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What did you do TO your RAM today?

This is more of a progress report, I have much left to do. The bumper is a Steelcraft Fortis. Texture is mild, pretty smooth actually so should be easy to clean.
I love the look. Aggressive but not over-the-top transformer thingy.
Build quality is top notch, the factory bumper is a beer can compared to this thing. Mounting plates were ⅜” steel, the boxed inserts for the lights are ¼” steel and the bumper itself measured just over .225” in thickness so I guess that is 6 gauge+.
Removal of the factory bumper was a bitch. I had the help of two employees and a forklift and it was still a struggle getting those tow hook bolts cracked loose.
The outer lights will be Diode Dynamic fogs, the inside lights will either be amber fogs or just spots to match the 20” double row led light bar in the center. I still need to trim the fender well plastics and of course a lot of wiring to do.
I will post a follow up once it’s completed. I also have the matching rear bumper on order already.
Thoughts, opinions?
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DownShiftz said:
This is more of a progress report, I have much left to do. The bumper is a Steelcraft Fortis. Texture is mild, pretty smooth actually so should be easy to clean.
I love the look. Aggressive but not over-the-top transformer thingy.
Build quality is top notch, the factory bumper is a beer can compared to this thing. Mounting plates were ⅜” steel, the boxed inserts for the lights are ¼” steel and the bumper itself measured just over .225” in thickness so I guess that is 6 gauge+.
Removal of the factory bumper was a bitch. I had the help of two employees and a forklift and it was still a struggle getting those tow hook bolts cracked loose.
The outer lights will be Diode Dynamic fogs, the inside lights will either be amber fogs or just spots to match the 20” double row led light bar in the center. I still need to trim the fender well plastics and of course a lot of wiring to do.
I will post a follow up once it’s completed. I also have the matching rear bumper on order already.
Thoughts, opinions?
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Compliments the truck nicely actually
Good pick.


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OverlandtheRam said:
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Best $55 I’ve spent on Amazon so far. Machined and anodized aluminum and fit great on my 2020 2500 Bighorn. Also got color matched plugs to cover the license plate holes in the front from bumperplugs.com. Happy camper here
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Looks great. I like the fact I can lock mine up from hoodlums.
 

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Xflight29 said:
Looks great. I like the fact I can lock mine up from hoodlums.
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Digging the locking caps, I was going to get those but they are on back order. I live out in the sticks so probably not as imperative. Looks great man! Still no idea why they don’t come like that from the factory on a $50k+ truck
 
DownShiftz said:
This is more of a progress report, I have much left to do. The bumper is a Steelcraft Fortis. Texture is mild, pretty smooth actually so should be easy to clean.
I love the look. Aggressive but not over-the-top transformer thingy.
Build quality is top notch, the factory bumper is a beer can compared to this thing. Mounting plates were ⅜” steel, the boxed inserts for the lights are ¼” steel and the bumper itself measured just over .225” in thickness so I guess that is 6 gauge+.
Removal of the factory bumper was a bitch. I had the help of two employees and a forklift and it was still a struggle getting those tow hook bolts cracked loose.
The outer lights will be Diode Dynamic fogs, the inside lights will either be amber fogs or just spots to match the 20” double row led light bar in the center. I still need to trim the fender well plastics and of course a lot of wiring to do.
I will post a follow up once it’s completed. I also have the matching rear bumper on order already.
Thoughts, opinions?
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Looks very nice! Thank you for posting, I have a white 3500 SRW and have been looking for a non winch bumper. You said removing the factory bumper was a pain, was that due to the mounting design? How was mounting the SteelCraft? What did you do or are you going to do with the plastic inner fender liners that extend below the bumper?
 
DownShiftz said:
This is more of a progress report, I have much left to do. The bumper is a Steelcraft Fortis. Texture is mild, pretty smooth actually so should be easy to clean.
I love the look. Aggressive but not over-the-top transformer thingy.
Build quality is top notch, the factory bumper is a beer can compared to this thing. Mounting plates were ⅜” steel, the boxed inserts for the lights are ¼” steel and the bumper itself measured just over .225” in thickness so I guess that is 6 gauge+.
Removal of the factory bumper was a bitch. I had the help of two employees and a forklift and it was still a struggle getting those tow hook bolts cracked loose.
The outer lights will be Diode Dynamic fogs, the inside lights will either be amber fogs or just spots to match the 20” double row led light bar in the center. I still need to trim the fender well plastics and of course a lot of wiring to do.
I will post a follow up once it’s completed. I also have the matching rear bumper on order already.
Thoughts, opinions?
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What did that bumper cost?
 
The1adman said:
Looks very nice! Thank you for posting, I have a white 3500 SRW and have been looking for a non winch bumper. You said removing the factory bumper was a pain, was that due to the mounting design? How was mounting the SteelCraft? What did you do or are you going to do with the plastic inner fender liners that extend below the bumper?
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The bolts that attach the tow hooks are 18mm with fine threads and they are about 4” long. They are torqued down extremely tight. Getting any kind of leverage from a breaker bar is tight quarters.
I don’t have a lift in my shop so I drove up on some 6x6” blocks stacked on top of an additional piece of 6” aluminum plate I had laying around to get me high off the ground. This allowed me to get a 36” long breaker bar on it. After you break them loose you can use a right angle impact.
Install of the new bumper was gravy. They give you new mounting brackets to attach to the frame horn. Heavy duty ⅜” plate. All grade 8 hardware and you have plenty of left/right up/down adjustment.
I am not affiliated in any way with the company. Top notch product, build quality and cosmetics are excellent.
For the inner plastics I’m probably just going to trim flush following the inner contour. Simple and it will still look very clean.
Or I may go further and have some custom liners rolled up.
 
davis2 said:
What did that bumper cost?
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They are on sale for $750 + freight at most online vendors. I got mine locally for $640 here in Houston and picked up to avoid shipping charges.. They have a winch model for $1000
 
DownShiftz said:
They are on sale for $750 + freight at most online vendors. I got mine locally for $640 here in Houston and picked up to avoid shipping charges.. They have a winch model for $1000
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The matching rear has two cut-outs for LED pods and tabs for 2 D-rings. My dealer quoted $489. Oh, both front and rear allow you to retain sensors.
 
let me know if you have any questions. its about a half a pain. I'd suggest going ahead and soldering the daisy jumpers, if you already have the kit.
 
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