Thank yall for the replies. I'll definitely put some padding over the sound mat to help with noise then. I like the look and feel of carpet but living in the country with gravel roads and 3 dogs i don't feel like vacuuming every other day as well. Now time to see if i can source a pre molded pad or use the Jim Lane method.

 

Maybe? New Dodge Full Size Truck, Standard Cab/Ram Rubber and Vinyl Flooring

 

for floor mat.

 

Looks good. I've got one out of a donor truck but dosnt have anything going up the back of the cab. I'll have to source some other material to take its place

 

For the back wall just hit a auto trim shop. Pickup some newer style carpet used in late model cars. I had my back wall and the lower door panels done with it.




Do not forget to remove the door panels and do inside the doors. These doors are big echo chambers.

 

Looks good. I really want to go with carpet. It will just get hastily ruined in my next of the woods

 

that will work.

 

Designed and installed some 304 stainless grille plates on the old ox

 

Cool grille work.
I was eyeing out your shackle flip parts as well the other day. They look good.

 

Thank you

 

Just curious,

What does flipping the position of the shackle exactly do ? Lower the suspension / vehicle ? Create a smoother ride ?

IOW, benefits derived from doing so.

 

It lifts the truck without using a lift spring that usually ride stiffer that a flatter stock leaf spring.
Or the big gain for the stock height truck crowd, is you could ditch your block under your spring reducing axle wrap under power.
I have been toying with that idea on my lifted white crew.
Doing a a shackle flip for the rear axle, then loose the blocks to keep the axle wrap to a minimum without adding traction bars.

 

Pulled the cluster and replaced all the light bulbs. Also, cleaned the circuit board with an eraser. No signs of corrosion, but now the AMP gauge works. I even got the speedometer hooked up correctly. (the second time...)

 

Ahhhh.... said the dumb fool who went outside to look at his truck and see....

 

Oliver explained it well. It also adds greasable urethane bushings at the shackle end, which helps the shackle move freely letting the spring absorb bumps. After 23+years, the stock shackles can freeze up