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What did you do to your Ram today???

Hit a massive lightning storm on the express way. Big chunks of hail, thought it was going to total the truck. Got lucky and was able to get under the overpass. Absolutely insane stuff.
yea, I got scared Friday night it started to hail for about 15 minutes while I was still at work. Luckily not big enough to leave any dents.
 
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Went camping in 35mph wind and 55mph gust.
GFC took it all really well.

Also chaperone new customers at the shop for some trail runs and showed them what proper suspension setup (non LT) can do in the desert while playing with different adjuster settings.
Went through some choppy sections at 55mph that would've sucked for sure with my sagging previous springs but with the new springs and new adjuster settings the truck just wanted more (and faster) i was even catching up to the 3rd gen with Carli Dominator. I think something's not right with that lol i need to rerun another section that I ran with my old springs to confirm it.

Went through some medium sized whoops at 40mph and not once did I rub the fender liner or bottomed out. I'd rubbed the crap out of liner and bottomed out so many times with the old springs.

Big whoops were fine no rub or bottom out but massive seesawing effect made me slow down. Probably could've gone fast but I wasn't trying to push it with trips every weekend planned this month.
 
Was going to do a soft reset/reboot of my UConnect system before driving today, but checked the Off Road pages and they had healed whatever software disfunction came with the last update. For once, doing nothing was a good thing.

So just drove to the hardware store for a couple items I needed. I should start a new thread on one of the mods I am having trouble figuring out, probably get to it in about a week. I'm kind of on critical path for a competition this weekend.
 
Swapped out the OE battery after I had to NocoBoost the truck about a half hour ago. Luckily it was in my driveway and I had the AGM I bought a couple months ago in the garage ready to go (four and a half years on the original was beginning to make me a little nervous).
 
New wheels, tires and suspension installed! Took it for a hoon up a logging road with a ton of washboard and potholes and the truck feels more stable and planted. On-road is improved too, slightly stiffer than stock so the front end doesn't weave and bop or dive during braking.

Wheels: Method 305NV 18" -12 offset
Tires: Toyo ATIII 295/70R18
Struts: Bilstein 6112, Clip 8
Upper Control Arms: BDS

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