Haha, Check out Doetsch for spindles. They're down the street from my shop and make great stuff. Mirrors can be sourced for 16 apiece from Certifit. You can do a rollon bedliner yourself for cheap. Check out ur local autoparts store for supplies.

I bought a 2WD Ram from a previous forum user here just recently. Its 2WD, and I've taken it to the dez twice now. Never gotten it stuck, and for a stock truck its pretty darn decent at keeping up with the pack. (within reason obviously.. lol) It definetly outperforms most anything sub mid-travel.

 

2wd's are fine in the desert, on the street, and for racing but the OP is from Michigan. A 2wd will not get out of the back field through 2 ft of snow. I can't even make it out of my driveway without 4wd (its uphill and is a sheet of ice).

I would suggest a set of mud terrain tires. I have a set of TreadWright MTG's and they are amazing in the snow.

 

Ok. I'd say don't lift it too much. Whenever you have to manually load 1800lbs of Quik-crete into your lifted truck, you will not be a happy camper. Get yourself a come-along winch, and make sure you have some good tow points, front, back, and sides. Also, make sure you have good tie down anchors in the bed pockets. Eye bolts work really well in my truck. And helper springs will be good. Bottoming out your suspension is a bad feeling.

On another note, having been sitting so long, and having the lien, is it going to be road legal? Around here, every once in a while they set up trailer checkpoints, or load checkpoints. Or you can just get pulled over if your bed is sinking and nose is to the sky. You do NOT want to get caught using an unregistered vehicle for commercial purposes around here. Thats big doo-doo.

 

mine just needs a little love, and a lot of cheap parts lol, now that i know what i "need" i can think of all the fun stuff u desert guys have, like tube bumpers , it needs a cherry bomb and chrome tip, stuff like that to make it more fun, and cheap, but pretty, time for a repaint and all that fun stuff to, prolly just gonna spray paint it. ive been trolling around on here since november so ive seen some really cool stuff, and see u post on lots of things

 

someone wanna break down helper springs for me? lol simliar to add-a-leaf?

 

ive heard great things about goodyear wranglers, i need at's cuz i aint got money to keep puttin tires on it :P

-yes it will be legal here soon, gettin tags plates and what not for it, insurance isnt gonna be fun, but it bluebooks at like 800 so it shouldnt be bad

 

Unless you're loading the **** out of it, stay away from helper springs, add a leaf, and the like. A 3 inch spindle in the front and a 1 in block in the back will make the truck perfectly level. Throw some General AT2's under there and you're set. Those tires run about $160 apiece for a 33.


I drove a F100 through 2 Nor'Easters when I was stationed in CT during my time in the Navy back in the day. A locker, some Intercos (back when those were good tires) and some knowhow got me anywhere I needed to go. You have to be smarter then the equipment you're working with. Will this work in every situation? Hell no, However if you're having that much trouble in 2WD, a crippled failx4 (aka open diffs) wont take you any farther. Even a triple tire fire won't do much better.

And for the love of god stay away from those retreads.

 

Thebigredone,
well i dont load the s--- out of it so im not to worried about all that extra wasted cash, is 1 inch blocks something i need to pick up or are they already on my truck u reckon? Thanks for recomending tires as i dont have a whole lot of cash, being that im 16 and to ugly for jobs in a small town.

nah no retreads for me, a shop down the street sells um 5 bucks a tire, thas just assanine.

 

A block is what you would use to cheaply lift the back. Anything over an inch is just wrong in my book, but I race so my book is very strict. A 1 inch block kit will be very cheap. Never looked one up but im sure you can get one for around $50. If that.

 

i thought i read somewhere that the rear comes stock with a block? or am i an idiot lol, and with 1 inch do i need longer u-bolts and shackles?