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What did you do TO your RAM today?

Funny story on the Brat. Those seats were there so it could be imported as a passenger vehicle instead of a light truck, thus avoiding the “chicken tax”. Ford Transit vans are shipped here with windows and seats installed (which are then stripped at the port) or the same reason.

That tax is the reason we don’t get things like the Toyota Hilux and VW Amarok here in the states.
 
jsalbre said:
Funny story on the Brat. Those seats were there so it could be imported as a passenger vehicle instead of a light truck, thus avoiding the “chicken tax”. Ford Transit vans are shipped here with windows and seats installed (which are then stripped at the port) or the same reason.

That tax is the reason we don’t get things like the Toyota Hilux and VW Amarok here in the states.
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Don't ruin this with facts! LOL

I had no idea, but this makes sense!!
 
Those seats look like fun but I have ridden in the back of a Subaru Brat. The high-back seats are important. My head used that headrest a lot! Be careful :)

By the way, they still do make them outside the US. There is supposed to be a new 4 door model too. Not sure if this is the actual 2020 like it says though.

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I tightened my driver assist (?) handle. Mine was getting loose and when I snapped the bolt covers off; I discovered that they were loose and clearly never torqued down. Luckily, it was easy to access and fix with a simple 10 mm socket; but it does make me a little nervous about what more important item may have been missed.
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Speedracer93CobraR said:
I tightened my driver assist (?) handle. Mine was getting loose and when I snapped the bolt covers off; I discovered that they were loose and clearly never torqued down. Luckily, it was easy to access and fix with a simple 10 mm socket; but it does make me a little nervous about what more important item may have been missed.
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Good thing you found your 10mm, most loose that one! :cool:
 
relbus said:
^^ I would say you are probably correct. Just can't say I have ever seen such a solution before, and wondered what the heck one would use those for? Seatbelts indicate them being used while the vehicle is in motion. Who is the lucky friend or family member who gets stuck in the bed? LOL
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The kids fight over it! They say they love it "because it's cool and it's so loud" haha!
 
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View attachment 8094Installed the Thuren Active Rate swaybar. So far so good, but all I’ve done is drive to get a haircut. I haven’t really had a chance to test it out yet.
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Follow-up: After a little over a week driving around with the new swaybar I can say that this thing is a life changer. It took the truck from a pretty decent riding big truck to a very comfortable vehicle.

Steep angled entrances and driveways, diagonal speed bumps, potholes, railroad tracks, they all disappear now. I’ve even intentionally hit some uneven drains in parking lots to test it out and you don’t even notice them. I know it sounds like I’m exaggerating a bit, but honestly I didn’t expect this much difference. I figured it would be just barely noticeable and I’d question myself for months about whether I should have spent $500 on it, but it’s truly an enormous change.

The only “negative” is that there’s a bit more lean in cornering and on curved on/off ramps, but it’s still way less than my Jeep had, so I’m ok with it.

I also did 500+ miles towing today and it had no effect on handling with the trailer (other than of course the previously mentioned comfort improvements.
 
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How hard was it to install and where did you put it?
 
jsalbre said:
Follow-up: After a little over a week driving around with the new swaybar I can say that this thing is a life changer. It took the truck from a pretty decent riding big truck to a very comfortable vehicle.

Steep angled entrances and driveways, diagonal speed bumps, potholes, railroad tracks, they all disappear now. I’ve even intentionally hit some uneven drains in parking lots to test it out and you don’t even notice them. I know it sounds like I’m exaggerating a bit, but honestly I didn’t expect this much difference. I figured it would be just barely noticeable and I’d question myself for months about whether I should have spent $500 on it, but it’s truly an enormous change.

The only “negative” is that there’s a bit more lean in cornering and on curved on/off ramps, but it’s still way less than my Jeep had, so I’m ok with it.

I also did 500+ miles towing today and it had no effect on handling with the trailer (other than of course the previously mentioned comfort improvements.
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So you're pretty much running everything else (suspension/tires/wheels) stock?
 
Speedracer93CobraR said:
I didn't dig deep enough on their site, but is this for diesel and gas rigs? It is very tempting to get based on your review.
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My truck is gas, but it would work on a diesel. There would probably be a little bit more lean in corners due to the higher weight of the Cummins. There are 3 different front sway bars for factory 2500s, all are listed for the gas and two are listed for the diesel as well, but I don’t know exactly what the differences are or what trucks get which bar.
 
Added Amp Research steps. It was a bit harder than adding them to my 07. The directions were not very clear and had some mistakes but we were able to get it done.
 

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Installed my Pedal Commander PC31. Still need to play with the settings but just for kicks I put it in Sport+ +4 and all I can say is WOW!! I’ll be tucking the controller away and running it off of my phone to keep the clean cab look.

Looking fwd to reporting back with any mpg savings (if any).


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Know if any Black Friday or discounts coming up on a PC?
 
Had new tires installed. I went with Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT's in 295/70R18. Loving the new look. Fleet Farm in my area had them on a buy 3 get the 4th free deal and Cooper has an additional $70 rebate on purchase of 4. Final cost after rebate was under $1,000 installed.
 

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Tyger tonneau cover. Needed something to cover cargo while I save my pennies for a hard shell. Fit and finish aren't great, but it was the cheapest stopgap option I could find so I shouldn't complain.
 

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LateToTheParty said:
Tyger tonneau cover. Needed something to cover cargo while I save my pennies for a hard shell. Fit and finish aren't great, but it was the cheapest stopgap option I could find so I shouldn't complain.
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Did the same for the 1500 I had... looks fine.
 
Gondul said:
Did the same for the 1500 I had... looks fine.
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I'm hoping with some time in the sun it'll sweetie a bit and conform more in the corners. The 2016 I traded originally came to me with the same brand and it fit much better before I replaced it with the topper. Either way it'll keep things covered.
 
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