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The gold middle console
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Hard to see your pic, but there are different trim colors on different trim levels. Limited gets shiny silver with black dots all over it around the center display and vents. Longhorn gets a more muted brushed silver. Not sure on the other trims.
There is also a light difference in the metal trim used. It's most apparent when comparing key fobs since they match. The Limited looks more silver and the Longhorn was silver with a slight gold tint to it as I recall.
There is also a light difference in the metal trim used. It's most apparent when comparing key fobs since they match. The Limited looks more silver and the Longhorn was silver with a slight gold tint to it as I recall.
thought the same thing too.. i really want to get one but the gold just doesnt look right to me
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This would be an easy as hell change. That piece likely pops right off, and could be replaced with a Limited/Longhorn/Sport insert. Talk to your local Parts Department about it.
Yes - all Longhorn trim is satin nickel (which is a lot warmer color than chrome or stainless)
Flot
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I have a Laramie Sport which does have the gold (I'd call it "champagne") bezel trim, which also extends down the side rails.
Since I ordered the truck before there were any Laramies to preview, I was a little disappointed initially - but it's grown on me and to be honest I don't really notice it. If anyone disassembles their center stack, I'd be curious to hear if the champagne trim can actually be separated from the rest of it.
Ironically I prefer the gloss black plastic insets vs the wood on the higher trims - so the ideal for me would be a silver trim with the gloss black inserts.
You could absolutely paint or dip this trim, YMMV as to longevity there.
Since I ordered the truck before there were any Laramies to preview, I was a little disappointed initially - but it's grown on me and to be honest I don't really notice it. If anyone disassembles their center stack, I'd be curious to hear if the champagne trim can actually be separated from the rest of it.
Ironically I prefer the gloss black plastic insets vs the wood on the higher trims - so the ideal for me would be a silver trim with the gloss black inserts.
You could absolutely paint or dip this trim, YMMV as to longevity there.
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I replaced my radio bezel because of a crack in the wood. Retail was something like $1,400
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PUKE.
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Yeah probably going to have to a) buy the limited trim pieces b) have it wrapped.. maybe piano black or a brushed aluminum
2019REBEL
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Ouch hope it was covered under warranty.
Man, is that what I have? I've been calling it bronze. Isn't satin nickel a duller silver? I've purchased satin nickel hardware for my bathrooms and it's a duller silver. All I know is ....I absolutely freaking love my longhorn trim!!!
Well, that's how I describe it. The Ram website states that the Longhorn has "satin gloss warm chrome accents". That's a bit confusing, since satin and gloss are not the same thing, and chrome is not 'warm'. It looks like satin nickel to me. Here's an image comparing stainless to brushed and polished nickel (shamelessly borrowed from Delta Faucets). Satin nickel would fall between 'brushed' and 'polished'. You can see that nickel is a 'warmer' finish than stainless, and nothing like chrome. Honestly, it was the first thing I noticed at the auto show. I was impressed that A) so much of the trim is actually metal, and B) that it wasn't chrome or even stainless, but actually nickel (a more expensive finish).
There's also cheap nickel (e.g. brushed stainless) hardware and 'real' nickel, which has much more color depth (and is much more expensive).
I understand now....you guys are talking the color of the knobs, etc ....and the color around the console. I thought you were referring to this (below) which is bronze/gold. I don't even notice the trim around the console. I had to walk outside to look. That beautiful bronze/gold keeps my attention.
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Put me down as another person who dislikes the bronze contrast. As I sat in the Laramie I pondered what I would have to do to swap that bronze plastic trim piece out with a simple matte black one like I think the BigHorn or Tradesman has. For the record I prefer the matte surround of the non-nav display to the piano black gloss NAV surround too.
Harrumph @BobbiBigWheels ! I agree this SHOULD be a totally easy and super cheap mod. Think your service guys would entertain the question of ordering just the plastic surround piece from a Tradesman, separated from the switches and AC outlets? Or is the $1400 “solution” that @warmachine got (under warranty phew!) going to represent the only option to the Ram service technician/manager? Were I that service manager I think it would have been in Ram’s best interests to find a simpler cheaper option to replace a cracked plastic trim piece!
