Sycostang67

I know mine is cracked by the head light switch, thankfully there are still 2 screws holding it in. Every now and then when I pull for the fog lights it rocks around. I have a hard cover on the dash which looks ok, but I really need a new bezel as mine has one remaining clip on the left side and a metal bracket I made and some gorilla tape on the right.

Mine is Patriot blue, or as I call it, anti-terrorist blue. Color isn't a huge issue for me when shopping for vehicles but I am sick of brown, had 4 brown trucks, rather not have anymore.

Those look pretty cool, added to my list for my next order.

The funny thing about ECM's, when someone orders one through our store, at least in the commercial department. The commercial managers have learned to order 2-3 at a time because the 1st one rarely works.

I'm on my first set of coopers, the STT Pro's and I'm amazed at how quiet they are considering how aggressive the tread is.

The Toyo's, I have about 7k miles on my Coopers and they still look new.

Someone mentioned it could be handy for winter driving too, if say you are climbing a hill and would prefer to lug the engine to keep power down as opposed to the transmission dropping a gear and possibly loosing traction.

A set of the first gen Toyo A/T's was the first set of tires I ever wore out before replacing them early for a new setup. I think I got about 45k out of them on an F-250. I've had 2 sets of the A/T 2's and only put 10k on each set before I sold the truck with the first set and then went to different wheels/tires on this truck. They are "supposed" to go 30% longer than the first gen tires. After 10k miles though, they still looked pretty good.

I never even saw any of the 18's, pretty much just 20's. A few sets of those right now for $4-500 with worn tires and scratches. Don't forget to up size your spare as well. I almost forgot and decided to hold off on the brake upgrade until I had a 17" spare as well. I had new tires at the time, but life likes to kick me when I'm not looking.

It took me 3 months to find a set of the 3rd gen wheels for $200 or less, most people wanted $400+. The cheapest set of 4th gen wheels I saw was $900. I didn't really care for the way they looked though, too shallow and seemed to stuff all the tire under the truck. I'm in no way a fan of this "stancing" everyone seems to love, but the wheels got to stick out just a bit.

Sorry, I had too. That was how most of my friends fixed car problems when they were young. If it makes a noise, turn the radio up.

You could just get a louder radio.

Isn't there a sticker on the fender telling you which battery to jump from? I would go check but it's cold and it's my day off so I'm not getting dressed.

They make the dodge positive cable like ford does. They are bit pricey, I paid about $80 for all three of my cables. Mine are OEM size though, I imagine those are a bit bigger. I do have a lifetime warranty if they fall apart, just got to keep them clean.

I went to Napa and had them make me new cables. I wasn't aware at the time that the 2 piece positive cable was normal. Having just owned 2 IDI fords, I thought it was hacked together like that. The condition of the terminals also helped reinforce that feeling. I had my new positive cable made like the ones on my Fords, one long cable.

When my dad made dump runs with our little trailer, I was probably 14-15, he would have me back the trailer in as he wasn't very good at it. My Dad backed into our house once. I also spent a lot of time driving my mothers truck backwards and forwards down our driveway before they built the circle around the house.

I actually got a set of 4 of these for $40 on amazon, other 2 are on my headache rack. So far I am having good luck with the Auxbeam lights, 4 cubes on the back and a 30" bar on the front. I had a 20" bar but gave it to a friend and it still works great with no moisture going on 2 years now. The wife got me a Mictuning bar for christmas, gonna see how that one does. I can totally understand that, but I drive better backwards than I do forwards so it's never been an issue.

I'm just running a couple $20 Auxbeam cubes triggered by reverse lights with a relay.

I still don't hardly recognize your truck without those old aluminum wheels. Those OEM steels do look a lot better though, offset is nicer too.

I see, you are right, I can't find the 2 piece Ram style cover either, just the generic one piece deals. I found the 2 piece version for the 17" Ram dually wheels, but not the 16's.

No kidding, that's painful to look at. Really, no leveling kit? The first pic certainly looks leveled, either way it looks good. I guess if the paint job was crummy before, may as well redo the majority of it right. I miss the two-tone paint scheme's, seems like manufacturers got lazy. I could be wrong, but I think ford was the last one doing it on a regular basis, up into the late 90's. I may have an old sales catalog from 1995 when I got my 2nd truck, I remember it showing all the different two-tone options.

I call it anti-terrorist blue, lol. If it were my truck, if the top were done then I would want the jambs to match. Both colors are kind of dark though so you may not notice to much. The bottom would be easier and cheaper I assume due to less paint needed. I used some spray and peel paint on the bottom half of my truck to see if I would like it before having anything permanently done. Looking at your truck makes me want to get a leveling kit now.

When I left, I'm not exactly sure what it was doing. I couldn't see snow, fog or rain, but my windshield was getting wet. I was working on overland near latah, and everything was covered with snow by the time I got there. It snowed every day that week out at micron, but I think that's more influenced by something they release into the air. I don't recommend eating the snow out there.

It was that long banked curve into town between mcdonalds and Les Schwab. It didn't look to bad, but had a shine to it. I had slowed down before going through it but as I was gradually increasing throttle I just hit that fueling ramp and the sudden boost of power was enough to kick it out. I've also had AT tires my whole life, this is my first winter with MT's so I'm trying to be extra careful until I learn how they behave. What time were you out and about, I left the house at 4:30 and it was sprinkling snow, everything was covered by the time I got to work. I went home about 10:00 and the main roads and freeway were fine, things just started getting moist again as I got back to Kuna.

You're gonna pay out the nose to have the ram logo on there. Most aftermarket units are blank to avoid the licensing fees. When I had my ford, I got a set of alcoas for it with no caps. I went to a place called Hubcap Annies and paid less for 4 blank aftermarket caps than I would have for one cap with a ford logo on it. Other than the missing logo, they were identical. They actually worked better too as they had a metal retaining ring instead of plastic like OEM. I'm not sure about the dodge ones, but something to consider.