Hey everyone! Before I give a bunch of info on my truck, here's a little bit about me. I'm 23 and just graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Music. I have a fantastic boyfriend of almost 3 years who helps me with all of my mods. In fact, the stereo in my truck was designed and installed by him. His tricked out 2003 Dodge Ram, recently featured in the June issue of Car Audio & Electronics Magazine, is still for sale! Visit his page for more info: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2844637

If you are in California and want audio/video or other electronics installed, or if you want a personalized stereo for your ride, check out www.drivecustoms.com.

2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Rumble Bee #4787
Solar Yellow 2WD
5.7L HEMI
345 HP

UPDATE: It's been a month since the bee was dropped off at the body shop and they sure have made progress! We decided to do a complete paint job, so it's taking a little more time. The hood, tailgate, ground effects and miscellaneous other pieces have already been painted. Any day now, the tonneau cover, bed and cab will also be finished. Then it's laying out some custom stuff and I'll get to take it home! For now, here are a few progress photos:




I removed the bee logo from the doors and replaced the plastic insert with yellow suede to match my new seats. Sorry, the new logo will not be revealed yet, but here are a couple of shots of my new seats before we removed them from the truck and the center console with a touch of yellow suede on the underside. Also, a new dash piece is being modified for my new Pioneer Z2. In addition, here is a shot of the box after its new cosmetic changes. The exposed portions will be wrapped in yellow suede. The Z2 is working out nicely, but I can't tell what will go where the storage compartment was just yet. It's a surprise! Also, here is a shot of my brand new 10" subwoofers... CDT Audio GOLDs.






Here are the first two photos from the body shop, when the truck was first disassembled. I would post more pictures but I haven't had the chance to take any more since. Maybe next week!




Below is my current list of modifications and there are still more to come. Don't forget to visit Rumblebee.org!


Exterior:
Black billet shorty antenna with black antenna cap
Boss 304 22" chrome rims
Chrome headlights
Customized rear ground effects
Debadged
Destriped (paint coming soon)
Dupli-Color yellow caliper paint
Falken STZ-04 305/40/22 tires
Filled passenger side exhaust cut-out
Gaylord's TL tonneau cover with Speedstur wing
Limo tint on rear, 20% on sides
Lower bumper grill
McGaughys 2"/4" drop
MUTH signal mirrors
Rear wheel well liners
Removed door moldings
Rhino lining
Shaved tailgate handle
Sir Michael's roll pan
SRT-10 hood

Interior:
Auto dim rear view mirror
Color-matched accents
Factory color-matched suede headliner & visors
Homelink overhead computer
Katzkins Tuscany leather seats with yellow stitching, special logo and custom yellow suede inserts
SRT-10 Yellow Fever steering wheel with radio controls
SRT-10 pedals
Yellow suede door inserts

Performance:
Aeroturbine 3030 muffler
Flex-a-lite 180 Black Magic X-treme electric fan
Helix Power Tower Plus throttle body spacer
Rear exit dual-tipped exhaust
Superchips Flashpaq 3815
Volant CAI with customized SRT-10 Ram Air Scoop

Stereo & Electronics:
AudioControl DQS equalizer
CDT Audio GOLD 7" in doors
CDT Audio GOLD 3" in dash
CDT Audio 1" and 19 mm tweeters
CDT Audio center stage
CDT Audio 10" GOLD subwoofers
DEI A1004 & D2400 amplifiers customized with yellow LEDs
Hushmat and Cascade throughout
Kinetik 80A power supply
Pioneer Z2
Stinger 1 farad capacitor
Stinger wiring
Crossover pods under seats wrapped in yellow suede and graphite vinyl
Custom designed box wrapped in yellow suede and graphite vinyl with painted accents



This video was taken after removing the stripes off of the bee and with all the performance modifications listed above, except for the new exhaust.



My boyfriend took the truck out for a spin.



After adding the McGaughys drop and lower bumper grill

Passenger side new chrome headlight and driver side MUTH signal mirror

Close up of chrome 22" Boss 304's before and after Dupli-Color caliper paint

Close up of Volant intake and Helix throttle body spacer and full engine view

Suede headliner and visors and Homelink overhead computer and auto dim rear view mirror

SRT-10 pedals and SRT-10 Yellow Fever steering wheel with radio controls

Old photo of driver side yellow suede door insert and interior picture with modified center seatbelt

Photos of previous Katzkins leather with yellow suede inserts

Custom stereo enclosure with CDT HD 10" subwoofers (have GOLD woofers now)

One of the amplifiers lit up with yellow LEDs and CDT 1" tweeters in pillars

Crossover pod under driver seat and current Pioneer deck