Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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Just wondering if anyone knows what a replacement tailgate goes for? (New) I have a 2004 Ram 1500 & noticed that the lower, inside, edge where it's rolled over is starting to rust. By the end of this coming winter I am sure it'll look like crap & I'll want to address it. I poked around online but haven't seen one local & don't want to pay for shipping. I won't have a chance to stop at the Dodge dealer until late next week so if someone has gotten one recently I am wondering what they go for.
Thanks.
2004 TAILGATE
$140.53 FREE SHIPPING
Rickster
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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10/13/14 10:17 AM
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M06 2500 has a 5th wheel tail gate. I am looking for a regular gate, and found one in a local jy. Was quoted at 300.00. Then I'd have to get it refinished. That's another 300.00. When did tailgates get so expensive??
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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10/13/14 11:43 PM
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is my post invisible ... ???? $140.53 FREE SHIPPING....even a mopar guy can't argue with that....LOL
Rickster
Wonder how well that fits?
I think the issue is, there are a lot of us that have dealt with poor fitting, poor body line match up, and the poor rust resistance of many aftermarket parts, we are not willing to take a chance. I had a buddy the bought an aftermarket tailgate for his Bronco. It was such a pos that he couldn't even get it to hang on the hinges and latch on his unmolested Bronco. The tailgate he bought from Ford fit and worked, well worth the 4x price. Gene
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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is my post invisible ... ???? $140.53 FREE SHIPPING....even a mopar guy can't argue with that....LOL
Rickster
Nope....but at that price, I'd stay very very very far away from it. Having sold parts for 40 + years, I have my own opinion of which tailgate I'd buy ....
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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is my post invisible ... ???? $140.53 FREE SHIPPING....even a mopar guy can't argue with that....LOL
Rickster
Nope....but at that price, I'd stay very very very far away from it. Having sold parts for 40 + years, I have my own opinion of which tailgate I'd buy ....
I bought an offshore replacement unit for my old 99 out of Miami that fit well and seemed to be the same weight .... maybe I got lucky....but I sure do like to save money
Rickster
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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10/15/14 11:49 AM
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What color are you looking for?
I don't know the name of it, but it's the darker gray. I can look at the file from the original papers when I bought it later tonight.
Here's the truck....
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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10/15/14 12:27 PM
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Around here there are always people selling southern and western truck parts. I would check craigslist and so on for an original in the same color. May not be a perfect match color wise, but much cheaper than a new one and getting it repainted... with no guarantee it would match anyways.
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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10/16/14 02:45 AM
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What color are you looking for?
I don't know the name of it, but it's the darker gray.
Called Graphite Metallic in 04. Mineral Gray a couple years later but could just be a name change - same color. I think any 3rd gen Ram tailgate would work so you may not be limited to an 04 tailgate. Just the badging changed back there.
Like others have mentioned, I'd try and find a rust free tailgate in the same color local (or within a moderate drive). Way cheaper and quite a few western and southern truck body parts are brought to the midwest/east coast for the rust belt guys.
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Re: Price of Replacement Tailgate - 2004 Ram 1500
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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
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