a few upgrades for the ram
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a few upgrades for the ram
well a couple weeks ago there was a thread about someone making custom grille inserts out of gutter guards for their dakota, well i tried it out on my ram and i think it was easy (only took me about 1.5 hours) and cheap (only cost like $9) and looks really good (almost like the $150 all chrome mesh grille in the lmc catalog!).
heres a before
and after
also i picked up a new instrument cluster from the jy
my original one is on bottom with no-tach.
the new one is out of a durango, the only difference is the 4x4 light now says part-time 4wd and the mileage says i have 150k instead of 110k, and it only cost me $30!
the only problem i had was the high beam light would stay on till i turned the headlights on. even with no key and the truck off. the solution was just remove that bulb from the cluster. other than that one problem i like it. just plug and play!
i also took the whole cluster apart cleaned out all the dust, check/replaced the burnt out bulbs, and painted the inside trim white to add a little color to my dash. i havent taken a pic of them installed but ill get one tomorrow when its bright outside.
but tell me what you guys think.
heres a before
and after
also i picked up a new instrument cluster from the jy
my original one is on bottom with no-tach.
the new one is out of a durango, the only difference is the 4x4 light now says part-time 4wd and the mileage says i have 150k instead of 110k, and it only cost me $30!
the only problem i had was the high beam light would stay on till i turned the headlights on. even with no key and the truck off. the solution was just remove that bulb from the cluster. other than that one problem i like it. just plug and play!
i also took the whole cluster apart cleaned out all the dust, check/replaced the burnt out bulbs, and painted the inside trim white to add a little color to my dash. i havent taken a pic of them installed but ill get one tomorrow when its bright outside.
but tell me what you guys think.
Last edited by 99dodge318; 11-08-2010 at 09:49 PM.
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Looks pretty good.
How did you attach them to the grille?
Did you leave the honeycomb behind them?
Picked up the gutter guards 6 months ago while at Lowes buying my 80gal compressor. Ive only cut the templates for the grille & fender openings. Havent cut the material yet. Still debating between chrome finish or Indy blue &/or extend stripes to them (Ill powdercoat them)
How did you attach them to the grille?
Did you leave the honeycomb behind them?
Picked up the gutter guards 6 months ago while at Lowes buying my 80gal compressor. Ive only cut the templates for the grille & fender openings. Havent cut the material yet. Still debating between chrome finish or Indy blue &/or extend stripes to them (Ill powdercoat them)
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