What did you do to your Ram today???

[mplaramie]

Made some changes with Jscan and installed an AEM air filter.

Next are some lights.....

 

[Montana_]

Pic. Doesn't do it justice, but I gave her a pretty deep clean and detail then promptly spilled coffee in the cup holder. Love me a sunny day, clean truck, and cruising to some good music.
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lol any time I get an open lid coffee like this I put a small hand towel (I keep many in that center console) over the top of them to avoid splashing, because it never fails. Especially right after you detail.

Too bad this ain't a slot machine.
So many 7's!
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Missed opportunity for 77 mph at 7:17
Why not spring for 77 miles and 7 mpg with 77 miles left of range too?

 

[Gren71]

Made some changes with Jscan

wadid ya do?

 

[mplaramie]

wadid ya do?

Took 10 mins to change the following.
-tire size
-fog dropout with high beams
-DRL's now markers
-No seat belt chime
-checked for codes

 

[Gren71]

Took 10 mins to change the following.
-tire size
-fog dropout with high beams
-DRL's now markers
-No seat belt chime
-checked for codes

I have yet to mess with settings in jscan, but the seatbelt, drl, and fog lights, are definitely worth the time.

Ty

 

[JamRam]

The seat belt was one of the first mods I did when I got the truck.

 

[Davidbt]

I have yet to mess with settings in jscan, but the seatbelt, drl, and fog lights, are definitely worth the time.

Ty

The seat belt chime is easy. That's one of the first things I do to my trucks.

 

[boogielander]

today... drove it around to my friend's place after closing shop to drop the front down.
couldn't find the tool so ended up supervising him installing dash cam on his girlfriend's car while showing my other friends how wrong the UCA angle is on my squatmobile.

then got tired of watching my friend taking forever to install the dash cam so i ended up routing all the wires for him in 10 minutes.
then did some spring rate and preload calculation to confirm my estimate (that i came up by measuring fender to ground) of 0.5" drop in the front should get me exactly where I want in terms of preload and ride height instead of just ride height.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

The seat belt was one of the first mods I did when I got the truck.

Do you have to do this every time you get in to drive or one and done?

 

[gskowronek]

Do you have to do this every time you get in to drive or one and done?

It doesn't work on 2023+ models anymore, u need Alfa or JScan now for that

 

[PurpleRT]

Do you have to do this every time you get in to drive or one and done?

No it’s done forever.. unless you do it again to turn it back on.


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[gskowronek]

No it’s done forever.. unless you do it again to turn it back on.


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only on older models

 

[PurpleRT]

He has an 2019… might be an issue on newer ones m. Works fine on my 20 as well


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[Chris H]

I just bought mine yesterday, so of course the first thing I did to it today, was CHARGE THE BATTERY, JUMP START THE TRUCK, and TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER for service. I feel like a fool for hoping my experience would be different than so many others.

 

[weswoody2004]

Had to replace the starter a couple days back. 66,500 mi. Pretty easy change out, saved myself $400 or so by doing it myself. Happy about that for sure.

 

[Gren71]

I just bought mine yesterday, so of course the first thing I did to it today, was CHARGE THE BATTERY, JUMP START THE TRUCK, and TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER for service. I feel like a fool for hoping my experience would be different than so many others.

sorry this happened, frustrating as he11 for sure.

 

[clb]

Finally completed front bilstein 5100 strut install. Had a hiccup with upper ball joint not coming out with hammering first attempt but proper ball joint remover solved the issue easily. The hardest part was aligning the strut parallel to the upper mount for easy installation to line up the lower strut bolt. Was pain in the rear compressing the spring few times to perfect it. Circlip #3 for 1 inch lift which gives slight rake which I prefer also keeping the factory ride quality.

 

[boogielander]

well wrapped up my front end today. only took 5 hours BECAUSE I TRUSTED MATH OVER MY GUT AND I ENDED UP NOT ACHIEVING WHAT I WANT THE FIRST TIME.

Did the math involving spring rates, ride height, preload, spring length, weight, and stuff. 30 minutes of calculation said I just needed to up the preload collar by 0.25" and with the 600lb springs I put in last week I could get it back down from 41" to 40" fender to ground, so I did that instead of going with 0.5" adjustment that my gut was telling me.
This is the result:

Because... I only got 0.5" lower. UCA angle not good still after I torqued down and paint marked everything. I was not happy hence the finger. The thought of "why did I bother to mess with this in the first place" ran rampant in my mind since last weekend, and even more today. Not going to lie, the thoughts of "just drive this to the dealer and trade for a PW" was constantly crossing my mind.
Well I wasn't feeling great since morning. Long story short, contributing factors are:
1. I only slept 5 hours last night
2. Installing Baja Designs on a brand new Ford F150 Raptor 37 ended up not working, checked all my work just in case I missed something only to find out the upfitter switch fuse was broken. BROKEN, not popped. Wasted a good 30 minutes on that under the sun.
Can you believe it? BROKEN FUSE on a brand new car. No sign of fuse burning off or anything. Just broken. If I didn't see the logo I'd think that's some Auxbeam made truck.

Anyways, redid the work for the 4th time in 4 weeks. This time I decided if my gut is wrong then i'm not messing with this anymore. I'd email Anthony at Mark Dodge and get my power wagon order in.

This is how much preload there is on the passenger side. The driver side has more preload than this, compensating for driver side lean. (1" preload on the driver side, 0.75" preload on the pass side).


Well, at 7PM, I was done. 40" fender to ground in the front, 39" in the rear. At this point I'm so done I don't even know if I should chase that 1" in the back. The Clayton Offroad 2.5" JT HD springs are on the way, but I don't even know if they are better than the Carli Rebel HD springs. I like the ride quality in the rear, and I'm only messing with it for aesthetic reasons (going against my own rule: never do things just so it can look good) and hoping to gain a bit of departure angle (going with my own rule: function over form). Theoretically, the 2.5" HD springs should give me a bit more than Carli, since Carli Rebel HD spring is more like 1.5" gain instead. Oh wells I guess we shall see how I feel next week, because to be honest, it looks and rides perfectly fine like this with 885lb constant over rear axle.

So, what have we learned today? We learned:

• The general 1:2 ratio for preload vs ride height is mostly accurate, spring rate used does not affect anything.
• When you've been doing this as a professional, there are things that you just know. Your experience/ gut tells you things that are right. Don't try to get all scientific about it and use math to find the answer, even though this is the first Ram truck that needed spring change (all my other customers are running empty so their spring rates are fine). My gut was telling me adjust 0.5" while math was telling me to adjust 0.25". I could've saved myself round 2 had I listened to my gut. So, experiences trump everything. Listen to experience.
• Don't be buying Ford Wraptors. Those are no good. Sorry @Waterfowler41
• Follow rule number 1: do not do things for aesthetic reasons when functionality is good. Doing things for aesthetic reasons will guarantee headaches to follow.

oh, and for anyone wondering: with 600lb springs, cranking preload collar while coilover is not off the truck (suspension full droop, wheel taken off) will lead to disaster. I tried to do that and the collar jumped and skipped the thread (despite applying lube liberally beforehand). Had to remove the coilover, compressed the spring, and force turn the collar all the way to the top to reseat the collar. Luckily I did not damage any thread.

 

[clb]

well wrapped up my front end today. only took 5 hours BECAUSE I TRUSTED MATH OVER MY GUT AND I ENDED UP NOT ACHIEVING WHAT I WANT THE FIRST TIME.

Did the math involving spring rates, ride height, preload, spring length, weight, and stuff. 30 minutes of calculation said I just needed to up the preload collar by 0.25" and with the 600lb springs I put in last week I could get it back down from 41" to 40" fender to ground, so I did that instead of going with 0.5" adjustment that my gut was telling me.
This is the result:

Because... I only got 0.5" lower. UCA angle not good still after I torqued down and paint marked everything. I was not happy hence the finger. The thought of "why did I bother to mess with this in the first place" ran rampant in my mind since last weekend, and even more today. Not going to lie, the thoughts of "just drive this to the dealer and trade for a PW" was constantly crossing my mind.

Anyways, redid the work for the 4th time in 4 weeks.

What a headache! Having done the suspendion suspension just yestetday myself redoing the spring compression several times to position it correct was annoying as it is.
It was my first time doing any kind of suspension work so during some stages same thoughts crossed my mind "why bother doing all this work for 1 inch lift?" Lol
At least its Sunday to take a breather and relax

P.s. jealous you have access to a lift xD

 

[wickedmopar]

Yesterday was a good day. Installed bed step, K&N intake, and OEM front tow hook kit.

All easy to do, but man some of those bolts are torqued like WTF. I did remove the air damn to get to the bolts for the tow hooks, made it much easier.