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Get a HD Breaker Bar, go 1/2" not 3/8". Pick up a Deep Well 22 MM "6" point socket, and a small extension for your breaker bar and U should be fine. The lugs should be 22 MM on RAM.
I would as well, been there done that. I popped of a set and ruined the plastic only to reveal they ruined the rims as well. Of course if this happens, you can always paint them black, but who knows what is under there? TBH, I'd go get some aftermarket rims and new tires, 17's if it is a 4x4? I am lazy, I just got rebel knock offs, easy because they use factory offset. In this crazy world I see ebay still showing these under 700 bucks, and you can skin them all in under 2g's. Something to consider. Nothing surprises me anymore but plastic skins on oem ram's is a new low imo.
You'll need a thinwall 6 point deep socket,get a 22mm and a 23mm,as they should be 22,but after you've taken them on and off a couple times,the chrome cover goes to hell and a 22 won't fit,or remove the factory nuts and spring for a set of 14mm gorilla nuts.You can even buy a double sided thinwall socket that's a 1/2 size,one end is 22mm and the other end is 22.5mm,they're handy as hell to have,i have one of them in all my vehicles,and the 1/2 size comes in handy after the chrome caps on the nuts have started to go to hell
I carry a breaker bar with a deep 6-point socket, no extension pipes are required.
Have you ever tried to jack up a truck with the included toy jacks? They're especially useless on a gravel shoulder but not too much better on the pavement unless you have a lowered truck.
I carry a 12-ton bottle jack because it will easily provide the required lift while it doesn't take up too much space in the backseat area.
These are factory chrome clad rims and not hub caps. They are epoxied to the wheels and aren't intended to be removed.It is difficult to determine from the picture if that's a cover or a coating but, can you see a separation of the cover near the tire?
If you can slip your fingertips or fingernails between the cover and the rim, near the edge of the tire, chances are it's just a cover. It could be just lighting or a camera angle but the cover on the hub looks to be separate and a slightly different colour than the rim cover, which again makes me think it's just a cover as opposed to a coating.
After many years of changing seasonal wheels on my former GF's cars and removing and installing wheel covers, I can confirm it is a PITA but after repeated experience, it's not that bad.
I broke a couple when I first started but not after doing it for years. AFAIC, the real secret is the installation. Don't use a rubber mallet, I found that firmly pressing into place and using light taps with the base of my fist worked best.
If you hit it too hard, it will break. Just repeatedly and gently tap it into place around the full circumference, several times around.
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I took the stupid capped OEM lug nuts off with my 22mm socket and replaced them and the OEM Mopar locking/keyed lug nots off and replaced them with a chromed steel lug nut from McGard. Bonus, they are made in USA!!!
