CRAPPY Plastic tailgate top cover
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Hammer, can i have an affair with your truck, dam she`s hot (heheheheeeee)
All jokin aside buddie, your truck is the most awesome lookin 3rd gen i`ve ever seen.
Hey, what happened to those reciever hitch lights you use to have on there (????)
All jokin aside buddie, your truck is the most awesome lookin 3rd gen i`ve ever seen.
Hey, what happened to those reciever hitch lights you use to have on there (????)
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I still have the lights, they live in my toolbox til I need them. Because I made them out of a 2" pipe and they slide in the receiver, I can't tow or have anything else in there with the lights. I've been meaning to make another set that will slide over the receiver so I can leave them on and still use the hitch to tow. Just haven't gotten around to it yet...
For those who haven't seen the lights I made up. Nothing radical, I got the idea from a receiver mount back-up light set I saw in an auto parts store, but I just couldn't see $79 for the cheap plastic that it was, so I made one up out of steel for about $8 ($22 if you include the price of the lights). The switch you see just to the side of the lights allows me to use them as auxiliary reverse lights when the switch is off and as constant on, when the switch is on.
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does anyone have one of the diamondplate tailgate caps for an 09-12 ram? I see DeeZee does sell one, but it doesnt have a picture, and says it fits over the factory plastic cap. I am curious how it deals with the complex curve and step/bump of the new tailgate and how much if it actually covers.
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I still have the lights, they live in my toolbox til I need them. Because I made them out of a 2" pipe and they slide in the receiver, I can't tow or have anything else in there with the lights. I've been meaning to make another set that will slide over the receiver so I can leave them on and still use the hitch to tow. Just haven't gotten around to it yet...
For those who haven't seen the lights I made up. Nothing radical, I got the idea from a receiver mount back-up light set I saw in an auto parts store, but I just couldn't see $79 for the cheap plastic that it was, so I made one up out of steel for about $8 ($22 if you include the price of the lights). The switch you see just to the side of the lights allows me to use them as auxiliary reverse lights when the switch is off and as constant on, when the switch is on.
I still have the lights, they live in my toolbox til I need them. Because I made them out of a 2" pipe and they slide in the receiver, I can't tow or have anything else in there with the lights. I've been meaning to make another set that will slide over the receiver so I can leave them on and still use the hitch to tow. Just haven't gotten around to it yet...
For those who haven't seen the lights I made up. Nothing radical, I got the idea from a receiver mount back-up light set I saw in an auto parts store, but I just couldn't see $79 for the cheap plastic that it was, so I made one up out of steel for about $8 ($22 if you include the price of the lights). The switch you see just to the side of the lights allows me to use them as auxiliary reverse lights when the switch is off and as constant on, when the switch is on.
Not to hi-jack here, but i had a thought.... how would it work out if you were to mount the lights on a flat piece of steel either on top (just under the ball) or below the ball on the hitch itself... that way they would always be on the hitch instead of the the truck. Ever since seeing your hitch lights, i`ve been working on a tailgate with flush mounted lights right in the tailgate.
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"I Think...??? " lol lol lol just messin with ya budd...lol
Not to hi-jack here, but i had a thought.... how would it work out if you were to mount the lights on a flat piece of steel either on top (just under the ball) or below the ball on the hitch itself... that way they would always be on the hitch instead of the the truck. Ever since seeing your hitch lights, i`ve been working on a tailgate with flush mounted lights right in the tailgate.
Not to hi-jack here, but i had a thought.... how would it work out if you were to mount the lights on a flat piece of steel either on top (just under the ball) or below the ball on the hitch itself... that way they would always be on the hitch instead of the the truck. Ever since seeing your hitch lights, i`ve been working on a tailgate with flush mounted lights right in the tailgate.
There's a few ways that have popped in my head, but I haven't had the time to mess with it. Right now I'm having DD issues. My Jeep had a rear caliper decide to lock up and take the pads and rotor out with it. So last week I had to do a full brake job (replaced both rear calipers, rotors and pads), only to have my cheap a$$ plastic radiator decide to split at the seam not 48 hours later.
Lights on the rear of the truck that I probably only use 10 times a year have taken a back seat for now.
And yeah, we've managed to take this thread WAY off-topic..... Sorry OP...
