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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:26 AM
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looks good man
 
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Looks good man, I do like the the bull bar with the skid plate. Makes it look a little tougher.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by raminator08
those bull bars always remind me of the ram having a chin lol
looks good. how much does one of those run you without the lights?
Yea, but I think that it looks sick with it on. It cost me $350 for it.

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Ried, did you put a leveling kit on it yet, or just cranked torsion bars? look good either way. good job, keep it up
She's at stock height still. The level/lift will wait until the summer. I'm still researching on the lifts. I think it's the angles and the tires turned that make it look level.

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really like the look of the truck..very clean...what brand is the bull bar? I was lookin for one but they aren't cheap...I like the westin ones but not the price of them
I think for price it might depend upon where you go. I got a quote of like $600 some for a Westin in the same size as mine. Also I like the Aries more. Not all of the Westin bars have their names, and I like the name being on it. Looks better to me.

And the lights are Hella 500s. Just like most everyone else has on their trucks. The only difference is that I put some HID lights in mine.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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ried what did you do exactly to put the hids in the hellas? think about doing it
 
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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ried what did you do exactly to put the hids in the hellas? think about doing it
You should put them in. But to do it, it was really easy.
But as a basic little way to explain it...
Open up the back as if you were going to put in the 100 watt bulbs, or whichever. Then the tab that holds the bulb in, pop it out. Now, the back side of the housing has a hole for the wires, with a little plastic deal to keep the water out. Pop that piece out, then pull the wires out. This hole will be too small to pull your HID wires through, so you need to take a little file to it. This housing is so easy to file, you could do it with a finger nail file. Slide the wires through the back side, then pop the cap off your HID bulb, put it in the glass, then put the housing on. There is just enough room that the bulb is held in, but it won't move. So don't worry about there not being anything to hold the bulb. Then from there, you just hook the up the ballasts to the lights. Now the thing that will get you, I think the blue is positive, and black is negative. Whichever they are, I had to reverse them on my lights.
Oh, and don't forget that you also need to take some black silicon to the backside of the housing where you had to file the hole. I just used some black RTV, and I haven't gotten any water in them, and it's raining now, and I've also washed it once.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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Lookin Nice there, I like it

--Cow-Chick--
 
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:14 AM
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how far does the bull bar stick out. I have scene ones that are tight up against the bumper and other stick stick out a good 4in -6ins
 
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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Nice work!
 
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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That bull bar looks great. I am thinking about getting one of those. Thanks for posting some pic's now i have an idea what it will look like.
 
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