Crazyjoker77

What's all involved in getting the android auto update? Besides looking cooler any increase in performance or added features ?

added some more budget lights. Haven't seen anyone mount anything here before and I always thought it looked weird how their was nothing behind the side steps. Find them more useful than I thought I would. The optics give it a 180º light diffusion and really lights up the sides very well, where I thought my pillar lights and rock lights where lacking.

Been way to long since I did any mods. Didn't actually permanently install it yet or run any wires, just a mock up of how it looks. The lightbar probably wouldn't get much use but it was free and I really don't have any need for more forward lighting. Sick of it taking up shelf space in the garage. Lots of option for wiring it up. -Use a relay and tie into cargo light switch -Reverse Lights -Standalone spot on my up-fitter switch. -Switch in the bed Or really any combination. Thoughts? Any other places to mount it where it might be more useful?

I used the dark black for my front. Took a picture with one done cause i knew people would want to know. It doesnt block much light at all and really makes the headlights looks a million times better.

Not sure if your aware but GM offers an upfitter switch. I used it and am very happy with it. Be aware though it wires up differently than conventional switches. (ground controlling) I'm kind of jealous of your relay setup I mounted mine to the firewall behind the battery out of site. Kind of wish I did have a 5th input.

I put rock lights on my truck on the cheap by using strip lights instead of the conventional pucks. Even though the Led strips were waterproof already I slid them in some silicone sleeves and filled them with clear silicone to fully encapsulate them. Then used marine epoxy to secure them to the wheel well liners. Used the leftover strip lights and put them in the factory grill.

Added some LED strips to the back side of my grill and took a few pictures of the truck at night.

Got the grill thrown into the truck tonight. Couple quick pics in my local field.

...ALL IN and that's only about 2% of the collection and are just a few of my single emmiter jobs, keeping the big guns under raps.... I got more stockpiled lithium and silicon than most small countries. Same as the guy above I'm sure, I used 50/50 60led/M that come on the 5m spools for a couple bucks. I used a full 5m for my grill and wheel well lights of the 5000k white strips. For the wheel wells I got the already waterproofed led strips then put them in some waterproof sleeves then pumped the sleeve full of clear epoxy, since they are exposed to so much more abuse that most other places. For the grill lights I just used the waterproof LED then epoxied over them to hold them in place. To get good results you are going to need to learn to solder. You can just tap into the existing bed lights they are already fused/protected.

I see your $300+ illuminated bowtie and raise you a $10 backlit grill...

Unfortunately that harness isn't going to be much use to you if you want to use the aux switches. GM unconventionally made the aux switches ground controlling. You could probably hack up that harness and get something to work but its probably easier to just start from scratch.

Here's some much more budget friendly brackets that don't require you to hack up factory parts. https://www.amazon.com/Light-MountBrackets-Universal-Bracket-Holder/dp/B07GYPXD9Z/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?keywords=hood+mount&qid=1550981441&s=gateway&sr=8-4-spons&psc=1

You can use standard 4pin automotive relays if your just adding the 4 aux switches panel. sounds like you have the right idea on wiring. you have 16 total wires. -8 get connected to 12v (either right off the battery if you want them to function with the truck off, or switched if you want them to shut off with the ign) -4 get connected to your loads -4 get ran to the switch bank and put to pins 11 - 14

no it was a harness a member was making up himself. Its very straightforward to tap power out of the driver side fuse box.

The Diode isn't for protection its to get the operation they want. With a wire anytime the cargo lights and reverse lights basically act as a single circuit. With a diode depending which direction its facing will determine which lights come on together. IE. you can go into reverse without the cargo light coming on but if you hit the cargo lamp button both the cargo and reverse lights light up. Alternatively you can have it when you go in reverse both sets of lights light up but when the cargo button is pushed ONLY the cargo lights light up.