MarkCO1's 2022 2500 Big Horn

[MarkCO1]

Have had it a week now and got a pile of accessories coming for various things. This forum has been great for my research and learning resulting in several pivots from my initial plans. Anyway, it will likely take me all year to get everything done I want to do to it.

 

[MarkCO1]

The first accessories. A place (EldHus) for my hat and a place (DuHa) for medical, a few tools, shopping bags and tow straps.

 

[MarkCO1]

Got the Proven Ground hard Tonneau cover and Rough Country front floor mats on and in today.

 

[MarkCO1]

Added a rear step. That was actually pretty easy to do.

 

[MarkCO1]

Well, I have a pile of stuff to install now.

Tow hooks, LED light bar, LED bed lights, fog lights and ... Aux Panel with the factory harness.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Spend too much time here and it will start to feel like a gun forum (with all the required "mods.") LOL

 

[Brutal_HO]

Don't forget a jump pack. We like the NoCo stuff.

 

[MarkCO1]

Spend too much time here and it will start to feel like a gun forum (with all the required "mods.") LOL

With gun mods, I know what I am doing. The 2500, not so much.

Don't forget a jump pack. We like the NoCo stuff.

Jump pack?

I spent a good part of the day chasing down some of these (6510827AA) dang fender body bolts. Missing 7 on the truck and I am now starting to think someone must of stolen them (kidding). Dang Mopar is proud of that odd bolt.

 

[Brutal_HO]

With gun mods, I know what I am doing. The 2500, not so much.



Jump pack?

I spent a good part of the day chasing down some of these (6510827AA) dang fender body bolts. Missing 7 on the truck and I am now starting to think someone must of stolen them (kidding). Dang Mopar is proud of that odd bolt.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=noco+gbx+jump+pack&crid=TW84Q4E48J98&sprefix=noco+gbx+jump+pack%2Caps%2C312&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

The OE batteries are sh*t.

 

[MarkCO1]

Put the Rough Country seat covers on, front and back. Swapped out the cotter keys on the Tonneau cover with locking pins. Put a few more things from the old Longhorn in the DuHa and glove compartment.

 

[MarkCO1]

 

[MarkCO1]

Installed factory recovery/tow hooks. Used the oscillating tool to trim out the honeycomb instead of spend the time and $100 for the new grill insert. Took all of 15 minutes. There were factory plow mounts, removed those and reused the bolts on hooks.

 

[Brutal_HO]

Installed factory recovery/tow hooks. Used the oscillating tool to trim out the honeycomb instead of spend the time and $100 for the new grill insert. Took all of 15 minutes. There were factory plow mounts, removed those and reused the bolts on hooks.

View attachment 69816

"Factory Plow Mounts" are actually Federally mandated crash bars on the 2500.

3500 is exempt.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

"Factory Plow Mounts" are actually Federally mandated crash bars on the 2500.

3500 is exempt.

I think quite a few (at least one) of us threw them away thinking they were plow mounts.

 

[whitexc]

Installed factory recovery/tow hooks. Used the oscillating tool to trim out the honeycomb instead of spend the time and $100 for the new grill insert. Took all of 15 minutes. There were factory plow mounts, removed those and reused the bolts on hooks.

View attachment 69816

Where did you source the hooks?


Sent from me

 

[MarkCO1]

Where did you source the hooks?


Sent from me

Bought a set off of Ebay for $80.

 

[MarkCO1]

So, during the "SnowSquall" this morning, I was driving up to the place I bought the truck for them to put new hood struts on it. Got to drive in snow, Ice, Sleet and even avoid some clowns in 4WD bombing by swerving through traffic. Truck did great!

Rinsed off the road grime and put her back in the garage. Maintained a 14.6 mpg. Came back home on side roads to stay off the highways.

Looking forward to getting the mud flaps and rear wheel well liners put on.

 

[MarkCO1]

Removed tailgate, bed liner applied, tightened stuff up.

 

[Dave01]

The first accessories. A place (EldHus) for my hat and a place (DuHa) for medical, a few tools, shopping bags and tow straps.View attachment 69366

I get a chuckle out of the "hat mod". I'm expecting someone to suggest a CNC machined and anodized hat hook would perform better.

 

[MarkCO1]

Rough Country Wheel well liners. Installed one side following the instructions. Was not happy. On the other side, I left the factory "guards" in place and tried that. Ended up being in the middle. Front guard off, rear guard left in place, stripped the clip nuts off the front and used those on the holes and left factory screws for the rear and left the half rounds they had cut to go around those. I actually think I installed them the way they were intended, just took me twice on each side to get it right. Those plastic push pins are not very solid.