This is my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4x4, bought it new in late '96, it now has over 140,000 miles on it and still runs great! I rebuilt it the way I wanted, CUSTOM. I started by buying a Cowl induction hood that work along with a K&N Aircharger system with a Xtreme flow-through K&N top filter, this set-up works great with cowl hoods! A new custom Grille and Front Bumber from Aim Industries in Mesa, AZ, with two 4" Piaa Fogg lights. An American Thunder exhaust, I also installed a Jacobs ignition system, Mopar performance computer with a Jet Performance chip, Jacobs Coil, took of the Fan and installed Dual Black magic electric fans from Jegs, which adds a few horses by reducing drag on the crank. I est. the horsepower around 290+ with the installs. Transmission was helped with the Installation of a B&M shift kit which was fairly easy, took a Saturday afternoon, I highly recommed installing a shift kit, I LOVE IT, it makes a huge difference! 
I then purchased some new rims and tires, 16 x 8 Weld Rims, 285/75 BF Goodrich Mud Terrains to replace the stock rims and All-Terrains I had on the truck. Now it was time to paint, I first Primered the truck with Black Primer, I left it primered for a few months, thought it looked different, like a 40' or 50's hot rod.![]()
I purchased a few gallons of Dodge Viper Red and some clear and more primer, 
it took me a whole weekend to re-primer and sand and prep to paint, and a couple hours to shoot it with the Viper Red and a few coats of clear, I still need to wet sand it, but too dam lazy too. 
