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What did you do to your Ram today???

Well I financed the 19 for 41 with a trade, after hitting a deer and getting t-boned in it they gave me 33 for a trade,
That actually sounds positive! $8K after 2 years on a damaged vehicle. Good chance you were not upside down unless you had a high interest rate loan.
 
I did a full wax with Turtlewax Seal and Shine. If it took 15 mins, I would be surprised. 3 micro fibers, Winter gloves, hat and coat. Great stuff and it was 30 degrees F. No freezing and my truck looks great. I also peeled the dealer sticker off the back. It was coming loose anyway. So a quick auto car wash Friday and Wax on Sunday. The dirtiest part was the exhaust tips. They shined up nice. Above freezing weather is predicted tomorrow! I almost put my black wheels/tires back on, but decided to hold off for a month or so. Still too many stones and salt on the roads. My only issue is I cannot reach the center of the hood and the driveway was too icy to put a stool down to stand on.
 

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Picked up my Borla Atak tips from being cerakoted silver(black inside). Came out really well. Didn’t like the chrome or shiny black so I thought I’d try something different.
 

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Picked up my Borla Atak tips from being cerakoted silver(black inside). Came out really well. Didn’t like the chrome or shiny black so I thought I’d try something different.
I need to fine tune the tips but not too shabby.
 

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This is an open question for me as well. As we have discussed, I am going to be adding supplemental reverse lighting. The most common USCAR plug from CURT uses only 5 of the 7 wires, with one being the ground. You've said the blue is for the reverse, which I'd use for the supplemental lighting. So that leaves only 3 more on the 5-pin flat harness. I'm assuming 2 of the remaining 3 are left/brake and right/brake. No idea what the final of the 5 is, and I asked previously which 2 are left off the 5-pin flat. Another poster picked up from a YT video that the "red" is always hot, but I don't think Ram uses a red wire there. Certainly there's no red on the CURT harness. USCAR diagrams have not consistently reported the functions of each of the 7 wires. I find this incredible and annoying.

If it's not on the 5-pin, I don't really want to tap into a different wire. Maybe it's no problem if I stay on the CURT harness, even if it's not the 5-pin. But anyway, I would like to pull from the trailer wiring to do my bed LEDs.

I received the CURT harnesses, the same ones you use including the USCAR with 5-pin flat, as well as the 5-pin extension. I have the LUYED LEDs that multiple others have used. And I have two 6-ft LED strips for the bed. I should have time this coming weekend to wire up these projects, though it looks like we will have rain here.
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Have had my Ram a little under 6 months now. Finally got the ceramic tint done on the two front windows. Have been slowly upgrading. Here’s a couple before and after pics from Sept 2020 (completely stock) to today.
 

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Needed some new tires so I decided to go with the Cooper Discoverer AT3 xlt. AND THEY ARE AMAZING!!!! The quietest offroad tire I have ever ran! Literally ZERO road noise.
They are 35x12.50R18 for anyone interested in this set up.

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How's the ride quality? Better, same, or worse than stock?

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How's the ride quality? Better, same, or worse than stock?

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As far as the tires, ride quality is great. BUT having the 3.5" readylift absolutely killed the ride in the front due to the preload spacer in the strut. I heard replacing the factory struts with the rough country 3.5" lift struts brings it back to factory ride.
 
What brand are these? I really like the design. Wonder if they come in chrome. Thanks
These are just the stand OEM boards. I got mine off eBay for around $400 with free shipping. I stuck with OEM as the knockoffs on eBay look the same but the brackets are very thin and cheap looking. Keep your eyes out and you may find someone selling a set of the chrome ones near you that they don’t want.
Link to black steps: https://store.mopar.com/accessories...g_boards_crew_cab_matte_black_82215301AC.html
Link to chrome:https://store.mopar.com/accessories...ide_steps_cab_length_crew_cab_82215291AB.html
 

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