What did you do to your Ram today???

[Shives]

How did you get that much front light? I want!!!

Lasfit! I want to try and contact them for a group buy. BUT if you want them now, check out their ebay page. I got the 465 kit for 275!!
The front lighting is insane. I won’t need high beams

 

[NewTruckWhoDis]

Installed the KYKR 12" screen protector. Easy install and no smudges so far. Also found a tiny door ding and rock chip. Ups and downs.

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[Ccm12]

Lasfit! I want to try and contact them for a group buy. BUT if you want them now, check out their ebay page. I got the 465 kit for 275!!
The front lighting is insane. I won’t need high beams

Did you already have front led bulbs and just replaced them with the lasfits? Or were you running halogens?

 

[Kelan]

Thanks I appreciate it!

Congrats! Great looking truck and a great deal!
Now I want to know the story from the previous owner! Obviously put a lot of time into the upgrade details. Did the poor guy lose a bet and have to buy a hybrid Audi wagon or something?

 

[HSKR R/T]

Maybe a dumb question but are the LEDs DOT compliant? I've heard of a lot of people being knocked at inspection time due to them.

Technically putting LED bulbs in a reflector housing designed for halogen bulbs is against DOT regulations. As for being "illegal", if a cop wants to be an ******* they can issue a ticket for it. a stock halogen reflector housing can not properly focus LED or HID light output and you will end up with hotspots outside of the correct beam pattern that can and will effect incoming driver's

 

[Wsmith]

Technically putting LED bulbs in a reflector housing designed for halogen bulbs is against DOT regulations. As for being "illegal", if a cop wants to be an ******* they can issue a ticket for it. a stock halogen reflector housing can not properly focus LED or HID light output and you will end up with hotspots outside of the correct beam pattern that can and will effect incoming driver's

My cutoff is every bit as sharp as my halogens were, distinct cutoff.

 

[puba08]

Install tomorrow. It’s beer time.

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[ZonaRam44]

I installed a matte black rear badge yesterday. It was the last badge that still had a good amount of chrome showing. I'll be honest, out of all my mods this was the most work for the least payout, but I like the look. Getting the old badge off was easy enough with my ladies hair dryer and a pry tool. Oh man, without a decal wheel the old double sided tape and glue residue was a pain in the ***. Took about 2 hours to get it all off, but my reward was a 10 second install time for the new badge.

 

[Rambunktious]

Hey everyone! I've been on the site since April and was planning on buying a new 2020 or 2021 Ram Limited. Life is full of surprises though isn't it? Well after COVID-19 messed with inventory and discounts, etc. I was in no rush since I had started my search of seriously being ready to buy in April but the rebates in Texas on the Limiteds have been awful for 6 months running and I was picky about how I wanted my truck optioned which combined with dealers having the upper hand really limited (pun intended) what I could do.

I began to open myself up to the possibility of used in June but of course being picky makes that kind of hard as well haha. Everything happens for a reason though right? Fast forward to August and I found a dealership in Lake Charles, LA (this was a week before Hurricane Laura) that had a truck configured how I wanted except the Bed Utility Group and the eTorque were missing BUT the dealer was offering $12K dealer discount so that alone made me reach out. I've been through this before and there was one other dealership in MO that had a dealer discount that high but of course they low-balled my trade and had over $2K in add-ons and wouldn't remove them so the deal wasn't what it seemed and I ceased contact. The LA dealer offered a decent value for my trade after a little back and forth and I was waiting on a Purchase Order to break it all out to ensure no surprises. Well instead of getting me the PO by the end of the day (this was Saturday, 15 August), the dealer went silent. By Monday (17th) he reached out to me in the morning to let me know the General Sales Manager who approved my deal had a family issue to take care of that day so he'd be in at 5:30pm that afternoon and would promptly send me the PO. Now I should add that since the truck didn't come with the BUG, I pointed out to the dealer that they would need to offer me some kind of deal on the RamBox divider/extender and the bed step since those were the two things that make up a BUG in a Limited with RamBox and he said it would be on the PO when they sent it to me so I said ok no problem.

So of course 5:30 rolls around and still no PO so in the meantime I decide to check Auto Trader again since it'd been a few days and I came across what is now my current truck. Patriot Blue was my 1st choice, Max Steel Metallic was my 2nd and Ivory Pearl Tri-Coat was my 3rd as far as colors go and this was one Ivory. It had every option I wanted INCLUDING THE BUG and eTorque and looking at the many pictures posted, I could tell the exhaust tips were black and were 5" (stock are 3 or 3.5" I forget) so I thought hmmm. The windows were all rolled down so I couldn't see if it had tint installed already and I could tell it had a hard folding tonneau which I also thought was great as I would have been installing one on any truck I bought. In one of the other pictures, I could tell the tires weren't the factory Goodyears but the pick wasn't high-res enough as when I zoomed in, I couldn't make out the tire. So I figured why not...the price was REALLY good...$53K and only 9406 miles. According to the pricing guides, retail for this truck was several thousand higher and in-fact, the trade-in value on KBB for Very Good on this truck was $56-57K. I had checked the Carfax and it was a personal vehicle owned on a lease and nothing was odd or wrong so that was good. I contacted the Internet Sales Manager and asked him to take some pictures for me of specific things (windows rolled up, top of the tonneau cover so I could see the brand, close-up of tires so I could see the brand and size, payload sticker, back sliding window to check for cracks as has been posted many times here, headliner to check for leaks/stains from dual pane, etc. and asked him to take a small video clip with his phone of a cold-start). He responded within 10 minutes and WOW! I could hear the exhaust and tell it was aftermarket (which I was happy about), the tires were Nitto Ridge Grapplers in 33x12.5x22 size and the windows were ceramic tinted max legal in TX. The tonneau was a Mopar Hard Folding tonneau cover and it already had wheel locks as well.

This was in Houston which meant a 3-hr drive for me which was no big deal so after getting the pics, I figured ok let's see what they offer in trade because this is a GREAT price so I'm sure they'll low-ball me. Oh and by the way, this is an Audi Dealership. So we conclude with several texts after I provide all the info on my trade and plenty of pics and he tells me he'll have the market value of my trade in the morning. Sure enough, Tuesday morning rolls around and he texts me the glorious words "the trade market value of your vehicle is $14,000". Now mind you, the BEST I had gotten so far was $12,000 after back-and-forth and I had engaged at least 7 times previous to this with values anywhere from an insulting $6500 up to $11,000 that I was able to negotiate up to $12,000 (the dealer in LA that I was waiting on the PO from). Now I knew this was going to happen barring shenanigans from the dealership. At this point, it's now Wednesday the 19th and the dealership in LA reaches out in the morning and tells me the GM wants to talk to me on the phone and asks for my number but at this point I didn't respond (poetic justice if you ask me).

Friday morning rolls around and I've got my financing set-up (2.90% for 84 from Air Force Federal Credit Union) and put my older two girls in the car with me and we head toward the dealership in Houston. I arrive around 4pm and the truck was out front with a Red Audi "Sold" sign on it and the first thing I do is dive under the truck as the suspense of whether it's really an aftermarket exhaust I heard or just tips is killing me. Sure enough, I look at the muffler and see "MagnaFlow". I look and find out it's the MagnaFlow Ram 1500 Street Series Cat-Back Performance Exhaust System (19430) with 5" Black Tips, Stainless Steel and 3" tubing. I check the truck over for about 10 minutes and then text the Internet Sales Manager who brought out the key as I had requested be ready when I arrived and away I went with just my two older girls and I for a test-drive. It drove great and I loved the sound of the exhaust...no drone. I inspected for all the things I've seen posted on the forum and didn't see anything so fingers crossed. With 9406 miles on the odometer my hope was that anything that would rear it's ugly head likely would have at this point but either way I have the balance of the factory warranty and will be buying the extended Chrysler warranty (7yr/unlimited miles) anyway.

In the end, I saved about $7500 when you factor in the lower price, bigger trade amount, value of the tonneau, tint and the fact it had the BUG (step and divider/extender) and that doesn't take into account the value of the Nitto Ridge Grapplers or the MagnaFlow exhaust.

I have some mods coming but for right now here's some pics from when I got it home and detailed/waxed.

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Congrats on the great truck and thanks for the great read. Both my wife and I enjoyed reading the story.

 

[Sir Ramcelot]

Congrats! Great looking truck and a great deal!
Now I want to know the story from the previous owner! Obviously put a lot of time into the upgrade details. Did the poor guy lose a bet and have to buy a hybrid Audi wagon or something?

Good question! I can tell you this. My last truck was a 2014 Ram 1500 Longhorn 4x4 and I had many many upgrades (tires, wheels, exhaust, CAI, tint, ceramic coating, sport hood added, LEDs everywhere including headlights, fogs etc. since they only had halogens back then) but 22 months later the wife decided she wanted to upgrade her vehicle after only a year (long story) so I ended up selling it to offset the increased payment from taking a bath on a one-year old vehicle. I'm sure the second owner of my truck thought the same thing I was thinking on this thing....what the!?!? Haha. I like your Audi Wagon guess though. I definitely never would have predicted buying a Ram from an Audi dealer haha.

 

[HSKR R/T]

OMAC USA rear wheel well liners installed. These were $85 shipped for the pair. Install instructions suck, but if you have any mechanical ability it's not too bad. These are designed to go on top of the factory partial liners. Hardest part was getting the top outside edge to slip between fender flare and body. The outside edge is just sandwiched between fender flare on body. Only two screws holding them in are straight in. I had a couple screws and nut clips left over from my Husky wheel liner(mud flap) install to use as the rear hole you need for these liners doesn't have anything in it from factory. Hole circled in last picture. As you can see the "insulation" is basically a thin felt strip on the top side. It doesn't touch any metal surface, so not worried about holding moisture and rust, and not really something a mouse would go after as someone else suggested on Facebook.

Looks like they are even cheaper now than when I ordered. $77 shipped

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[NorthernArea51]

I installed a matte black rear badge yesterday. It was the last badge that still had a good amount of chrome showing. I'll be honest, out of all my mods this was the most work for the least payout, but I like the look. Getting the old badge off was easy enough with my ladies hair dryer and a pry tool. Oh man, without a decal wheel the old double sided tape and glue residue was a pain in the ***. Took about 2 hours to get it all off, but my reward was a 10 second install time for the new badge.
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I still haven’t done mine. Can’t decide if I like the flash of chrome to match the rear bumper. Do you have a shot of your entire back end (not an innuendo I promise)?


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[DSPS]

‘Home Depot 4x6’ bed mat’ installed - $42

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[tattoodhardcore]

Nice alternative to the bumper plugs! Where did you get it?

fallsmoparcity on eBay sells the plate holder
ePartStore on Amazon sells the American flag plate

 

[ZonaRam44]

I still haven’t done mine. Can’t decide if I like the flash of chrome to match the rear bumper. Do you have a shot of your entire back end (not an innuendo I promise)?


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The lighting is not great right now, but here you go.

 

[NorthernArea51]

The lighting is not great right now, but here you go.
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Awesome. I appreciate it. I think if I do the black ram head I’ll probably remove my bighorn and 4x4 badges. Ahhhhh decisions decisions lol


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[JK47TheWeapon]

Installed a Hellwig Sway Bar this afternoon. I'll put quite a few miles on it tomorrow to see if I like the feel of the middle tune.

 

[HotRod104]

Lasfit! I want to try and contact them for a group buy. BUT if you want them now, check out their ebay page. I got the 465 kit for 275!!
The front lighting is insane. I won’t need high beams

I would definitely be interested in a group buy for the Lasfit! Hope someone can put something together.

 

[ZonaRam44]

Awesome. I appreciate it. I think if I do the black ram head I’ll probably remove my bighorn and 4x4 badges. Ahhhhh decisions decisions lol


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Now I'm thinking I might get some silver letter decals for the "RAM" in the emblem to break things up a bit.

 

[NorthernArea51]

Now I'm thinking I might get some silver letter decals for the "RAM" in the emblem to break things up a bit.

I have that too lol. I broke up my hood badge with some silver lettering that matched real good. Get the MOPAR stuff and not 3rd strike. The vinyl is much better


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