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    Picked up a '04 Dodge Ram

    Nice clean truck. Deep Molten Red, 5.7 Hemi, auto, 6" suspension lift, 35" tires, super clean interior. Fresh inspection/emissions, new front rotors and pads. Eventually will find a trailer for car.

    Stupid grill inserts gotta go. Only thing done to truck I hate.
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    2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
    2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v

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    nice i am picking up my 06 hemi ram monday got sick on the sick 4.7 ram

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    Sweet ride Ed ... I love my dodge truck (also makes a good back up ;) )

    Byh the way, I have a 6" drop hitch for mine to work with the car hauler ... What the heck are you going to use with that?
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    Nice looking truck for sure! Good luck with it...looks like you did pretty good...

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    nice truck!!!!

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    Thanks I do like it. Needs some clean up with all the excess wax from detail guy at dealer. Black trim needs cleaned with Mothers Back to Black or similer product. Plus the damn tire shine dealer used is thick and all over sides of truck now

    Need to replace grill surround as chrome at top at hood is worn to the plastic. Not sure what previous owner cleaned truck with but is wasn't friendly to chromed plastic. Probably get bedliner out and look into a spray in liner done. For steps I like the look of the N-Fab stuff. Wheel to wheel rocker hugging bar with step coming down.

    Bob the hitch is alreadly a dropped style unit. Can get up to 10" drop reciever if need be. I'll have to look at trailers sitting level and see how high tongue is from ground.
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    2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
    2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v

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    Got the grill inserts off and now looks so much better. Spent free time between working on my dads truck to clean as much wax from the black trim. Got all the excess tire shine off tires. Wiped down interior. I think the used same stuff on tires on the interior. Fn greasy crap.
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    2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
    2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v

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    Very Nice truck. Love mine except the gas mileage.
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    Got the old nerf bar brackets off. What a pain as every bolt seemd to spin. Had to sawzall a few off and last bracket I was able to just snap nuts off with wrench.

    Ended up getting a set of gloss black N-Fab cab length bars. They are 3" tube up tight to rocker with step coming off tube. Ended up with my lift the step is perfect height from ground. No more jumping up into cab

    Put up pics tommorrow as it was too dark to take pics by time I was done and took care of few other little things.
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    2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
    2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v

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    Nice truck! I like the color. It would look good all polished up!!


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    Rob

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    Looks good. I would paint the fender flairs silver or the botom of the truck black.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ares View Post
    Stupid grill inserts gotta go.
    x11tybillion

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    Side with N-Fab bars on. Again worked out to be perfect height for step. Things are simple to install just wish old brackets were as easy to take off.



    Had to replace both tailpipe rubber hangers. They broke on way home yesterday. Had new ones but figured they would make it to weekend.

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    2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
    2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v

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    Looks good Ed !

    Also likely answered a question. The nerf's was on my truck when I bought it. Sort of thought they was on the wrong sides (backwards), you pics seem to confirm that (notice step pads to the rear) ...

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