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  1. knightro84

    Morimoto XB LED Headlights

    I decided to take the plunge on these... took advantage of the 20% off Black Friday deal, ordered them from Jeremy at Retroshop and he shipped them same day. They arrived Friday and I got them installed yesterday. Pretty straight forward install. My truck came with LED headlights so there...
  2. knightro84

    Rear window surround crack.

    What I initially thought was a leak just because of the sunroof drain grommet being installed incorrectly turned out to be a combination of that, the third brake light, and this crack that I found today while doing some more leak testing. You can see where I dropped some Permatex flowable...
  3. knightro84

    About to buy a GatorTrax tonneau. Bad idea?

    I have a GatorTrax too and like it - it was pretty easy to install, and it works well. Like was said above, it flutters a bit at highway speeds but nothing wild. My dad has a GatorTrax MX on his 3500 and it's really nice (the aluminum one). I think if I were to do it again I'd drop the extra...
  4. knightro84

    How much have you spent on mods?

    Whatever headlights, grille, and the plastic pieces that go underneath the headlights would run, plus painting stuff since the grille surround on the longhorn/limited don't come in Ivory Tri-Coat (just black or chrome as far as I know). Ideally I'd get all of the pieces from the black...
  5. knightro84

    How much have you spent on mods?

    I'm at about $6,250. Been kicking around the idea of getting the Morimoto XB headlights, but am weary based on reviews. Really would like to do a longhorn/limited headlight/grille swap and paint the grille to match (since I've got the sport appearance package), but not sure if I want to dump...
  6. knightro84

    ETorque Tax Credit???

    It has to be either all electric or a plug-in hybrid. Source: am accountant.
  7. knightro84

    Condensation On The Inside?

    This is exactly how I discovered I had a leak. If you have a sunroof, check your drains out the back of the cab - seems to be the main culprit. Did the truck get rained on recently, or go through a car wash? When we lived in Florida, my truck was garaged pretty much all the time. We just...
  8. knightro84

    Can I put 305/55R20 tires on with stock suspension?

    Take a look at the Yokohama Geolandar X-AT. Nice hybrid tire - it's quiet, and even though it's 10 ply and the ride is stiffer than the stock P rated tires, I wouldn't call the ride "harsh". They have two different sidewalls you can pick from depending on which way you mount them.
  9. knightro84

    Bilstein 5100

    I can do that tonight and will edit this post with the results. Before I put the new tires on it was 39.5” from ground to bottom of fender for both F&R. I’ll measure top of tire to bottom of fender for you. EDIT: top of tire to bottom of fender is 8.5" front and rear
  10. knightro84

    Bilstein 5100

    No real “good“ reason other than they were cheap ($130 for the pair) and took maybe 5-10 more minutes of work on each side to swap out after I had the struts out. I have the ORG and set the 5100’s to ring #5 so I think that is 3.1” higher in the front than a stock non-ORG truck. I consider...
  11. knightro84

    Bilstein 5100

    I didn’t install the full 2” MOPAR kit, just the UCA’s from the kit. Rear is still stock ORG height and the front is leveled.
  12. knightro84

    Bilstein 5100

    Just installed my 5100's today, did the front and rears and went ahead and did the Mopar 2" lift kit UCA's for piece of mind (and for the price, why not). Went with setting #5 on the struts and the truck is dead nuts level (I have the ORP). Front end sits about as high as my dad's '16 3500...
  13. knightro84

    N0GL Software Update Thread

    Just got mine today too:
  14. knightro84

    Putco Blade Tailgate Light-bar Questions

    I have the 60" blade and like it. It's not overly difficult to install, just takes some nylon spacers that you can get from HD for a couple bucks. I also got a CURT 5 pin harness adapter so it was essentially plug and play - just had to use a bullet connector for the reverse light wire.
  15. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    I don't use MDS (always use the gear +/- buttons to set max gear to 8 as soon as I put it in drive), so the MDS drone wasn't/isn't a worry for me. Just on the short drive home from the shop yesterday, it was nearly stock quiet cruising at 45-50 mph in 8th gear even with the windows down. Have...
  16. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    Finally got my exhaust done. Replaced the factory muffler with a Borla 40353 and removed the rear resonators. Sounds great! I'll post a cold start vid tomorrow.
  17. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    Yes, I stuck them on the bottom side of the utility rails. If I could do it again, I'd buy 48" strips.
  18. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    Yes, they function just like the OEM cargo lights do. They turn on and off with both the switch in the bed and the switch in the cab. I got these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KXR799K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It comes with two 60" strips in each package, and I...
  19. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    For the running board lighting - since the wires for the LED strip are outside of the truck, it was easier to just ground it right at one of the existing grounds under the hood instead of having to extend it and run it into the cab through the firewall just to splice into a ground in the loom in...
  20. knightro84

    What did you do to your Ram today???

    This is what I did - if you have the OEM bed lighting, then you can just remove your tail lights and tap into the OEM bed lights on each side. If you don't have the OEM bed lights, you'll need to tap into the cargo light and run that to the bed. The OEM bed light wiring was super simple -...
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