Hello everyone, I have been lurking around for a while now but have finally decided to post a build thread. As stated in the title my truck is a 2011 Ram 1500 crew cab Laramie. This is it the day I picked it up from the dealer.
When I originally bought the truck I have no idea of what overlanding even was, and over the next couple years got a couple upgrades.
I added a cheap 2 1/2 inch coil spacer lift
35 inch toyo AT2 extreme tires
Spyder halo projector headlights
About a year ago, the overlanding bug bit me and decided to go on a couple trips. After sleeping in the bed of the truck for a couple days my girlfriend decided that we needed something more comfortable to sleep in so I added a Yakima bedrock and bought a used 23Zero litchfield tent off another forum member.
After a few hundred miles of blasting down dirt roads and a few whooped out trails in the desert I realized I needed something better than a coil spacer to achieve the lift that I needed and decided to go with Fox 2.0 Shocks in the front and rear.
At the same time I realized the ball joints in the upper control arms needed replaced some I purchased some fully boxed upper control arms from Zone offroad
I apologize I totally forgot to take pictures of the parts when I got them cause it was right before a trip and I had to scramble to get everything installed right before we left.
On that trip on the way home I realized that the rear springs were failing as the truck had started to sag a bit in the rear with all of our camping stuff added. I ordered a set of variable rate, with a 30% capacity increase from Sdtrucksprings.com
This time I actually managed to get a picture with the parts before they went in the truck :
I also added a set of black oak LED pods with the ZROADS hood hinge bracket and got it all wired up.
My most recent mod is the installation of a front runner roof rack:
And here is some pics from a recent day trip when we drove a small section of the Pony express trail:
I also have ordered a KB Voodoo Fab Bed rack and I am waiting for them to ship it out.
The future mod want/need list is as follows:
Front bumper W/winch
Rock sliders
Fridge and drawer system (possibly installed in the back seats since I don’t use them)
Wilco tiregate
ARB Awning
More lights!
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When I originally bought the truck I have no idea of what overlanding even was, and over the next couple years got a couple upgrades.
I added a cheap 2 1/2 inch coil spacer lift
35 inch toyo AT2 extreme tires
Spyder halo projector headlights
About a year ago, the overlanding bug bit me and decided to go on a couple trips. After sleeping in the bed of the truck for a couple days my girlfriend decided that we needed something more comfortable to sleep in so I added a Yakima bedrock and bought a used 23Zero litchfield tent off another forum member.
After a few hundred miles of blasting down dirt roads and a few whooped out trails in the desert I realized I needed something better than a coil spacer to achieve the lift that I needed and decided to go with Fox 2.0 Shocks in the front and rear.
At the same time I realized the ball joints in the upper control arms needed replaced some I purchased some fully boxed upper control arms from Zone offroad
I apologize I totally forgot to take pictures of the parts when I got them cause it was right before a trip and I had to scramble to get everything installed right before we left.
On that trip on the way home I realized that the rear springs were failing as the truck had started to sag a bit in the rear with all of our camping stuff added. I ordered a set of variable rate, with a 30% capacity increase from Sdtrucksprings.com
This time I actually managed to get a picture with the parts before they went in the truck :
I also added a set of black oak LED pods with the ZROADS hood hinge bracket and got it all wired up.
My most recent mod is the installation of a front runner roof rack:
And here is some pics from a recent day trip when we drove a small section of the Pony express trail:
I also have ordered a KB Voodoo Fab Bed rack and I am waiting for them to ship it out.
The future mod want/need list is as follows:
Front bumper W/winch
Rock sliders
Fridge and drawer system (possibly installed in the back seats since I don’t use them)
Wilco tiregate
ARB Awning
More lights!
Sent from my iPhone using OB Talk
