Way to stick it GM

[jamin87ss]

Yup another lights thread, no we don't have a problem with our professional grade headlights on out 14/15 Sierra's no really that's not why we redesigned our 1500 front end and lights, really...

 

Nope that's not why the 2016 2500 get hid's now, really, ya really,

 

Was at service today and they brought a new 16 denali to install bug guards I was blown away, we went through part numbers and definitely seems there not interchangeable, expensive as hell like $2xx expensive, and u know what I would probably do it,

 

Thanks GM/GMC

[steelcity]

I once bought a car and it came with an inline 6 cyl, next year it was the v8. Same thing when they added power steering. Same with power brakes. I was really pissed when they made air conditioning standard. I once bought a new car and it came with an 8 track player, next year it was a cassette, I bought a cassette car and dammit, they went to cd's the next year. One year my ride came with bias ply tires, next year, yep you guessed it RADIALS! I was happy with a map in the glovebox, then the next year came g.p.s.

Moral of the story, change/upgrades in design is inevitable.

[TXTruk15]

that's true, but in this case GM could have put better lights in and decided it wasn't worth doing for the customer - the technology was already available - hell, I would have paid an addiitonal $200-500 as a GM option to put in the best HID lighting rather than the piss poor lights in there now...

[jamin87ss]

I once bought a car and it came with an inline 6 cyl, next year it was the v8. Same thing when they added power steering. Same with power brakes. I was really pissed when they made air conditioning standard. I once bought a new car and it came with an 8 track player, next year it was a cassette, I bought a cassette car and dammit, they went to cd's the next year. One year my ride came with bias ply tires, next year, yep you guessed it RADIALS! I was happy with a map in the glovebox, then the next year came g.p.s.

Moral of the story, change/upgrades in design is inevitable.

ya but some wrongs really need a right,

[SMiller]

I once bought a car and it came with an inline 6 cyl, next year it was the v8. Same thing when they added power steering. Same with power brakes. I was really pissed when they made air conditioning standard. I once bought a new car and it came with an 8 track player, next year it was a cassette, I bought a cassette car and dammit, they went to cd's the next year. One year my ride came with bias ply tires, next year, yep you guessed it RADIALS! I was happy with a map in the glovebox, then the next year came g.p.s.

Moral of the story, change/upgrades in design is inevitable.

BS!!!

 

The headlights on the '14/'15 are to dim a d there should have been a recall to address it, 99.9% of people don't test drive when it is dark so it is not as if this would have been noticed.

 

We are not talking like the OP is upset because he didn't get the latest/greatest headlights instead he got some crappy dim lights, this puts himself and his family at risk.

 

OP I would add a light bar and call it a learning experience.

[GMC-AT]

I once bought a truck that had manual locking 4x4. The next year they were push button automatic hubs. Those crooks at GM!

[Imcrazy]

GMC really dropped the ball on their headlights, they are possibly the worst headlights I've ever experienced. I think my 95 Ford Taurus had better lights. I traded in my Sierra a couple of months ago and a big deciding factor in dumping that truck was that the headlights were in my opinion dangerous. If I had kept it I would have had to sink money into a top end HID kit and or a LED light bar.....Combined with the fact that I had worn out the tires on the sierra, it was a v6 and the fact that I got such a good deal on the new SIlverado that the cost was pretty much the same for the new truck it was a no brainier.

[jamin87ss]

 

[jamin87ss]

BS!!!

 

The headlights on the '14/'15 are to dim a d there should have been a recall to address it, 99.9% of people don't test drive when it is dark so it is not as if this would have been noticed.

 

We are not talking like the OP is upset because he didn't get the latest/greatest headlights instead he got some crappy dim lights, this puts himself and his family at risk.

 

OP I would add a light bar and call it a learning experience.

 

 

Ya I try not to get crazy on this but its tough, I mean the PIT is out because of a reason, and all this just follows along, no reason we aren't getting this as a safety recall, I have a mylink issue right now, but otherwise I gotta say I'm pretty happy, I personally made a mistake with color, turns out I don't like change but Ive said this time and time again,

 

There is absolutely positively in no way shape or form that my 2005 should be superior to a 14, and you don't have to look past the headlights to find one

[jamin87ss]

I was gonna play with the lights but I got flustard reading all the threads on here and youtube's I gave up

[steelcity]

I was gonna play with the lights but I got flustard reading all the threads on here and youtube's I gave up

Did you take it in and have them install the upgraded vosla bulbs?

[jamin87ss]

Did you take it in and have them install the upgraded vosla bulbs?

Yup I was the first one into my dealer the day they released it (thank you GM trucks) this forum is extremely helpful, but they seem to be dulling out, and even the day I got them they didn't help the "dead spot" to the sides

[TenofMe]

I once bought a car and it came with an inline 6 cyl, next year it was the v8. Same thing when they added power steering. Same with power brakes. I was really pissed when they made air conditioning standard. I once bought a new car and it came with an 8 track player, next year it was a cassette, I bought a cassette car and dammit, they went to cd's the next year. One year my ride came with bias ply tires, next year, yep you guessed it RADIALS! I was happy with a map in the glovebox, then the next year came g.p.s.

Moral of the story, change/upgrades in design is inevitable.

 

Your argument is completely invalid. The moral however, is spot on.

[TJay74]

HID's wont fix the issue with coverage either since it is a reflector issue and focal point issue that determines beam spread and coverage.

[redwngr]

All these improvements on the new ones and then they have the nerve to charge more for them.