All pics are here if you cant view them..Please let me know if all you see is red X's...
http://photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/
I lost alot of pics when my computer got fried by my dogs in November -- they knocked a cup of coke right over the keyboard. I have posted what I have left.
First off, I know you all will flame me repeatedly for everything I did. Its cool.. I just started this truck about 8 months ago (have owned it for a little over a year).
I got this truck on ebay for 5500 dollars. It is a black 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 club cab with a 5.2 in it and had 120,000 miles. When I road my motorcycle to Michigan to pick it up, it was not as described (tires were not new, several small flaws, and nerf bars were totally rusted through), so I got the seller down to 4800.00. I then sold all the aftermarket stuff he had on it, including a hypertech programmer, some sort of holley ram air system, and some other small things. I was down to 4400.00 I thought I would be fine with a nice 4X4, but then I wanted to lift it. Heres how it looked when I got it...minus the tonneau cover and a white stripe that I didn't like.
[img=480x360]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/truckandcar.jpg[/img]
The first lift I did was a PA body lift and added new stainless nerf bars (bars are on in above pitcure). Looked great, so my wonderful wife bought me new rims and tires for my birthday in May. Tires now for sell!!
Sorry, no pics of just body lift. I put the new tires on, but since they rubbed, I figured I would go ahead and do a suspension lift. I was looking for a complete bolt on kit that I could do. I went through Topguncustomz and got a 7inch lift for the front and a 5 inch lift for the rear. Front lift is all Skyjacker minus the drop bracketry for the track bar. Rear is an AAL and a block.
You can see the new control arms compared the the stock ones. Nightmare of a time getting the stock ones out. Ended up :hack:
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01519.jpg[/img]
I think I was confused here.
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01515.jpg[/img]
Got the lift done -- while I was doing the lift, I found a rollbar on ebay with lights shipped for 350.00 bux. I had been looking for one for a year and couldnt believe I found one so cheap...
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01523.jpg[/img]
Got the lift done. Here is the completed truck (for the moment)... :
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/truckps2.jpg[/img]
All this and now I was having some tranny problems and figured the motor and trans was not going to hold much longer. The motor was fine, but I wanted something more. So I decided to find a diesel. The diesel conversion began -- next post will be up within an hour. :flipoff:
http://photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/
I lost alot of pics when my computer got fried by my dogs in November -- they knocked a cup of coke right over the keyboard. I have posted what I have left.
First off, I know you all will flame me repeatedly for everything I did. Its cool.. I just started this truck about 8 months ago (have owned it for a little over a year).
I got this truck on ebay for 5500 dollars. It is a black 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 club cab with a 5.2 in it and had 120,000 miles. When I road my motorcycle to Michigan to pick it up, it was not as described (tires were not new, several small flaws, and nerf bars were totally rusted through), so I got the seller down to 4800.00. I then sold all the aftermarket stuff he had on it, including a hypertech programmer, some sort of holley ram air system, and some other small things. I was down to 4400.00 I thought I would be fine with a nice 4X4, but then I wanted to lift it. Heres how it looked when I got it...minus the tonneau cover and a white stripe that I didn't like.
[img=480x360]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/truckandcar.jpg[/img]
The first lift I did was a PA body lift and added new stainless nerf bars (bars are on in above pitcure). Looked great, so my wonderful wife bought me new rims and tires for my birthday in May. Tires now for sell!!
Sorry, no pics of just body lift. I put the new tires on, but since they rubbed, I figured I would go ahead and do a suspension lift. I was looking for a complete bolt on kit that I could do. I went through Topguncustomz and got a 7inch lift for the front and a 5 inch lift for the rear. Front lift is all Skyjacker minus the drop bracketry for the track bar. Rear is an AAL and a block.
You can see the new control arms compared the the stock ones. Nightmare of a time getting the stock ones out. Ended up :hack:
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01519.jpg[/img]
I think I was confused here.
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01515.jpg[/img]
Got the lift done -- while I was doing the lift, I found a rollbar on ebay with lights shipped for 350.00 bux. I had been looking for one for a year and couldnt believe I found one so cheap...
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/DSC01523.jpg[/img]
Got the lift done. Here is the completed truck (for the moment)... :
[img=500x375]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/Superhawk2002/truckps2.jpg[/img]
All this and now I was having some tranny problems and figured the motor and trans was not going to hold much longer. The motor was fine, but I wanted something more. So I decided to find a diesel. The diesel conversion began -- next post will be up within an hour. :flipoff: