What Did You Do With Your TRX (or Other Ram) Today?

[OnTheReel]

Cameras are finally on board so this puppy is done!!!

Oh, and I forgot to mention another perk. I have a free active SiriusXM subscription. I dunno if the radio is still on a free trial or if someone is paying but I ain’t complaining.

 

[quietpeen]

glad to see that the cameras are working. Now you need to order a new matte screen protector

Nice bonus on the the sirius. Didn't you still have a travel link subscription. If you want that transfered over you will have to call sirius and tell them you changed radios which will zap whatever is giving you radio stations right now.

 

[quietpeen]

btw, did you have any plugs from the uc4 that didn't have a spot to plug into the uc5 module?

 

[OnTheReel]

btw, did you have any plugs from the uc4 that didn't have a spot to plug into the uc5 module?

For sure, there’s a few. The old pink and purple cell/ LTE antennas have nowhere to go since the UC5 uses a separate telematics module. The old LVDS cable gets abandoned too. Then I think the other is for internal BT or WiFi and is not needed.

 

[quietpeen]

have you paired your phone to it yet?

 

[OnTheReel]

Yeah, Bluetooth and wireless CarPlay work great.

 

[BlackGold6.4]

What an awesome build @OnTheReel .. congratulations on your success

 

[quietpeen]

decided to jump on the matte screen protector bandwagon. I didn’t get it centered properly left to right but it shouldn’t be noticeable on the truck.

 

[OnTheReel]

Still going back and forth on the gloss vs matte. The matte hides finger prints but hurts the clarity a little.

 

[quietpeen]

Still going back and forth on the gloss vs matte. The matte hides finger prints but hurts the clarity a little.

hmmm I will have to see how much it effects clarity, if I don't like it I will take it off

 

[MoparToYou]

I picked up my 2024 Ram 3500 dually from the detail shop this morning. It only has 200 miles on it right now, but, from prior experience with dually trucks it seems you are always reaching over the dual fenders to get to something in the bed or to reach the fifth wheel hitch, so the rear fenders tend to get fine scratches in the paint. This truck already had a few fine scratches the day I bought it. So, I paid for a three day stay at a spa where it had the paint polished, PPF applied to both rear fenders, and then got a 7-year ceramic coating applied. It's real pretty right now.

 

[quietpeen]

while it's new is definitely the best time to do what you did

 

[quietpeen]

New Steering wheel

It was supposed to also have a carbon fiber bezel but they made one for the regular 1500 with the buttons on the side.

I am currently waiting for them to make the correct one but i just laid the wrong one in it to get an idea of how it will look when the right one arrives.

 

[OnTheReel]

FINALLY:

A guy commented on my thread yesterday that his tile button was working correctly. I asked him how but unfortunately he didn’t remember the setting. But said he used CDA6 to do it. That was enough to relight the fire to get this working 100%.

I compared backup files from a 2022 TRX and a 2023 TRX, both similarly equipped. This was a breakthrough as it isolated the differences down to JUST the cluster (and a few random option differences that I filtered out).

One line that stuck out was this:

620132C0025B211D601004

The “6” after the “D” is a “2” on non-digital cluster trucks. So on a whim I altered the backup file and loaded it up. Bingo! Better to be lucky than good sometimes.

I then had to ask Jimmy to check on CDA6 to see exactly what I changed and it was this setting:

“ECUConfig 3: Unique Core Steering Wheel” changed from “no” to “yes” by swapping the 2 to a 6.

You can’t access this setting in Alfa so it’s another one requiring an altered backup file to load but I’m thrilled it’s all done now!

 

[quietpeen]

nice man, but what is CDA6?

 

[OnTheReel]

nice man, but what is CDA6?

The actual OEM diagnostic software (Chrysler Diagnostic Application). This was only needed to tell me what the change I made was (just so myself and other future swappers know exactly what it’s doing). CDA6 can read the alphanumerical backup lines from AlfaOBD and tell you what setting each position in the lines represent.

You don’t actually need that software to do anything related to the swap now because it’s all been figured out.

 

[OnTheReel]

Zen just sent me a pic of the alcantara stitched airbag cover.

Looks good overall but I am asking them how the Ram’s head emblem attaches and if I can remove my old one and swap it over. Don’t love that bright silver one.

 

[quietpeen]

This was delivered today. @OnTheReel knows what it is.

 

[OnTheReel]

All looks very familiar. I will have to look at it again soon when I try to get my FM radio working.

 

[OnTheReel]

Got my FM working. Helps when the antenna is plugged in.

I think I mistook it for the old LVDS cable (also white) and just left it unplugged on accident.

Also finally had warm enough temperatures to melt the snow off. Tested the park sense camera activation and it works great!