Right away I began the install. I had this elaborate plan of creating a youtube video to show the installation and comparisons and ALL that good stuff since I hadn't found one myself...
Guess what, I didn't remember anything aside from how to install HIDs!!
It took me about 2 weeks of a looooot of research before finally deciding to go with this pair. They don't flicker and they load up evenly! The light output is just out of this world...remarkable!!!
Look for yourself!
The picture that shows a well-lit street is a street where my halogens NEVER shined on the road; millions of times I have double checked to see that my lights were on...it was SAD. But nooooow.... >
Guess what, I didn't remember anything aside from how to install HIDs!!
It took me about 2 weeks of a looooot of research before finally deciding to go with this pair. They don't flicker and they load up evenly! The light output is just out of this world...remarkable!!!
Look for yourself!
The picture that shows a well-lit street is a street where my halogens NEVER shined on the road; millions of times I have double checked to see that my lights were on...it was SAD. But nooooow.... >
Nice upgrade man!
Alllllllllright! They finally showed up in the mail today! I was outside talking with a buddy when the mailman passed. I asked if he had a package for me and YES! there it was! Right away I began the install. I had this elaborate plan of creating a youtube video to show the installation and comparisons and ALL that good stuff since I hadn't found one myself...
Guess what, I didn't remember anything aside from how to install HIDs!!
It took me about 2 weeks of a looooot of research before finally deciding to go with this pair. They don't flicker and they load up evenly! The light output is just out of this world...remarkable!!!
Look for yourself!
The picture that shows a well-lit street is a street where my halogens NEVER shined on the road; millions of times I have double checked to see that my lights were on...it was SAD. But nooooow.... >
Guess what, I didn't remember anything aside from how to install HIDs!!
It took me about 2 weeks of a looooot of research before finally deciding to go with this pair. They don't flicker and they load up evenly! The light output is just out of this world...remarkable!!!
Look for yourself!
The picture that shows a well-lit street is a street where my halogens NEVER shined on the road; millions of times I have double checked to see that my lights were on...it was SAD. But nooooow.... >
Amateur
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
From: Hialeah, FL
I did have to lower the beam as well as narrow the spread from side to side so I don't shine into cars beside me. So far so good, no one has flicked on their high beams! Success! Haha!
Champion
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,096
Likes: 2
From: Iowa
Yesterday...
Used the Ram to haul a few bales around the farm, then hauled out 2 loads of manure in 4" deep snow in 2WD Lots of fun....
This week I order parts to fix my 4WD and finish up my fuel delivery system. YAY!
Used the Ram to haul a few bales around the farm, then hauled out 2 loads of manure in 4" deep snow in 2WD
Lots of fun....This week I order parts to fix my 4WD and finish up my fuel delivery system. YAY!
Pinion angle & Rear Diff guard
On Saturday, I had to cut off the spring perch pads on my rear axle and fixed my pinion angle. It was wrong ever since the axle swap. I had some vibration come from my drive shaft. That went pretty well. It took about 2.5 hours from start to finish. The truck got quieter and the drive shaft is very smooth now
When I did the axle swap, I installed a diff guard on the front that I bought online
They only made it for a Dana 44 & Dana 60. They did not make one for a Dana 80. So I also made, with the help of my welder friend. I diff guard for the rear Dana 80. I found a Dana 80 diff cover at a junk yard for $20.00 for a pattern.
This project has been in the works for several months. I bought a 16ton pipe bender from harbor freight and that is what I used to bend the solid 7/8" bar. Now I just need to clean it up with a flapper wheel and get a coat of paint on it and then bolt it on.
When I did the axle swap, I installed a diff guard on the front that I bought online
They only made it for a Dana 44 & Dana 60. They did not make one for a Dana 80. So I also made, with the help of my welder friend. I diff guard for the rear Dana 80. I found a Dana 80 diff cover at a junk yard for $20.00 for a pattern.
This project has been in the works for several months. I bought a 16ton pipe bender from harbor freight and that is what I used to bend the solid 7/8" bar. Now I just need to clean it up with a flapper wheel and get a coat of paint on it and then bolt it on.
Champion
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 4,717
Likes: 10
From: N/A
POR-15 Update
So far the POR-15 is not holding up to my expectations at all! I have been washing the underside of the truck a lot like every winter. I will be sending these pix to POR-15 and asking them if I missed a step or what I can/could do better. Just about all the new rear suspension parts installed this summer have a good layer of new rust, leaf springs look 10 years old not 5 or 6 months old. To a certain point this doesn't surprise me everything I have tried under the truck to help fails.
Edit: The cat sticker is doing great on the other hand. What did I do to it washed it.
After 2 months of winter. Painted Late August 2013
Edit: The cat sticker is doing great on the other hand. What did I do to it washed it.
After 2 months of winter. Painted Late August 2013
So far the POR-15 is not holding up to my expectations at all! I have been washing the underside of the truck a lot like every winter. I will be sending these pix to POR-15 and asking them if I missed a step or what I can/could do better. Just about all the new rear suspension parts installed this summer have a good layer of new rust, leaf springs look 10 years old not 5 or 6 months old. To a certain point this doesn't surprise me everything I have tried under the truck to help fails.
Edit: The cat sticker is doing great on the other hand.
After 2 months of winter. Painted Late August 2013
Edit: The cat sticker is doing great on the other hand.
After 2 months of winter. Painted Late August 2013
Be sure to update us with what they say. If they say anything.
