MYoung84's 2012 Power Wagon Build Thread

[ramthis9501]

Nice!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Badass

[myoung84]

Happy birthday to my Power Wagon! 13k miles and a lot of money later, I'm happy with how it's coming along. It sure is a lot less shiny than the day I drove it home!

Here are my year to date mods:

JBA Titanium Headers
Magnaflow 14" Muffler & Y Pipe
LMI Mid Tube Intake with Drop-in K&N Filter
Moe's Ported Throttle Body
BT Oil Catch Can
XD Addict 18" Rims with Toyo A/T II 285/65/18 Tires
Carli Track Bar
Carli Front Diff Guard
DT Profab Steering Brace
Viair Twin 400C On-board Air with 3 Gallon Tank
Bestop PowerBoards
RollBak Bed Cover
Mopar Electric Tailgate Lock
Powder Coated Bumpers
Randy Ellis Lightbar with 4 Hella 500FF Lights
Retroshop Custom Painted Headlights with Projectors
3000k HID Fog Lights with Lamin-x Tint
CREE LED Reverse Lights
Heated Front Seats
OEM AUX Switch Panel
Hardwired Locker Bypass
Pioneer AVH-P3200DVD Headunit
Front & Rear Cameras
All new Alpine Speakers and 10" Type R Sub
Alpine 4 Channel and Mono Subwoofer Amp
Lots of Recovery Gear and Bed Mounted Hi-Lift


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[0212353]

very nice Morgan!!

[(S.M.R) 101]

That's awesome dude..

I'm coming up on a year... February 1st is when I bought mine

[myoung84]

Time flies by these days!

Jeremy, after looking at all my mods, I have to say my new headlights are #1! :D

[0212353]

thats tits dude!!!

[myoung84]

Newest mod: new rear lights from the Retro Shop! Got these mounted last night but didn't have time to wire them up. I was wanting to install them further out but the bumper blocks too much of the light output. This is also as far out as they can go because of the spare tire winch access hole. I temporarily powered them up last night and they light up my whole garage pretty well, I think they will work great as secondary backup lights. Rather than wire them to stock reverse lights, I am going to put them on one of my AUX switches in the cab. I think they are a little too much to use as reverse lights all the time. Also, having them on a switch will be good for tailgaters. :D

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[0212353]

now I have to get mine in! LOL

I looked at that spot again today, good god there is NO room there!

[myoung84]

No there's not. And these just barely clear the tailgate when you open it.

[(S.M.R) 101]

That's wicked Morgan. What about the light bar? did you get it yet

[myoung84]

Nope, not yet. Jeremy?

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Those are badass dude.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Very nice man, I like that!

[0212353]

Nope, not yet. Jeremy?

I emailed them yesterday (late) - got a response today that it should be there now. Along with about 60 other shipments they got (customs held a SHITLOAD of their stuff). So, then I said........"so dig it the hell out and ship please"

:yuno:

So, any day here bud!

[myoung84]

LOL. Thanks Jeremy!

I had planned on doing some wiring tonight, but it's been raining all damn day. Maybe tomorrow...

[0212353]

yeah, it was nice here this morning..........then around 3 it started getting dark.........at 430 it was a torrential downpour.

[Matt]

that looks sharp i've always thought about doing something like that .. how deep are those? jeremey pm me how much for a couple of them if you don't mind ...

[Matt]

wanna sell the second high lift? lol

[myoung84]

Front and rear LED lighting is done! Got the front LED bar wired to one of my OEM Switch panel buttons and the rear LED's are wired to a second button. Can't wait for sundown!

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[DoubleTakeDodge]

I like it! Looks awesome man!

[0212353]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[myoung84]

Thanks guys!

[(S.M.R) 101]

Oh hell yes dude!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I love auxiliary lighting.

[ramthis9501]

Badass! Looks good dude!

[Matt]

looks great morgan

[myoung84]

Thanks!

[myoung84]

Output shots! Pics really doesn't do this light or my HID projectors justice. First pic is my 35W projectors, 2nd pic adds the LED light bar. Third pic is the auxiliary backup lights. Sorry for the blurry pics, didn't realize they were so bad until I got them on the computer.

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[0212353]

kinda wonder if you aimed that LED bar a bit higher what that would look like ;)

Freakin' neato shit though man. I REALLY need to find some time to get the backup lights on, after seeing how they light up the front - its freakin' amazing for what they really are.

[myoung84]

If I wasn't on a nasty muddy road, I would have gotten out and played with the aiming a little. I'll do that soon. The rear lights were a big help too. I had to back up about 100 yards to get back on pavement. The mud was pretty nasty and I needed all the light I could get. If I wasn't going to pick up my Chilis-to-go, I would have played in the mud some more. :D

[0212353]

LOL

hell yeah man!

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Very nice man! That's pretty cool!

[myoung84]

Thanks James!

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I'm jealous lol. Your truck just keeps gettin nicer!

[(S.M.R) 101]

I'm jealous lol. Your truck just keeps gettin nicer!

x100

[Matt]

is that a flood pattern?

[0212353]

mixed. flood / spot

[myoung84]

Drove the truck to work this morning so I figure I'd get some pics with all the lights on. Only thing missing is the high beams, but with the reflector bowl painted black, they are pretty much useless. I have long term plans of installing strobe lights where the high beams are. I also aimed the LED bar up a little more so it should be even better than before.

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[0212353]

holy fack! :D

[(S.M.R) 101]

pure sex dude

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Nice!! And I like the strobe idea!

[myoung84]

I probably would rarely use them, but they would be cool to have. It's not high on the list though...

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

What fog hids?

[Matt]

I like it

[myoung84]

Thanks Matt!

Fogs are 3000k 35w.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Hey Morgan, I'm trying to rewire the on board air compressor on my brother's jeep but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to that. Is there any way you could post a simple wiring diagram of how you did yours so I can get some kind of idea about what I'm doing? I would greatly appreciate it!

[myoung84]

I'll post up something for you tomorrow, I'm out of town and only have my phone.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Alright man, that'd be awesome. I really appreciate it. I for got to mention in the post that it is a belt driven compressor, I don't know if that makes a difference though

[myoung84]

That's going to make a big difference. Do you know how the clutch is activated?

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I'm not entirely sure what that means. I know very little about compressors. I know it's a belt driven air compressor with a pressure shutoff switch as well as a switch to completely shut off the compressor so that it will not recharge when the switch is off. Does that help any?

[myoung84]

That helps. I'll do some digging and see how the electrical internals of the compressor are wired. It's a lot like an A/C compressor where the pulley spins and when you apply power to the clutch, it energizes. This would be triggered with both a manual on-off switch and a pressure switch.

Do you happen to have a model number of the compressor? I would assume it's probably a York?

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I'm not sure of the make or model, but I'll find out as soon as I can and let you know

[myoung84]

Just realized I hadn't posted pics of my Retro Shop dipping. Enjoy!

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[0212353]

nom nom nom

[myoung84]

There's a few spots where it looks like the film didn't adhere, but you can't really tell once everything is back together.

[0212353]

Yeah............fuckin' air bubbles. I asked him about it on yours, and another we had. Big part, interesting design......bubble. I think he did yours 4 times (D'OH) - the pattern has to lay down a certain way....or its crooked and looks like ass. So, he had to do it one side at a time, redo, etc.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Looks awesome Morgan!

[myoung84]

Thanks Kyle!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Killer dude.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Looks awesome man!

[ramthis9501]

Damn that is cool! Anything new yet?

[myoung84]

Thanks Colton. Nothing new for now. Having a baby in July so no time for mods... I barely drive the damn thing anymore...

[(S.M.R) 101]

Thanks Colton. Nothing new for now. Having a baby in July so no time for mods... I barely drive the damn thing anymore...

Right? I'm with you dude..... Looking for houses and getting married next year has me at a stop.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Your on this website Morgan lol.

http://flipacars.com/searches/2012-dodge-ram-2500-power-wagon/#

[myoung84]

LOL. Those are some old pics. That's the day after I picked her up.

[myoung84]

Got the bags installed this afternoon. Everything went pretty smooth and the cradles fit pretty well. I ended up drilling a 5/8" hole through the lower license plate holes and the metal bumper frame behind the plate to allow the air fittings to pass through. The valves are attached to the license plate and metal plate frame. Looking forward to my first tow with the bags!

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[DoubleTakeDodge]

You should seriously be on the power wagon design team... Lol

[myoung84]

Lol. I kind of like they way they come stock since it gives me a chance to build it my way and not every other one on the road looks like mine.

[Randall488]

my only complaint about the new power wagons is that we cant get them in reg cab long bed anymore. i dont like short beds and i have no use for a quad cab. i can forgive the lack of cummins if they start putting 6.4's in them though.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Lol. I kind of like they way they come stock since it gives me a chance to build it my way and not every other one on the road looks like mine.

This is true. Yours is definitely a bad ass rig!

[myoung84]

Here's my first review and thoughts of my new Carli Suspension, as well as some pics. My setup includes the Carli tuned King 2.5 pin top shocks, Carli Hemi 3" coils, Carli mild steel control arms, Carli limit straps, and a Carli track bar that was installed almost a year ago. There's a couple more suspension mods I still want, the biggest being the Carli Deaver leaf springs but that will be a while. Some Power Wagon specific sway bar end links would be nice, but I don't see any immediate reason to change those out just yet. I'll also be upgrading to a larger tires at some point, most likely a 295/70/18 Toyo AT II, which is just slightly smaller than a 35x11.50.

Installation was pretty easy, just time consuming. Everything fit perfectly and I had no problems at all. I had taken the truck to a 4wd shop the day before to have the tabs welded to the front axle for the limit straps. That ran me an additional $50 for a few minutes of work but the welds look pretty good. Then after I got home from that, I installed the rear shocks which took about 30 minutes or so. I had the rear axle at full droop but still had to compress the shocks about an inch or two which required the use of a ratchet strap. The next day I tackled the front which took about 6 hours with a few breaks and distractions. Limit straps went in easily after measuring and drilling a couple of 1/2" holes. The hardest part of the whole installation was having to unbolt the exhaust pipes from the headers to get enough clearance to remove the upper control arm bolt. If I had it to do over again, I would go ahead and buy a couple new bolts, cut the stock bolts off, and stab from the other side.

I took it for a test drive around the block and I was amazed. The ride is firm and solid feeling but has a much better ride than stock. Rough roads and potholes is where the suspension really shines. You still feel the bumps but they aren't as pronounced and there's no drama after hitting the bump. I drove it to work this morning and the highway ride is amazing. You still feel expansion joints and bumps in the road but the truck doesn't get all squirrely as it did with the stock suspension. The front end also feels much more solid and planted to the ground. I can't wait to get it offroad and see how it does.

My before measurements were all across the board. With 3/4 tank of gas I was at 40" LF, 40.25" RF, 42.25" LR, & 42.5" RR. After measurements with about the same amount of fuel, I am at 42" front and 42.75" rear. Side to side is level within less than an 1/8 of an inch. Part of the rear lift might be from the bags. They only have 4 lbs in each bag, but that could account for the slight lift.

I'd highly recommend this setup to anyone looking for a sweet suspension setup. Since I won't be mobbing it through the desert over huge whoops, I may even consider dropping the nitrogen pressure a little and see if it smooths out even more.

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[Okiespaniels]

Carli is top of the line stuff. I'd stay with the bigger rubber though. Nice job on the install!

[(S.M.R) 101]

Shit is BOSS

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Very nice! I'd love to have a setup like that but there's absolutely no way I can justify upgrades that cost more than 50% of the sale value of my truck!

[(S.M.R) 101]

Yeah. I would love it... but I'm not making near the coin I use to make so no more high dollar upgrades for this guy.

[0212353]

that looks great!

[myoung84]

Thanks guys!

[myoung84]

One more small mod, Warn wireless winch remote! These are normally about $125 but I found a seller on ebay that had several listed for $75 with a make offer button. I made an offer of $65 and it was accepted, can't beat that! It took about 3 minutes to install. Just plug up the supplied cable to the factory winch plug route the cable, and mount the control box. I mounted the box behind the air intake with the supplied velcro pad but the cable is long enough to mount the box just about anywhere. Did a quick test and it works great! If you need to use the corded winch remote you can simply pull the plug off for the wireless controller and plug up the corded remote. I think this is money well spent!

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[0212353]

thats pretty slick

[Okiespaniels]

I'm torn...on one hand it's a great mod (wireless remote) because it allows you to keep a safe distance from the winch line, on the other hand, it could be detrimental by the same reason.

[myoung84]

If something goes wrong there's really not much you can even if you're close to the winch, IMO. I'd much rather be clear of the cable...

[Okiespaniels]

I agree!

I just see guys sitting thier cab running the winch like they're texting or changing channels on the remote. Not you per se'

[Randall488]

i've never seen a winch line snap, but i have seen a come-a-long snap, it tore up the guys shins pretty bad. its some scary shit a cable will do to a person.

[myoung84]

Went and did a little testing yesterday. This is a mile long trail that leads to a lift station about halfway through near my house. The first third of it is some muddy ruts and a small creek crossing. The truck rode awesome through the ruts and and through the mud. It's still rough but it's so much better than it ever was on stock suspension. I was also running full street pressure in the tires, airing down would have helped. The rest of it is a hard packed dirt trail. This is where the new suspension really shined. Last time I was on this short trail it beat the crap out of me running at slow speeds. This time I was running 45-50 mph and it was amazingly smooth. The truck felt like it was glued to the dirt and was very predictable on the slight curves. It could have handled a lot more speed but I wasn't sure that I could, lol. It was very exhilarating running at speeds that I never would have considered on stock suspension. New, softer 35s are only going to help.

Here's a few pics I snapped. I'll try to get a video of me flying down the trail sometime.

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[ramthis9501]

Hell yeah man, looks awesome with that stance

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Very nice!

[myoung84]

Thanks guys!

[Okiespaniels]

This is cool...is it on private property?

[myoung84]

It's city property I believe, but I have never seen a no trespassing sign and it's not fenced off. There's always some mud tire tracks so I'm not the only one that ventures over there.

[Okiespaniels]

Looks like fun wherever it is! I'd like to check it out.

[Matt]

i sure would love to take a ride in that thing one day always loved what carli can do

[myoung84]

This place is in broken arrow at 61st and about 209th I think. It runs north and south between 51st and 61st. Near the new Walmart and BA High School.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Shit is legit Morgan. Love everything about it.

[Okiespaniels]

This place is in broken arrow at 61st and about 209th I think. It runs north and south between 51st and 61st. Near the new Walmart and BA High School.

We should go run it sometime. That way you can try your winch out if I get stuck :).

[myoung84]

If your wanting to go off roading, we need to make a trip to Disney or down to Clayton! I ran this little strip on my way to Walmart one day and it took about 10 minutes to make the loop, which included taking pictures. I wish there was a better place to play near Tulsa. There's white water park at lake Keystone but that's mostly sand and ATV trails.

[myoung84]

Latest mod is new wheels and tires. Went with 17x8.5, 0mm offset, Method Double Standards with 35x12.50 Cooper Discoverer STT tires. Also bought a 5th for the factory steel spare, which barely fits under the truck, but it fits. So far I'm really impressed with the tires. I had originally ordered Toyo AT II's in the same size but they were back-ordered at least 8 weeks so I made the decision to go with the Coopers instead, and I'm glad I did. They ride really good on road with 45/40 psi front and rear and are pretty quiet. I didn't see any mud yesterday since it's been so dry but they should do great in. High speed rough trail driving was surprisingly smooth with the new tires and suspension. There's also no rubbing anywhere while turning and while at full stuff.

My only complaint is I think the center cap sticks out a bit too far. I may try to modify them a little, but I first need to find out how expensive they are before I ruin one. Just eyeballing the clearances, I should be able to push them in about an inch and a half, maybe more. I may also end up swapping out the bolts from brass to stainless. Last complaint is with Diablo. They still are unable to adjust the TPMS threshold so I get a constant reminder that my tires are low. I hope they can fix this soon.

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[myoung84]

She's come a long ways!

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i360/myoung84/Comparison_zps003a2979.jpg

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Damn, what difference a few grand makes! haha

[myoung84]

More than a few, but yeah. Lol

[ramthis9501]

Badass!

[myoung84]

Got a couple of new toys for Christmas. First is a new Pioneer AVH-X5500BHS headunit to replace the old Pioneer headunit. There was nothing wrong with it but I got spoiled by the Bluetooth streaming I have in the Jeep. So, my wife bought this new one for me. It was a direct drop in since the wire harness was the same. Just had to change the XM tuner since they went to a different style plug and the old one wasn't compatible. The new XM tuner allows me to pause and rewind XM channels which is pretty cool. The interface has also been updated from the old one and everything is larger and more driving friendly.

Also have one more mod that I got for Christmas and one other thing that I ordered earlier this week. These will be revealed once I get them installed. :D


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[(S.M.R) 101]

Damn. That head unit is legit man. Does it have NAV?

[myoung84]

No Nav but you can add the optional module. I don't use it enough to justify the cost. My standalone Garmin works just fine.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Very nice Morgan.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Very nice! I like the clean simple look of it!

[0212353]

I have the bug............

Wife told me to get a backup camera done in the truck (my present from her this year). I wouldn't mind a new spiffy HU too! :D

[myoung84]

Do it! I really like the new Pioneers. My old one was nice but they have done an excellent job on the new ones.

[0212353]

it would mean a full swap of harness, Sirius unit, EVERYTHING.

ugh.

[myoung84]

Yeah, I got lucky and just had buy a new xm module that was less than $40 and the harness was the same so it was an easy swap. What sirius module do you have now? They are making them universal now and yours might work...

[0212353]

I have no clue. LOL

I don't do the installs now.....just don't have time. I know the dude said it would only work in the kenwood or some other brand (not pioneer)...

[myoung84]

Muffler showed up today! This thing is huge! Still waiting on the rest of the parts that will be here Monday.

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[(S.M.R) 101]

Like it....

Link me?

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Very nice. I might need to get a couple of band clamps and just put the resonators back on. I'm really tired of how loud it is every day.

[myoung84]

Kyle, everything came from Amazon. Here's the links.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000COWUJS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CQBGTG/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ICDARS/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CQFPX4/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'll let you know how the band clamps work out David.

[myoung84]

Got all the parts in but my clamps won't work. What Magnaflow's website fails to mention is that the inlet and outlet are 3" ID, not OD. Ended up ordering a couple Walker 33222 lap joint band clamps from Rock Auto. At least I'll have some extra clamps when I add a cutout... ;)

[0212353]

d'oh!

[918Dodge]

Did your speaker quality diminish at all with the new head unit? I'm serisouly contemplating one for my truck too.. Looks great!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

How much were the clamps, Morgan?

[myoung84]

Did your speaker quality diminish at all with the new head unit? I'm serisouly contemplating one for my truck too.. Looks great!
No, but I've got aftermarket amps. The door speakers are powered off a 4 channel Alpine amp and the dash speakers and headliner speakers are powered off the headunit. A new headunit will make the stock speakers sound better, as will better speakers. ;)

How much were the clamps, Morgan?

About $8 each from Rock Auto.

[myoung84]

Here's my latest mods. First is a Carli low mount opposing steering stabilizer. I had some pretty bad left pull with the Cooper tires, even when the caster was fully adjusted to compensate. This cured it 100%. Didn't even need to adjust the pressure, the 200 psi that the stabilizer ships with was perfect. The power wagon skid plate doesn't fit when this is installed but I made it work by shimming the plate down a bit on the center axle bolts. Fits great now.

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[myoung84]

Next up is my new exhaust.I got a little tired of the 14" Magnaflow so I went with a bigger bodied 24" Magnaflow. I think it sounds better than the old 14, it's quieter and deeper sounding. I did this in my driveway in about 30 minutes with some stainless band clamps, pre-made turn down, and an adjustable hanger. I also used a little copper RTV to ensure no leaks.

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[0212353]

badass man!

[(S.M.R) 101]

Didn't want it going over the rear axle then dump?

[myoung84]

Since I was doing it myself, I just dumped it after the muffler. The pipe I had before was a little hacked up from the last install I had done. Didn't want to reuse it.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Are the clamps working well?

[myoung84]

Clamps are working out great. No leaks at all.

[myoung84]

I decided to reinstall my tailpipe extension from the old exhaust to the new one. I was getting some low speed drone with it being dumped after the muffler and was also getting some exhaust fumes in the cab with the back door open (putting the kiddo in the car seat) so both needed to be resolved. The outlet of the new muffler was in the same place as the old one so the length of the old pipe was perfect. It's just a little quieter and all the drone is gone. Took me about 5 minutes to do because of the clamps.

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[(S.M.R) 101]

I love mine BTW Morgan... It is so much lower key then that AT3030.. It's perfect over the rear axle