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What did you do to your Ram today???

I got some new tires to go on my new take-offs to fit under my previously installed level/lift.
Installation is scheduled for Tuesday.

Hankook Dynapro AT2 Xtreme RF12, 295/70r18

I found the tires for a reasonable cost and 10% off.
The wheels were priced reasonably too 😌, but the drive to get them wasn't 😞.

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I got my wheels and tires installed.

I could only go up to 2600mm on the wheel circumference before I disabled my auto high-beams and lane sense. My speedo is only 1 mph slow at 60 mph, so it's close enough. It was about 4 mph slow.
The new TPMS sensors connected within 4 miles.
They suit my style much better than the 20s.

Even for an E rated tire, they ride much better than I expected compared to the Duelers.

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Started installing Baja Designs fog light kit (S2s). Got the passenger side done then had to pick the kiddo up from school. Went with amber outer and clear inner light…looks pretty good imo.
 
I got my wheels and tires installed.

I could only go up to 2600mm on the wheel circumference before I disabled my auto high-beams and lane sense. My speedo is only 1 mph slow at 60 mph, so it's close enough. It was about 4 mph slow.
The new TPMS sensors connected within 4 miles.
They suit my style much better than the 20s.

Even for an E rated tire, they ride much better than I expected compared to the Duelers.

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The tires take up a little more room in the wheel wells. Looks better. What size wheel and tires?
 
Thanks brother! Also, I noticed your signature said you’re looking for a bed cover; I can’t recommend my Undercover Ultra Flex enough! It’s been perfect for almost 3 years now
appreciate that! i’ll do some research on undercover tonight. had been looking at a truxedo x15…
 
The tires take up a little more room in the wheel wells. Looks better. What size wheel and tires?
Thanks.
The wheels are 18x8, OEM Night Edition Rebel new take-offs.
The tires are 295/70 r18, Hankook Dynapro AT2 Xtreme RF12.
 
No, but interested in seeing more if you do. They only show these with RamBoxes. Was thinking my standard bed lights angled forward more than their photos show.
Update. The bed lights are still on the way, tho are a little suspect now that I got the rambox lights and while the housings look the same and there CLEARLY more leds in them, the connector sockets are not compatible with the truck. AND they tell you to bend the pins to make them fit. (Not what I’d call “plug and play”.) But even if you can do that w/o breaking them which I did, they still sit on a base too proud inside the housing socket to let the connector snap in. I got them to light up and they are a ton brighter, but I’m not taping that together when they say plug and play.

Pics to show what I mean. I’ll update with the bed lights when they show up.

This is the after market one:
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And this is the oem one:
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The pins sit so much deeper in the oem light you can barely see them. So the plug won’t go into the after markets all the way.

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After market left, Oem rt

Shoddy, returnt.
 
Got my light pods wired up for the new bumper today. Using factory dog light switch to control them.

Bought these off Amazon because it was just easier than going to karrs tire hoping they may have them
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Had to shave off one of the tabs to fit into factory dog light connector. Quick work from a razor blade. Then soldered the two wires to the wire harness on the Rough Country light pods in place of the supplied switch. If anyone else wants to do this, the red wire on H11 plug goes to black on rough country light harness, and black goes to the blue wire. This let's the factory dog light switch trigger the relay in the RC light harness. There is a lot of extra wire that is zip ties up behind the bumper. Thankfully the guy who made the bumper added a lot of holes for the push in fasteners for factory park sensor harness so there were some for the light pods harness.


Getting a light bar for the bull bar tomorrow. Will have to decide what I want to do with that for control.

Picture to show the flush mount light pods. PXL_20230109_224652632.jpg
 
Started installing Baja Designs fog light kit (S2s). Got the passenger side done then had to pick the kiddo up from school. Went with amber outer and clear inner light…looks pretty good imo.

I think I like those better than the Diode Dynamics SSC3 fogs I just installed (though I’m very happy with them). The SSC3 are 3” pods in a 2x2 pattern. These Baja’s look like they’d give a much wider throw, and better illuminate the sides. And I like that they fit the OEM LED fog light housing, where the SSC3s require replacing the housing with the OEM halogen fog trim.

Plus, it gives you the option of a white/amber combo, though I would have gone all amber anyway.

On the other hand, they’re significantly more expensive (I paid $380, including the replacement trim), and it seems the Baja lights may be on back order?

Diode Dynamics should consider making similar brackets to fit their SSC2 pods (1x2).
 

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