Just made arrangements on a 2012 3500

[Cowboy Medic]

Mine is a 2012. I know there was a guy in the dealership working on a 2013. They showed him a set that had a cutout for something they did different on the rocker panels to strengthen them. I think they were for the flares but I think he said they were a different brand and not Mopar. Husky maybe but not sure. The ones I have were on my 2011 and transferred straight over.

The switches I am putting in are for the lower panel of the 2010 to 2012 dashes that don't already have heated seats.

 

[Cowboy Medic]

A few days late, but here are some pics. Haven't gotten much done as it has been raining like crazy here. I am actually grateful for the rain. I think they said that we got six inches over the last few days. Anyway, on to the pics.



Here are the in-channel vent visors. I have always had tape on ones on my previous trucks. Hopefully I don't have any problems with this style.



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The powerboards need a good cleaning but I love them. Absolutely the best style of running boards I have ever used.



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Here is a good view of the boards up and then down



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Got the Access Literider Tonneau. I have had several of these on different trucks and they just flat out perform for me. Never seem to have any problems. I was surprised that the roll didn't seem bigger considering it is on a longbed truck.



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Before the Line-X



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After the Line-X and installation of the B&W Turnover Ball



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Gooseneck hitch lever inside the driver's rear wheel well. I cleaned up the hole so that the plastic is smooth and sprayed on some bed liner to seal the notched area. I apparently forgot to get a picture of the after. I will get that tomorrow and update the thread.



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Installed the Hi-Lift Jack on its Loc-Rac mount just like in my 2011. Also got the toolbox installed.



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I offset the toolbox just slightly to allow space to store a spare fuel can. I like to get up and drive the forest service trails in the hills and I like having the spare fuel just in case.



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A few rainspots on the lens, sorry. Got my cargo bar installed. I love that thing so that I don't have items sliding to the front. Got it for free from a guy that hated it. Apparently reading directions was not his strong suit. It has worked perfectly fine for me for about three years now.



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Man I love how nice the Line-X turned out.



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Well here is how she sits waiting for the rain to stop so we can start the next round of mods.



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Still waiting to get the in-bed trailer wiring and the power tailgate lock installed. Problem is the Katzkin leather arrived and I am anxious to get it installed. I was going to have the shop do it, but I like to do things myself so I saved the $650. 00 install fee and decided to take on the job myself.



Here is a teaser shot of one of the lower two tone sections held up against the door panel to show how close the colors match. I don't feel the camera does it justice. It is very very close on the color as well as the texture. The colors I chose were the Dark Graphite and Gray on the Katzkin color swatches. I also went with the colored double stitching. I think it really adds to how the seats will look when it is all installed.



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[GCP]

Excellent job on all the mods. I'm going to have to look into the power steps for my truck. Keep us posted on your future mods!

 

[Dl5treez]

Hey man, long time!

Nice looking truck you've got there!

 

[Cowboy Medic]

Yeah, long time and a long ways from the Vermillion days. How is life treating you?

 

[Cowboy Medic]

Just thought I would throw up an update. My truck has been to the body shop three time in 3,800 miles. First was for some baseball size hail that dented the hood and roof, cracked some clearance lights, etc. Second was when the father-in-law borrowed it and backed into it with the tailgate down and did $1,200.00 in damage to the tailgate. The third was when we got over 30 inches of very wet snow and collapsed my carport on top of it while I was out of town and couldn't get it moved.

Here are a few pics of how it looked before I started cleaning up the mess.

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Obviously it damaged the cab. It also tore through my tonneau cover.

Here is the cab damage once I had it out from under the mess.

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They also found a small dent in the side of the truck but were able to fix it with PDR. Including replacing the tonneau cover it only came to $2,800.00 so it definitely could have been worse.

Once I got it home, I installed my Ranchhand Legend grill guard. Put on my LED lightbar and then adjusted everything so that my front receiver and winch all lined up the way I wanted.

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I also bought a B&W cab protector style headache rack. I am hoping to get that installed in the next couple of weeks. I will try and post up some pics when I have that done as well.

Thanks for looking and happy modding!!!!!!!