2014 RAM 1500 Express Crew Cab

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Loaded up my factory tune today and will keep it until this crappola of inflation/gas prices we have goes on. I pump 91 octane because of the tune, so paying $130 every 2 days is part of the reasons i bought the Kia. Truck has 117260 miles as of today, so we'll see if the 4 cyl crap will give it a little more mpg.
 
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Jut greased my Icon UCA's. Had forgotten to check at my notes for maintenace so this time i went around 8k miles before greasing them instead of the regular 5k. They're as quiet as day one.
 
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What's your plans out this way?
We rented a place in Rio Verde (arbnb) for a few days so we'll goofing around playing Golf, eating and checking the surroundings with the kids and the in laws. We want to move out of California so we'll take the opportunity to see what Arizona has to offer. We'll have a trip later on to check out St George UT as well, and hopefully we should be able to take a decision next year. My brother in law is also into the outdoors, offroad, dirt bikes, MTB etc so we're making plans to get the F out of Cali :), and it's not exactly because the outdoor life sucks. that's probably the only thing that rocks Cali asides from the weather of course ....
 
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We rented a place in Rio Verde (arbnb) for a few days so we'll goofing around playing Golf, eating and checking the surroundings with the kids and the in laws. We want to move out of California so we'll take the opportunity to see what Arizona has to offer. We'll have a trip later on to check out St George UT as well, and hopefully we should be able to take a decision next year. My brother in law is also into the outdoors, offroad, dirt bikes, MTB etc so we're making plans to get the F out of Cali :), and it's not exactly because the outdoor life sucks. that's probably the only thing that rocks Cali asides from the weather of course ....

AZ is definitely a change from Cali, we're currently melting down politically, we ran out of water ideas about a decade ago and haven't done anything about it and still won't, northern half of the state will likely be on fire again this year, home/rent prices are out of control, other than that we're still exploding and job growth like crazy with several large employers moving in still.
 

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Bought the mopar skids (front diff, power steering and transfer case), but didn't know i needed a cross member i don't have for the transfer case, and also a different engine cross member needed for the power steering skid to be bolted on.

For now i just added the Front diff skid, i can't hook the power steering skid because the cross member doesn't have the nutsert holes needed for that install. I'll see if i can get that cross member from Dodge that will have them

View attachment 40796120180811_153337 by Wrangler RSM, on Flickr

Also i don't have the rear transfer case cross member either :(
View attachment 40796220180811_153426 by Wrangler RSM, on Flickr

Mopar seems to have a kit that inlcudes the skid plate and rear transfer case crossmember that i think will fit ( Mopar 82214497), i haven't been able to confirm if this will work, or if i need just the rear crossmember, which seems to be Mopar 52022046AG. With the 1st option i'll have a 2nd skid plate laying around, but what that heck, at least i'll have a spare, and the kit is cheaper than just the crossmember alone :)
What year is your truck? I used the kit on my 2014 with no issues. The front crossmember on my truck had the holes for the nutserts though, I just had to install the nutserts.

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What year is your truck? I used the kit on my 2014 with no issues. The front crossmember on my truck had the holes for the nutserts though, I just had to install the nutserts.

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That post is from 4ish years ago, he's long past that skid plate kit since
 

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That post is from 4ish years ago, he's long past that skid plate kit since
LOL! For some reason the forum presented it to me as new when I clicked the "Jump to new" button. (And I didn't bother to check the dates of course. ) :)

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"Jump to new"... to you XD
I know that's how it's supposed to work, but I've been following this thread for a couple of years so something else was amiss. But.. enough hijacking the thread for now. :)

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I know that's how it's supposed to work, but I've been following this thread for a couple of years so something else was amiss. But.. enough hijacking the thread for now. :)

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:) no problem.
I think that issue was more of a year/model. It’s a 2014 and I guess the express model didnt have a provision in the front crossmember for that skid. I have drilled and used bolts and nuts though. I know I posted some pics in there I just don’t know in what page.
 
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