2018 Ram 1500
 

My jeep has been getting tired so the past few weeks ive been looking at some used cars and trucks to replace it. Last Saturday i took a ride to my local dealer to check out a used 2015 CPO Ram 1500 express. Before i even got a chance to go in to talk to anyone, a stroll threw the back lot bought me to a white 2018 express quad cab.

Some back and forthing and few hours later, that 2018 Ram was going prepped for delivery in the car wash. :shock:

I got an excellent deal on the truck. Between being a former employee of the dealer, my brothers best friends father being a partner there, AND FCA trying to push out the last year of this body ram, i ended up getting almost 14k off the sticker price. Truck will go back to dealer when plates come in for bedliner and hitch install.

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No mods YET, but thats just bc nothing has arrived yet :lol::facepalm:

On order currently:

-Being tinted weds
- LEDs for fogs, license plate plates, bed lights, reverse lights, interior lighting
-Black Ram emblems for front + rear
-Black 4x4 (may end up not putting on, goign to see how i like it clean first)

nice congrats good luck with it. i have a 2017 ram the only thing that drives me nuts is the shifter. other than that it’s been a great truck so far.

Nice truck!

If you can, cancel the black emblems. Plasti-dip those suckers! I did on my truck and they looked just like the day I did them when I traded it in a few years later.

Since I like a clean look, I negged the side emblems. The ones I left behind I hit with plasti-dip. If you don't want to go full blacked-out, you could always try something different, like gunmetal and top them with gloss or metalizer.


Also: Get you some rust proofing, like fluid film, and hit the rear quarters with it, up in the bedsides. Had I known better, I would have when I got my truck. I traded it in because I started getting rust in the rear wheel lips and when I stuck a camera into the bedsides it was pretty fugly in there.

I agree ! very hard getting used to it.

Ive been reading about doing that on ram forums. Thought of you immediatly lol Thats why you ended up getting the Colorado right?

Also, do you happen to have those headlights you swapped out? I want to switch my to either the black bezel units, or find a set of stocks to mod.

Very nice sir beggars

Nice truck man. Should look good with the camaro in tow.

Congrats! Nice easy color too.

nice truck

Yes sir, that was the demise of my relationship with my Ram. It was also one of the first things I did with the Colorado to prevent it in the future, I sprayed 4-5 cans of Boeshield all over the bottom of the truck and up inside anywhere I could reach until it was dripping .

Actually, I do have the stock lights up in my attic. They're yours if you want 'em. Should be in more or less new condition.

That would be amazing ! I’ve been scanning Craigslist for a few days looking for a set. I wanna pull them apaert and do a retrofit

Like I said, they're all yours. Just need to get them to you.

Just throw them out the window of your truck onto the lawn of my job when you pass on the way to your fire house.

just need some BLS headlights ;)

True story, i texted BLS on May 1st(i just checked my phone to verify exact date) to see if he has done any 4th gen ram work. So 3 weeks before i got it i was already prepping for Dat Retrofit.

You assume I know where you work!

I'll be in the firehouse Saturday, maybe we can figure something out for then?

i work for Audi ! right on rt3 before 495!

What time will you be there? i should be able to swing by

I usually get there a little before 7:00am, and I'll be there all day.

Saw this on the gram, good to see you made it NJFBOA official. Does this mark the end of suburban off-roading?

pm me your number !

i want to say yes, but i cant promise anything. I swore id leave it stock but i fell into a youtube hole of exhausts, so that may be happening

On the exhaust: Save your monies and get one of the the mufflex mufflers as there is no power to be had by replacing the cat-back. The factory stuff is mandrel bent stainless steel, so if sound is your game then just swap mufflers. It's a quick bolt on.

Surprisingly I didn’t catch and Mufflex sound clips. I fell for dat Corsa set up, but I’m not spending 1,200

Here's one:

Watched a handful of them last night now, not to bad. i deff like the corsa sound better, but not $1000 bet. lol My buddy has a flowmaster on his ram, sounds alright. But doesnt have that note im looking for.

First round of modding done. Nothing much, but its something.

Tint: match factory rear tint on the front windows, 5% visor tint. Will most likely be getting the whole windshield done at 50% once i get some real headlights.

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LED plate lights:

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LED Bed lighting:


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They both are stupid bright. Small touch, but makes the truck look much more "modern" than that yellow halogen stuff.