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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500 [Re: Dave04] #1684377
10/22/14 01:05 PM
10/22/14 01:05 PM
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Newburgh, NY
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Quote:

I just bought a prepainted gate for my 03 3500 online/phone last month. It was $200, with $100 more to ship it. It was really well packed, paint looks pretty good, and fits alright. The gaps on the sides aren't as even as they were, but for the money I'm pretty happy. Took a few calls to get it ordered correctly, and they billed me wrong, but we got it worked out quickly (customer service was a little rough at the start). They'll do an OE tailgate for more $$$, but I'm taking my chances on the off brand one. Paintedtailgate.com, or the company name is actually mbi auto near Grand Rapids MI.

-Dave





Thanks, I may consider that option.

I saw an ebay seller doing the same thing & thought it was a good idea. It's not a show truck, just a daily driver that I also tow with. Would be cool to find a seller close that I can just stop by & pick it up from.

Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500 [Re: Old_Moparz] #1684378
10/22/14 02:56 PM
10/22/14 02:56 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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There's lots of them from when people put on lift gates on the back of new trucks. I'd call all the auto recycling yards near you and the place that installs liftgates and ask them what they do with the original tailgate from like city vehicles.

I just had a liftgate installed on a new truck and now have the original gate just sitting around for when I need it. Sorry it's the wrong brand for your truck.

Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500 [Re: Challenger 1] #1684379
10/22/14 03:01 PM
10/22/14 03:01 PM
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Oh yea the salesman that sold me the new truck, warned me to keep the tailgate locked because he says there have been many stolen for scrape metal. Might want to call the scrape metal dealer. Although, 2004 is pretty old.

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