If you had....

[(S.M.R) 101]

$6,000 to play with for your truck.... What would you guys do?

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Send it to me.

No, but really. I would love to say supercharge it, but that brings up fears of other parts failing quickly...i.e. the trans, rearend, etc.

I assume we're talking about your truck? It depends. What direction do you want to go? I can see blowing $6k on performance or exterior very quickly.

If I were you, I would load up a set of 22" SRT replicas with tires, drive down here, install them for me (I'm still on lifting restrictions), throw mine on in your truck, drive home, install the 20" sports on your truck, and sell your wheels with my tires to make up the majority of your cost!!!

[(S.M.R) 101]

hahaha.. nice dude I was just saying in general what would you all do with 6k

But I agree with you on the SC, kit but shit would eventualy F up other shit.. I'm not looking to drop 10 grand on just performance shit

[(S.M.R) 101]

I'm really thinking about the Suncoast Ram Air hood :D

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Link me?

I've always been a fan of the Good Hood.

[OklaHemi]

if i had it i would do a front end swap, some interior upgrades, a few performance things (gears, headers, redo exhaust, etc...) beef up the suspension (sway bars, blah), beef up the brakes to a 6 piston, buy a tonneau, i could go on all night. or i would put it all to my 80k studio lol

[ramthis9501]

Get a hood, tonneau cover, srt wheels, maybe a drop and really loud exhaust :D

[OklaHemi]

really loud exhaust looses its appeal after a while. i want to redo my exhaust to stock and add an e-cut out. best of both worlds. it would be nice to be able to have a normal conversation in my truck lol

[ramthis9501]

Mike can I have your exhaust when you put a cutout on? Lol

[(S.M.R) 101]

or i would put it all to my 80k studio lol

hahaha :Moon:

really loud exhaust looses its appeal after a while. i want to redo my exhaust to stock and add an e-cut out. best of both worlds. it would be nice to be able to have a normal conversation in my truck lol

Yeah after I had my 04 with 2 dumped single chamber flowmaster I told myself not on this truck... that shit got played out real quick lol

[(S.M.R) 101]

Link me?

I've always been a fan of the Good Hood.

http://suncoastcreations.com/b-h-1-dodge/dodge-ram-extractor-style-ramair-hood-23004.html

I'm in love with this hood

[ramthis9501]

That is a badass hood!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

You rat bastard...why can't I make more money!!!??! That's the hood I wanted so bad after seeing it on the "Head Hunter" truck.

[abn1985]

Yeah that hood is sick

[Matt]

sell my 20/37x 5 - 2-2500
buy 5 kmc badlands i want to get these and strip the chrome and powdercoat them matte black orrrr some fuel hostage wheels and some 38x13.50 toyo's looking at roughly 3500 dpending on what wheel i go with ... so there's 1000

body lift with gap guards 500

some custom uca with beastly ball joints about 600

kore cv's 800

5100s - 200??

4" rear block to replace the 2" - $100

4.56 1200 ish

line-x bumper,bed, steps, spare tire mount, bushwacker flares, and bottom rocker- 1200 got a buddy gonna hook me up it might even be lower he said this is the max though

tow mirrors- 250

buying rear bushwackers - mine got cracked in moving - 200

and sending jj my headlights to have what i want done 500

hid's for my bumper 350 need 4 4" lights

so i'm at 6900

and i'll be at 11" of lift and running 38's

still want to do some performance tweaks and a new paint job but yeah lol that's exactly my plans and this is what i'm working on ...

[(S.M.R) 101]

That sounds awesome Matt..

That's where I'm at I have 8k in my do whatever account but I am looking to buy a beater for a few grand and the rest I want to put twards the truck.. I have no idea which way I wanna go tho..

[(S.M.R) 101]

You rat bastard...why can't I make more money!!!??! That's the hood I wanted so bad after seeing it on the "Head Hunter" truck.

:sorrysign:

I loved this hood from the first time I seen one at a car show a few years back in Pittsburgh on a 2500 CTD and i've been pondering on getting one every since

[Matt]

That sounds awesome Matt..

That's where I'm at I have 8k in my do whatever account but I am looking to buy a beater for a few grand and the rest I want to put twards the truck.. I have no idea which way I wanna go tho..

that's where i'm at too ... i'm looking for a good reliable 4 cyl car ..... i would love to find a 5speed single cab v6 single cab ram/silverado as well .. but they seem overpriced for something low-mileage

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah dude... it's border line retarted how much people are asking for beaters these days... I was looking at a 2002 reg ram v6 with 111,xxx miles on it and dude wanted 7 grand for it......WTF?

everything that I have looked at so far has had around 100K miles on it and was no later than a 2005 and have not found one for less the 5 grand.. and 90% of these are northern cars that also come with a shit ton of rust.... freaking kills me

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Jay has some really nice vehicles with higher mileage but decent prices.

[OklaHemi]

ill test drive them for ya, lol. definitely get the hood. do some research and see if you can find it cheaper or ask them to come down on their price. i have gotten good results by just asking. evn 920 + 3-400 for paint will leave you plenty of money to play with

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah i'm shopping around right now

[myoung84]

I would be in heaven with $6k to spend on the truck!

Gears, cam, torque converter, intake, long tube headers, and a stroker kit. I believe I would be set for awhile. :D

[MegaCabMan]

Air ride, for my big ass truck...damn thing nearly beat the shit out of me coming back from hot springs last fall. I think I could get the Kelderman system for about six grand.

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah Air Ride would be pretty sick for your truck...

I'm with ya Morgan i'd love to really like to do preformance with this truck.. who knows I might

[(S.M.R) 101]

well I just orderd an AT3030XL for the truck.. would like to try something besides the Magnaflow..

[OklaHemi]

I have the 3030 and I do love it but when you take off the cats and dump it behind the muffler it gets really loud. I know the xl have the res built in and you have cats so it should be a nice mello tone that screams when you punch the gas. My truck sounds like its yelling at me everytime I start it

[Matt]

do you have a video of it?

[(S.M.R) 101]

lol yeah I hear ya mike.. Not looking for super loud lol so I will not be dumping this one either.. Been there done that

[OklaHemi]

The only video I have is of me doing a 0-120 windows up. Ill see about getting a newer one

[(S.M.R) 101]

just bought me a back flip bed cover today! should have it installed tomorrow

[OklaHemi]

Sweet waiting for pics

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Nice bud! Those things are sweet!

[ramthis9501]

Awesome! You didn't waste any time getting to it lol

[Okiespaniels]

$6,000 to play with for your truck.... What would you guys do?

For sure gears, and a rear locker. 35 inch tires. Front end rebuilt and every loose piece powdercoated. Quad front shocks. Dual steering stabilizers. Bedliner. Stainless brake lines.
Dry Cell competition audio battery. New rear door speakers. Drivers fender repainted and entire truck de-dented and proffesionally buffed. Clear headlights. New differential covers. SCT tuner. Cut and filled intake manifold. Coated headers and hi flow Y-pipe. Powdercoated and rebuilt front driveshaft.

Have I spent 6 grand yet? How close am I? I can add more!

I accept donations as well!:rockit:

[myoung84]

Nice dude! I love my bakflip cover.

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah i decided to go with the soft cover... I was going to get the Hard but didn't really think I needed it and really didn't want to spend $740 for the hard backflip.. So went with the soft.

[myoung84]

I didn't know bakflip made soft covers...

[ramthis9501]

do you have a video of it?

Take my word for it... it's loud! Lol

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah.. that's what I told the lady who was taking my order but she was dead set on they had a soft version...


I figured she was smoking crack... Well we will see tomorrow what it is lol

[(S.M.R) 101]

Morgan why did you get rid of your CAI?

[Matt]

For sure gears, and a rear locker. 35 inch tires. Front end rebuilt and every loose piece powdercoated. Quad front shocks. Dual steering stabilizers. Bedliner. Stainless brake lines.
Dry Cell competition audio battery. New rear door speakers. Drivers fender repainted and entire truck de-dented and proffesionally buffed. Clear headlights. New differential covers. SCT tuner. Cut and filled intake manifold. Coated headers and hi flow Y-pipe. Powdercoated and rebuilt front driveshaft.

Have I spent 6 grand yet? How close am I? I can add more!

I accept donations as well!:rockit:

quad shocks? lol

[myoung84]

Morgan why did you get rid of your CAI?

Didn't really notice any gains with it and I needed money for the $750 Magnaflow exhaust for the Charger. 3" mandrel bent pipe is expensive! I am waiting for the Vararam to come out, I hear it will be ready in about 2 weeks ;)

[OU Hemi]

Cam, headers and redo my exhaust. Redo my headlights. Srt interior or custom interior. Linex bedliner. Fog lights and custom grill for my bumper cover. Repaint.
Think I'm prob over budget by now..

[(S.M.R) 101]

Money goes fast huh? Lol that's how it always happens..

[(S.M.R) 101]

Didn't really notice any gains with it and I needed money for the $750 Magnaflow exhaust for the Charger. 3" mandrel bent pipe is expensive! I am waiting for the Vararam to come out, I hear it will be ready in about 2 weeks ;)

Yeah I'd like to get one but don't know if it would be worth it

[myoung84]

I would get the Vararam for your truck.

http://3rdstrikeperformance.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8140_7971_23_73_192_450_2350&products_id=978&zenid=4f00f0da7a668a99afa595ea2eee2ba8

[ramthis9501]

Just ask Mike on the vararam, not sure on the gains but it looks pretty awesome under the hood!

[MegaCabMan]

Wait, could I spend it on my jeep instead?
If so I'd like bumpers, winch, stereo, a SOA lift, a FI 4.0 engine swap, an OX locker for the front and if I have enough left I would like a spare tire that matched the ones on the ground.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Kyle, buy a Vararam dude...so badass.

[(S.M.R) 101]

yeah... I have mixed feeling on it.. don't know if I want all that extra shizz under the hood.. and people seem to think they are more of a pita & not worth the trouble.

[OklaHemi]

it is a pain in the ass. i made a modified funnel to help change the oil. but other than that i havent had to do anything to the engine compartment. the vararam was what everyone was asking me about last sat at the car show. performance wise the numbers are there from them. my truck is fast for being 5000+ lbs but it was fast before i switched to vararam. the one and only reason i put it on there was because it was a wash and i got it for nothing out of pocket. i have thought about selling it and getting another aFe i liked that one a lot and as you would know it i sold it 2 months before i got this truck.

[(S.M.R) 101]

So you like the AFE's huh?

Whis I could land on an old BFI :D

[OklaHemi]

yeah i like the afe a lot. i didnt care for the airraid that was on my truck when i bought it but not enough to do anything about it. then i came across my vararam. i like being able to see my engine

[OklaHemi]

i would save the 6k incase i was going to trade the truck in

[(S.M.R) 101]

ohh I did lol

[OklaHemi]

haha i found this looking through the old threads.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Yeah I forgot about this one lol