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2014 ram 2500 to 1500 front end swap???
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08/23/20 08:52 PM
08/23/20 08:52 PM
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Kalispell Mt.
HotRodDave
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My new truck is too (2014 ram 2500 4x4 5.7) big feeling so I need to do a couple things.
Is it just the hood and grill that are different? I want to swap on the 1500 hood and grill if possible, what all is required?
Second thing is I would like to lower it a little, is there a quick easy way to lower it an inch or two to match my 2011 1500 4x4 6.4 truck?
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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Re: 2014 ram 2500 to 1500 front end swap???
[Re: HotRodDave]
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08/23/20 09:08 PM
08/23/20 09:08 PM
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Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy
Rhinodart
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Hood, grille, bumper, headight filler pieces, and possibly headlights it looks like. What about the tow hooks? Different frame size so not sure what else would change, what about cooling issues, maybe core support changes? Seems like way too many changed to be made to me... 
Last edited by Rhinodart; 08/23/20 09:09 PM.
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Re: 2014 ram 2500 to 1500 front end swap???
[Re: Rhinodart]
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08/24/20 01:00 PM
08/24/20 01:00 PM
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Tulsa OK
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If they could make them the same I am sure they would due to cost. I think the taller front end is needed for larger radiators, coolers, the tall diesel etc.
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Re: 2014 ram 2500 to 1500 front end swap???
[Re: HotRodDave]
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08/24/20 09:53 PM
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Salem
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I was more disgusted with the looks of the HD's and the "grain truck" hood, ugly bumper and hideous filled gap at the headlight. I asked a dealer once to open the hoods of a 1500 and 2500 parked beside it to see if all that ugly schitt could be ditched and put a 1500 front-end on: the rad support where the hood latches looked identical on both trucks so I think it is do-able. As for the springs, you can always cut the coils a bit to drop the front and inch or two. They certainly out-did themselves at the Ugly Tree for the 5th Gen HD's: one showed up at work this winter and it's a tough call on who makes the ugliest 2500 these days. Was good for a laugh at the expense of the contractors who drove them compared to our 1500's. 
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Re: 2014 ram 2500 to 1500 front end swap???
[Re: Grizzly]
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08/25/20 01:28 PM
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I was more disgusted with the looks of the HD's and the "grain truck" hood, ugly bumper and hideous filled gap at the headlight. I asked a dealer once to open the hoods of a 1500 and 2500 parked beside it to see if all that ugly schitt could be ditched and put a 1500 front-end on: the rad support where the hood latches looked identical on both trucks so I think it is do-able. As for the springs, you can always cut the coils a bit to drop the front and inch or two. They certainly out-did themselves at the Ugly Tree for the 5th Gen HD's: one showed up at work this winter and it's a tough call on who makes the ugliest 2500 these days. Was good for a laugh at the expense of the contractors who drove them compared to our 1500's. Glad I finally found someone to agree with me on this. I am gonna start looking for someone with a white 1/2 ton that needs to make his truck look like it has a giant schnoz.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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