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Old 03-28-2008, 04:32 PM
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Dude your truck looks AWESOME !! The shocks turned out really good !

For your next mod, how about painting your rear? That'spretty much a freebie, and it looks sooooo much better whan it's done.

You asked !!
 
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Dude your truck looks AWESOME !! The shocks turned out really good !

For your next mod, how about painting your rear? That'spretty much a freebie, and it looks sooooo much better whan it's done.

You asked !!
Thats actually something I've thought about. I have heard a little about the POR 15 or whatever stuff but know nothing about it. Is it something you put in a spray gun and spray on or do you brush it on? I'm actually thinking about doing something like that.
 
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That truck looks awesome. You better watch out. There may be a TOTM nomination in your future.
 
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I was thinking the same thing.
 
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What is the official name of that color? I have almost never seen a Ram in real life in that color. I see the bright blue pretty often, but almost never that color.
I believe that's the same color as mine: the Patriot Blue Metallic coat.

If it's overcast out the Blue is pretty deep almost a Navy color. When it's bright and sunny (and clean) the metal flakes will really pop in it. Down here when the red clay dust gets kicked up, if it sits on the truck it'll turn it a deep purple color, so I wash mine often.
Here's some pics of the paint in direct sun light and on a shady side:




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Very nice job, the shocks look great.
 
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Well, I thought I'd go ahead and list out the mods for you guys. Well, most of them. What I can think of anyway.


APS Performance model transmission with a Transgo shift kit and quite a bit more.
APS Bracket Fighter 2400rpm stall TQ conveter
Alpine 9830 Motorized H/U
Alpine 70w X 4 RMS amp for the speakers
Profile California 500watt RMS amp for the subs
2 12" Infinity subs in a Q Logic Box
6.5" Polk DB components up front
6.5" Polk DB coaxials in the rear
Street Wires wire for everything other than the rear speakers which I used Monster cable for
Superstar 121 CB
Wilson 1000 CB antenna
Edlebrock 1002 Air Hat
Flowmaster 40 series muffler with dual 2.25" pipe and Stainless Steel tips
MSD Plug wires
Champion Platinum Plugs with Napa Dist. cap and rotor
Skyjacker 3" Lift
Skyjacker shocks
Eagle Alloy 16x10 Wheels
33" BFG Mt's
Farenheit Headlights
35% window tint on the front and 5% over stock on the rear
B&M Tranmission Cooler
Auburn LSD in the rear
4:10 Gears (this isn't a mod since it's the offroad model it had them stock)
APS Pleneum Kit
Thats basically the jist of it. I'm sure there is more thats just what I can remember off the top of my head.


*EDIT* Forgot to list the Hypertech in the list of mods. I'm probably forgetting more.

I just thought I'd post them up since I've had people ask what stuff is.
 
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I got to thinking and was thinking of maybe painting the inside honeycomb of the grill. I was wondering if you guys thought it would look good if I painted the honeycomb part the same color blue as the truck and left the outside chrome? I can't decide if I want to attempt it but I think it would look cool. I still can't believe how great my shocks turned out looking. It has me wanting to paint more on the truck.
 
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Just for ****s and giggles, I was thinking of trying red.
 
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I don't know about red but I'm thinking the color of the truck would look cool. I've never seen it done either. I want to see how my new all chrome grill I ordered looks and then decide if I want to do it.
 


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