trreed's upgrade thread

[trreed]

Projectors are in!  Only thing left to do is to put the lenses back on and then aim the new housings.  I am very pleased with the light output.  Morimoto sure makes a good product! (please excuse the lack of plastic on the bumper.  It came off to ease getting the housings in, and will be going back on)

[TFaoro]

Still missing that S&B screw.....

[trreed]

Sure do miss you Tyler ??

[jlbayes]

WHY 6500k.....

[Me78569]

4300 or bust. 

 

finally burnt out a bulb after 3 years.  

[trreed]

Why not 6500K?

[Me78569]

4300k puts out the most visible light.

[trreed]

Did they stop offering the 4300k?  Their options have a 4500K bulb, but no 4300K

[jlbayes]

4500k is close enough to 4300k lol

[trreed]

Happy 4th of July weekend guys!  I purposely planned to not work on my truck this weekend, and I have to say, it sure is nice to not be under the hood for the first time in weeks!

[dripley]

Happy 4th to you too. Since I am home for 4 consecutive days, not being under the hood is not an option. But with 4 days I can be selective on what and how I work. Yippee!!!

[JAG1]

Dripley, don't be aiming that rocket launcher at my house.

 

Have a happy 4th everyone.

Edited July 2, 2017 by JAG1

[trreed]

@notlimah, question about your track bar.  I'm pretty sure I'm in need of one, since my truck has taken a liking to death wobbling  (there goes a weekend of no truck issues).  My question is about the bracket.  Is it bolt on?  Or does it require welding or drilling holes in the frame?

[TFaoro]

5 minutes ago, trreed said:

@notlimah, question about your track bar.  I'm pretty sure I'm in need of one, since my truck has taken a liking to death wobbling  (there goes a weekend of no truck issues).  My question is about the bracket.  Is it bolt on?  Or does it require welding or drilling holes in the frame?

DOR or bust. The shop is open if you need to come down and use it. 

[notlimah]

Pretty sure you can do it either way. I bolted mine which required you drill 2 holes through the crossmember. Wasn't exactly easy but I didn't have the best drill for it either. 

 

The red arrows are the two holes you'll need to drill

 

I somehow lost (has since been found) the big bolt that goes through here so ended up putting a bigger one in after drilling out this hole.

 

Bracket from the front

 

That was pretty much it. Once installed I had my brother push the truck back and forth while I spun the track bar and eye balled it until my end links looked straight up and down. When I did finally get an alignment for my 4th gen steering I had the shop check it and they said it was only an 1/8th inch off. 

 

Also, I bought these dust covers 

 

All I can say is this shows how much extra room it requires and good luck lol. Danny said it takes a little persuading but I don't see how it's possible so I just left them out. 

 

Let me know if you got any any other questions! 

 

[trreed]

Sweet!  Thanks for the pics!  In addition to the death wobble, I have a nice popping sound when I turn to the left...  so this will be ordered tomorrow, and hopefully I don't have to wait that long for shipping....

As a side note, I finally got a chance to drive my truck at night with the new projectors and had the opportunity to actually level them. The pictures below don't do the quality of light justice, but show what I see versus what someone in say, a Honda Accord would see, with the dimming mirror on (view with the regular mirror is no worse than the old halogen bulbs but my camera just showed pure light)

Edited July 3, 2017 by trreed

[notlimah]

No problem man! What's weird is mine never made any noise but was all over the road. Once I put the DOR on there I had some popping for a bit but it eventually went away.

 

Those headlights look good! How much work is needed to get the projectors to fit in the housings? Any extra wiring or boxes?

[trreed]

Sometimes I hate these trucks for all their stupid quirks....

The projectors are super easy to do. The not-projector end is threaded and fits in the stock bulb hole, and the wiring comes as a kit from the retrofit source. Here's a link to @Me78569'a writeup on it, and the link to the actual kit is in there: https://mopar1973man.com/cummins/articles.html/24-valve-2nd-generation_50/55_truck-exterior/better-headlights-for-your-2nd-gen-dodge-ram-r6/

[notlimah]

Cool, wasn't sure if you used the same as him. I'll look through that to refresh my memory. 

[trreed]

Ok guys, I'm starting to get the truck ready for compounds, hopefully before the end of summer I'll have the compounds on the truck or a good idea of what I'll end up with.  I've already briefly talked with @TFaoro about this, and he recommends the 104# valve springs, and 3/8" dia x .095" wall pushrods from Manton.  Has anyone (@jlbayes)  have any experience with these or is there anything else you guys recommend?

Edited July 12, 2017 by trreed