BMRbrnSNRbrd's 2010 CC Sport build thread

[ramthis9501]

Well they're something! Especially your wheels!

[DoubleTakeDodge]

grille, tailgate, wheels, interior, that i know of! I've been here less than a year!

[fastnnuffrt]

I cut off your attenna to

[(S.M.R) 101]

It has been awhile since you updated it lol

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Well, I haven't updated in a LONG time...got side tracked by just adding new threads instead of updating this one. So...here goes:

In September of 2011 I received a two piece locking billet fuel door from a member of Ram Forum. When I got it, he had been trying to paint it but was having a hell of a time. I decided to give it a shot and after a few failed attempts, finally got it to work:




In October '11, I found a guy on Craigslist with a set of true 22" NightRunner SRT10 wheels. He wanted a straight trade for my stock wheels and tires so I drove to Arkansas and picked them up.



Here's why I got them so easily...two of the tires were toast.



I ordered new tires for the rears and "discarded" the old ones...





The next thing up was getting rid of the huge grill badge Dodge decided to recess into the grill. I got this done in December 2011:






Here is how she was sitting in mid-December 2011:






So in January 2012 the wheel bug bit again. I made a deal with a friend who took my SRTs and bought these black five spokes and gave them to me. The grill was off to get fixed after it got chipped:

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

In mid-January I ordered a Vararam:




I didn't do much for a couple of months but in June the paint bug hit me. I took the Vararam apart and decided to paint it to match the truck and use the truck's factory nose badge as an accent piece, which I painted as well:





At this time I also attempted to paint my interior plastics...it was a disaster. I took it to a professional...another disaster. That story continues later.

Also in June 2012 I bought some OEM Outdoorsman flares that were already the right color. This is one of my top five mods because, to me, it gave the truck's exterior a more finished look. I like the wider look it gives the truck and also helps pull my wide 305 tires in.

Here is a shot with the fronts done and the backs still without the flares so you can see what I mean about the finished look:



And all installed:



Also in June, I had my rear tailgate badge shaved:




June 30th, 2012 was one of the highest points for my truck and one of the lowest. That morning I won my first trophy at a car show when I took third:



And then on the way home...trophy still in the truck, I stopped at Sonic to get my lovely wife something to drink...and didn't quite clear the Sonic sign:




Luckily, I have a hell of a paint and body guy at my disposal. I dropped my truck off on July 4th at 3pm. I got it back fixed, repainted, cleared, and buffed at 2:30pm the NEXT DAY. It cost me $100.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

After spending some money fixing my bike, I decided this week that it was time to get back to the truck. Last week I dropped my tailgate, fuel door, and interior plastics all off to my painter (the good one I use, not the guy I gave a shot a while back) so that he could fix the mistakes made by someone else. Today I got all of them back. There will be better pictures to follow of all pieces, but here is the interior parts since no one has seen them done:





I also had my Magnaflow Y-Pipe installed today that I won from a DodgeTalk Facebook giveaway. While I was there, I discussed with the exhaust guy that I didn't like the way the crossover pipe went under the trans pan. We agreed that it would make servicing the transmission a pain and that it couldn't help keeping transmission temps down with all that exhaust heat running right under it. We came up with a plan to move the y-pipe back about eight inches and run the crossover pipe back:

Factory design with "d-ports:"




Done with Magnaflow y-pipe and crossover pipe moved back:





That is it for now. I'm going to start using this thread to update instead of making new threads each time. Right now the plans are to add some painted door inserts to pull the doors into the overall interior look and then to custom paint the wheels.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Truck has come a long way.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Yeah...I need to update more than once a year, lol.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

Dang man!! Lookin good now!! As good as your truck looks now, I miss the look of the SRT wheels lol