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I've been debating what to do next to the truck. I would love some performance stuff, but I honestly don't know if I want to do anything more to the truck. I just don't see the point in trying to make a crew cab "fast." Hell, even the regular cab guys are starting to de-mod because of blown transmissions and the inability (without serious money) to make the Ram "fast." Hell, if I want to go fast, I'll hop on the bike.

However, I would love to throw a torque converter in the truck. The only downside is that I have the 3.55 open rear-end, so I would basically be roasting the piss out of one tire...and tires are damn expensive. Also, the install would be a bitch because I'm just too much of a tight-wad to pay for something I known I can do.

I wanted to install headers, but I refuse to pay $1600 for longtubes and the only other really affordable headers are the BBKs, but I've heard it sounds like a constant exhaust leak with those.

I'm fairly happy with the suspension. I really want to drop the front another 1/2 - 1" and the rear about another 1/2", but I hate to ruin a decent ride for a little more drop. I could do the bolt-in RideTech rear bag kit, but it would only be a manual fill until I can afford a compressor and tank and then there's the front, which runs over $900.

I mentioned before about doing some sort of black paint on the outside to break up the gray. I know many say not to ruin the truck's "clean" look, but to me it is starting to get boring. I have the opportunity to have a little custom work done for a great price. The guy is starting a shop and has a lot of talent with an airbrush. I threw the idea out there about the "true-flame" look and he loves to do it...and does it well. However, he and I agree that all that color would be too much on my truck. We tossed the idea around about black true-flame that would almost have a smoke look along the bottom rockers. It would start just behind the front fender flare and trail along to about 3/4 of the way down the rear doors. Not too much, just enough to catch attention if someone is really looking. If we do that, I'll pull the vinyl off of the pillars between the windows and have him shoot that black also.

So, thoughts? As much as I love showing, I just can't see spending a fortune on billet pieces under the hood..hell, it's hidden 99% of the time anyway. I could add to the sound system, but I hate doing things twice and the amount of money I have to toss around just isn't enough to do a proper sound system.

Let's hear it fellas. What would you do next?