I was in the squad the other day and a 4500 mega cab long bed passed me the thing was brand spanking new looked like it was its first time out. So is this probaby an aftermarket application from a company or did I miss something that dodge is making now. Sorry no picts didn't have my phone with me

Nick

 

there are no megacab 4500's...

 

Are you sure it wasn't a 3500 with 19.5" on it? If it is a 4500 I guess he'd have to have swapped a whole cab and matched the bed. That'd be alot of work for sure, but sweet.

 

that is not a factory option, it makes to much sense to sell therefore will not be offered.

 

Its prolly one of those trucks from that guy in Cali. He takes the megacabs and makes either a long bed single wheel or a long bed dually. They are nice and high dollar. There are a few running around here in Texas. They say you can actually get it from the dealer as an option but im not sure.

 

Nope sorry they are being made in Tx. Heres one

 

Maybe a 4500 badges on a stretched 3500 mega

 

Yeah prob. a 35 with the 45 badging. but you said that a guy in cali does it. well im in Cleveland OH. And that is a sure long way to ship a truck just for that to be done to a what looked like a 08.

 

No they are done here in Texas. Man you would be surprized at what some people that have tons of money do to have what they want! An there might be someone closer to you that does the conversion too, thats just the first one i came across when searching

 

There are actually quite a few companies that do this. Not just in Texas. I would bet that any truck frame repair place could do this though. Large trucks have frames shortened or lengthened for a given body application all the time.

 

I had my Mega stretched in Lehi Utah. Its a lot easier to put the 4500 emblems on the 3500 then to do all the big changes. But as mentioned...folks can spend a lot of money getting/doing what they want. I think there is a company in Illinois that is doing it...at least that is what I was told last fall. Sorry, cannot provide a name.
I got what I wanted and it was very reasonable. It even came with an engineers DOT certified inspection!

Scotty

 

Nah i dont think anyone that does truck frame repair would do it cause i work at a body shop an none of the body shops here in Killeen would touch it! Most of the high end shops that repair frames are doing it with computers and pre-measured specs. We use a frame machine called car-o-liner from sweden. So we couldnt touch that kind of stuff!

 

Interesting. I'm not talking a body shop though, if that makes a difference. I mean a commercial truck frame repair shop. There's a place by my house that deals mostly in OTR trucks and specializes in drivetrain and frame stuff. That's what I'm talking about. But it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong!

 

Do guys actually do the emblem swap? That seems more than just a little lame to me. If a guy wants a 4500 buy one. The emblems don't all of a sudden make it more truck anymore than putting Z06 emblems on my truck will improve it's quarter mile time. Besides, anybody that would be impressed by a 4500 pickup should know enough to spot one that's fake.

 

what exactly is the difference between a 3500 and a 4500 anyway?