Picked up my new Tradesman on Wednesday 5/25. Mainly using it to tote our 42' fifth wheel around the Northeast. Now starting the slow build to make it a great tow vehicle. Going to be asking a ton of questions. So I thank you ahead of time for all the help.
Tradesman with some options with the Aisin and 4:10.
Installed Trifold Tonneau Cover.
Went Friday to get the windows tinted.
They did a front window visor tint. Not sure if I like it yet.
You might want to do this mod. Lights up the bed like day time making it easy to see at night in the bed for loading or unloaded especially with my tonneau cover on.
I installed 16 ft. Of these LEDs light stripes under the bed lip and tied them to the cargo light circuit so you can turn them on/off from inside the truck. Cheep MOD and got the light strips off eBay. $15 for 2 8ft. LED strips with 3M tape already on them. If you need more info on this MOD let me know I have other pics also. Excellent MOD with my tonneau cover. Also DeeZee tailgate assist is a nice cheep MOD and let's the tailgate down for you $30. Lots of mods you can do cheep. Floorboard LEDs from Lowe's $8 plug and play, rear seat back fold down MOD, just need 4 of 3/4" spacers. Free MOD
Don't know what happened but my pics didn't load.
Definitely interested in the bed LEDs. Thanks for the info. Exactly the type of mod I'm looking for. Yes to all of your mods. Trying to get the Reese rail adapter in now. What a pain in the A**.
Every puck was very sloppy. Had to adjust and tighten a lot. Had to put 3-4 turns in every end. And the aluminum wrench that was included was worthless. It was already bent open so there was a lot of play. It seems to be in right. I have tightened all the movement out. Have to replace the carter pins.
My MOD list to my new 2015
Ram 3500 DRW 4x4 CCLB Aisin 3.73 axle;
16 ft. of in Bed LEDs tied to cargo light switch
Floorboard LEDs tied to door light circuit
Rear back seat fold down mod
DeeZee tailgate assist
8.4 Navigation stereo
Leather Laramie steering wheel with audio controls
Window rain Shades
Hood bug shield
OEM front mud flaps
Under hood OEM light with OEM harness
Under rear seat LED lights tied to door light circuit
Truxsedo Lo Pro Qt tonneau cover
Cummins 6.7L Hood Decals
Hood Vent Decals
Stainless Ram LED floor enterence guards
Carbon Fiber Radio Bezel
Carbon Fiber door pillars
Carbon Fiber fuel door
Billet Aluminum Diesel cap
Billet Aluminum DEF cap
Stainless Front bumper lower rock guard
Rubber bed mat
OEM step rails under doors
Sonus ION paint sealant
Smoked Roof LED marker lights
LED side marker lights
LED licence tag lights
Thick seal on 3rd brake light
3rd brake light LED lights
OEM rubber front/back floor mats
4 Kicker CS 6x9 3-way door speakers
3 1/2" Infinity Reference dash speakers
Ram 5th wheel rail; also had to adjust it properly then it's tight and fits right. PITA to do guess that's why they didn't install it right at dealer.
Probably did more stuff I can't think of right now.
You should check out the thread called "Tradesman owners group----what have you done"
Lots of info there with pics of mods of stuff we've done to our trucks. Get your wallet out. LOL
Installed Reese Rail adapter. What a pain in the A**. It was so far out of adjustment, it took forever to install. I'm still not completely satisfied with the fit. I'll find out more when we hit the road.
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