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What did you do TO your RAM today?
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Rockcrawlindude
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Need pics of them lit up
Agreed. I was following a Silvo-Rad-o tonight that had smoked LEDs in the rear and it was actually hard to see his brake lights in stop and go traffic. It was day light which didn’t help but still wasn’t good IMO, especially with how little folks pay attention these days.
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Trucks in the shop, when I get it back I’ll snap a picture. This picture is from the morimoto website, right in the middle where the reverse lights are it’s clear and there is a strip that lights up red with the brakes applied.
H3LZSN1P3R
You're doing it wrong
Was not exactly today but for the last 4 days the ol girl has faithfully worked to uncover people from this large snow fall. We got 28” of accumulation then it turned to freezing rain. The drift at my back door was 6’10” tall!
Davidbt
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No thanks. I'm happy down here in the South East corner of Arizona.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
After many months of deliberation and help from folks such as @Riz! And others I pulled the trigger on a borla type s
Summit is less than an hour away so I picked it up this morning. Install by myself (5’10” 145lb yes I’m a small man) in the driveway took an hour and 45 mins
Hardest part of install was pulling out the factory tailpipe. I was able to just slightly flex the suspension ~2” to gain enough clearance to come out without much headache or removing a tire. (2nd pic, with jack)
Ratchet strap served as a helping hand with install. Exhaust hanger clamp pliers were very handy to have.
New system is lighter and prettier. Sounds great. I have been worried that it would be too loud for my taste but it’s not obnoxiously loud. I’ve only driven around my little town, so no towing or highway driving yet.
After the first drive, the tailpipe has rotated and the tailpipe is hitting the heat shield. I tightened all the clamp hardware to 35lb as instructed. I hope this isn’t an ongoing issue. If it keeps happening then I’ll weld it.
Summit is less than an hour away so I picked it up this morning. Install by myself (5’10” 145lb yes I’m a small man) in the driveway took an hour and 45 mins
Hardest part of install was pulling out the factory tailpipe. I was able to just slightly flex the suspension ~2” to gain enough clearance to come out without much headache or removing a tire. (2nd pic, with jack)
Ratchet strap served as a helping hand with install. Exhaust hanger clamp pliers were very handy to have.
New system is lighter and prettier. Sounds great. I have been worried that it would be too loud for my taste but it’s not obnoxiously loud. I’ve only driven around my little town, so no towing or highway driving yet.
After the first drive, the tailpipe has rotated and the tailpipe is hitting the heat shield. I tightened all the clamp hardware to 35lb as instructed. I hope this isn’t an ongoing issue. If it keeps happening then I’ll weld it.
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Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
Well this is frustrating. The tailpipe rotated down again and is hitting the heat shield again.
I did a little more than the 32-35lbft on the clamps the second time and marked the slip joint with high temp marker. I don’t have a setup to weld stainless but it’s looking like I’m going to need to weld this bolt in kit.
I’m gonna try just overtightening the clamps and disregard the instructions
Edit: I ugga-duggad the clamps. Wish me luck. Maybe the instructions are optimistic that 32-35lb is enough to hold
I did a little more than the 32-35lbft on the clamps the second time and marked the slip joint with high temp marker. I don’t have a setup to weld stainless but it’s looking like I’m going to need to weld this bolt in kit.
I’m gonna try just overtightening the clamps and disregard the instructions
Edit: I ugga-duggad the clamps. Wish me luck. Maybe the instructions are optimistic that 32-35lb is enough to hold
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I’ve always pulled down guillotine clamps just about to the point of distortion to get pipes to hold from rotating. I’m surprised of such a low tq value.
Fantastipotamus
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Congrats man, I know you'd been considering it for a while. I will say it's either quieted down as it's bedded in, or i don't notice it as much, but I'm happy with mine. I still go easy on the gas around my neighborhood, but I find it to be nearly the same volume as stock on the highway until i mash it.
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Looks cool.
Hopefully you get the pipes to stop rotating. I think any mig wire will work to weld it and you likely only need a spot weld.
When you get to the point where you’re towing your enclosed trailer loaded post a video from inside the cab while going up a steep grade. Also, one from inside at say 1600-2000 rpm while the MDS is engaged.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
I’ll do that, sir.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
They’re WAY tighter than 35 now and I don’t think it’s going anywhere. Tomorrow im off work and need to go up the highway in my truck. so I’ll report back.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
Yes, been weighing it for a while. Some may remember I was very skeptical of the “no drone” claims and I may be eating my words and have some people to apologize to. So far, I haven’t heard any undesirable frequencies from it.
It’s fairly loud at a cold start but it’s pretty tame and pleasantly growly in the cab so far.
You can get flux cored stainless wire, it’s a little expensive and it’s not as pretty as using mig and gas but I’ve used it with my little 110 wire feeder and it works well. All things considered.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
The ugga-duggas on the clamps seem to have fixed the issues. I had to run over to the next town with no issues. Approx 3-4x further than the two trips I had issues on.
I am now wishing I didn’t remove the plastic trim at the bottom of the fender. when those bits interfered with my flare installation I threw them in the trash.
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I would be tempted to move your backup sensors into the rear bumper from those plastic pieces below the rear bumper.
I look forward to a post crawler hauler tow and some seat time review as you have been contemplating it a while. I would almost be interested just to lose the $hitty factory tailpipe and resonator. The sound would be a bonus.
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Freshened up the rear hubs with a new coat of paint and new lugs on all 4 corners. I am able to use the center caps on the front wheels.The black lugs that I got new with my wheels were showing metal under the black coating out of the bag and it was just time to replace them.
