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jaymiles007

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  1. From the album: All Terrain 6.2

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  2. If I remember correctly I just used Rust-oleum High Performance Enamel spray paint. I didn't take my time and it didn't come out great so I may have it don't professionally at some point. And I don't see any reason plastidip wouldn't work, probably would work better than what I used but I wanted a glossy and glass-like finish.
  3. That is actually vinyl on there, I have a vinyl cutter and cut the letters out of white vinyl. Unfortunately that raised surface where it says GMC is very slick and after a couple drives the vinyl came up. So far I haven't made any other attempts or tried a different vinyl yet. Probably would just need a vinyl tack spray to do the trick.
  4. Who are you wanting to get in contact with?
  5. Hey, I actually have another question for you are anyone with the adjustable pedals. When I push down the pedal, it goes almost all the way down to the "floor" and then acts like its hitting a stop and then if you push really hard it will click down another 1/2" maybe for FULL throttle. My question is, is that normal for there to be a stop there? Shouldn't it smoothly go all the way down to the floor? I know my old non-adjustable pedals in my 2014 didn't do this and neither does my dad's 2014 Silverado.
  6. Hey Thanks!! Will try that out soon!
  7. Hey, I have the adjustable pedals on my 2018 and the entire pedal seems loose and moves loosely in every which direction. I'm not sure if I have a fluke or if this is normal between all of the adjustable pedal models. I had a 2014 with non adjust and it had minimal flex but I still did this mod. Looking at my 2018 It doesn't look like as easy of a solution. Any way you could post some pictures or more detailed process of what you did? Would be appreciated if you did.
  8. Just put some (275/60R20 Cooper H/T Plus with -12 offset rims) on a 2014 Silverado only leveled with Bilstein 5100's. Doesn't rub going forward at all, maybe if you hit a bump on full turn but I tried some turns at full with no run. DOES rub in reverse at just a titch before full turn in either direction. Very noticeable rub but nothing that will hurt anything. Again this is with a -12 offset rim. Sounds like stock offset rims will not rub.
  9. I have just successfully upgraded from standard DL8 mirrors(heated and power adjust), to aftermarket tow mirrors from eBay. My truck is a 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Double Cab, Standard Box After much thinking about whether I really wanted to go with the look of tow mirrors and also how I would make it work knowing that they wouldn't be plug and play, I bit the bullet. I looked all around for some tow mirrors that I would be happy with. I found multiple listings on eBay for a really low price ranging from $195-220. I picked out a set that had a blacked out clearance light as I don't like the orange lense. I will put the listing below. In addition to finding the mirrors I wanted, I also had been reading up on the forum of how I wanted to make it work. I came across a pgamboa who has been helping the community by making and selling a harness that allows people to convert from the standard DL8 mirrors to the fancy DL3 setup. His harness makes the conversion plug and play for the new mirrors. Knowing his harness was for non-tow mirrors, I reached out to him and asked about making one to work with tow mirrors. He took it upon himself to make a harness to work for me even though he doesn't have actual tow mirrors to test. After fast shipment, I had received the new harnesses and I swapped them with my old ones which he will give money back to you for sending back to him. Since I had the door panel off in order to install the new harness, I went ahead and installed a product called "fatmat"(similar to dynamat) to quiet up my ride and improve my speaker sound. Anyway, I replaced my harnesses even though I hadn't yet gotten my tow mirrors delivered yet. My plan was to leave my stock mirrors on until I had my tow mirror in and I planned on getting the chrome caps on them color matched to my truck. Once the mirrors arrived, I popped the chrome caps off and stripped the chrome using muriatic acid. This works very well to completely strip chrome plating on plastic, and it does it in a matter of hours. While stripping the chrome, I decided I better plug them in to test them out. To my disappointment, only the turn signal and power adjust worked. The courtesy lights and clearance lights did not work. I contacted pgamboa again and got his input. We diagnosed the issue to be in my trucks X500 door harness connector. It was missing 2 pins necessary for the courtesy lights and clearance lights to get signal. His harness was pinned for them but my truck was not. To remedy this issue, he sent me a set of wires for both the passenger and driver side connectors. Once I received them, I used his instructions and guidance to insert the wires into the necessary slots to make the connections needed. During this process I had my mirror caps all stripped and taken into my local Chevy dealership to have them color match paint the caps. Finally I got the caps popped back on and the mirrors installed on the truck and I am extremely happy with the look and result. A huge thanks to Phil (pgamboa)!! He is a great community member and he is always around the forum helping others. He took me on as a customer and helped me through every step of the way. He has put numerous man hours into his research for these harness and just in helping me getting my mirrors working and functioning. I can't thank him enough for the help and highly recommend him for anyone needing help with a tow mirror conversion or the regular DL8 to DL3 conversion. Tow mirror topic- http://www.gm-trucks...e-been-waiting/ eBay Tow mirrors - http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT *These mirrors have; LED clearance lights, LED Courtesy/Cargo, LED Turn signals, Heated, and Power adjust. Non power-fold/extending.
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    From the album: 2014 Sierra Carbon Edition

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