My 2018 2500 6.4L

[1500ram12]

Bought this 2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman in January of 2018. I believe it has most of the options you can get with a tradesman other than tow hooks and back up sensors. Has a overhead console, RA2 5" touch screen, backup cam, bed lighting.



Within a month added a 2"RCX Level and 1.5" Rear Spacer. I transferred over the set of 275/70/18 fierce attitude mt's and a set of 18x9 wheels (got used from a friend in a trade deal not really sure on brand and specs.



After that cut the resonator off and used the remaining section of tailpipe from this truck and some I had from a 2015 2500 6.4L I had to give it a stock appearance. I did use some high temp black paint to paint it.

In February of 2018 I installed a set of 35x12.5x18 Federal Cougaria MT'S.



Shortly after I realized that these weren't going to be a good tire to run in the winter. I had to put the oem wheels on the truck I traded in so I started searching for a set of oem wheels and tires. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a "winter set" but In a small town it's hard to find anything. Found a set of black oem wheels and tires 2 hours away for $600 so I jumped on it. Tires had slightly less than 1/2 tread left so I figured they'd last at least 2 winter's worth of driving out of them. Installed them this November and went to air them up and realized they were tires for a half ton and was already overweight for their rating. (Never dawned on me to check when I bought them) so this past December bought a set of 275/65/20 Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT AT.



Looks a lot better than the pizza cutters that were on there.

Sometime early June I added a set of headlight revolution supernova v3's led headlights. I tried a set of opt7 led but could never get a good beam pattern. I have my headlights aimed a touch lower than what they should be and have never had anyone flash me. I also added a scorche loc2sl converter to run my 2 10's for now. I have changed all my interior lights to led along with the cargo lights, reverse and license plate lights.

I'm using these for the cargo and back up lights

(2018 Model) TRINITY SPACE Extremely Bright Led Bulb 2200 Lumens Error Free 921 912 T10 T15 for Backup Reverse Lights, Xenon White, No Hyper Flash https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CTFBYFN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_994oCb3AR5SQ3




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[MADDOG]

Wow...that's a lot of tire and wheel action there. Lookin' good!

 

[1500ram12]

Wow...that's a lot of tire and wheel action there. Lookin' good!

Yeah kinda was. Down to just the 35's and the current set up for the winter.


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[1500ram12]

I ordered and received so far a kindle fire 7 installed Google play store to purchase and download alphaobd and obdlink mx+. Ordered late last week a security bypass cable from M2Mods. Hopefully will have time tomorrow or Friday to play with the alphaobd program a little. Can't do what I want until I get the bypass cable. Thinking about getting some switchbacks and use those as drl's.


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[1500ram12]

Ordered some switchbacks today and my security bypass cable came in today. Should be installed tomorrow


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[1500ram12]

Installed the cable this morning and was able to get drl's working. I did change the tire diameter and pressure thresholds. I do have a dead sensor that is getting replaced next week so I won't know for sure if lowering the thresholds worked and will be able to check my speed with GPS tomorrow


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[1500ram12]

Went through my original logs compared to the logs after the changes.

Drl's active (also showing in the radio)and physically checked

Fuel calibration from 117 liters changed to 121 liters. After change was made I went for just shy of a 1/4 tank to just shy of 1/8 and gas light is on. Will find out tomorrow just how much more I will have to add then previous fill-ups
Thresholds were at 80/60 now set to 40/40

According to my logs the tire size change did not take. Still set at 2640mm.


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[1500ram12]

Checked with GPS and with my current tires 275/65 r20 prior to changing tire size truck and GPS were equal, 60/60. After setting the tire size to 2751 mm = 34.5", now at 60 on the speedo I'm doing 57. Will check when I get my 35's back on.

Fuel calibration is still up in the air whether any actually changed.

And she's getting old






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[1500ram12]

Installed the factory remote start this weekend. Had a little hiccup but turned out it just needed to be driven a little bit for the modules to fully reset. Big thanks to @Jimmy07 for spending time trouble shooting. Also installed a set of opt7 leds for high beams. Had a set h11s laying around which had to be modified to work. I picked up a set of auxbeam 9005 and a set of JDM Astar 9005s to see what would work best but neither would fit under the dust cap. So lucky the inner hole of the JDM 9005 locking ring was the same size as the opt7 so I swapped them over. Tonight we'll see how bright they are compared to stock. I ended up finding a 2017 premium cluster with about a 1000 miles more than what I currently have so I broke down and bought it.


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[1500ram12]

Been a little while since I've updated. Not much new to add.

Picked up a set of modifystreet 2019 style headlights





After about 3 months finally opened them up, color matched them and added new switchbacks strips, led Hi-Lense High beams and settled on some katana led's.











And put the 35's back on for the summer

Added a 7" premium cluster



Added some cheap flush mount led's for fogs until I get a different bumper.



2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman

 

[Iron Outlaw]

Im interested in your fog lights. How did you adjust them? Do they make a difference In the rain or foggy weather?

 

[1500ram12]

Im interested in your fog lights. How did you adjust them? Do they make a difference In the rain or foggy weather?

I had some plastic spacers that came with a wall mount for a TV. Cut them down at an angle to get them more parallel to the ground. Then cut out the valance to recess the lights. They aren't as bright as having factory fogs but help. I don't think they do a whole lot in rainy or foggy weather. They do fill in the area from the front of the truck to where the light of the headlights first reach the ground and cast off to the side of the road a bit, which was what I was looking for. I think they were about $30, maybe less on Amazon.


2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman

 

[1500ram12]

Little change up







Will be tackling the grill this week


2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman

 

[1500ram12]

And grill is done






2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman

 

[JoshR104]

Trucks looking good!

 

[kiloRAM]

That looks really good. Now rotate your mirrors out and complete the big truck look. Your truck looks great.

 

[dhay13]

Truck looks good but don't rotate your mirrors out unless you are towing...lol. I think it looks pretty silly with them out but thats me

 

[1500ram12]

Truck looks good but don't rotate your mirrors out unless you are towing...lol. I think it looks pretty silly with them out but thats me

Personally I prefer them down. Even towing I keep them down. Once in a while when I had my enclosed trailer I'd flip them up depending on where I was going.


2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman

 

[dhay13]

I had them on my 2007 and flipped them up when I was towing my enclosed trailer but other than that they were down

 

[1500ram12]

Not a 100% sure I'm going to keep them this way but picked up some rustoleum peelable tail light tint and did all the badges.





Kind of hard to see on the hemi badge




2018 2500 6.4L Tradesman