Starting Over
 

Well... Here's the new toy! Gotta HUGE shopping list too haha

Just have a couple crappy cell phone pics for now, i'll take better ones after i clean her up.

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Hell yeah man.... your rollin again!

That thing is a beast

Thanks! Its gotta couple qwerks though lol. The tank is actually entirely empty when it reads between 1/8 and 1/4 tank. and the tank is 35 gallons!! Cost me $113 to fill up today!

hahaha... Oh I hear ya.. the tank on this 2012 is massive to the other tank the 08 had.. it's like $130 to fill up from dead empty.. but I do run 89 octain in it tho..

Sweet! Yeah, the big tank sucks to fill up...

Yeah, But you can go alot furthr without fillin up too!

Not in my case... I have about the same range in the wagon as I did in my old truck, just takes 34 gallons instead of 26...

true^ i like that truck i really need to get me a lifted dodge

DANG!! This one get almost the same milage as my last truck, so it's really not too bad.

Yeah man, I really like it. For a lifted 2nd gen on 35"s it has surprisingly tight steering and the tires make a very little amount of noise even at highway speeds.

I got my best mileage yesterday with 87 octane 100% gas and it was a whopping 13.5, according to the computer which has been pretty close. This was about 100 miles of highway driving at about 70 mph... Before that with 89 octane ethanol blend I was getting about 11 mpg with mixed driving. I think the big change was due to the 100% non-ethanol gas.

Yeah, I ran ethanol free gas whenever i could in my other truck. it did make a difference. you could tell a pretty fair difference from 87 w/ ethanol to ethanol free 91.

Dude, that first pic is MONEY. Truck is very nice.

Haha thanks man!! I was just driving down Hwy 51 headed back to school and saw it in passing but had already passed the driveway to it so i put her down in 4x4 and went through the ditch lol. Wish I woulda had my camera and not just my cell phone to take the pic!

Keep the tires rotated and balanced and you wont have a problem. The front tires will cup if you don't and then it will sound like you have a set of TSL's on it and there is nothing you can do about it until it's time for a new set.

As for the gas gauge, you probably need a new sending unit. Unplug it at the tank as see if it drops to "E" If it does then it's the sending unit, if not it's the gauge.

If it's the sending unit then it will probably be easier to pull the bed than to drop the tank.

yeah, replacing the fuel pump is no big deal. I've done it twice before. 6 or 8 bolts and remove the bed lol. easy enough. but i was surprised at how little the tires wine because of the agressiveness of the tread. and very little play in the steering wheel. no shimmy or vibration. not at all what i expected from this truck. just made me that much happier lol. and it still has the original dash w/ no cracks! all it needs is a deep cleaning and a cupholder

The location isn't far from Stillwater. Be more than happy to show ya where sometime during kicker bash weekend if you decide you wanna bring a camera and use it

Absolutely.

Very nice! Does it have the 5.9 motor?

^^^^ Same from me!!!

318 or 360???

Yeah, I'm happy to show anyone who wants to see it. It's gotta 360. Plenty powerful and gets around great in mud and snow ;)

Nice truck!

Thanks man!

Dang... Just ran a quick tally of my longterm shopping list for this truck... Tottaled out at $2357. That doesn't include and bodywork, paint, performance, upholstry, or audio! Actually pretty muck just exterior bolt ons. I had forgotten how much it all adds up!

Happends fast lol

No joke!! Expensive hobby but oh so worth it!

Congrats James that is a nice project

Thanks man!

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Green and orange theme? Badges, calipers, differential covers, etc. Any input?

Like the green of your truck or like monster green?

green of my truck. just add some bright orange accents. i debadged it this weekend and just painted the 2500 badges and that's a pc of one^^

i vote nay lol

Green and...ORANGE?

It's the great pumpkin Charlie Brown...rising from the pumpkin patch, jumping in his big dodge ram and deliverng presents to all the good boys and girls!

No... thats the colors of the now defunct Great Northern Railroad back in the 50s or early 60's....so you could be the great Northern Dodge

Not a big fan of the orange accents, but I understand you Pokes want to slap orange on everything... :D

Well i'm not gonna do chrome everywhere as I don't like the look. Won't do red because I don't want a christmas truck (and I sure don't wanna be mistaken as a sooner fan!! haha jk! ;) ). But I do Kinda want some Higher contrast accents. I mean I do really like orange lol. But it was alot easier to choose accent colors on a white truck! lol

Hahaha I'm avoiding green and red because i don't wanna be ol' St. Nick lol

Well, I have to admit that I have a sick love for your new truck. It reminds me of the Ram version of the truck the main character drove in the remake of "Walking Tall." He drove a Ford, but it had that classic, clean, lifted truck look (and it was green, lol.) Every time I see that pic of your truck under your signature it makes me want to add a second gen to the lineup.....even though my wife said no.

I was thinking about it last night and I don't think a color matched grill would look good, but I don't think black would either since the green is so dark already. Personally I love the chrome wheels and thenk they tie in well with the grill. If it were my truck, I wouldn't worry about accent colors. I would rock her as is.

Yeah, I'm not de-chroming like i did last time. I'm keeping the chrome grille, the box (it will shine when i get the time to polish it), the stainless wheels, and chrome bumpers. Although i may try and find a black lower bumpercover instead of grey. I'm going to have the rocker panels lined. still haven't decided if i'm gonna do grey to match the lower cover and provide more contrast or black because it'll show less dirt etc. Right now she is completely de-badged but i kinda like the 2500 badges. But the were all paint chipped and nasty so they needed some work. I'm glad ya like it though! I'm gettin to where I like it.. Just feels like I'm drivin somebody else's truck right now.

i also would rock it as is. from your sig pic all id do is debadge it, maybe do chrome head and taillights. hmm possibly steel bumbers idk..

Could not agree more