What have you done to your K2 today?

Homeslice · September 8, 2018

4 hours ago, Neallynein said:

@usdashworks coming in clutch with the new gauges. This is a daytime picture.

And a night time

And a sneak peak at tomorrow’s project

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Anyone know if this bumper fits GMC?

colonel00 · September 8, 2018

16 hours ago, Maxsuperdog said:

How long did it take you to do this?

Oh, maybe 4-5 hours but I was taking my time and doing other stuff just to give my fingers a break. Mostly, it just took a while to get the seat out of the truck. Figuring out how to disconnect everything without breaking trim pieces or wiring harnesses. Removing and replacing the seat covers takes a little time too as you have to take your time and be patient with the little clips that hold everything down.

Edit: Just an update to add that the passenger seat took about 2 hours. So, once you get the hang of the clips and harnesses, it's really not that bad.

Here's a video that helps a lot. Kind of crude but if you watch it as you are doing stuff, it really helps. He has a part 2 for the back seats.

Edited September 8, 2018 by colonel00

CadillacLuke24 · September 8, 2018

Nicely done dude! Looks great

Having grown very tired of finding gas station squeegees that were filthy, smelled like sewer ponds, had a bunch of crap in the mesh, or a combination of the three, I went to Napa and got my own. MUCH better.

I was very fortunately able to recover my Excel log for my truck earlier this week. After I got my hard drive back from recovery I was able to pull the entire thing from temp files Excel saved right before the crash. Thank God, I though I was doomed. It may not be critical, but for Captain OCD it may as well be.

Now I have 2 hard copies and 2 electronic copies saved to One Drive. Going to rebuild the entire thing, add in my uncharted maintenance (you would not believe the receipts and sticky notes I have laying around ) and then save a copy to One Drive, one to my computer's hard drive, and one to a flash drive I recently got for Clyde. It even has a bowtie and the Chevrolet script on it.

PotvinSucks · September 8, 2018

10 hours ago, Darmichar said:

Installed these:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LX4FMD1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

In the reverse lights and cargo lights

Stock and LED together for comparison

Both reverse lights replaced

Stock cargos

Stock cargos

Cargo right, LED left

Both cargos replaced with LED's

Cargos and reverse lights together.

Did you need an adapter or anything to run LEDs? I'm needing to do this with my reverse lights soon

6.2Midnight · September 8, 2018

On 9/6/2018 at 7:15 AM, 6.2Midnight said:

Thanks for the info, I'll see if this works on my 2017 as well.

Isn't the guy in the video famous? I know his name from someplace...

This does work on a 2017 Chevy as well. I did the wiring, drove my truck to the post office the next morning to to drop off my HMI unit. Thanks again to wforrest08 for giving the information, and pgamboa for making the information!

6.2Midnight · September 8, 2018

7 hours ago, Homeslice said:

Anyone know if this bumper fits GMC?

Nice looking bumper, too bad is does not allow for a winch...

ducklawyer · September 8, 2018

I am down in Hot Springs. I come up your way a lot during hunting season. Have a bunch of buddies from Wynne, JB, Monette, Searcy, Newport.

Nice! I’m in Jonesboro. I only live up here for the hunting season lol

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Waterfowler41 · September 8, 2018

Nice! I’m in Jonesboro. I only live up here for the hunting season lol

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Thanks for the invite guys... lol

Waterfowler 41’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/brittmork

MY164X4 · September 8, 2018

I didn’t trust the parts store compressor so I made my own when I put Bilsteins on my ‘08. The screws are 20mm.

You a crafty guy. That's what's up.

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ducklawyer · September 8, 2018

Thanks for the invite guys... lol

Waterfowler 41’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/brittmork

Haha where are you?

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wforrest08 · September 8, 2018

9 hours ago, PotvinSucks said:

Did you need an adapter or anything to run LEDs? I'm needing to do this with my reverse lights soon

Reverse lights, license plate, and cargos no adapters/resistors (turn/brake need resistors or anti-hyperflash bulbs)needed but some people have reported back up camera interference with certain brands of bulbs. I have all three from Diode Dynamics in my 015 no problems in the 2+ years I’ve had them, good no bs 3 year warranty, US company, ez 2 use webpage, and fast shipping as long as they are in stock.

STRMTRPR · September 9, 2018

Got underneath for some more pre-winter prep before I head to Rust Check for undercoating. Finished up where GM left off.. clean and paint rear axle with can of truck bed liner and sprayed down every exposed bolt I could find under the chassis with Nutz Lube (love that stuff). I also found the steering wheel a little thin and too hard for my liking so I added a much needed cover.

captainzombie · September 9, 2018

20 hours ago, colonel00 said:

Got the driver's seat redone with Katzkins. I'll knock out the passenger seat tomorrow and I'm done...well I may take out the back seats because I think I missed getting some of the velcro seams in place properly *shakes head* Good practice on seat removal though

Awesome job!

How long did it take you to get the driver seat done? I am contemplating trying this myself or having a place do it. I was quoted $1500 by a local shop for the front buckets, jump seat, and the back. I'm just thinking about the time and if I screw anything up, especially with the jump seat which appears to be a bit of a pain.

colonel00 · September 9, 2018

18 minutes ago, captainzombie said:

Awesome job!

How long did it take you to get the driver seat done? I am contemplating trying this myself or having a place do it. I was quoted $1500 by a local shop for the front buckets, jump seat, and the back. I'm just thinking about the time and if I screw anything up, especially with the jump seat which appears to be a bit of a pain.

Edit: Just realized your question was the driver's seat. I replied to someone above that it was 4-5 hours but that was figuring out how to do it all and taking breaks to do other stuff. Today I did the passenger seat in under 2 hours.

Oh, maybe 10 hours or so total. I've got a center console so I didn't have to do a jump seat. It's really not that bad, just takes time and patience. $1500 is pretty steep considering you can pick up a set of Katzkins on ebay for under $500 shipped when ebay runs the 15% off deal which seems like once a month or so. Honestly, I tell just about anyone that was even remotely handy with tools to do it themselves. Just take your time. Now that fall is here, it's a perfect time to do a seat each Saturday and Sunday while you watch football. Really, you could get it all done in a weekend but it would be safer to just allow plenty of time. Plus, your fingers will be sore after a while. It actually hurts a little to type this.

Also, if you happened to screw up the jump seat, I have an extra set as it comes with the package. I figure I'll unload it somewhere.

As a bonus, I found this to be a great time to redo the rear footwell lighting just to tidy up the install and run the wires better. Also a good time for a thorough cleaning under the seats.

The video I linked is great help. A couple things that I learned:

If you have power seats, leave the wiring harnesses connected until you have the seat ready to come out. This will allow you to slide it back and forth as that really helps.
In the video, he disconnects the yellow and gray harnesses under the seat while it's still in the truck. That's a pain and you can wait until the seat is out and you can flip the seat over.
Get some sort of tool like he uses in the video to help undo all of those clips. I used some tools that are picks or something but have different angles. Kinda look like dental tools. This really helps.
He says it in the video but be very careful with the orange clips on the front seats. You could easily pull them out of the foam. I found that holding the clip with my thumb and then rolling the plastic bar usually freed it up easy enough.
Take your time and make sure all the plastic bars are clipped (front seats) and all of the velcro points are engaged (front a little and all of the rear). This will keep tight seams. I rushed through the back seats and I think I missed the seam in middle of the back so it flops a bit. I'll have to take them out to fix it.

Feel free to shoot me a PM if you or anyone decides to do it. I'd be happy to jump on a phone call to walk anyone through it.

Edited September 9, 2018 by colonel00

Neallynein · September 9, 2018

Got this done this morning. I’ll add pictures of the lights at night. But pretty simple install but you definitely could use a second set of hands when putting the bumper on just to get it leveled properly. I have to adjust it slightly cause I didn’t have a 16mm wrench to tighten the top bolt properly which I’ll do tomorrow when I get one. But love the look and everything. They give you 3 harnesses. One for each set of fogs & the light bar. But you can put the fogs all on one with their 2 to 1 adapters they provided.

Love the beer holder next to the headlight too [emoji6]

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