Matthews first stop on the custom road was at the shop of Jessie Dickerson at AirRide by Jessie. Jessie started by ditching the factory coil springs in favor of Firestone 2600 air bladders. The front then received BellTech shocks to smooth the beaten path. For the rear Jessie opted to pull the factory leaf pack and install a 2-link panhard bar configuration.   
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Next another set of Firestone 2600 bags were installed onto the 2 link bars for plenty of lift. To allow the rearend a little more room a C-notch was then installed. To get the bladders the air they needed to lift the Ram off the tarmac, (8) Parker Gold valves were installed and air was then routed thru ½" Stainless steel line. To supply the air to lift the truck off the ground (2) Thomas 317 compressors with (2) 5 gallon tanks were installed as back up incase Matthew accidentally ran out of Nitrogen.  The wheel of choice was none other then a set of Intro billet Pentia wheels in the combination of 20x8.5's up front and 22x 10's out back. For gripping purposes Dunlop 285/30/22 were installed out back and 255/35/20 skins were installed up front. The next stop on the custom road was at the paint and body shop of A&J Collision and Repair were Mike completely shaved the Ram of its door handles, tailgate handle and antenna. The next item of business was to install a custom made rollpan to the rear of the Ram.
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