Tailgate Ram replacement

[Loansinpa]

Not being a fan of chrome/badging and having gotten rid of most of it there was one last piece to go figured I'd document it for the group...I may be wrong but it seems slightly different that previous years that I think just had two posts for alignment. This has those two posts and for tabs.

Taking the inner part of the tailgate off allowed access to two of the tabs. I was able to pop off the white 'locks'. Pushing on the black part still sticking thru to loosen it didn't get me far.

Out came the hair dryer. Heat that up real good and use the handy dandy pull tool. Basically a flat screwdriver with the end bent over.



There is enough of a gap between the badge and the metal to get that in there. DON'T PRY. Catch the edge of the badge and pull. It's a long hard pull trying to get the glue to break loose. Be prepared for the badge to come off in two pieces. First the chrome outside came off with some pulling...leaving the black backing that had the tabs.



Back to the hair dryer and the pull tool. Got a corner up and then grabbed the vice grips. With those, it worked right off and most of the glue pad came with it. I never did get the clips on those bottom tabs that go into the tailgate but it came off pretty easy.

A little cleanup...






And the new black one sticks right in.



All in all...about 20 minutes.

 

[DRkNESS]

Perfect as I have that and my new black letters to pop in.

 

[Sergio]

Perfect as I have that and my new black letters to pop in.

Where did you buy your black Laramie emblem? Looks clean

 

[DRkNESS]

I purchased it from my local Ram dealer...

 

[Loansinpa]

www.moparonlineparts.com

~$40 delivered

 

[CJ Fio]

Are you changing tailgate to black even with chrome bumpers. Still figuring if it looks right. (Ivory-3coat) Already took off the laramie and the RAM lettering from the doors to tone down the chrome. What do you think?

 

[Accountant]

I’m changing mine to the black ram emblem. The “laramie” is mostly black anyway and my paint is granite so I’m good with it.


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[DRkNESS]

Are you changing tailgate to black even with chrome bumpers. Still figuring if it looks right. (Ivory-3coat) Already took off the laramie and the RAM lettering from the doors to tone down the chrome. What do you think?

Any photos, I was going to swap my tailgate handle out for black. Especially since I’ll be going with all black muffler tips. But then changed my mind and am now leaving it chrome to bring the “ eye “ up.

 

[Accountant]

The matte finish makes a bold statement like “don’t mess with me mf” lol!


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[DRkNESS]

That’s what I was thinking which is why I did not add the other two emblems back there. Now when I put my black 5” tips on, it should really add to that.

 

[Purplert]

Get a black overlay for the 4x4... similar to what I have on my 4th gen and you still have the chrome around it.




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[CJ Fio]

I already took the ram lettering off the doors and laramie off the back ....figuring on hood bezels and tail gate badge to black.

 

[adrianp89]

I already took the ram lettering off the doors and laramie off the back ....figuring on hood bezels and tail gate badge to black.

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IMO blacked out on white needs to have all the chrome body matched.

 

[Accountant]

Looks good on Granite



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[John813]

I already took the ram lettering off the doors and laramie off the back ....figuring on hood bezels and tail gate badge to black.

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I like it, looks clean.
May take off the Laramie badge too.

 

[AnthonyD1978]

Did mine yesterday.

My pro tip: If you aren't going to keep the old emblem just drill through the RAM head. It's hollow and the back side is protected by the emblem backing.

Drilled through it. Grab some pliers and pull off the emblem using the hole you created.

 

[DRkNESS]

Good idea, I wanted to keep mine so I went old school for the win lol.

 

[troutspinner]

Hmmm. Someone needs to figure out a way to get red LEDs into the ram’s eyes. That would look sweet and maybe a halo light type backing for the whole head.