What have you done to your K2 today?

[colonel00]

48 minutes ago, STRMTRPR said:

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.

Where did you get the steering wheel cover?  I like it.

[Raven Z71]

Finished my mods/upgrades:

 

Black bow ties/front illuminated 

Peragon bed cover

LED strip 

Borla/Chevy cat-back

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[captainzombie]

1 hour ago, colonel00 said:

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.

 

Thanks for the detailed tips. I'll reach out when I am ready to try this myself or decide to have this professionally done due to time constraints. It does seem like you learned a lot through this process from the details you have outlined.

[6.2Midnight]

5 hours ago, Neallynein said:

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


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I am really interested in this bumper, not too gaudy. Please post part number/specs. I think I can still mount my winch, and or still use my front hitch with minor touch up.

[Neallynein]

I am really interested in this bumper, not too gaudy. Please post part number/specs. I think I can still mount my winch, and or still use my front hitch with minor touch up.

https://www.roughcountry.com/chevy-front-led-bumper-10772.html


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[jegreenwood14]

On 9/7/2018 at 8:53 PM, lapoolboy said:

Small world, I'm a couple hours south of you in Shreveport.  I was just in Hot Springs a few weekends ago for the bass tournament.

 

You aren't far at all.  We come down to Shreveport when we are in Camden during hunting season.

[jegreenwood14]

On 9/8/2018 at 7:51 AM, ducklawyer said:

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


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Heard that!  I almost took a job with Progeny, out of college.  Took the wife up there to look around, and she didn't like it.  We ended up going to Dallas for 3 years, then she decided she missed small town life, so we moved back to Arkansas lol

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[Full Lock]

On 9/7/2018 at 2:43 PM, chevy2tuff2006 said:

 

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[Full Lock]

On 9/7/2018 at 1:41 AM, Stockredsierra said:

Mounted up my new wheels. 17x8.5 Method MRW301 The Standard wrapped in LT295/70r17 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs. 

 

That setup looks killer 

[6.2Midnight]

3 hours ago, Neallynein said:

 

https://www.roughcountry.com/chevy-front-led-bumper-10772.html


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Thanks, nothing about how thick the steel is though... Waiting for the lights at night pictures...

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[pgamboa]

Operation Blue -> Red conversion underway. LOL

Don’t look too closely at my Headlight Switch. ?[emoji848]






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[6.2Midnight]

Is that headlight switch stock? If so, must be for earlier years?

[Daly]

The switch is part of the sport bar with LED light package.

[pgamboa]

Is that headlight switch stock? If so, must be for earlier years?

Switch is part of the ORL (Off Road Lamp) Kit.

The Lamps that go on top of the sport bar .

Gonna use that switch to drive other lighting (maybe footwell lighting). Not sure how I want to use that switch yet.


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[huntr1117]

Switch is part of the ORL (Off Road Lamp) Kit.

The Lamps that go on top of the sport bar [emoji4].

Gonna use that switch to drive other lighting (maybe footwell lighting). Not sure how I want to use that switch yet.


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So have you figured out or built a harness to allow the switch to control a 2 wire light?

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