What have you done to your K2 today?

Luster · January 14, 2015

First DECENT day in a month! Washed it, vacuumed and put on a coat of Z8 Spray Seal. Good as new! Lot of salt came off!!!

baggedlvintegra · January 14, 2015

First DECENT day in a month! Washed it, vacuumed and put on a coat of Z8 Spray Seal. Good as new! Lot of salt came off!!!

Boooo where's the 22s lol your truck convinced me to go with the SEYs, weird seeing it without them

corwest · January 14, 2015

How simply was the RX350 install?

It really depends on how ocd you are. You could easily buy the projectors from TRS and install as is with no problem. You do have to open the headlight and cut a little bit around the mounts so they will fit but that part is easy. I did however get the projectors, install clear lenses, and tune the output to straighten out the cutoff which took time. I also spent a good amount of time installing the Fx-r's and testing the output, installing the Acura TL projectors and trying to make them fit, and ultimately settling on the rx350. The TL required major cutting to the mounting surface of the headlight just to fit it in the housing which ultimately made the mounting surface to weak and I busted some mounting poles off.

Long story short is it all depends if your happy with a stock output or tuning it to your liking.

gatoroi · January 14, 2015

Just took an updated picture. Should be warm enough to wash it this weekend!

Luster · January 14, 2015

Boooo where's the 22s lol your truck convinced me to go with the SEYs, weird seeing it without them

Winter wheels and tires..... 22's back on in April.

(But I think you knew that!)

Texas Husker · January 15, 2015

I plasti dipped the inserts, but I would really like to find oem black inserts.. if anyone knows where to find those?

There's one in the for sale section. Inserts and chrome surround, but seems willing to negotiate.

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/168333-2014-chrome-black-honeycomb-grille/

henrypbui · January 15, 2015

First DECENT day in a month! Washed it, vacuumed and put on a coat of Z8 Spray Seal. Good as new! Lot of salt came off!!!

beautiful truck. another zaino user i see. Cant wait(or not) until the weather gets better so i can clay, and cut out all the orange peel off this black.

kind of not looking forward to detailing this truck though. haha

henrypbui · January 15, 2015

It really depends on how ocd you are. You could easily buy the projectors from TRS and install as is with no problem. You do have to open the headlight and cut a little bit around the mounts so they will fit but that part is easy. I did however get the projectors, install clear lenses, and tune the output to straighten out the cutoff which took time. I also spent a good amount of time installing the Fx-r's and testing the output, installing the Acura TL projectors and trying to make them fit, and ultimately settling on the rx350. The TL required major cutting to the mounting surface of the headlight just to fit it in the housing which ultimately made the mounting surface to weak and I busted some mounting poles off.

Long story short is it all depends if your happy with a stock output or tuning it to your liking.

for the tl projectors, were you using the original solenoid or the slim solenoid? if the original, do you think using the slim internal mount solenoid would fit without weakening the mounting surface?

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?53936-TL-R-Solenoid-Converted-Bi-Xenons

Luster · January 15, 2015

beautiful truck. another zaino user i see. Cant wait(or not) until the weather gets better so i can clay, and cut out all the orange peel off this black.

kind of not looking forward to detailing this truck though. haha

There was a time that I used the entire line of Zaino products. But I've found that Z8 is such a good spray sealant, that's the only sealant I use now. I wash it every week, then wipe down with Z6. Once a month with Z8. Zaino is my Go-To detailer and sealant. (I also like Adam's detail spray.) Makes that paint super slick!

corwest · January 15, 2015

for the tl projectors, were you using the original solenoid or the slim solenoid? if the original, do you think using the slim internal mount solenoid would fit without weakening the mounting surface?

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?53936-TL-R-Solenoid-Converted-Bi-Xenons

Yeah I was aware of the slim solenoid but I used the stock one. I truthfully figured that these housings are so huge that i wouldn't need the upgrade. However that was only half the cutting. The projector bowl is so wide on these things that I had to also cut out for width. Its unfortunate because in my opinion the TL is the best bixenon out there for low and High beam and I would have loved to use them. I'm sure it can be done but my wife was starting to get angry with how much time I was spending on them so I kinda had to leave it be. For now.....

corwest · January 15, 2015

This is the plate that the projector mounts to looking in from the front after the headlight is opened. You can see the square portion I had to remove for the RX350 solenoid to fit properly.

You can see the solenoid on the bottom of the RX350 that you need to make room for

The blue is what I had to remove to get the TL to fit. The plate broke on the right side where it gets super thin after removing the material. Its a really low quality brittle cast of some sorts. Almost more like plastic than metal but it is indeed metal.

Edited January 15, 2015 by corwest

henrypbui · January 15, 2015

This is the plate that the projector mounts to looking in from the front after the headlight is opened. You can see the square portion I had to remove for the RX350 solenoid to fit properly.

You can see the solenoid on the bottom of the RX350 that you need to make room for

The blue is what I had to remove to get the TL to fit. The plate broke on the right side where it gets super thin after removing the material. Its a really low quality brittle cast of some sorts. Almost more like plastic than metal but it is indeed metal.

thanks for the info. wonder how much different the sierra internals are. i believe they were plastic(from pictures) though as opposed to the aluminum composite cast that most headlights have like the silverados. I will keep this in mind though.