How does a guy tell if a truck is an 08. or the diff between an 04 and 05. 04 started putting the ram on the gate, 06 they made the bigger headlights, 07 has the new tail lights.
The date on the sticker of the door/frame shows the date it was manufactured and does not necessarily represent the model year of the truck.
As Dunes said use the VIN.
look at your vin...look at the last number and count 8 digits in, and that is the year...pre-2001 is a little more difficult as they were letters...but 1 is 2001...2 is 2002 and so forth...
Ok this was not a trick question. I am not a total idiot. I was wondering if there was any outside features to look for. People may take offense to me snooping in there truck when I see it in the parking lot and wonder what year it is.
sounds like this blu tech badge is a sign that it has a 6.7L.
Will have to look for it. there is a lot of 07 around, I have just been curious if I could tell if they had a 6.7.
Best way to tell if it is a 6.7 or not is stand 20 feet away on the passenger side and look underneath the truck. You will see the DPF hangin. (if the truck still has the DPF on it) The Blue Tec badge on the back will definately tell you it is a 6.7 but the first trucks with the 6.7 still had the Heavy Duty on the tailgate instead of the Blue Tec badge.
Blue Tec is the emissions setup on the 6.7, the DPF
The blue tec, according to the lot that sold me my new rig, means that it is specifically designed to burn the ultra low sulfer diesel. In so saying they gave me a sturn warning to not try and burn the "just low sulfer" or it will mess up my new truck. The exhaust is pretty congested under the truck and the egr is pretty touchy.
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