At least you're able to change bulbs. Us who have LED headlights have to replace the whole assembly.
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What did you do to your Ram today???
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Ellisstrong
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Where did you buy your body color mirror cap’s from?
KennyP
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Beautiful truck I must say, and many things on the Tungsten I’d love to have, including that full digital dash, however, I just can’t get past that V6. Turbo or not. How is the interior noise with the V6 compared to your Limited’s V8? In my experience all turbo vehicles are a lot louder inside. I don’t see any reason RAM would be any different
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The twin turbo I6 SO is very quiet and you don't hear them spool up. This may be because its an Inline 6 not a V6. You put your foot into the pedal and it just responds with enthusiasm. Just IMHO.
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It doesn't have a V6, its an inline 6 which other than engine length are the some of the smoothest engines produced. No need for balance shafts and 40% fewer moving parts than their V6 cousins.
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They didn't fit, the description was wrong. I talked to the parts guy and he said there's no body color caps for 25 and up as of now. Its black, chrome and unpainted primer.
I'm either going to wrap them or leave them
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BowDown
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To the bolded, that was actually one of my hesitations too but after having a Laramie SO rental for a month, that was quickly forgotten
Turbo engines are typically quieter than N/A engines and this truck is very quiet inside, not a lot of engine sound at all for the most part. I can still hear some engine sound (mostly when accelerating from a stop sign/red light) and my only negative to the truck is the 6cyl sound but that can be remedied as BMW and others have done. My wifes Jaguar XF has a supercharged 3.0L V6 and it sounds nice. Now the question is, does the I6 engine sound bother me enough to do something about it? That answer is probably a no
You can hear the 5.7 in my Limited much much more, its louder and that is the primary reason I never put an cold air intake on the limited, I didn't want more noise. The I6 engine sound just wasn't enough to make me not consider the truck. If the 25+ Limited or Tungsten were offered with the HEMI and the Hurricane was optional, Id still take the hurricane over the HEMI. The hurricane trucks just drive better, everywhere the HEMI feels lazy, the hurricane twins have power, even the SO. Id been driving a 25 Laramie SO rental since Aug 8, everywhere the HEMI was torque deficient, the SO Hurricane was not and the SO got 1mpg better on the same routes vs my Limited and that was with me accelerating a little more aggressively than I normally do.
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BowDown
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Correct
It is silky smooth, the 5.7 HEMI is silky smooth but the Hurricanes are even smoother. On a hot restart there's been a few times when I've had to double check that engine is running after Ive pushed the start button
BowDown
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This is the reason I've never liked ramboxes, they almost always seem misaligned. I found that there's a tool and instructions to correct this so I bought the mopar tool 2069900230 and adjusted mis-aligned ramboxes. My trucks passenger side was far worse than the driver
I found a new tool on ebay and bid $65 and it was accepted
Passenger side before:
Passenger side after:
Driver side before:
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Also found the 10MM ram box lid screws barely finger tight, adjusting them will allow you to move the doors in or out 1/4" helping them to sit flush with the body line. I'll probably mess with the driver side a little more to get it closer but both sides took about 30 min with the tool
I found a new tool on ebay and bid $65 and it was accepted
Passenger side before:
Passenger side after:
Driver side before:
Driver after:
Also found the 10MM ram box lid screws barely finger tight, adjusting them will allow you to move the doors in or out 1/4" helping them to sit flush with the body line. I'll probably mess with the driver side a little more to get it closer but both sides took about 30 min with the tool
BowDown
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Instructions how to use the tool and adjust ram boxes here
Cleaned it up for a car show today. Waiting for award presentation to see if I won't anything. The Red Dakota is mine as well. Also have my 66 D100 here, but it's parked in the next row. 
Interesting. I don't dislike it.
Ok I need a link. Want to try that on my Delmonico red one.
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that's a cool trophy lol
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That is absolutely the coolest thing ever!
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wrapped the ARB braided extension hose to remote quick disconnect with rubber tubing to prevent the braided line from rubbing on my AC line again.
Then decided since I have extra rubber tubing I might as well wrap the AC line as well since the rubber hose is a bit too close to ARB manifold.
then 12 hours later decided to wash the truck because we drove through a storm near Sedona and that made the truck look extra filthy with dirt.
Then decided since I have extra rubber tubing I might as well wrap the AC line as well since the rubber hose is a bit too close to ARB manifold.
then 12 hours later decided to wash the truck because we drove through a storm near Sedona and that made the truck look extra filthy with dirt.
