When the Assembly Line is finished with your Order
They can stamp it Ready for Shipping, all they want, but they are not finished with it.
If you ordered rubber mats, a Trailer Hitch Receiver, Nerf Bars or anything else, it goes to a sub contractor for any Extra Parts
The assembly line, notice the body is painted, before they put it on the chassis
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After the Ram leaves the assembly line, it is sent to the Body Vendor.
At Sterling Heights they call the body vendor ' the Mopar Custom Shop '
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here they are doing some graphix & spraying in the bed liner, from there it may go to another section to get steps , or for something else
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when they are done with the Body Vendor,
The Ram is sent to another area, where they do a final Inspection
Then the Ram is sent to a staging area, where it will sit until they schedule a rail road freight car or a semi truck that is a car hauler.
There are railroad Spur Lines that go right onto Ram factory property