What did you do to your Ram today???

[HemiDude]

It‘s definitely something.
Not really good for us up here is BC . No snow pack means less moisture, dryer conditions and more forest fires!
The last few years have been brutal up here for that.

I'm sure. I realize you are no where near Ohio, but we had an entire month of smoke and smog here this past summer from Canadian fires, I hope you guys all get a solid month of snow in Janauary . Plus, makes for some enjoyable winter sports

 

[SShadow1974]

Yeah, I'm in the Fraser Valley and I could almost go out and mow the lawn. Not that I mind the lack of snow... But the higher elevations sure could use it.

 

[Murphy5156]

After replacing all six of my speakers earlier this week, today I had to pull the driver’s side door panel off again because I could hear the window hitting something when I put it down. Figured it was the wiring harness clip so I removed the new speaker, used a zip tie to keep the harness closer to the speaker and put everything back together. I think that fixed it.

 

[boogielander]

Well I’m a few days late, but Santa dropped these off after a couple custom touches to match my truck’s theme, I’ll be throwing them on. I helped install a set of 2.5” Kings last month and they handle everything pretty great - although maybe a little stiff for me. These Fox coilovers for the BDS 6” lift run a 2” longer coil with a lighter rate than the Kings and feature Dual Speed Adjusters instead of a single mid speed adjuster on the Kings. Plus I’ve heard Fox’s baseline tuning is a bit more plush than King’s for these trucks. So hopefully that means I’ll love these shocks! I’m still going to call around to professional shock tuning shops to see if they’d recommend any revalving or swapping coils to get maximum ride quality and performance before I install them. I wanted these for so long I rather pay a tiny bit extra to ensure I get my moneys worth. Buy once cry once haha View attachment 173713

congrats bud!
For on road I recommend maxing out the small knob and leave the big knob at 1 click. Plushy yet has enough support to take corners with speed!

Also get one of these: Fox DSC Adjustment Helper Knob
These are game changer!

 

[boogielander]

Happy New Year 5th Gen Rams!
Nothing beating starting the year with some desert action.


Spent day before New Years Eve at Alabama Hills

Spent New Years Eve at Trona Pinnacles

Better pictures to come later!

 

[SShadow1974]

Damn, looks like you're on Mars... If Mars had blue sky, anyways. I would love to camp in a place that beautiful. What time of night did you take those pics that you got the stars as well? Or what kind of awesome camera did you use?

 

[boogielander]

Damn, looks like you're on Mars... If Mars had blue sky, anyways. I would love to camp in a place that beautiful. What time of night did you take those pics that you got the stars as well? Or what kind of awesome camera did you use?

Trona Pinnacles is known for that Mars-like landscape. Usually that area is quite windy but we got lucky.
First night's pictures were taken around 11pm-ish when I came out from the GFC to take a leak and discovered the moon was out (I was inside the GFC with diesel heater keeping the camper at a cozy 60F while watching Reacher because we burned all the firewood by 8PM lol)
Second night's pictures were taken right after count down.

All the above pictures were taken with iphone 15 pro max with 10s exposure. There are still signs that the pictures were taken with phone as some areas are blended. I'm working on the DSLR pictures now.

 

[SShadow1974]

Wow, great pictures from an iPhone. I'm not much of a photographer myself, so I'd never get results like that!

 

[Rock Crawler]

Happy New Year 5th Gen Rams!
Nothing beating starting the year with some desert action.
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I see you went rock crawling. Easy……… don’t overdo it.

 

[Insanity]

I'm sure. I realize you are no where near Ohio, but we had an entire month of smoke and smog here this past summer from Canadian fires, I hope you guys all get a solid month of snow in Janauary . Plus, makes for some enjoyable winter sports

That smoke was brutal down here in OH and I went up into MI it was way worse.

 

[boogielander]

I see you went rock crawling. Easy……… don’t overdo it.

I need solid axle for that!

jokes aside I was too lazy to break out the leveling blocks. Funny thing is the first rock I stacked broke into pieces when I put the tire on it LOL

 

[boogielander]

So 3 hours and crashing my PC 3 times later here are some high res photos with captions:

My home away from home. The box on the left is diesel heater. Much better heat source than propane heater. I run the hose to the side door on the tent and with the GFC floor panels moved to the side I have standing space inside the camper. The camper and tent lights are LGBW. I also have the starlink mounted to the roof of GFC.

We had KBBQ at camp. Pork jowl and pork belly were on the menu for the night.

First time attempted long exposure pano shots. This is 5 different shots of 20s each.

Leaving camp. That butt shot

My front end is trashed from last week's Mojave run lol

The reason why it took me 3 hours to edit these photos and my PC crashed 3 times: This shot is done with 20 vertical photos stitched together. I need a bigger C drive on my PC lol

Almost got stuck in the soft sand there. Was on full 40psi; I gave little gas and I wasn't going anywhere so I gave some more, then I started digging. Ended up putting in 4H and let the front end do the work.

My attempt to write 2024. If y'all remember my post from a year ago


Second attempt at night time pano. Wind was picking up and it was freezing cold so I didn't spend a lot of time on composing the shots. This was 6 vertical shots pieced together.

If you're interested to see all 235 shots please go here: Boogielander shared 235 photos with you

 

[Poundfoolish_ZA]

On Saturday I installed a Kicker Hideaway 10" sub behind the rear seat. More work than I anticipated but straight forward none the less.

 

[SKT Customs]

congrats bud!
For on road I recommend maxing out the small knob and leave the big knob at 1 click. Plushy yet has enough support to take corners with speed!

Also get one of these: Fox DSC Adjustment Helper Knob
These are game changer!

Thanks man! I’m definitely getting that adjuster knob haha the high speed adjuster feels like it’s welded in place

 

[ferraiolo1]

And the actual billet preload adjuster tool. The little adapter is a pita to use. It’s worth the $50

But I washed the mud and salt off just for the forum

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[ferraiolo1]

One of these guys. They have four different sizes I believe.

https://www.4wheelparts.com/p/fox-2...spanner-wrench-803-00-732/_/R-BKTK-803-00-732


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[boogielander]

Thanks man! I’m definitely getting that adjuster knob haha the high speed adjuster feels like it’s welded in place

oh yeah.
just don't do max both of them for on road. I left mine like that last week because it was caked in mud and i had back-to-back trips so I didn't bother to and it rode so stiff that I had to stop half way on Saturday to crank it back down lol

 

[boogielander]

And the actual billet preload adjuster tool. The little adapter is a pita to use. It’s worth the $50

But I washed the mud and salt off just for the forum

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that's only if you're going to adjust the preload.
Usually I recommend using a spring compressor to compress the springs, loosen the set screw, spray a lot of WD-40 on the threads, and can easily do it with barehand once the spring is compressed and there's no tension.

 

[SKT Customs]

that's only if you're going to adjust the preload.
Usually I recommend using a spring compressor to compress the springs, loosen the set screw, spray a lot of WD-40 on the threads, and can easily do it with barehand once the spring is compressed and there's no tension.

Good to know. I have to back my preload off two full turns to get the height I want (5.5”)

 

[ferraiolo1]

Correct. But this is quicker and easier, just have to jack up the truck and lube the threads to dial in the ride height.


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