What did you do to your Ram today???

[1.21gigawatts]

Finally installed the hellwig 7709. Couldn’t find the confirmed torque setting for the sway bar to end links other than a few sites say 50lbs. Is that right?

50 lbs is what Core 4x4 recommends for their end links... seems pretty standard for the type of bolts that are there in the stock hardware too. I can't imagine Hellwig would recommend anything too different if at all.

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Got her up on the lift at my mechanic's shop and got to retorque and grease all the Core4x4 parts. Everything was still tight within a few lbs.
i also realized my spare is the dreaded Wildpeak AT3Wa which i think i knew that, but i forgot.

BTW the orange-paint-over-orange-plastidip on my hellwig held up perfectly thru its first boston winter. Not bad!

 

[Slutzk]

what brand did you get?

Gator! love it! tested with water hose and it does a pretty good job! i put an extra seal just in case and that REALLY helped it. would recommend it to anyone. Got it from @Realtruck .com! fantastic folks to work with and customer service was great. will defiantly order from them again. also got a discount when talking to rep.

 

[Realtruck]

Dropped in the S&B CAI with my morning coffee. If anything is actually gained at least it looks nice !
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Sure does look nice! Keep us posted.

 

[gskowronek]

All personal preference to be honest. I prefer the look with these caliper covers that have the small details on them opposed to painting the stock ones. There are some caliper covers that look cheap, but I don’t feel the rough country ones look cheap.
As for heat, the back of these covers are open, I don’t see it holding in much heat. I drove around a good bit yesterday after installing and the covers weren’t too hot to touch.

Has anyone installed AOOA caliper covers?
Pic below is from amazon, not mine.
I'm thinking of black ones with white Mopar txt.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Has anyone installed AOOA caliper covers?
Pic below is from amazon, not mine.
I'm thinking of black ones with white Mopar txt.
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There isn't a single caliper cover that doesn't look like a cheap cover. Not a fan personally

 

[denjen]

Decided on the Ram full length running boards. I got them at a local dealer for $616 which was not a terrible price.

 

[Redz72]

Decided on the Ram full length running boards. I got them at a local dealer for $616 which was not a terrible price.

That’s actually a great price for the wheel to wheel factory boards! Well done sir

 

[ramButz]

was adding some new mods to the ram.as I was finishing up,my neighbor across the street saw it and came up to me to tell me how much he liked it and could he help.tried to take a photo of him,but he was so excited he gave me and his owner a big kiss.i will post the mod later.hope you enjoy these photo of the little fella

 

[HemiDude]

Decided on the Ram full length running boards. I got them at a local dealer for $616 which was not a terrible price.

Was that price installed, or just for the boards? Either way those are good boards, had them on my last Ram. I do wish Ram offered their other boards wheel-to-wheel

 

[bigdodge]

Decided on the Ram full length running boards. I got them at a local dealer for $616 which was not a terrible price.

I like the wheel to wheel running boards.

 

[denjen]

that was just for the boards. I saw different style on a 2500 I liked; but obviously couldn't get them for 1500....

What took the longest time installing was cleaning the paint off the studs. Had to chuckle the instructions said run a die on the threads prior to mounting...... Well can't remember the last time I used a tap/die set and for the price they could have included one.

 

[HemiDude]

that was just for the boards. I saw different style on a 2500 I liked; but obviously couldn't get them for 1500....

What took the longest time installing was cleaning the paint off the studs. Had to chuckle the instructions said run a die on the threads prior to mounting...... Well can't remember the last time I used a tap/die set and for the price they could have included one.

The die suggestion is just to make sure you can get accurate torque specs (if you are even that concerned with it). Curious what 2500 boards you liked, do you have a pic?

 

[boogielander]

was adding some new mods to the ram.as I was finishing up,my neighbor across the street saw it and came up to me to tell me how much he liked it and could he help.tried to take a photo of him,but he was so excited he gave me and his owner a big kiss.i will post the mod later.hope you enjoy these photo of the little fella

need more pics of the little fella!

 

[Waterfowler41]

Has anyone installed AOOA caliper covers?
Pic below is from amazon, not mine.
I'm thinking of black ones with white Mopar txt.
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I had the rough country ones which are rebranded aooa’a. They looked good for caliper covers. I had to grind the brackets down a bit but they looked good behind my black wheels. Best picture I could find with them installed.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

I had the rough country ones which are rebranded aooa’a. They looked good for caliper covers. I had to grind the brackets down a bit but they looked good behind my black wheels

glad to see you still hanging around even though you joined the dark side

 

[Waterfowler41]

glad to see you still hanging around even though you joined the dark side

Haha and on a cruise! Popped in and saw a topic I had experience with.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

Haha and on a cruise! Popped in and saw a topic I had experience with.

oh wow, have a good time and watch out for bridges!

 

[boogielander]

oh wow, have a good time and watch out for bridges!

 

[Redz72]

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