What did you do to your Ram today???

[Burns1200]

What rims are those look great!

Thanks! They're Fast HD Menace

 

[1.21gigawatts]

Added some core rear end links yesterday. Wish I didn’t go with the green. Oh well. One issue with them. It you use the factor nut that is attached to the frame using their new bolt it has play. However they do provide a large bolt and nut for the upper mounting location. Have to remove the nut that is tack welded on. For now I used the smaller bolt. Waiting for a cooler day and will tackle that. Since the rear is lifted 2inch I went with the 2inch lifted end links. These are the street series ones. Supper beefy. Almost wonder if they sent me the track series on accident.

Nah man. They just sent you the wrong top bolt And/or wrong top sleeve. I went thru a bunch of hardware with Core for these. They have one that is the correct size and length. Give em a buzz or email and they’ll get the right ones out to you. I had the same exact problem with the first batch of hardware they sent. But when they fixed it, I used the captured nut and the right bolts when they sent em with 1 washer and it’s exactly the right length.

I actually have the sleeves for those bushings that you need if you can’t get em outta them, lemme know. I’ll give em to ya. You just push out the 12mm sleeves and push these new 10mm ones back in.

The Green does look cool tho! Jumps out!

 

[MurphBigHorn]

Nah man. They just sent you the wrong top bolt And/or wrong top sleeve. I went thru a bunch of hardware with Core for these. They have one that is the correct size and length. Give em a buzz or email and they’ll get the right ones out to you. I had the same exact problem with the first batch of hardware they sent. But when they fixed it, I used the captured nut and the right bolts when they sent em with 1 washer and it’s exactly the right length.

I actually have the sleeves for those bushings that you need if you can’t get em outta them, lemme know. I’ll give em to ya. You just push out the 12mm sleeves and push these new 10mm ones back in.

The Green does look cool tho! Jumps out!

Now that you say it. That makes sense. It is definitely the wrong sleeve. Thank you for the info. Ill shoot them a email.

 

[Belvedere]

Now that you say it. That makes sense. It is definitely the wrong sleeve. Thank you for the info. Ill shoot them a email.

That's odd. I bought mine last year, and they sent me the correct stuff and made it sound like that's all they were going to ship going forward.

 

[TalleyHo]

The truck got the first wash and wax last night. And the rain dance worked - we got a little bit of rain here in North Texas. I added an Undercover Armor bed cover and Havoc HS2's today. Now, I just have to wait for these tires to wear down so I can lift it and ditch these god awful 22's.

This didn't come w/ running boards from the factory. Getting the nuts on those mounting studs gave the impact a work out. Good jump air compressor!

Perhaps some bed lights are in the not so distant future, but that is pocket change compared to the bed cover and bars.

 

[MikeyHo808]

Added some core rear end links yesterday. Wish I didn’t go with the green. Oh well. One issue with them. It you use the factor nut that is attached to the frame using their new bolt it has play. However they do provide a large bolt and nut for the upper mounting location. Have to remove the nut that is tack welded on. For now I used the smaller bolt. Waiting for a cooler day and will tackle that. Since the rear is lifted 2inch I went with the 2inch lifted end links. These are the street series ones. Supper beefy. Almost wonder if they sent me the track series on accident.

I had the right size bolts and sleeves, just they were too long. The washer provided took up the extra space. I later recieved a bunch of hardware from Hellwig for the end links and those fixed the issue with the bolts. Seems a hit and a miss with Core, but their customer service is pretty good. I was even missing the stickers in the original purchase and they sent me a while bunch of them a few days later.

 

[Belvedere]

I had the right size bolts and sleeves, just they were too long. The washer provided took up the extra space. I later recieved a bunch of hardware from Hellwig for the end links and those fixed the issue with the bolts. Seems a hit and a miss with Core, but their customer service is pretty good. I was even missing the stickers in the original purchase and they sent me a while bunch of them a few days later.

Oh, I forgot I had to add a washer too.

 

[Idahoktm]

This didn't come w/ running boards from the factory. Getting the nuts on those mounting studs gave the impact a work out. Good jump air compressor!

It's because the studs have paint on them. A few of mine had so much paint on them, the nuts started to cross thread. I had to run a die over the threads to clean off the paint. If your impact wrench was struggling, you may have cross threaded some of them.

 

[Waterfowler41]

Took the truck out to re-aim all my light bars now that i have my ss42 installed

 

[Duran]

I finally got my Ram back after 10 weeks in dealer shop. Exhaust manifold, driveshaft and full rear axle replaced, as well as both side mirrors. Then put 275/65r20 recon grapplers(4ply) with some built to serve rims I polished up.
Love having my truck back, was way to long

What was the issue woth the axle

 

[Duran]

Added some chase lights. Or should I say, a state of the art tailgater deterrent system?

Lights are Strands Siberia RP’s. They have the option to run either an amber or red DRL similar to how my A pillar lights have the amber or white DRL.

Brackets are a universal style chase light bracket made by GODZ MFG. These brackets have two mounting points per side and the design allows for both a light and antenna to be mounted if desired. I mainly went with these because they work with most tonneau covers on the market.

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Annoying question. How was the install and where did you instal the switch

 

[Duran]

Installed the 100% BOLT ON GoRhino Ceros roof rack this week. Super easy install! Time to throw a new light bar on the truck!

Great vid. Do you have one on your lights install

 

[TheWaterman83]

Last week did an Amazon folding bed-step. Seems decent for $300 less than Mopar and essentially a copy. Yesterday I installed the SpeedForm Throttle Controller.

 

[Steele713]

What was the issue woth the axle

Axle failure. Had a whine coming from the back and a clicking sound. Thought it was a wheel bearing. They found metal shavings in diff, so when that happens they replace entire axle they said

 

[WasatchBack]

Added some core rear end links yesterday. Wish I didn’t go with the green. Oh well. One issue with them. It you use the factor nut that is attached to the frame using their new bolt it has play. However they do provide a large bolt and nut for the upper mounting location. Have to remove the nut that is tack welded on. For now I used the smaller bolt. Waiting for a cooler day and will tackle that. Since the rear is lifted 2inch I went with the 2inch lifted end links. These are the street series ones. Supper beefy. Almost wonder if they sent me the track series on accident.

Offtopic here - but details on fitting a 35 in the spare location would be massively appreciated. Don't recall any posts on it.

 

[jimothy]

Offtopic here - but details on fitting a 35 in the spare location would be massively appreciated. Don't recall any posts on it.

I think you’ll find people are doing one or more of these:

1. Moving or removing the heat shield.
2. Cutting down the inside of the hitch receiver
3. Airing down the spare

I did the second and third, though airing down only made a small difference. This was enough to just barely fit my 34.6 diameter tire.

The other thing I did, shown in the third photo, is use a single hub centric wheel spacers to better fit the spare on the hanger.

(Incidentally, I debated getting 285/75R18 instead of 295/70R10. The math puts these at 34.8” and 34.3”, but Yokohama specs then at 35.1” and 34.6”. That extra half inch would have been tricky to fit, so I’m glad I went with 295.)

 

[Eighty]

Offtopic here - but details on fitting a 35 in the spare location would be massively appreciated. Don't recall any posts on it.

Here's one.

35 Inch Spare

Some guys were asking how to mount a 35 inch spare in the spare tire location. First remove the heat shields. Then you'll have a bare area. After that your enemy is the rear track bar and on the other side is the tow hitch. You will need to air the spare way down. I'm always airing up and...

5thgenrams.com

 

[Biggiehorn]

Annoying question. How was the install and where did you instal the switch

Not annoying at all. Install was a breeze, but these particular brackets do require two small holes per side to be drilled into the bulkhead and they are held in place with rivets. Many look away for that reason, but I can tell you that they’re very secure.

I have these lights wired into my Auxbeam switch panel, so no separate switch or anything like that was used.

Here is the bracket install video from GODZ. Very straightforward install.

 

[Waterfowler41]

Great vid. Do you have one on your lights install

I just dropped a video today covering the ss42 install on the ceros rack.

 

[Idahoktm]

Last week did an Amazon folding bed-step. Seems decent for $300 less than Mopar and essentially a copy. Yesterday I installed the SpeedForm Throttle Controller.

It's not a copy, it's made out of cheap Chinese steel and it will rust. You can get the OEM step for $300 from your dealer with the 15% off coupon.