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Edmonton represent!

 

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What's with all the Edmonton fellas and their black trucks, lol!

 

I swore to never go back to black after owning a black Lexus...my last truck was silver and was super easy to maintain...but damn the new Sierra's look good in black!

 

Dangerdick, you've got a serious rig there man. I love what you've done to it!

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I took my valence off for the winter to get a little better ground clearance. I'm seriously considering putting it back on if I level the truck. Right now it looks alright but any higher I think it would look funny without the valence.

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Another one I snapped yesterday, using lightroom and I'm loving the way the pics turn out. I just need to invest in a DSLR now, the iPhone's not cutting it.2s19etl.jpg

 

& made this one in Photoshop just to see what it'd look like with all the chrome gone.

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^Your truck makes me really want to clear my headlights.

 

Makes a pretty big difference, you should do it man :thumbs:

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DSLR = whole new world of photography. Be sure to take it off auto.

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Here is mine. 2 weeks old now. Tint, level, Line-x, 33s, some []Dlasti-dip here and there, DONE!

 

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For those of you with the 2'' Rough Country level on your 2014/15 truck you can run a 33x12.50x20 Mud Terrain tire on a 20x9 wheel. I did it today. No problems. No cutting or trimming. If you need pictures or more info let me know. I searched and searched and could not find a soul running what I wanted to run on my leveling kit. So you guys running just the level it will work!!!

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Truck looks great! I'm also in the Edmonton area. I recently pulled my lower air dam off, but I'm not really sold on it. I think I'm going to trim it down and see how it looks.

 

With valence:

 

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Removed:

 

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Well here's my first go at the trimmed air dam. This is just a mock up after making the cut, it's not actually bolted in place. Still have to file the edge smooth and take down any high spots but I think it looks good. I debated rounding the edges more and following the groove on the corners but was afraid it would be too much. Whatcha think?

 

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Gave her a fresh wash on my lunch break. Check out the 5K HID's, love the color and output vs stock!
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How do you like the 5000k color HID's? I'm running 4500K in my truck and LED fog lights but the fogs seem to have a slight tinge of blue to them. Thinking about swapping bulbs to 5000k, but how do they compare to the stock LED strips color wise?

 

Looks good without boards too.. I've been debating pulling mine off since I got the truck.

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Well here's my first go at the trimmed air dam. This is just a mock up after making the cut, it's not actually bolted in place. Still have to file the edge smooth and take down any high spots but I think it looks good. I debated rounding the edges more and following the groove on the corners but was afraid it would be too much. Whatcha think?

 

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Trimmed air dam's look so good on these trucks. I think they look weird without them but they are kinda just sticking out too. Perfect balance imo. Just gotta find time to do mine now.

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Looks really good, might have to try that with mine this spring! I'm just wondering where you decided to make the cut line.

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