5th gen 1500 REAR BUMPER CONVERSION

[Irishthreeper]

LOL the 4th gen rear bumper is already tin foil the 5th gens are lighter?
I remember I laughed the first time I took a bumper off

I had to change out the rear bumper on my ‘19 1500 Gen 5 before I sold it due to a dent. I was shocked how light and delicate it was, carried it around with one hand. My ‘12 1500 ST had real steel bumpers!

 

[crazykid1994]

Yea. I’ll be making my own bumper. The way the 5th gen brackets line up it would just be better for me to build something that suits my needs instead of trying to modify it to fit.

 

[Tacobender24]

I had to change out the rear bumper on my ‘19 1500 Gen 5 before I sold it due to a dent. I was shocked how light and delicate it was, carried it around with one hand. My ‘12 1500 ST had real steel bumpers!

Yea. I’ll be making my own bumper. The way the 5th gen brackets line up it would just be better for me to build something that suits my needs instead of trying to modify it to fit.

Fair enough it's not for everyone. I'm just going for different looks since I'm not making my truck something that will see many stumps or rocks

 

[Lewybrewing]

Dang nice right up. I have a yellow poll dint and I scored a used one at the junk yard. I kinda wish I saw this before picking it up.

 

[Tacobender24]

Dang nice right up. I have a yellow poll dint and I scored a used one at the junk yard. I kinda wish I saw this before picking it up.

Im sure you could find a nbs rear bumper for cheaper on ebay or FB marketplace. I'd say if you really wanna do this, stand out from the crowd and confuse the hell out of ram owners in a good way go for the new color matched bumper. It really gives an updated look to our 4th gen rams

 

[Lewybrewing]

Im sure you could find a nbs rear bumper for cheaper on ebay or FB marketplace. I'd say if you really wanna do this, stand out from the crowd and confuse the hell out of ram owners in a good way go for the new color matched bumper. It really gives an updated look to our 4th gen rams

The score from the junk yard was free. My buddy owns the place. But your right, I sanded it all down and placed it aside since this post still has me thinking about changing it out to a 19+ bumper.

 

[Tacobender24]

The score from the junk yard was free. My buddy owns the place. But your right, I sanded it all down and placed it aside since this post still has me thinking about changing it out to a 19+ bumper.

It'll set your ram apart from the crowd. Ive had so many ram owners ask me about mine and honk/thumbs up me driving

 

[blabarre]

Once the retainer clips have been modified, you can attach your factory sensors to the bumper. NOTE: there's a little clear o-ring on the factory sensors that you will need to remove otherwise the sensors one fit. Once you have that done, all that's left it some wiring such as extending the parking senor harness, the trailer plug and switch the license plate light harness pigtails. Double check everything and if it looks like the pics below, you're good to tighten everything down:
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Tailgate open with good clearance
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Nice and leveled with the bottom edge of the tailgate
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Nice lower bedside fitment

Just like that, you have a 5th gen 1500 rear bumper on a 4th gen. I know many have asked to see this and if it could be done so I'm happy to help and show that it's possible with very little modifications. No we don't have to resort to 5th gen 2500 bumpers which would actually look very bulky on out trucks with the lower hanging plastic. Hope this helps!! If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer

(The bumper assembly can be ordered online at a site called partify and can be custom painted to match your truck)

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What about the tag lights, were they plug and play? I know the new ones are led, my old ones weren’t.

 

[Tacobender24]

What about the tag lights, were they plug and play? I know the new ones are led, my old ones weren’t.

As I stated in previous comments they need new pigtails

 

[marcun]

Sorry if this has been posted somewhere before. I have been searching for hours for the wiring diagram for both the 4th gen and 5th gen license plate lights to no avail. I working on doing this mod on my 2014 Ram 1500 big horn and I don't want to reverse the polarity on the LEDs (since they are $60 each). But I can't find the wiring diagrams anywhere and I can't find any markings on the housing. I assume (even though that's very bad practice) that the black wire on the truck harness is the negative and the white/blue stripe wire is the positive, but on the 5th gen led lamp side I'm building my own connectors with parts from mouser ($15 vs $180 from findpigtail.com), but I don't have access to any original plugs to see the wire colors or orientation.

Any help would be appreciated!