HELP: 2012 vs. 2014 front clip interchangeability?

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JimmyFW1

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I have a 2014 1500 Express QC.
Hit a deer before Christmas. Need new bumper, fog lights & headlights. Somehow, grill survived.
Have access to a 2012 donor.
Will anything interchange?
I have vertical fog lights vs horizontal. Headlights are slightly different arrangement. Etc...

Thanks in advance...
 

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The main differences between the '12 and '14 front ends is the grill and the valances under the headlights. The '12 would have horizontal fog lights but the bumpers should be interchangeable. Headlights will swap but you'll want to stick with Quad style (unless you have Projectors) headlights as the Duals would need to have the BCM reprogrammed so both the low and high beams are not on at the same time.
 

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As long as you swap the grill, bumper, and upper bumper cover together. It will all bolt up and everything else is the same.

Better think about how long you want to keep the truck/how much you care about it as downgrading to the previous front end will hurt resale value pretty bad. Makes it very obvious it was wrecked.
 

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The main differences between the '12 and '14 front ends is the grill and the valances under the headlights. The '12 would have horizontal fog lights but the bumpers should be interchangeable. Headlights will swap but you'll want to stick with Quad style (unless you have Projectors) headlights as the Duals would need to have the BCM reprogrammed so both the low and high beams are not on at the same time.
Quads to duals is plug and play. Duals to quads need programming.
 

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bottom corners of the grilles & top corners of the Ram emblems are different
& of course, the Fog Lights did change

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