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2025+ Limited vs Laramie with all options

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DubVBenz

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As I build out various models on ramtrucks.com, I'm wondering how a 2500 Laramie with basically every available option package compares to limited with the same options applied. The Laramie maxes out at around 93K MSRP, and the limited around 102/103K. Are there any options simply not available on the Laramie no matter what packages I add? Basically, what does 9/10K get you with the limited outside of nicer leather surfaces? It looks like if I option a Laramie with the Level 2 Plus and the various towing packages, it gets every single option that I can get with the Limited with the Level 1 and same towing packages?

Are adaptive headlights a part of both a fully optioned Laramie, or only on the limited? Are there any things outside of nicer/more leather & wood in a Limited that you simply cannot get in a Laramie?

I think on earlier years you couldn't get the adaptive headlights, which are an essential option for me. My Sierra has LEDs, but they don't swivel and are bad in rural night driving.
 
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In the past adaptive headlights were on the limited and Longhorn trims only. I have never seen a Laramie with it. I am pretty happy with my LED lights on my Laramie. Where I live horses and cows are free roam and its dark, never had any issues seeing things in the road or on the side of the road. The Adaptive adjusts based on your steering input - so if you are going straight your lights are straight.
 
Ram website offers a comparison option to help know the deltas... One of the items I remember was the interior leather and other finishes were only with Limited.
 
If it matters to you, the console of the Laramie is open, so when the tray is slid forward you've still got open cup holders exposed. It mattered to me so I added the Limited tray to my truck. It was expensive but I prefer the more finished look of the Limited console and shift lever.
Unless they've changed it, the instrument cluster is different between the Laredo and Limited. When I bought mine I preferred the more analog appearance of the Laredo cluster (still do).
 
wrvond said:
If it matters to you, the console of the Laramie is open, so when the tray is slid forward you've still got open cup holders exposed. It mattered to me so I added the Limited tray to my truck. It was expensive but I prefer the more finished look of the Limited console and shift lever.
Unless they've changed it, the instrument cluster is different between the Laredo and Limited. When I bought mine I preferred the more analog appearance of the Laredo cluster (still do).
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Thanks, I saw that in a video on youtube. So you purchased the tray part intended for a limited and installed it in your Laramie? I'm guessing there's a functional difference. I also noticed it looks like the Laramie does not have the passenger screen, which to mean looks like a plus.
 
DubVBenz said:
Also, I can't find any reference on any build code sheets to the Adaptive Forward Lighting System (AFLS) that was on higher end trims prior to 2025. The only official reference I can find is here: https://www.stellantisfleet.com/ramtrucks/2026/2500.html . But AFLS or any combination of the acronym don't appear anywhere on any of these documents: https://sharesync.serverdata.net/us4/s/folder?public_share=w0tgFX2jkrLJoVOFC10LgV003f24cd&id=Lw== (from the Mark Dodge thread).
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So looking online in some different forums there does not seem to adaptive headlights in the Limited and or Longhorm trims... one guy was told Ram eliminated this feature. So take it with a grain of salt.

 
FWIW - The 2026 Owners manual does show a slot for the AFLS fuse but with a zero amp fuse where my 2024 manula shows it with a 10 amp fuse:


2026 Manual:
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2024 Manual:
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sstoner911 said:
FWIW - The 2026 Owners manual does show a slot for the AFLS fuse but with a zero amp fuse where my 2024 manula shows it with a 10 amp fuse:


2026 Manual:
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2024 Manual:
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Thank you, that's what I found too. I was hoping there was no dedicated fuse because perhaps it was integrated into the new standard headlamp cluster. One of the dealers emailed me back and indicated they could not find the AFLS as an available option either, so it must be gone. How disappointing for them to remove a feature that's been around for so long. It's one of my main complaints about my GMC sierra and why I choose to drive other vehicles at night.
 
In 2022, Laramie trim had adaptive lighting, by turning on the fog light. It was a surprise and delight that was not well documented in sales material. I would think it's still there as a feature.
 
flatfish said:
In 2022, Laramie trim had adaptive lighting, by turning on the fog light. It was a surprise and delight that was not well documented in sales material. I would think it's still there as a feature.
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You are talking about "cornering fog lights" , that's different from Adaptive Forward lighting. AFLS follows the steering wheel with the headlight.

Directional headlamps (Adaptive ForwardLighting System)
 
sstoner911 said:
You are talking about "cornering fog lights" , that's different from Adaptive Forward lighting. AFLS follows the steering wheel with the headlight.

Directional headlamps (Adaptive ForwardLighting System)
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So far I've heard from two dealers that it's no longer available, but it's still out there on at least two stellantis websites. I checked the owners manual for a 2024, 2025 and 2026, and all 3 didn't mention anything about directional headlamps, but the 24 did show a fuse for AFLS as 10Amps, vs 0 Amps on the 26 (aka, no fuse in that slot). My hope is that it was simply integrated into the headlight updates without being a separate option (or module for the fuse) but not documented well.
 
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