What did you do to your Ram today???

[ZonaRam44]

I added a matte black vinyl 4x4 decal from Reflective Concepts. I think I'll be adding these to the rest of my emblems, super easy to apply.

 

[MayhemMOORE]

Finally got my truck back with a new transmission. I only put 78 miles on it after purchase before I brought it back with issues. It has been with the dealer for the last 3 1/2 weeks. After getting it home and vacuumed, since the dealer didn’t bother cleaning up their own mess and it was trashed compared to when I dropped it off, I got my LED interior lights and Husky liners put in. If the weather is nice this weekend I look forward to doing a full detail on it. Needless to say, I will never again deal with that service department if I can at all avoid doing so.

 

[z0n3]

Finally got my truck back with a new transmission. I only put 78 miles on it after purchase before I brought it back with issues. It has been with the dealer for the last 3 1/2 weeks. After getting it home and vacuumed, since the dealer didn’t bother cleaning up their own mess and it was trashed compared to when I dropped it off, I got my LED interior lights and Husky liners put in. If the weather is nice this weekend I look forward to doing a full detail on it. Needless to say, I will never again deal with that service department if I can at all avoid doing so.

What caused you to get an entire new transmission?

 

[Memphsi87]

Can anyone tell me what these are?! I lm looking to put a tonneau cover on but I think these will get in the way. 20’ Ram Rebel. I haven’t seen them on anyone else’s yet

 

[Le_Slacker]

Can anyone tell me what these are?! I lm looking to put a tonneau cover on but I think these will get in the way. 20’ Ram Rebel. I haven’t seen them on anyone else’s yet

Reinforcement for the multifunction tailgate


2020 1500 Canadian Sport 4x4 Delmonico Red

 

[LimitedGRR]

Installed the wireless CarPlay. Works flawlessly. I love the fact that I can keep my phone in my pocket and when I leave the truck and come back, it picks up the music exactly where it left off when I shut down. So far, so cool. Just a bit bummed that it shipped directly from China and probably didn't help anyone in the US as far as making money is concerned, especially due to the current environment we're in with the wuhan virus.

 

[Memphsi87]

Reinforcement for the multifunction tailgate


2020 1500 Canadian Sport 4x4 Delmonico Red

That’s what I was thinking. Well that stinks

 

[Le_Slacker]

That’s what I was thinking. Well that stinks

There are alternative brackets you can use - I think someone was advertising it earlier in another thread


5th Gen Tonneau Cover Installation - Replacement Bed Brackets
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...-Brackets.19767/&share_type=t&link_source=app

2020 1500 Canadian Sport 4x4 Delmonico Red

 

[Waterfowler41]

We are hooked up and the light bar is alive. Installation was super easy. My only gripe is the feel of the interior switch toggles. 3 of the 4 channels toggle on and off smoothly but of course the 1st channel (only one I’m using) is a little tougher to toggle off...

 

[cj7]

There are alternative brackets you can use - I think someone was advertising it earlier in another thread


5th Gen Tonneau Cover Installation - Replacement Bed Brackets
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic?share_fid=2034315&share_tid=19767&url=https://5thgenrams.com/community/index.php?threads/5th-Gen-Tonneau-Cover-Installation---Replacement-Bed-Brackets.19767/&share_type=t&link_source=app

2020 1500 Canadian Sport 4x4 Delmonico Red

Those alternate brackets will make more tonneau covers work, but I don’t think they will do what the RAM brackets were meant to do. The box is substantially reinforced in the front lip, with full width box section and heavy they-spacers for stock bracket bolts. The bracket castings as also beefy, as are the additional reinforcements in the bed side rails.

They wouldn’t spend this much money on engineering and materials if there were considerable torsional loads or bending moments that needed to be addressed. The simple L bracket, no matter how thick, will have some value, but will not offer the triangulation that’s the stock bracket does.

So, while the alt brackets will work short term, I’d vote against pulling out the stock brackets. With all the cornersFCA cuts, they spent miney

 

[Mother]

Those alternate brackets will make more tonneau covers work, but I don’t think they will do what the RAM brackets were meant to do. The box is substantially reinforced in the front lip, with full width box section and heavy they-spacers for stock bracket bolts. The bracket castings as also beefy, as are the additional reinforcements in the bed side rails.

They wouldn’t spend this much money on engineering and materials if there were considerable torsional loads or bending moments that needed to be addressed. The simple L bracket, no matter how thick, will have some value, but will not offer the triangulation that’s the stock bracket does.

So, while the alt brackets will work short term, I’d vote against pulling out the stock brackets. With all the cornersFCA cuts, they spent miney

+1

You can look at a flat bent piece of metal and say it seems plenty strong, but if it were I really don't think we'd have the bulky triangular piece we have.

Leaving it in means you're limited to tonneaus that sit on top of the bed rails rather than down flush with them. I went with the Solid Fold for that reason.

 

[dirtfreak20]

Installed the wireless CarPlay. Works flawlessly. I love the fact that I can keep my phone in my pocket and when I leave the truck and come back, it picks up the music exactly where it left off when I shut down. So far, so cool. Just a bit bummed that it shipped directly from China and probably didn't help anyone in the US as far as making money is concerned, especially due to the current environment we're in with the wuhan virus.

Which wireless CarPlay did you wind up going with?

 

[MayhemMOORE]

What caused you to get an entire new transmission?

It started out the 2nd day I had it when I put it in drive after backing up and it slammed into gear hard enough to cause the truck to jump forward. Then most of the up and down shifts were super hard, as well as it surging while driving. They apparently tried to do the relearn twice but it wouldn't rectify the issues, so after a long 3 weeks they finally put in a transmission. Just glad to have it back, and hopefully there are no more issues with it.

 

[Dookie]

Lamin-X Gunsmoke on the headlights and fogs

 

[Eltaco]

Lamin-X Gunsmoke on the headlights and fogs
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Looks good, but how much does it affect light projection?

 

[Dookie]

Not as much as you (I) would expect, I did one side and turned my lights on in my garage against the wall, you could see the difference, but it was very subtle.

 

[Jayturk]

Finally got my truck back with a new transmission. I only put 78 miles on it after purchase before I brought it back with issues. It has been with the dealer for the last 3 1/2 weeks. After getting it home and vacuumed, since the dealer didn’t bother cleaning up their own mess and it was trashed compared to when I dropped it off, I got my LED interior lights and Husky liners put in. If the weather is nice this weekend I look forward to doing a full detail on it. Needless to say, I will never again deal with that service department if I can at all avoid doing so.

78 miles and your transmission had to be replaced? Damn.

 

[Jayturk]

Lamin-X Gunsmoke on the headlights and fogs
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That's badass! Did you have to use heat?

 

[Dookie]

Headlights...I cleaned the p!$$ out of them with dawn soap and water, then air-dried with hairdryer, trimmed all handling tabs off with razor, peel then sprits the light and Lamin-X with Rapid-Tac solution, placed them on the lens, positioned them where I wanted it, and had to stretch it from right to left for the curvature of the light not to have a buckle in the laminate and had my wife on squiggy (with felt) duty and she began in the center at the curve in light and worked her way left, right, up & down. Let air dry for a few, then hairdryer for a few. Trimmed edges with a razor, then hit it with a heat gun on low from about 3-4 inches away for a good 5 minutes a side. Cloudy here today, but with a few days in the sun, they will only get better, and they already look great, so.

Fogs...Outlined the opening with a dry-erasable marker on the lens, removed them from the truck, laid the opening markers out with tape, cleaned and dried, removed the handling tabs with razor, peel then sprits with Rapid-Tac, position the Lamin-X on it and squiggy it out, remove the tape, hairdryer for a few, cleaned and reinstalled them onto the truck.

 

[Jayturk]

Headlights...I cleaned the p!$$ out of them with dawn soap and water, then air-dried with hairdryer, trimmed all handling tabs off with razor, peel then sprits the light and Lamin-X with Rapid-Tac solution, placed them on the lens, positioned them where I wanted it, and had to stretch it from right to left for the curvature of the light not to have a buckle in the laminate and had my wife on squiggy (with felt) duty and she began in the center at the curve in light and worked her way left, right, up & down. Let air dry for a few, then hairdryer for a few. Trimmed edges with a razor, then hit it with a heat gun on low from about 3-4 inches away for a good 5 minutes a side. Cloudy here today, but with a few days in the sun, they will only get better, and they already look great, so.

Fogs...Outlined the opening with a dry-erasable marker on the lens, removed them from the truck, laid the opening markers out with tape, cleaned and dried, removed the handling tabs with razor, peel then sprits with Rapid-Tac, position the Lamin-X on it and squiggy it out, remove the tape, hairdryer for a few, cleaned and reinstalled them onto the truck.

Alrighty then, you wanna do mine?