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FORGIVEN06 Enthusiast

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Yes, I did when I bought the truck last November. It really easy, took me about 15 min. You need a heat gun, fishing line, and a rubber wheel on a drill.

Did you remove all the emblems and was there not any holes after removal?

 

 

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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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FORGIVEN06 Enthusiast

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Really like those footwell LED's that you installed. I plan on installing some as well except I will have them wired to the dome light, can't be that hard right?

 

I have just one question though- is the white that those put off equivalent to the soft white of the dome lights? Thanks and nice truck!

 

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Did you ever find out if you could hard wire those LEDs in to dome switch? I like them but wouldn't like mine to be on all the time and I do wonder if the color is the same.. Do you know?

 

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Did you ever find out if you could hard wire those LEDs in to dome switch? I like them but wouldn't like mine to be on all the time and I do wonder if the color is the same.. Do you know?

 

 

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Yeah it can't be that hard. I get my lights in on Wednesday and may tackle it that evening. There is a thread on here talking about wiring in lights on a gmt900 and I'm pretty sure it's the same. If you give me some time I'll figure out the wire that it needs to be tapped to

 

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Yeah it can't be that hard. I get my lights in on Wednesday and may tackle it that evening. There is a thread on here talking about wiring in lights on a gmt900 and I'm pretty sure it's the same. If you give me some time I'll figure out the wire that it needs to be tapped to

 

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Yes I have time, I'm still debating on handling the task. Let me know and post some pics if possible! Thanks!!

 

 

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also recently installed Plasmaglow Fire & Ice Light bar. Hard wired it by swapping out the 4 way plug for a 5 way and then modded both left and right tailight wire harness so bar can be easily replaced if it goes bad.

 

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also recently installed Plasmaglow Fire & Ice Light bar. Hard wired it by swapping out the 4 way plug for a 5 way and then modded both left and right tailight wire harness so bar can be easily replaced if it goes bad.

 

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Do you know if you can install those so that they only come on when u brake or back up? I don't think I want them on with running lights

 

 

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I performed warranty on my old 2008 truck that my brother bought from me 6 months ago. We replaced the 140,000 mile upper control arms, which had worn ball joints, with the UCAs from my 2014 which had only 10,000 miles on them when I replaced them with the Cognito UCAs. About 1 1/2 hrs total, with a tire rotation in there to boot.

 

I also got my gun drawers back from the bed of the old 08 and put them in the 2014.

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Experimented with an "extra" bumper I came across, plastidipped the plastics to get a feel for the look..and well now I'm stuck trying to make it happen for real because I love the look!

 

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Looks clean. Luckily the plastics already match the color of my truck lol

 

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Experimented with an "extra" bumper I came across, plastidipped the plastics to get a feel for the look..and well now I'm stuck trying to make it happen for real because I love the look!

 

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I like that look too. I just don't see myself doing though. First time I put a muddy boot on the step it'd trash it up.

 

BTW, I like that you went with chrome/polished wheels with the white. I'm not and never will be a black wheel guy.

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Do you know if you can install those so that they only come on when u brake or back up? I don't think I want them on with running lights

 

 

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Could you just not wire in the the running light wire?

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Could you just not wire in the the running light wire?

That's kind of what I was thinking but I'm not for sure, thought maybe someone had tried it or knows if possible

 

 

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I like that look too. I just don't see myself doing though. First time I put a muddy boot on the step it'd trash it up.

 

BTW, I like that you went with chrome/polished wheels with the white. I'm not and never will be a black wheel guy.

The durability is what puts me on the fence about it. I've read tons of "cen cal" threads and have seen dirty/abuse to clean pics of painted plastics and most swear that with proper prep you won't have any issues. Just a bit risky though...especially when you already have a perfectly good powdercoated white bumper to begin with Edited by baggedlvintegra
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That's kind of what I was thinking but I'm not for sure, thought maybe someone had tried it or knows if possible

 

 

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I have already wired our other '14 so I will test when i put the one on my daughters '05 colorado. (week or so)

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