Changes in the Longhorn Black & Cattle Brown Interior from 2022 to 2023

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So then, how do we explain the different renderings of the 2500 & 3500 on the Ram Truck Build & Price website? Why would they have 2 different renderings? Also, the link you just shared showed the old syle analog gauges. The cluster is now supposed to be fully digital.
Renderings are just that- renderings. You CAN NOT go by them when shopping for a Ram. The truck in the link is a 2023 3500 longhorn, and absolutely has the new full digital cluster. The digital screen setup on the cluster in the listing is just set up to show the “analog” gauge view.
 
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Renderings are just that- renderings. You CAN NOT go by them when shopping for a Ram. The truck in the link is a 2023 3500 longhorn, and absolutely has the new full digital cluster. The digital screen setup on the cluster in the listing is just set up to show the “analog” gauge view.

In this day and age computer renderings are as accurate as can be. They wouldn't use them otherwise. An architect makes a life like drawing of a building to be built. When it is built, it looks just like the drawing. If the images shown on the Ram Build site are wrong, the web people would correct them. They haven't.
 

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In this day and age computer renderings are as accurate as can be. They wouldn't use them otherwise. An architect makes a life like drawing of a building to be built. When it is built, it looks just like the drawing. If the images shown on the Ram Build site are wrong, the web people would correct them. They haven't.
All I’m doing is explaining and showing you the reality of what the 2023 longhorns look like versus what the renderings show.
 
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All I’m doing is explaining and showing you the reality of what the 2023 longhorns look like versus what the renderings sho

So, you are saying this Ram Build website rendering, below, of the '23 2500 Longhorn with the deleted steering wheel wood is correct, but the Ram Build rendering of the '23 3500 Longhorn wit the wood is incorrect? Why would you trust one and not the other? The top pic matches reality, but the bottom does not? How is that?

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So, you are saying this Ram Build website rendering, below, of the '23 2500 Longhorn with the deleted steering wheel wood is correct, but the Ram Build rendering of the '23 3500 Longhorn wit the wood is incorrect? Why would you trust one and not the other? The top pic matches reality, but the bottom does not? How is that?
Jimmy knows his stuff. I'd trust him, especially since he's proven it with a link to a 23, over the website. The website is not always 100% accurate. That's why your dealer has to re-enter all of the stuff you picked on the ram build site into their system. Renderings were not accurate on the wheels on my 22 2500, for example.
 

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So, you are saying this Ram Build website rendering, below, of the '23 2500 Longhorn with the deleted steering wheel wood is correct, but the Ram Build rendering of the '23 3500 Longhorn wit the wood is incorrect? Why would you trust one and not the other? The top pic matches reality, but the bottom does not? How is that?

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The reason that I can say that the rendering for the 2023 3500 longhorn renders an incorrect steering wheel is because I can search autotrader all day long and see that real 2023 3500 longhorns, with real photos of the trucks on dealership lots all have full black leather steering wheels.
You really don’t have to search too far on your own to see this for yourself.
 
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ALL 2023 Ram trucks got rid the wood on the top half of steering wheel for all longhorns and limiteds- 1500, 2500, 3500, etc. Trust me- you’re getting an all black leather steering wheel.
Here’s a 2023 longhorn 3500:

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/2811FE14

You've shown the above link as an example of a 2023 Longhorn. Where is the Longhorn badging on the front door of that white 3500 in the above link?
 

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You've shown the above link as an example of a 2023 Longhorn. Where is the Longhorn badging on the front door of that white 3500 in the above link?
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I give up.
I guess you’ll see when you get your truck.
 
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I put up a fuss over the Ram Build & Price website showing the 2023 3500 Longhorn showing the wood on the top of the steering wheel--up until just yesterday. But today, I see someone went in there and changed it. So now I have to figure out how in the heck am I going to achieve the look of the 2022 model. Dealer Parts Dept says one would have to order an entire new steering wheel--with the top wood on it. o_O I've contacted a few automotive trim specialists but so far, no good news. :-/

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Dealer Parts Dept says one would have to order an entire new steering wheel--with the top wood on it.
The thing about that is, you can’t install one of those wheels in a 2023 because the new switches and new steering wheel bezel from the 2023’s won’t fit in a pre-2023 wheel, and you can’t use the old switches in a 2023 Ram.
 
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The thing about that is, you can’t install one of those wheels in a 2023 because the new switches and new steering wheel bezel from the 2023’s won’t fit in a pre-2023 wheel, and you can’t use the old switches in a 2023 Ram.

Sounds right. So, I am up against having to figure out how to replace that 10 to 2 o'clock leather section of the new truck with the simulated wood. To me, it's important. I love the look of it. So far, no good news from any of the auto specialty shops where I live. Parts Dept guy told me yesterday that that top wood came installed on those steering wheels. So, it's not just a piece that curls over and snaps in place. Oh, that it did!
 
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