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What did you do to your Ram today???

New here, coming from an 18 Durango R/T. I ordered and just received my Laramie Night Edition. Missed having a dead pedal/footrest. Bought one for a Jeep Wrangler JK and modified it to work. Pretty happy with the results.


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Had new windshield installed by safelite at home...
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New here, coming from an 18 Durango R/T. I ordered and just received my Laramie Night Edition. Missed having a dead pedal/footrest. Bought one for a Jeep Wrangler JK and modified it to work. Pretty happy with the results.


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Looks good......I was just thinking about this same thing last weekend on a long trip, these 5th gens don't have much of a foot rest. Do you mind posting a link for this? Thanks.
 
Finished blacking out the front, was quoted $650 plus tax to line-x the skid plate with them doing the work of taking it off and putting it back on, I decided to do that part myself, brought the skid plate in and it was $75 cash.
 

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It has been a fun week for my truck and today capped it off nicely. Earlier in the week, I installed the hooks to actually use my bed extender. It took me a whole year to want to use that feature and when I realized I couldn't, I was bummed. I saw that several of us never got them. I had a good rapport with the sales manager, so he was able to get them to me on the sly. If he couldn't pull it off, I was ready to pay the 80 to 90 bucks on ebay.
Mid-week, I took the needed action to survive the CA heat. I got ceramic tinting for UV radiation blocking as well as heat and infrared protection. Having that feature to keep the heat out is really nice. I got 5% in the back and 35% in the front, including the windshield.
Today, I finally installed the Borla S-Type with black tips. It took a while to get, but it was worth the wait. Thanks to these forums, I did not go with the ATAK, it would of been way to loud on cold starts. If I lived in a rural area, I might of went for it.
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Looks good......I was just thinking about this same thing last weekend on a long trip, these 5th gens don't have much of a foot rest. Do you mind posting a link for this? Thanks.
I had to buy a few additional parts to make it work. I used a couple body mounts and added 6mm x 1in couplers to them and a 6in straight brace.
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Finished blacking out the front, was quoted $650 plus tax to line-x the skid plate with them doing the work of taking it off and putting it back on, I decided to do that part myself, brought the skid plate in and it was $75 cash.
How did your tow hook bezels fit after having it sprayed?
 
Finished blacking out the front, was quoted $650 plus tax to line-x the skid plate with them doing the work of taking it off and putting it back on, I decided to do that part myself, brought the skid plate in and it was $75 cash.
Much improved (y) I didn’t realize that removing the skid plate was that involved...
 
First oil change at 3000 miles (truck was built July 2019), and 3rd time getting it aligned. First two times was at a local shop in my town right after I put the mopar lift on, and the guy couldn’t get it right. Took it to my brothers a couple hours away and finally got it done right. 7691EC09-CC8B-4210-BFDF-72608B3C5C9C.jpeg
 
Much improved (y) I didn’t realize that removing the skid plate was that involved...
Yeah unfortunately there are 4 bolts that are tucked under this bezel and you have to remove everything to get to them, otherwise you'd be able to remove the skid plate without having to take the bumper off.
 
How did your tow hook bezels fit after having it sprayed?
They were a little awkward on one end but once you tighten the bolts down it looks flush from the front. The only way you'd notice is if you got up under the truck but even then you'd have to really be looking for it.
 
Having the detailer come to the house to take care of it. It may be sitting but darn it, it’s going to at least good sitting ha ha ha.
 
Added the official Mopar bed-step. It does indeed go right in without any problems. Well, I did have to go to Harbor Freight to get a long (23") breaker bar to get the two existing (13/16") bolts out.

I got it from BAM. My only complaint about them was the poor manner it was packaged for shipping, though this could be how it came from Mopar. Dropped into a box with some wadded up brown paper, pretty much loose in the box to bounce around and not being snugly packed, a couple of pointy spots poked holes in the cardboard. A small amount of cosmetic damage resulted, but nothing visible once installed.
 
Out of the (4) that I’ve seen ordered including mine, they all came the same way including the ripped box.
 
Added a multi band scanner antenna. Installed into the rear stake pocket using a trunk lip mount (took out the tail light, got me all the access I needed). Ran the wires inside the void above the wheel, and into the cab using the under body plastic cap. hit it with some flex seal to close it up. scanner is next.
 

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