First 2023 TRX has ARRIVED

[@JC]

The manual for the 2023 RAM TRX is up online. You can scope out some more info on the digital cluster.

2023 1500 manual

https://vehicleinfo.mopar.com/assets/publications/en-us/Ram/2023/1500_DT/P138966_23_DT_OM_EN_USC_DIGITAL.pdf

2023 TRX Supplement

https://vehicleinfo.mopar.com/assets/publications/en-us/Ram/2023/1500_DT/P132076_23_DT_TRX_SU_EN_USC_DIGITAL.pdf

 

[Beachcomber]

Here is the Digital Instrument Cluster. I really like it.

Digital cluster looks great and thanks for the photos. Sorry about the Uconnect center console. Sucks.

 

[wayland1985]

Hey @Miles Goff : Do you have photos of the front bumper also? The Ram website makes it seem like the front bumper's middle section is a darker shade of grey.

 

[Miles Goff]

Hey @Miles Goff : Do you have photos of the front bumper also? The Ram website makes it seem like the front bumper's middle section is a darker shade of grey.

As far as I can tell it is the same color as 2022.

 

[Ngwidener]

As far as I can tell it is the same color as 2022.

Is it true that the level 2s have “accent” color door handles now instead of paint matched?

 

[Miles Goff]

Is it true that the level 2s have “accent” color door handles now instead of paint matched?

Yes the door handles are black now as is the 3rd brake light.

 

[RageWhite]

Yes the door handles are black now as is the 3rd brake light.

@Miles Goff are they painted black, or flat plastic black?

...asking for a friend.

 

[tvj2015]

Yes the door handles are black now as is the 3rd brake light.

Didn't know that about the brake light. I'm going to have to snag one for my 22!

 

[Eighty]

was the CHMSL ever a color other than black? Mine is black, granted I have a black truck. But it's not color matched. It's just black plastic. And every picture I can find also looks black.

 

[TRX1]

It's literally 2 screws and a good yank to pull it out. Had to swap mine due to factory damage. And once you've done that, you could easily take out the instrument cluster in a couple minutes... a few trim pieces and 4 screws holding it in.

Thank you so much for posting this. Now I know how to take it off to install the PARAGOPTICS

 

[Miles Goff]

was the CHMSL ever a color other than black? Mine is black, granted I have a black truck. But it's not color matched. It's just black plastic. And every picture I can find also looks black.

The 2022 has a black CHMSL as well. Guess I never paid that much attention to it until I seen the black doors handles on the 23.

 

[Ngwidener]

The 2022 has a black CHMSL as well. Guess I never paid that much attention to it until I seen the black doors handles on the 23.

Are the handles gloss?

 

[Miles Goff]

Are the handles gloss?

They are a painted gloss black.

 

[Ngwidener]

They are a painted gloss black.

Cool, thanks man!

 

[Terahok]

The screws being put back in place is weird. I wonder if there was a defect found after the truck was built and they were going to switch out the Uconnect system but they lost track of it and shipped the truck...

 

[RageWhite]

The screws being put back in place is weird. I wonder if there was a defect found after the truck was built and they were going to switch out the Uconnect system but they lost track of it and shipped the truck...

Interesting point...and probably not a difficult thing to have happen with so many vehicles sitting around.

 

[TRXGuest7562]

They are a painted gloss black.

Thanks for letting us all know!

 

[wayland1985]

The screws being put back in place is weird. I wonder if there was a defect found after the truck was built and they were going to switch out the Uconnect system but they lost track of it and shipped the truck...

This was a thought of mine too: perhaps the vent was damaged at the factory when installing the trim, and it was put aside for repairs?

But: I would like to think there’s some sort of QA inspection before the trucks roll out?

 

[RedEyeTRX]

And they even left the screws back in their place

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Considerate thieves !

 

[RedEyeTRX]

Is it just me, or does that left side vent gasket look like it was crushed in when the center stack was originally installed? It doesn't look like "yanked out" damage. It looks like "pushed in" damage.

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You are not wrong.
When the center stack was installed, the plastic gasket was not aligned with the vent and instead of properly aligning things......the motto of the day was PUSH HARDER !