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Well - in light of everything going on, I am not sure if it is good news or bad news, but my truck has arrived at the rail yard here in Calgary, and should be at the dealer within 24 hours.

 

My finances have not altered significantly in the last little while, so I am still okay to get it, but the excitement has certainly died down a bit.

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So I like others have been looking at other options the closest I can find is missing
2nd battery $135
Upfitter switches $150
Z71 package $175
I can't add these things for that price but I really want my truck before summer ends
It has
Exhaust tip...........adding new cat back
Running boards....have aftermarket
Dark essential.......Gonna debadge
I don't need any of these

As of right now my dealer sales Dept is in mandatory shut down so I can't event get that truck if I wanted to

I just checked chat and my truck is still tpw of 4/20 asked what the shut down will do to the date and they don't know

So for now I guess I just sit and wait till something happens

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16 hours ago, cdnSpinalTap said:

Well - in light of everything going on, I am not sure if it is good news or bad news, but my truck has arrived at the rail yard here in Calgary, and should be at the dealer within 24 hours.

 

My finances have not altered significantly in the last little while, so I am still okay to get it, but the excitement has certainly died down a bit.

Don't know when you ordered yours, but we ordered our AT4 3500 on Dec 9th, Built 1 Feb (really 27 Jan), and is still sitting in Flint as of this past friday!  So I can certainly understand how that excitement has died down!  Think I have lost that loving feeling of ordering and taking delivery of exactly what I wanted.

 

But, I glad you have some light at the end of your tunnel!  I hope it is everything you enjoy your new truck!  I know I will eventually!

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4 hours ago, PIP_AT4 said:

Don't know when you ordered yours, but we ordered our AT4 3500 on Dec 9th, Built 1 Feb (really 27 Jan), and is still sitting in Flint as of this past friday!  So I can certainly understand how that excitement has died down!  Think I have lost that loving feeling of ordering and taking delivery of exactly what I wanted.

 

But, I glad you have some light at the end of your tunnel!  I hope it is everything you enjoy your new truck!  I know I will eventually!

Thanks, I know I eventually will.

 

Hopefully you get some news on your soon.

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On 3/24/2020 at 11:49 AM, mkeddie said:

So I like others have been looking at other options the closest I can find is missing
2nd battery $135
Upfitter switches $150
Z71 package $175
I can't add these things for that price but I really want my truck before summer ends
It has
Exhaust tip...........adding new cat back
Running boards....have aftermarket
Dark essential.......Gonna debadge
I don't need any of these

As of right now my dealer sales Dept is in mandatory shut down so I can't event get that truck if I wanted to

I just checked chat and my truck is still tpw of 4/20 asked what the shut down will do to the date and they don't know

So for now I guess I just sit and wait till something happens

Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk
 

that's not too bad....only concern I see is Z71 transfer case, but idk if its same on HD as 1500s, if you do have it than its just the shocks and cpl of plastic skid plates yeah?.....upfitter swithches aren't insatalled from my understanding so can just order them, and buy a second battery....but you can get better shocks (wont be as cheap)….and add other stuff.....just the transfer case which be kind of a bitch if you need it

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I believe the z71 on an HD is shocks, skid plates, and maybe a decal.  I felt like the money would be better spent on aftermarket shocks.  

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I believe the z71 on an HD is shocks, skid plates, and maybe a decal.  I felt like the money would be better spent on aftermarket shocks.  

And Hill Descent Control.

 

And it doesn’t mention it but I believe you get an extra driving mode too.

Normal, Towing, and off road. Without the Z71 package I believe it’s just normal and towing.

 

Don’t quote me on that though.

 

 

Oh and on the Upfitter Switches, this one causes a lot of confusion because everyone gets something different. Some people have had them installed from the factory, some people have had it sitting in the back seat.

 

Mine came with them “installed” from the factory. However I don’t think they are wired, haven’t looked yet but they don’t light up so don’t think they are. But kinda makes sense since I have nothing to connect them to right now.

 

Also, my dealer told me they didn’t know how to order them separately unless ordered from the factory. Now I don’t believe they can’t be but they made it sound difficult, so I’d double check with your dealer on that. Worst case, there’s eBay

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