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ChevyLee said:
Hey @adeerchaser , I was looking through the forum and found you lowered the back end of the truck. This is exactly what I was going to do, but I was just going to remove the blocks like I have with previous trucks. You mentioned you flipped the blocks to get it lower. What do you mean by flipping them? Was there a reason why you didn't want to just remove the block?

Sorry I tried to PM you but I don't have enough post.

PS I don't have a truck yet, I am still debating on getting one. I currently have a ram TRX, and it's hard to want to let that go for an At4x.

Thanks.
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hey brother, im new to the forums. just curious, what is your motivation to go from a TRX to an AT4x?
 

CASTANOAT4X said:
hey brother, im new to the forums. just curious, what is your motivation to go from a TRX to an AT4x?
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Hey man! I am still on the fence here because I LOVE the truck. But this is what my situation is :

I bought new in 21, and have had the truck for 2 years. I also have a race truck, to fix my go fast needs.
  • I am bored with it. I have done mods to make it quicker, but I am still bored.
  • It gets a lot of attention, almost every time I get gas, someone has to come take a look, people try to race me all the time as well.
  • I started taking more road trips with the family, truck does great, except the seats are stiff and MPG sucks. ( I get 10 mpg around town and 13 mpg highway, 14mpg if I keep it below 70 MPH which is pretty hard to do in my area)
  • It is insanely easy to steal, so taking it on road trips, It kills me having to park it out in public. It takes seconds to steal these things
  • Lack of support from Ram and dealers is awful in my area (I haven't had major issues, but with some minor recalls, I can't get the dealers to stand behind anything) Another example was the hotspot stopped working for everyone. Basically, there was an issue between AT&T and Fiat. It took over a year to AT&T to finally support the hotspot again, but you have to go to a dealer to have a special update done. Some dealers are charging for the update. And with my local dealer, they have me on a 6+ month waitlist lol
  • I hate how the hvac controls are built into the infotainment, i want buttons and knobs to use, to quickly change things on the fly.
 

ChevyLee said:
Hey man! I am still on the fence here because I LOVE the truck. But this is what my situation is :

I bought new in 21, and have had the truck for 2 years. I also have a race truck, to fix my go fast needs.
  • I am bored with it. I have done mods to make it quicker, but I am still bored.
  • It gets a lot of attention, almost every time I get gas, someone has to come take a look, people try to race me all the time as well.
  • I started taking more road trips with the family, truck does great, except the seats are stiff and MPG sucks. ( I get 10 mpg around town and 13 mpg highway, 14mpg if I keep it below 70 MPH which is pretty hard to do in my area)
  • It is insanely easy to steal, so taking it on road trips, It kills me having to park it out in public. It takes seconds to steal these things
  • Lack of support from Ram and dealers is awful in my area (I haven't had major issues, but with some minor recalls, I can't get the dealers to stand behind anything) Another example was the hotspot stopped working for everyone. Basically, there was an issue between AT&T and Fiat. It took over a year to AT&T to finally support the hotspot again, but you have to go to a dealer to have a special update done. Some dealers are charging for the update. And with my local dealer, they have me on a 6+ month waitlist lol
  • I hate how the hvac controls are built into the infotainment, i want buttons and knobs to use, to quickly change things on the fly.
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I hear ya. ive actually been considering getting a TRX for my AT4x but your points make alot of sense.
what you mean by they are easy to steal?

sorry to take the thread off track.

if keep my AT4x I want to be able to fit 35's. Ive read you can with a R/C level kit and upgraded upper control arms.
 

CASTANOAT4X said:
I hear ya. ive actually been considering getting a TRX for my AT4x but your points make alot of sense.
what you mean by they are easy to steal?

sorry to take the thread off track.

if keep my AT4x I want to be able to fit 35's. Ive read you can with a R/C level kit and upgraded upper control arms.
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Yea x2 on taking this off thread, but we can't PM lol.

Dodge/Ram vehicles are easy to steal. On the TRX Facebook groups, you will see several post a day with folks having their trucks stolen. There are a few ways they are doing it. One can be done in a few seconds and the other way takes a few minutes but can be done without a key near by.

The AT4x does look a little weird with these smaller tires on it. That's why I plan on lowering it a little bit, see if that helps lol. I test drove a Denali with the 3.0 today. It's going to be a HUGE adjustment for me not having that much power on tap.
 

I get your point. I do like the interior of my truck alot better than the Ram. Massaging seats are great on long road trips. the 6.2L has pretty good punch, but yeah compared to a TRX any truck (aside from a raptor R) is going to feel slow.

back on the tread subject, lol. anyone with a leveling kit experience any issues with their lane keep assist or smart cruise control?
 

adeerchaser said:
Good luck in your decision, but I must say my AT4x is prolly my favorite truck. Anyway, I flipped it because it made the U-bolts still work in length. By removing them I would have had to buy shorter U-bolts and stored the blocks some where in case I wanted to put um back to sell it. This way it is all still there. Happy to answer any other questions for ya.
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By flipping it did you put it under the axle or on top of the leaf spring?
 

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Here ya go, the block now just sits on top, doing nothing but takin up slack in u-bolts. And I know where they are if I wanna put um back in.
 

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CASTANOAT4X said:
I get your point. I do like the interior of my truck alot better than the Ram. Massaging seats are great on long road trips. the 6.2L has pretty good punch, but yeah compared to a TRX any truck (aside from a raptor R) is going to feel slow.

back on the tread subject, lol. anyone with a leveling kit experience any issues with their lane keep assist or smart cruise control?
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No problem with my ready lift level. Works as it should .
 

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