Best first mods on your truck??? POST!

Fergeson · Jul 17, 2016

Remember that feeling of putting your first mod on your truck???? I would love to know what people have done to their trucks first! So go ahead and list your first mod (or first few if you'd like) that you have done to your truck!!

Hopefully everyone will post and maybe some will find new ideas for their trucks!

PICTURES ARE A PLUS!!!

Rzrman328 · Jul 17, 2016

Similar thread.

http://www.ramforum.com/f38/best_mods_under_$100-85823/

I believe mine was the limo tint.

603photog · Jul 17, 2016

All mine have been extremely low-level, basic stuff (need to get a new sig pic to reflect these) :

Nerf bars
LED light strip under tailgate
Sylvania ZXE headlights/foglights
Stubby radio antenna to replace stock whip
Valve stem caps with RAM logo on heads
Touchscreen NAV/Bluetooth head being installed this week

Next week comes the leveling kit and then I'll assess the stock wheels and tires after that to see which way I want to go on that front.

DILLIGAF · Jul 17, 2016

Removal of most of the factory junk like the shocks, Manifolds, UCA's, Exhaust, Radio and those factory tires.

SwollenMonkey16 · Jul 17, 2016

Led interior swap
Level kit
Mevotech UCAs
Upgrade tires
Badge removal

CLOUDL1GHT · Jul 17, 2016

leveling kit and got rid of the good-for-a-year (goodyear) tires

debadge

exhaust

PassivAggressor · Jul 17, 2016

First mod was the actual truck for me. Came from a tiny 4 cylinder car. I love my v8. So naturally a muffler was the first thing.

R.L.K. · Jul 17, 2016

I did a few at one time , mainly because I wanted a back up camera .
My 14 Ram QC 4X4 came with the non touchscreen radio , so my " FIRST MOD " was multiple @ once .
1) OEM Backup camera kit .
2) RA25.0" touchscreen radio.
3)Mirror with microphones.
4)sterringwheel audio controls.

My second mod was Bilsteins 5100s and Mevotec UCA'S

3rd was OEM QC steps

4th Spyder LED tail lights

5th Oil catch can

6th Redline 5W -30 oil & RP1048 Filter
☆☆☆☆☆No pics , but hey REDLINE 30WT OIL IS AWESOME ☆☆☆☆☆

7th OEM footwell lighting

NO PICS.

8th OEM under the hood lamp

This is the plug , sorry no pics

9th Billet Tech under the hood RED Dress up kit

10th RED Bed lighting

11th RA4 8.4NA radio , single zone bezel

I forgot about OEM Tow hooks !

I'm way out of order on some of these .

I've missed several , hell after a while they just run together

GreenClassic · Jul 18, 2016

My first mod was replacing the pathetic "seal" on the 3rd brake light with weatherstrip. If you haven't done this, then I highly recommend you do. It's not a question of if your seal will fail, but when. Many people have had theirs fail within months of buying their brand new trucks. I didn't want to risk getting my back seat storage flooded, so I bought my truck, drove it home, and immediately replaced the seal within the first 15 minutes of having my truck at home.

My 2nd mod was running boards (same as Laramie's) because it's hard for me to get into and out of without them, lol.

My 3rd mod was putting rubber floor mats. Honestly, I like the look of the black carpet ones better, but the rubber is such better protection.

And 4th mod was replacing the chrome-clad wheels on my Big Horn with wheels from a Sport. The chrome-clads were just a bit too much chrome for me, the Sports look perfect to me.

This photo shows the running boards and wheels:

soSincerious · Jul 18, 2016

^ what kind of seal did you use?

GreenClassic · Jul 18, 2016

soSincerious said:
^ what kind of seal did you use?

I used 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. high density rubber foam weatherstrip, which can be purchased at Home Depot:

Frost King E/O 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. x 10 ft. Black High Density Rubber Foam Weatherstrip Tape-R534H - The Home Depot

You'll notice the difference right away when you are putting your 3rd brake light back on because it's slightly harder to put on because it's thicker and better quality (not hard by any means, but you'll see what I mean when you do it). Just make sure you get all the old seal off before putting on the new weatherstrip.

MaizeNBlue · Jul 18, 2016

First mod was the upper glove box cover

LumberJakl · Jul 18, 2016

SwollenMonkey16 said:
Led interior swap
Level kit
Mevotech UCAs
Upgrade tires
Badge removal

I thinks this is exactly what all new RAM owners should do, except I have the sport so it already has LED .

Bilstein Shocks, Mevotech UCA, 35's and debadge incoming !

U&A · Jul 18, 2016

GreenClassic said:
I used 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. high density rubber foam weatherstrip, which can be purchased at Home Depot:

Frost King E/O 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. x 10 ft. Black High Density Rubber Foam Weatherstrip Tape-R534H - The Home Depot

You'll notice the difference right away when you are putting your 3rd brake light back on because it's slightly harder to put on because it's thicker and better quality (not hard by any means, but you'll see what I mean when you do it). Just make sure you get all the old seal off before putting on the new weatherstrip.

thank you for this post. will be doing it soon now.

my best mod out of the few i have done so far is a toss up between the tonneau cover and HUGE mud flaps. https://www.huskyliners.com/Long-John-Mud-Flaps
I set them up identical to the trucks in their pictures. the "flare" out the wheel wells about 1.5 " and they hang down low enough that nothing can be thrown "inside/underneath" the rear bumper.

EDIT: i got the 15" x 36"

Jetsfan122 · Jul 18, 2016

I'm interested in knowing what type of seal you used as well

U&A · Jul 18, 2016

Jetsfan122 said:
I'm interested in knowing what type of seal you used as well

its linked in post #11

Fergeson · Jul 18, 2016

603photog said:
All mine have been extremely low-level, basic stuff (need to get a new sig pic to reflect these) :

Nerf bars
LED light strip under tailgate
Sylvania ZXE headlights/foglights
Stubby radio antenna to replace stock whip
Valve stem caps with RAM logo on heads
Touchscreen NAV/Bluetooth head being installed this week

Next week comes the leveling kit and then I'll assess the stock wheels and tires after that to see which way I want to go on that front.

Are the Sylvania headlights and fogs the basic ones from advance? Was wondering how well they worked and also do you like the stubby antenna? was looking into that myself. thanks for posting!

Fergeson · Jul 18, 2016

GreenClassic said:
I used 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. high density rubber foam weatherstrip, which can be purchased at Home Depot:

Frost King E/O 3/4 in. x 5/16 in. x 10 ft. Black High Density Rubber Foam Weatherstrip Tape-R534H - The Home Depot

You'll notice the difference right away when you are putting your 3rd brake light back on because it's slightly harder to put on because it's thicker and better quality (not hard by any means, but you'll see what I mean when you do it). Just make sure you get all the old seal off before putting on the new weatherstrip.

Thanks I'll be doing that this weekend for sure!

Fergeson · Jul 18, 2016

MaizeNBlue said:
First mod was the upper glove box cover

You mean the little hole above the glove box? That's one thing I didn't like about the express compared to the big horn... where did you get the cover? and how hard was it to replace?

RR7_905RAM · Jul 18, 2016

Very first for me was the Mopar mats.

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