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What are your top five upgrades?

Neurobit

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Wondering where everyone else stands on upgrades. I have many, but these are my absolute must in order of importance if I had to do it over.
Post your five on the main list, plus three honorable mentions :).

Must have
  1. Pedal Commander
  2. Hellwig Sway bar
  3. Night Edition 22" Wheels / Exhaust Tips / Badging
  4. Cargo/3rd Brake Light LED Swap (Diode Dynamics)
  5. 2CarPlay Wireless CarPlay Dongle

Honorable mentions
  1. 3020 Dash Speaker Upgrade (sides & center)
  2. Viofo Dash Cam
  3. Luyed LED Reverse Light
 

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1. Ceramic tint
2. Hellwig sway bar

That’s it. Don’t have the funds to spend on it and she wouldn’t notice anything else anyway... well, maybe some big mudders and a lift she would notice, yeah.
 

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My top five would be:
1. Oil catch can
2. Muffler delete
3. Tint (front)
4. Dry-flow air filter
5. Tie for Bed lights/tonneau
 

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Here are the upgrades I did, and I would do again if I was to do it all over. Although not necessarily in the same order:
1. Bed liner
2. Tonneau cover
3. Muffler upgrade
4. Window tint
5. Throttle controller
 

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  1. adding a nice 10 or 12" sub
  2. tint
  3. some type of bed cover
  4. spray in bed liner
  5. hellwig sway bar
I drive a lot and I enjoy loud music so the additional 12" sub was a must for me. Going with that I already blew the center and left dash speakers on my HK system, so I have the Faital Pro and CDT speakers on order and they should be here by Christmas so I'll be replacing all of the interior speakers this weekend.

edit: my runner up would be new tires, these stock tires are like a slip n slide on muddy job sites.
 
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1. Flowmaster Outlaw Muffler
2. Dee Zee Heavy Duty Bed Mat
3. UWS Low Profile Bed Tool Box
4. Yakima Bedrider Bed Rack System
5. Dashcam Mount Mod for Center Dash Storage Spot
 

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1. Bed Liner - (your choice, but get one)
2. Tonneau Cover - (again your choice)
3. PPF on the front
4. Side Steps
5 Mopar Bed Step
 

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1) Ceramic tint
2) Line X or similar amazing bed liner
3) PPF (Xpel) on the front (nothing worse then looking at all those rock chips on your amazing new’ish truck
4) bedcover
5) better then stock crap tires




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Must have
  1. Dash cam (Just leapt to number one today)
  2. Window tint (FL must have)
  3. Solo Muffler delete
  4. LUYED reverse light mod
  5. Lock'erDown EXXTREME Console Safe

Honorable mentions
  1. Hellwig Sway Bar
  2. Punisher emblems
  3. Tonneau
 
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  1. Pedal Commander
  2. Oil Catch Can
  3. B2 Fabrication muffler
  4. Hellwig Sway Bar
  5. Full Bed Rug
 

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Full tint, PPF on front, Borla cat back, Hellwig, and tie between better tires/tonneau cover.
 

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1) Retrax MX Pro tonneau cover
2) Hellwig Sway Bar
3) Borla Touring Catback + Resonator
4) Nextbase 622GW Dashcam + Rear camera + Cabin camera
5) Lock'er Down Exxtreme Console Safe

"Seasonal": Michelin's Latitude X-Ice Xi2 snow tires
 

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1. Ram Airflow ( complete)
2. Tonneau cover
3. Mopar or Carli lift kit
4. Ceramic paint protection coating
5. New tires all season ( I have winter Nokian studded )

The tonneau cover likely the last thing I do as I have the multi function tailgate and I will wait likely for the Mopar version .. hopefully in a year they figure it out.. the stock wheels really are not good so I’ll be looking next spring for a good set of all weather tires.. Merry Christmas everyone !!
 

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1) Hellwig sway bar, Pro Suspension 2" rear drop springs, Core 4x4 sway bar links, Bilstein 4600 shocks (I consider the work on the rear suspension one upgrade)
2) Mishimoto catch can
3) 275/70 r18 Michelin Defenders
4) Dee Zee bed mat and tailgate damper
5) Dynamat (back wall, still need to finish doors)
 

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Must have:
  1. Bilstein ride height adjustable front shocks
  2. ReadyLift 3.5” SST Lift kit
  3. Dark window tint (must in South Texas)
  4. Full exterior/interior LED bulb replacement
  5. Vitesse Throttle Controller

    Honorable mentions:
    1. Borla S-Type Cat-back Exhaust (should probably be on must have, that sound at startup never gets old)
    2. Hellwig Sway bar (currently on order but based on all posts this will be either must have or honorable mention)
 

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Probably a more interesting or beneficial survey would be to list those upgrades we did that if we had the chance to do over again we wouldn’t due to cost/benefit ratio or other reasons...Maybe save some of our fellow forum members time and money...Just sayin 🤷🏽‍♂️

Mine would be:
1) If desiring level/lift over stock, go big the FIRST time! (eg doing a small level then larger tires, then lifting with larger tires and maybe larger wheels, etc).
2) While love my Borla S-Type exhaust and sound, it was a very expensive upgrade and if I was economizing factory exhaust was probably ok...I know sounds like confession time 🙇🏽😂...
 

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1. Ram Airflow ( complete)
2. Tonneau cover
3. Mopar or Carli lift kit
4. Ceramic paint protection coating
5. New tires all season ( I have winter Nokian studded )

The tonneau cover likely the last thing I do as I have the multi function tailgate and I will wait likely for the Mopar version .. hopefully in a year they figure it out.. the stock wheels really are not good so I’ll be looking next spring for a good set of all weather tires.. Merry Christmas everyone !!
The Retrax MX Pro (# 80244) and the Retrax # 60244 work very well w/ the MFT!
 

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