What did you WITH your Ram this weekend

[MidnightExpre$$]

I watched the sun set on it while I smoked a cigar and drank a bourbon (or 3)...

 

[Jako]

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I watched the sun set on it while I smoked a cigar and drank a bourbon (or 3)...

Not only a Ram in common but a cigar (cohiba) and 3 bourbons (Makers Mark). Relaxed after 3 car washes and an oil change.

 

[MidnightExpre$$]

Not only a Ram in common but a cigar (cohiba) and 3 bourbons (Makers Mark). Relaxed after 3 car washes and an oil change.

I had a Ashton Cabinet Belecoso and some Russel's Reserve 13 yr (wild turkey product)

 

[HSKR R/T]

Went on a cruise with some friends, then took some photos with fall foliage with a few Nebraska Ram Club members

 

[theblet]

Not the weekend, but went check some tower stuff yesterday.

 

[Av1]

My wife and I drove up to some nearby mountains for the day. It was fun putting some sight-seeing miles on the Ram.

 

[theblet]

My wife and I drove up to some nearby mountains for the day. It was fun putting some sight-seeing miles on the Ram.
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Nice truck! What size lift and tires do you have?

 

[Av1]

Nice truck! What size lift and tires do you have?

Thanks, I appreciate that.
I have a Readylift 3.5 SST kit without using the preload spacers. Bilstein 6112's front on clip 5 and 5160's in the rear.
The tires are 295/65r20 Ridge Grapplers.

 

[Rick3478]

Trip to O'Reilly to get parts and materials for repair of old Dakota.

When dealer says fuel tank vent is not available, some of us have other ideas.
And BTW, Dorman exhaust flange stud kit makes pretty good tank strap bolts.
Research, replan, repurpose...

 

[crusher]

Went on a cruise with some friends, then took some photos with fall foliage with a few Nebraska Ram Club members View attachment 142040 View attachment 142041 View attachment 142042 View attachment 142043 View attachment 142044 View attachment 142045 View attachment 142046 View attachment 142047

nice pictures

 

[HSKR R/T]

Trip to O'Reilly to get parts and materials for repair of old Dakota.
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When dealer says fuel tank vent is not available, some of us have other ideas.
And BTW, Dorman exhaust flange stud kit makes pretty good tank strap bolts.
Research, replan, repurpose...

The vent/pressure regulator is available in aftermarket. I probably would have pulled the assembly and replaced the pump itslef while the tank was out.

 

[MidnightExpre$$]

I put it into park when I got home and saw that I had just gone over 10,000 miles.

 

[wegasque]

Technically, not the weekend yet, but I went to my casino jobsite this morning...

 

[Belvedere]

Camping, of course...

 

[boogielander]

last weekend went for a photoshoot


this weekend i started filming a walkaround and planning to start on the bed rack tomorrow.

 

[Starkhaus]

Thanks, I appreciate that.
I have a Readylift 3.5 SST kit without using the preload spacers. Bilstein 6112's front on clip 5 and 5160's in the rear.
The tires are 295/65r20 Ridge Grapplers.

I don’t mean to revive this but wanted to ask why you decided to use the ReadyLift parts along with the Bilsteins? Thinking of the same Bil setup just curious about the readylift part

 

[boogielander]

forgot this thread exists lol

last weekend put on my Inspired Overland Tent.

 

[Av1]

I don’t mean to revive this but wanted to ask why you decided to use the ReadyLift parts along with the Bilsteins? Thinking of the same Bil setup just curious about the readylift part

I wanted to use the Bilstein 6112's in lieu of the stock struts because of the additional mass of the larger tires.

The Bilstein struts set to the #8 clip position would not provide quite enough lift for me. Also, I wanted the lift without the ride stiffness the #8 clip position may have due to its maxed-out preload. Using the Readylift tophat spacer from the SST kit and setting the 6112's to the #5 clip position allowed me to have the lift I wanted without a ton of spring preload. The ride is really nice this way.

I realize using a tophat spacer with the Bilstein struts is not the best thing to do. It could be an issue for some folks because it can overextend the down travel due to the extra overall strut assembly length. This could possibly be a problem for those doing more off roading that I'll be doing. However, my truck is a pavement princess and the most off roading it will be doing is mild desert trails. So, this set-up works perfectly for me.

The rest of the Readylift SST kit was installed for the 2" rear spring spacers and the upper control arms to correct geometry.

I hope that answered your question.

 

[Starkhaus]

I wanted to use the Bilstein 6112's in lieu of the stock struts because of the additional mass of the larger tires.

The Bilstein struts set to the #8 clip position would not provide quite enough lift for me. Also, I wanted the lift without the ride stiffness the #8 clip position may have due to its maxed-out preload. Using the Readylift tophat spacer from the SST kit and setting the 6112's to the #5 clip position allowed me to have the lift I wanted without a ton of spring preload. The ride is really nice this way.

I realize using a tophat spacer with the Bilstein struts is not the best thing to do. It could be an issue for some folks because it can overextend the down travel due to the extra overall strut assembly length. This could possibly be a problem for those doing more off roading that I'll be doing. However, my truck is a pavement princess and the most off roading it will be doing is mild desert trails. So, this set-up works perfectly for me.

The rest of the Readylift SST kit was installed for the 2" rear spring spacers and the upper control arms to correct geometry.

I hope that answered your question.

Thank you for the response!

 

[wegasque]

I checked in on one of my fire station jobsites today.