I am going to share some info. I have not done this mod yet but will for several reasons.
I was talking to my DM today and was talking about my new truck purchase. He was asking me about what mods I was going to do and I told him I won’t be doing any for a while for power but will be for Mileage. That got us on the subject and he told me a trick that another Service Manager had done to his own truck from one of my competitor stores.
He installed the tailgate spoiler from the 1500 trucks on his 2500. My DM and he got the idea from Chrysler themselves at a class in Las Vegas when they talked about new products. One thing that was talked about is why the G.M. trucks had been getting better fuel mileage than the Dodges. They said that in wind tunnel testing they found that the advantage the G.M. trucks had was the tailgate spoiler. That is why they have added the spoiler to the Dodge 1500 trucks.
Why did they not do it to the 2500’s and the 3500’s you ask? It’s because the government does not mandate that the fuel mileage averages to be advertised on the window stickers, so it has no advantage to Chrysler when making the vehicle.
I have not done this to my truck yet but will soon and Ill tell you what gains I find. Chrysler claims to have gotten a gain on the 1500’s an average of .7 MPG more. The other Service Manager that has done this to his 2500 Cummins is claiming to get .4 to .5 MPG more.
The other reason I will be doing the mod is because my truck is black and when I go to shut the tailgate I tend to scratch the center edge when the truck is dirty.
The part # for this is Mopar Accessory part # 82209867 and retail is 89.00. The dealership that installs it will ask for about a half hour labor so you will be looking at about 130.00 or so depending what the labor rate is at the store that does the work.
I think most of us could to the mod ourselves.
Enjoy. JOSH
I was talking to my DM today and was talking about my new truck purchase. He was asking me about what mods I was going to do and I told him I won’t be doing any for a while for power but will be for Mileage. That got us on the subject and he told me a trick that another Service Manager had done to his own truck from one of my competitor stores.
He installed the tailgate spoiler from the 1500 trucks on his 2500. My DM and he got the idea from Chrysler themselves at a class in Las Vegas when they talked about new products. One thing that was talked about is why the G.M. trucks had been getting better fuel mileage than the Dodges. They said that in wind tunnel testing they found that the advantage the G.M. trucks had was the tailgate spoiler. That is why they have added the spoiler to the Dodge 1500 trucks.
Why did they not do it to the 2500’s and the 3500’s you ask? It’s because the government does not mandate that the fuel mileage averages to be advertised on the window stickers, so it has no advantage to Chrysler when making the vehicle.
I have not done this to my truck yet but will soon and Ill tell you what gains I find. Chrysler claims to have gotten a gain on the 1500’s an average of .7 MPG more. The other Service Manager that has done this to his 2500 Cummins is claiming to get .4 to .5 MPG more.
The other reason I will be doing the mod is because my truck is black and when I go to shut the tailgate I tend to scratch the center edge when the truck is dirty.
The part # for this is Mopar Accessory part # 82209867 and retail is 89.00. The dealership that installs it will ask for about a half hour labor so you will be looking at about 130.00 or so depending what the labor rate is at the store that does the work.
I think most of us could to the mod ourselves.
Enjoy. JOSH