Plan White Truck Exterior Upgrades

I leased and now a have purchased a plain white Ram 1500 Quad cab with the 5.7L Hemi. I had looked for a while for different things to do to it to dress up the outside.
I would look around the internet but not really find what I wanted, but got some great ideas. So now that I have finally put the pieces together that I came up with in my searches, I thought I'd list them and links to the items I used.

I will say that from the beginning I decided to keep the white/black or "stormtrooper" look for the most part, but did add a little color.

Some of the 1st things I ordered and installed were step tubes - These are beasts and do not flex under my 320lbs nor when I grab hold of the handle and rock the truck standing on them.
IAS-223400 - Ionic 3" Black Nerf Bars

Mud Flaps - Which I custom painted using vinyl paint (looking a little worn and cracked, definitely in need a touch up, but still look decent after 3 years, 30K miles and 3 full winters in NY)


I also installed 60in LED rocker light strips - They are running lights, sequential turn signals, and white puddle lamps

I have also added imposter wheel skins to make factory aluminum rims look gloss black. Nice thing is they come off in the winter and are about $80 to replace if they get damaged.
Note, will not work on chrome clad aluminum rims. Also I have 17in not 20s.


2 of my most recent add-ons are graphics. I looked for a long time finally settling on some hood spears and side graphics.
- I realize after ordering and installing instead of 395HP (model year horsepower rating) I should have listed 345CI in order to stay with the traditional MOPAR theme of cubic inch being referenced.


And finally I wanted something on the side, but I was not in to the big around the rear stripe. I wanted something subtle but stood out just enough. They took nearly 2 months to arrive from Eastern Europe, and being 3 pieces and 7ft long I figured out of my league so I found a local installer, i.e. a friend of a friend kinda thing (which is not easy, so unless you know someone its best to buy them where you will have them installed...No one wants to touch another's material!)
I did actually install the last piece, i.e. the HEMI. The strips had to be custom fit as they were for the longer crew cab. And due to that, the spacing was off to put on the "HEMI" in its factory format. So I actually trimmed the front leg of the "H" making it look closer to that of the old Hurst "H" and trimmed the "I" to be narrower as well (it actually looks better as it was as wide as the legs on the M).

There are a few other adds, but they are specific to what I use it for in addition to a daily driver.
Short of someday maybe ordering actual black rims I think I am done with my mods for this truck as I like how she looks and have others comment on her as well..... The rocker lights are usually a talking piece by anyone in to trucks and or Jeeps.

PS, the rocker lights are installed thru double tap fuses off the trailer light fuse in the main power panel under the hood. The puddle light is ran thru the firewall cover for the old clutch and to the green wire that controls the interior lights just inside the side panel of the dash at the drivers door. I ran the wire across the firewall in the engine bay for the passenger side and down the inner fender to the rockers, using the same route for the drivers side. Just in case anyone is interested. FYI, I did order 4 wire cable that was in a black outer casing AKA UXCELL RVV Wire Cable to run down and around for connecting the leds.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=uxcell+RVV+Wire+Cable&crid=1M4O9FE8VQJEI&sprefix=uxcell+rvv+wire+cable,aps,104&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Last piece of advice: anything you do like this document it in photos and store them some place you can get to if you ever need them. Also check with your insurance company as some require riders for these type of changes or they will not include them in any repairs. I am not so worried about getting my "money back" if its totaled as I have less then $1000 (most likely just around $500) in parts and the labor is 90% me or a buddy which only cost a case of beer.

But should the truck end up in an accident, particularly in the winter months in which I would have no way of reinstalling these items. I want them included in the repairs and I want my truck back just as it was before any such accident.

Hope this gave you some ideas for your truck as others had for me.......

Looks good! Definately need some contrasting color, no matter what color your truck is IMO, just to make it pop.

you can always spend money on custom pinstriping! LOL!

Looks awesome!!

Test driving my soon to be new Ram, the first thing I noticed was having to climb into the cab. Same Nerf Bars as your are on the way.

Tom looks good, well thought out