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Installed an OEM tonneau I picked up for $250. It's keep the snow out until I get a topper next summer.

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Hauled this precious cargo home for the first time from the NICU after 40 days!   Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

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I installed this thingy on the top of my 2017 6.2L. Not really sure what it does, but my truck goes really fast now.  

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Found an hour of free time yesterday and installed GM - Illuminated Door Sills. Love the way they look! Of course, made a how to video. The box didn't come with instructions and tried searching he

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Here it is on the truck. I outlined it in brown but...on black tint it's hard to see. The badge is just for reference. Not to bad I don't think for my first time cutting a decal. 2c95fcdc29b4bbe603e9af9a1abb488a.jpg5ded17fae6f77d737b983de7f24429c5.jpge0e06caf45d732293cc5a8e700c39845.jpg

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Here it is on the truck. I outlined it in brown but...on black tint it's hard to see. The badge is just for reference. Not to bad I don't think for my first time cutting a decal. 2c95fcdc29b4bbe603e9af9a1abb488a.jpg5ded17fae6f77d737b983de7f24429c5.jpge0e06caf45d732293cc5a8e700c39845.jpg

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That looks SWEET!


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On ‎10‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 8:43 PM, gruve said:

New upper control arms from rough country since the 2.5 level/lift blew my passenger side ball joint after 20,000 miles


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I think you just convinced me not to go with RC

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I think you just convinced me not to go with RC


Gotta pay to play I guess. The 2.5 inch kit from anywhere is going to jack up the ball joint angles.


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Very true. I keep going back and forth between a 4" and 6" lift. I love the looks of a 6" but the truck is my daily driver and I drive 70 miles round trip for work mon-fri

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Here's a shot of it all together. Mind you, this is mid-day in my garage. Those puppies are BRIGHT at night!

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Here's a shot of it all together. Mind you, this is mid-day in my garage. Those puppies are BRIGHT at night!
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Which leds did you use for your reverse lights?

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21 minutes ago, T_ClarkEx39 said:

Good luck with the JDM. My last truck I went through 5 sets and finally gave up on them. 

How long did yours last? I've only had mine in for 2 months but no problems

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1 hour ago, jdrampage said:

How long did yours last? I've only had mine in for 2 months but no problems

Between 2 and 4 months they would start flickering. That was on a 2003 Duramax so I don't know if anything has improved with the new electronics on these new trucks or not. But when I got ready to put my LED reverse lights in this 2017 2500 I went with a different company. they have been in here for about a month now, they were a little bit more expensive than the jdms were, so we will see how these do. The Chinese folks over at JDM I would actually talk to on the phone, and of course you know how that goes, they could barely speak English but they kept sending me new ones and within 2 to 4 months they would start flickering again so I finally just gave up.

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4 minutes ago, Goinovr said:

I've had my reverse lights almost over a year and they are glowing strong. License plate lights are a few months old but still good. I just make sure I get the cob based LEDS with full connection tabs vs the diode/cob LEDS with single wire connectors.

JdM's or a different brand? 

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