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2006 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 1500 SLT 4x4 Hemi

[emoji830]The Day I Bought My First Truck/Ram; 09/19/16


[emoji830]Less Then 3 Months Later, The Day I Traded It In; 12/09/16


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Why did you trade in the "big" truck for a regular cab?

 

[OnSale]

Why did you trade in the "big" truck for a regular cab?

Long story short I paid $8700 for it on 09/19. The dealer agreed to fix the "gas cap" light on the dash. It ended up being $1000 worth of repairs. They took care of that. Then I needed all new spark plugs, rear pinion seal, pass. side valve cover gasket. Every 200 or 300 miles it was breaking down. Then my pass. side low beam stopped working. I tried multiple new bulbs, no luck. Volt meter said the h13 plug had power to it. Online research said it was the TIPM. Brought it to the dealer and it was the TIPM. 9 internal failures for electrical lighting. At the same time the dealer found my heater core was bad (asked them to investigate why my heat was so bad). So I had a $3k repair bill on my hands. I went down to the used car lot and test drove a bunch of Rams. I picked the one I did because they gave me $8600 on my trade (only lost $100 off what I paid for it), I got them from window price (KBB value) $19,990 down to $16,100. So after my trade in value, I put the $3k down I was going to spend on repairs, I got a $1k employee discount. After tax, title and tags I ended up only owing $4k. The cheapest Quad/Crew they had was another $8k on top of what I was already paying. My payments would have went from $160 for 38 months to around $360- $400 for 4 or 5 years. I did not want a payment to begin with so that wasn't an option.

Sorry, that turned into a long story lol...

My 2012 Reg Cab only had 32k miles when I bought it. I just rolled over to 33k

Oh and i forget it if was a Quad or Crew that was $8k more but on top of being $8k more it was also a rental. No way was i buying a prior rental. The next cheapest Ram was a 2015 Quad 4x4 for $28k. $12k more then what I was spending.

I don't have a family or kids so I didn't need all the space.

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[OnSale]

Why did you trade in the "big" truck for a regular cab?

LOL decided to search Autotrader.com to see if my old truck popped up... sure enough it did!!

http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sa...age=200000&extColorsSimple=RED&searchRadius=0

Hahaha I guarantee Reedman Toll (dealer i traded it in at) just sent it to Auction without fixing the TIPM or the Heater Core. They knew all about those problems they were the dealer who diagnosed the problems right before my trade in.

I feel sorry for the person who is going to buy my old truck. They got quite a few repairs to do. Not to mention the Transmission was slipping and causing the truck to stall. Found that problem AS I was moving the truck after i was trading it in.

Stupid 3rd party lots.... buying trucks with major problems and asking $10k for them lol.

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[homebrew]

Before and after pictures

Do we have a before and after thread? This is my truck when I first got it and as it sits now.


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[Hemipower392]

Lots of dollars later

 

[Ferro]

When I first bought it. And few dollars later.

 

[Rzrman328]

Transformations in the member section I believe.

 

[Dirtbikekid1998]

The day I got it to now...



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[OnSale]

2006 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 1500 SLT 4x4 Hemi

▪▪The Day I Bought My First Truck/Ram; 09/19/16:


▪▪It Went Through Many Stages In The 3 Short Months I Owned It:


▪▪Mods:
▪Dodge/Mopar Dealer Nerf Bars
▪06-08 Ram "Hemi Sport" Front Lip/Air Deflector
▪Bully Locking Tailgate Handle
▪Bed Rail/Tailgate Caps
▪Spyder Smoked Chrome Halo Projectors
▪EAutoGrilles Mesh Rivet Grille
▪T-Rex 4" Bolt-on Grille Grenade Emblem
▪Bolt-on Grille Dodge Emblem
▪Opt7 Boltzen 6000k HID KIT w/ Relay Harness & Capacitors (removed)
▪Opt7 60" Tailgate LED Light Bar
▪20% Tint on Front 2 Windows to Match Stock Back Windows Tint
▪DT Moto Black Led/FiberOptic Smoked Taillights
▪Lund Tri-fold Tonneau Cover
▪BC Racing Intake
▪Phillips Crystal Vision H13 High/Low Bulbs
▪Phillips Crystal Vision 9006 Fog Light Bulbs
▪American Racing ATX "Justice" 20"x9 Wheels
▪Cooper Zeon LTZ XL Series 275/60R20 Tires
▪4- 8" COB 10000K LED Strips Under Tonneau Lighting
▪3M Matte Black "R/T" Bed Side Vinyls
▪3M Matte Black Custom Hood "Black-Out" Vinyl
▪Custom MainEventEmblems.com Red & Black "RAM" Grille Emblem
▪HEMI 5.7L & RAM 1500 Black Badges

▪And Finally, Less Then 3 Months Later, The Day I Traded It In; 12/09/16:



Funny thing is, I traded it in on 12/09 and they told me it was going to the auction... so about 2 days ago I was curious and searched AutoTrader.com and came across this: http://m.autotrader.com/cars-for-sa...age=200000&extColorsSimple=RED&searchRadius=0 - My old truck for sale. Obviously Reedman Toll did NOT replace the TIPM or the Heater Core... I feel so bad for whoever is going to pay $10k for that lol...

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[OnSale]

2012 Ram 1500 Reg Cab ST 5.7L Hemi

▪The Day I Bought My 2nd Ram; 12/09/16


▪One Week Later; 12/16/16


▪One Month Later; 01/09/16



I'm waiting on the last few pieces to get delivered that I need to do my center console swap, the front + rear brackets, front end caps and the radio bezel are all in the mail! I'm so excited to get this console installed.... the suspense is killing me!!!! Lol... [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16]

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[RamWrayzor]

Now

 

[82Crew]

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[MADDOG]

The day I bought it:

As it sits now:

 

[redram2015]

Before and after pictures

 

[bgray]

New


and Now

 

[SilverStreak88]

 

[Jsimon34]

2013

Before and after blacking out all the chrome.... rims and headlights are all that's left. Also just upgraded from 5.0 to 8.4 radio

 

[SilverStreak88]

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Got you a helluva bumper eh? Wish I had that that one night.

 

[PCT]

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Can i have that bumper lol

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[82Crew]

Got you a helluva bumper eh? Wish I had that that one night.

Got rid of the bumper and went with the sport look!


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