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[ArkansasDon]

in the Ozarks in our home state of Arkansas. Nothing serious, 2000 GMC Z71 1\2 ton stock 5.3 L w\ performance built 4L60E transmission, rear end ratio 3.73, went back to my old winch Badlands 12,000lb winch 95ft. 3\8" synthetic winch rope & aluminum fairlead\ Warn Trans4mer Brush Guard Winch Mount, Hellwig Air Bags w\interior control panel. New tires since the photo 265/75R\16 Falken Wildpeak A/T3W tires, suspension stock height w\Bilstein Shock Absorbers. Daily driver gets us (the wife & I) were we need to go.

 

[hemifoot]

looks stock but is not even close

 

[chet6.7]

in the Ozarks in our home state of Arkansas. Nothing serious, 2000 GMC Z71 1\2 ton stock 5.3 L w\ performance built 4L60E transmission, rear end ratio 3.73, went back to my old winch Badlands 12,000lb winch 95ft. 3\8" synthetic winch rope & aluminum fairlead\ Warn Trans4mer Brush Guard Winch Mount, Hellwig Air Bags w\interior control panel. New tires since the photo 265/75R\16 Falken Wildpeak A/T3W tires, suspension stock height w\Bilstein Shock Absorbers. Daily driver gets us (the wife & I) were we need to go.
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Do you have a picture of the brush guard?

 

[Dodge in Texas]

42" tires, cut out fenders, winch under bed where smaller full size spare used to sit, ARB lockers front and rear, 5.11 gears, diesel, off road lights, roof rack and roof top tent, Decked bed storage system
.... looking for similar interest camping/ overlanders in Texas

 

[Silver Gus]

42" tires, cut out fenders, winch under bed where smaller full size spare used to sit, ARB lockers front and rear, 5.11 gears, diesel, off road lights, roof rack and roof top tent, Decked bed storage system
.... looking for similar interest camping/ overlanders in Texas

Nice Ram. What's the specs on the "cut out fenders?" Would like to do the same on my rig for 40s.

 

[Dodge in Texas]

Nice Ram. What's the specs on the "cut out fenders?" Would like to do the same on my rig for 40s.

Id be interested in working on your fenders.... what area are you in?

 

[Dodge in Texas]

Heres a few pictures of the beginning of the cutting of the fenders and ill post some more of the finished project. Im here in Arlington Tx

 

[Dodge in Texas]

Here are some more pictures of the progress of fitting 42" tires on a Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4... in pictures there are 35" tires on 20" rims. You will notice that I "stitched" the plastic fender wells to pull them back flat against the cut out frame and then coated the stitching with a flexible epoxy. The cut notches in the fender were placed there in order to bend the metal tabs back into the fender well and were welded back together forming a near perfect bend/contour. I have since put on 42" tires and the "little" full size spare no longer is feasible to drive on if I got a flat and a 42" tire wouldn't fit so I pulled the tire out( and tire winch) and placed a 19K winch mounted in its place with a phenomenally over engineered weld to frame plate and trusses. Ill post some of those pictures too. The winch fairlead is covered over with the license plate.

 

[Dodge in Texas]

more of the fender cut out process

 

[Dodge in Texas]

I have since put on 42" tires and the "little" full size spare no longer is feasible to drive on if I got a flat and a 42" tire wouldn't fit so I pulled the tire out( and tire winch) and placed a 19K winch mounted in its place with an over engineered weld to frame plate and to class 5 hitch and trusses in between. Ill post some of those pictures too. The winch fairlead is covered over with the license plate.

 

[Dodge in Texas]

winch is hidden behind the license plate

 

[Explorerinil]

Cool set up! There is a guy on this forum with 40 inch tires on bone stock suspension, he cut then fenders like you did. Ready for hydro assist?

 

[Dodge in Texas]

I haven't seen any need for hydro assist whatsoever, but im not opposed to trying it either. Id like to drive someone's 3/4 ton with hydro and feel the difference but thus far... no need. I have added a Carli Suspension high clearance stabilizer I addition to the stock steering stabilizer.

 

[Explorerinil]

I haven't seen any need for hydro assist whatsoever, but im not opposed to trying it either. Id like to drive someone's 3/4 ton with hydro and feel the difference but thus far... no need. I have added a Carli Suspension high clearance stabilizer I addition to the stock steering stabilizer.

I had a psc assist on my 01 2500, it made a huge difference with large tires. I plan on adding it to my truck sometime soon.

 

[Dodge in Texas]

how did it help.... on road or off road? Im curious now after several others have advised hydro assist too.