blackbetty14
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- Oct 23, 2014
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- Ram Year
- 2024
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7 VVT/Etorque
My 2018 Laramie was hit my a tonno cover at 70mph and the front got scraped up pretty good. Took the money from the guys insurance and color matched the rest of the truck as well. I got color matched front and rear bumpers off eBay, I ordered a pint of my color and qt of 2k clear and got a new upper bumper cover as well as a new grille. I painted those myself in my garage as well as color matched all my parking sensors. I then cut off the welded JBA exhaust tips (straight cut and stuck out too far) and put on some slanted and shorter 4.5” tips. I also removed a few led reverse pods and cleaned all that up with a new diode dynamics hitch LED pod and kept my VLEDS license plate reverse light. I then debadged the tailgate and added a color matched emblem I did.
On the front it’s a lot more… new color matched lower bumper, I painted a new upper as well as the grille and parking sensors. I installed new morimoto HXB fogs and kept the rigids in the tow hooks as well as the 22” bar behind the grille. I also
Wired in 4 LEDs into the grille and have a led fade in/out driver on the way to put in.
Overall I think it looks much nicer and it’s great to get rid of the chrome. The bumpers
We’re nice but I think the front is light or I painted my parts darker which could be the case as I did 2 good coats of base and 2-3 coats of clear.
On the front it’s a lot more… new color matched lower bumper, I painted a new upper as well as the grille and parking sensors. I installed new morimoto HXB fogs and kept the rigids in the tow hooks as well as the 22” bar behind the grille. I also
Wired in 4 LEDs into the grille and have a led fade in/out driver on the way to put in.
Overall I think it looks much nicer and it’s great to get rid of the chrome. The bumpers
We’re nice but I think the front is light or I painted my parts darker which could be the case as I did 2 good coats of base and 2-3 coats of clear.