I also went to the local paint shop and got a touch up bottle of Parie Pearl paint to cover all the raw metal, along with semi gloss paint for under the truck. I just used black silicome to seal the gap. The small rubber hose they gave me to cover the edge of metal was to short to go all the round the 4" hole. That hole and the obvious holes in the bed bottom. I drilled a 9/16" hole for the latching rod to slide through. The directions call for you to cut and 3/4" x 4" slice out of your driver side inner fender. Trailer Brake Controller, Trailer Hitch, Smart Key, Keyless Entry, 18 Inch Wheels, 17 Inch Wheels, Steel Wheels, Rear Bench Seat, Sliding Rear Window, and Vinyl Seats. I see no problem with clearance anywhere else. Every used car for sale comes with a free CARFAX Report. With the ball upside down in the receiver, it has double the clearance as the bump stops on the rear end. 20 Big Horn Crew Cab, Black Forest Green, 4x4, Rambox 57' bed, 345ci Hemi, 8HP70, 3.92 gears (LSD rear). 20 Limited Longhorn Crew Cab, Diamond Black Crystal, 4x4, 57' bed, Hemi Etorque, 8HP75, 3.92 gears (LSD rear). The second place was the exhaust hanger bolts, which I just cut the threads off flush with the nut. So I can see why a bed with ramboxes would probably not be ideal for towing a 5th wheel. Also put a few dents in the exhaust pipe. I took and die grinder with a cutting wheel and took a 1/4" angle slide out of it. The first, the ball receiver was rubbing hard against the exhaust. If anyone is considering adding a gooseneck or puck system to their truck, don't be intimidated by the requirement of lifting the bed, it's really easy, it's the measuring and drilling part that sucks, but you'll have to do that regardless of what system you get.I ran into two places that was very tight. The whole job took about 5 hours with a lot of BSing, triple checking things, and a lunch break. Once the trim rings were installed you can't even tell the holes are a little off. It took some extra checking, but we were able to get all the holes within 3/8" of where they needed to be so it all worked out, and I'm happy with how everything came out. However with the bed liner it was very hard to tell where the where the ribs ended, also they only gave you measurements from their reference point to the rear most holes in the bed, the rest of the holes are measured off the first 2 holes, so if you screw up the first measurement, all the measurements will be off. The bed was light enough I was actually able to put some gloves on and lift it by hand while my buddy went under and blocked it.Īfter that bolting all the pieces in was easy, then dropped the bed back down, reinstalled the bolts and cut the holes for everything.Ĭutting the holes was the most tedious part, the directions kinda suck, they want you to use the bed ribs as your starting reference point, which may have worked fine for an uncoated bed. Remove rear 4 bed bolts, loosen the front two, push the 4 or 5 Christmas trees that secure the harness to the back of the bed out to give the harness more play, then lift the rear of the bed and block it. Install was not too bad, lifting the bed was my biggest concern, turned out that was very easy. The most cost effective way to do this so you don't end up with extra pieces is to order the 5th wheel prep kit: 82215838AB then buy the individual components for the gooseneck hitch: When I purchased the truck (from a dealer) the fifth wheel hitch was installed and my only concern as we have a large fifth wheel RV on the way. Just wanted to update, I pulled the trigger on the OEM Gooseneck and 5th wheel prep kit. I am the second owner and believe the original owner was a Hotshot who used both the gooseneck, as well as the fifth wheel.
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