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Looks really good man. Good job. How's the 4.88's treating you?
Pretty good! My RPMs are high on the highway, which I knew would happen, but I can run 70 MPH sustained if I want. But she can charge straight up a pretty massive incline without batting an eyelash now. I can drive from College Station to Houston, including the huge on ramps for the highways, without it shifting out of OD the entire way. Oh and then I roasted my heavy *** 35" Trail Grapps at the Full Flex toy drive earlier today I'm never ever ever ever ever ever doing that again (I was just curious if I could), but I left a good 30 foot skid haha
Originally Posted by PawPaw
Truck looks great...big difference from the way it started. My 14 yr old grandson wants a truck in a few years and maybe an 04-08 would be a great choice...wish I would have kept my '04 for him! He's already 6 ft tall and 270 lbs but only in the 8th grade so by the time he's a Senior in high school a truck will be the only thing he'd fit in. Anyway great write up on your build!!
Thanks, PawPaw! I think it would be. I like them cause they look enough like the 09-14s that people who don't know better think they're newer than they are. Basically they still look good IMO for the 04s being 11 years old. Holy crap, that's a big 14 year old He doesn't just want a truck, he needs one. Can't be like Shaq squeezing into a Buick like in the commercials!
Originally Posted by AricsFX
PTM bumpers and flush mount duallys for fogs...... <3
Lol
New PTM bumpers with LED cubes I already have mounted in the fog light holes Hopefully I'll get those in January when I start working, then maybe have one of the guys at the dealership paint em for me. I'm really picky about paint matching, but Oxford White is super easy to match and I can get the hook up and have both bumpers painted for less than the price of one painted elsewhere.
Pretty good! My RPMs are high on the highway, which I knew would happen, but I can run 70 MPH sustained if I want. But she can charge straight up a pretty massive incline without batting an eyelash now. I can drive from College Station to Houston, including the huge on ramps for the highways, without it shifting out of OD the entire way. Oh and then I roasted my heavy *** 35" Trail Grapps at the Full Flex toy drive earlier today I'm never ever ever ever ever ever doing that again (I was just curious if I could), but I left a good 30 foot skid haha
Just get bigger tires to lower the highway rpms lol.
Just get bigger tires to lower the highway rpms lol.
Eh, just spent $1700 on brand new Trail Grapplers. I knew I'd want 37s and a body lift, so I should've gotten used 35s or Gladiator MTs through my dealership for like $800 lol.
truck looks good man! are you from richmond? Allout installed my lift, wheels etc. as well. Been going there for years
Thanks! Yeah, I'm from Sugar Land/New Territory. I wish I had had time to install the lift myself, but I got them to do it for a good price and they did a good job.
When you removed your door handles, did you notice if the pull levers could be separated from the buckets? I want to paint my buckets white and leave the pull levers chrome. Thanks!!! SWEET looking rig by the way!!!
When you removed your door handles, did you notice if the pull levers could be separated from the buckets? I want to paint my buckets white and leave the pull levers chrome. Thanks!!! SWEET looking rig by the way!!!
@ls67nova sorry I'm just now getting to this, but they don't readily separate. I imagine you could remove them, but I don't remember if there's a way to. Are yours 100% chrome right now or do you have the OEM set up with just the pull levers chrome? If they're all chrome, it's not OEM, so you may be able to remove the chrome cover and re-adhere it. Either way, you should be able to easily mask around the pull handle and leave it chrome. That's actually even easier than sanding and painting the levers cause the cracks are the toughest areas to sand.
Thanks too! And to check if the handle can be removed, I'd take the tailgate one off to see. It's by far the easiest to remove and even though it's not the same as the others, it's a start.
Been away for a little bit, but gotten a lot done recently. Paint matched new bumper, powdercoated the chrome rear one, two 14" bars mounted behind the grill, pods with paint matched rings mounted in the fog holes. Not all pictured though haha. Plus a start to now picture, but the top truck isn't mine, just one similar to how mine looked when I got it.
12-14-2014, 10:01 PM
I'm never ever ever ever ever ever doing that again (I was just curious if I could), but I left a good 30 foot skid haha
He doesn't just want a truck, he needs one. Can't be like Shaq squeezing into a Buick like in the commercials!
Hopefully I'll get those in January when I start working, then maybe have one of the guys at the dealership paint em for me. I'm really picky about paint matching, but Oxford White is super easy to match and I can get the hook up and have both bumpers painted for less than the price of one painted elsewhere.
