2018 Ram 2500 - FAV - Family Adventure Vehicle

[Tex68w]

The head lights on my 2018 Ram Power Wagon are horrendous, anyone who thinks they are acceptable has either A) Never had good/quality head lights B) Lives in a city with a lot of lighting C) Never drives rural roads or D) Needs their eyes examined.

 

[Explorerinil]

The head lights on my 2018 Ram Power Wagon are horrendous, anyone who thinks they are acceptable has either A) Never had good/quality head lights B) Lives in a city with a lot of lighting C) Never drives rural roads or D) Needs their eyes examined.

I agree, hold a candle out front you'll get as much light. I use my vision x cannons in the fog light mounts on my bumper constantly.

 

[wazzudude]

Thats a much more practical set up then most of the rigs on this sit, especially for a family! Looks good.

Thanks! Yeah, one of my favorite things is when some one says, "that's not camping." I always ask them how many days they camped last year. The answer is usually like one weekend or a week. I then tell them that we spent a month and a half in our trailer last year and the year before that and the year before that... If you're going to spend months a year seeing the great sights out there every year it helps to be comfortable.

 

[wazzudude]

What are the specs on your camper? Any inside pics? I love your set up, your gonna be very happy with the cummins, only downside is the horrible headlights ram has.

The trailer is a Passport 2400bhwe. It has been great so far. We just took it to the beach this weekend and had a great time. Tows easy and has great features. The headlights aren't great. That's why I added the 24 inch light bar. I don't have any inside pics, but I will take some soon.

 

[wazzudude]

I can't tell for the pics, do you use weight distribution/sway control? Some of the newer trucks are claiming its not needed.

I do use a weight distribution hitch. The truck has integrated sway control. It uses the brakes to apply pressure to one side or the other when it senses sway. I don't have to use weight distribution, but I have a couple of hitches laying around so I might as well. Better safe than sorry.

 

[wazzudude]

The head lights on my 2018 Ram Power Wagon are horrendous, anyone who thinks they are acceptable has either A) Never had good/quality head lights B) Lives in a city with a lot of lighting C) Never drives rural roads or D) Needs their eyes examined.

I agree. The fog lamps help, but the 24 inch light bar turns dark, rural roads (I live in an extremely rural, wooded area) into daylight.

 

[Gibby56]

The head lights on my 2018 Ram Power Wagon are horrendous, anyone who thinks they are acceptable has either A) Never had good/quality head lights B) Lives in a city with a lot of lighting C) Never drives rural roads or D) Needs their eyes examined.

I have had M3's, Corvette's, and other high end sports cars and the headlights are fine on the Ram. Maybe yours are adjusted wrong? The QC on these trucks is so poor. Mine came off the lot with the drag link loose.

 

[mikekey]

Great build. The lights aren't the problem, it's the halogens they stick in the projectors. Once swapped out with an HID, they're a lot better.

 

[Tex68w]

Great build. The lights aren't the problem, it's the halogens they stick in the projectors. Once swapped out with an HID, they're a lot better.

I have had M3's, Corvette's, and other high end sports cars and the headlights are fine on the Ram. Maybe yours are adjusted wrong? The QC on these trucks is so poor. Mine came off the lot with the drag link loose.

Take a ride in a 2017+ Ford Super Duty with the quad beams at night and get back to me about those Ram head lights. I've owned a lot of vehicles as well and these are by far the worst lights I've ever had in a modern, late model vehicle.

 

[TexasSixSeven]

I’ve had 4 different Ram 2500s from 12-14’, multiple Chevy 2500s from the current gen and previous Gen, as well as a 17’ F-350. The Rams headlights were by far the worst I’ve used in any vehicle, and definitely the worst in the current HD trucks.

 

[Tex68w]

I've had 4 different Ram 2500s from 12-14', multiple Chevy 2500s from the current gen and previous Gen, as well as a 17' F-350. The Rams headlights were by far the worst I've used in any vehicle, and definitely the worst in the current HD trucks.

Glad to see that your eyes work as well haha.

 

[warwickscout]

jump in a Toyota tundra at night ,now those are some bad headlights

 

[TexasSixSeven]

My dad is on his 2nd Tundra since 14’. Ive put about 15k miles on his trucks. They’re not my Ford, but they’re also not a Dodge. We’ve got 3-4 of the 07-13’ model Tundras in our work fleet. The lights on those are noticeably worse than the 14+ trucks though.

 

[Tex68w]

jump in a Toyota tundra at night ,now those are some bad headlights

My father just recently traded in his 2014 Tundra for a new Ford Raptor and I don't recall the lights being as bad as those on this new Ram, sub par for sure, but not appallingly bad like the Ram.

To the OP, I apologize that we have gotten off track here for what appears to be an entire page, in no way did I/we mean to distract from your build thread. While our content is somewhat on topic, I want to apologize for steering it off-course.

 

[Sempertoy]

Wanted to bump this up to the top and see if there are any updates? With a growing family your set up looks like our future!