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  1. Take two 3/8" bolts and put them in the threaded holes and use them to back the drum off.
  2. Magnet works for the older Corvettes, my TPMS tool came with a magnet for the older Corvettes. Using the magnet on your truck is probably just a placebo affect. Have no explaination for your friends truck. Wonderful design. Oh well, the OTC 3833 is a nice tool. My dealer was completely oblivious. On my 07, the guy got in the truck, turned it on, hit the button on the dash, the horn honked, he turned it off, and handed me the keys. I said something about how the manual says that's not right. I forget what happened then, I know I was pissed and left. The mechanics at that dealer are completely worthless.
  3. Yeah, like pushing a reset button on the dash to relearn all positions at once. it wouldnt be able to identify the sensor locations in that case. tpms systems that dont tell you the pressures at each tire have a single reset button. honestly... its not that hard to do. ive reset mine numerous time for new tire/wheel combos and new rotations and ive never had it not work on the first try..... i really dont know how much easier they can make it...... I have never been able to get the air pressure method to work. My mom's Jeep doesn't need to be relearned, there are receivers at each wheel well that pick up the individual sensors. A lot better system than the stupid thing we have.
  4. Sure some work was involved, but when I look at the pictures I only see about 10$ in radio shack supplies. I'm sure it takes considerable time for 1 guy to assemble. But I still think it's too much coin. 40$ and I'd be game. But you don't see what's in the box, I know it's not a resistor and a diode. Again, that connector is $23 to purchase just 1 from GM Parts Direct. Looking at your list of mods, I can see that you spent some coin on just handles, factory locking tailgate handle and bezel are $48 from GM Parts Direct and thats some plastic and metal pieces, mass produced (in China?). So if you compare it to many items, it's not a bad price and does something useful. Also the iPod interface? That's an expensive mass produced Chinese item that costs who knows how much when a $5 Radio Shack cable will do the same thing for an iPod.
  5. That's a nice setup. Looks pretty easy to install. At first glance $90 seems high, but it took some work to get that working, he had to design and build that module and get that connector for the 5Y0 option which alone is $23 from GM Parts Direct (with shipping for a single unit). He isn't making these by the truck load in China, so they are going to cost a little more. Granted the module doesn't have any crazy electronics, but no one else has come up with the circuitry, probably using an IC to get input from the switch's LEDs then uses that to power his LEDs, like he said in an earlier post, you can't just add an LED to the LEDs in the switch, not enough power. If I had 4wd, I would definately order one.
  6. I think you're going to have quite a few buyers, I would definately want that functionality if I had 4wd. Looks good. Doesn't make sense that GM wouldn't make that light work with an electronic transfer case, don't they do testing with real people that go "hey, I like this, but that sucks", bean counters strike again.
  7. Nice writeup. Kind of pricey, but looking factory has it's advatages.
  8. Ah, another offroad only vehicle, blacked out lights front and rear.
  9. GM also has a safety issue with the brake lights in the 07-08 GMT900s, part number 25991704 is the replacement, but it's been on backorder for at least 2 months. Get this, the lights turn off when you have the brakes applied! Ya, this is a little off topic, but just showing that the backorder issue is around for other parts that should have higher priority due to safety. It seems either everyone has either gotten this fixed some time ago or they don't care to fix it. /rant
  10. "This container is for window washer fluid, please consult your local dealer or qualified service center for installation of new fluid"
  11. When my mirror shows "ice" the A/C won't work. On the automatic HVAC controls, A/C is on no matter what, except when it's freezing out and maybe when the heat is all the way up. I'll second that A/C when it's cold defogs the windows.
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