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Baking them can cause issues. Some of the plastic inside warps.

Those are sweet!

Have you baked them before? What sort of issues? More so than the 14/15 lights?

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Sorry I'm a little late, I've been in the Caribbean for a little over a week and just getting around to posting pictures. I know there was a lot of fuss of whether or not the SLT lights would so I bit

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Well, I finally got around to installing my 16-17 LED headlights. A huge thanks goes out to @zmnypit for fabricating the adapter harnesses. 

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One more night pic that should help.  

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Ok everyone, the group buy is open for your Morimoto XB Fog Light orders. Plenty of GMC fog lights in stock. Square fog lights for the Chevy guys shouldbe arriving today.

 

We get 25% off and free shipping. Please go to www.theretrofitsource.com and place your order. The coupon code is gmfoggb.

This code will be good until the end of the month and anyone may participate. Feel free to spread the word. You may want to order sooner rather than later to ensure you get a set if this thing really blows up.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Tim

I jumped in on this, works for Canadians!

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Hello guys I have 2015 SLE and I bought the 2014/2015 Sierra NON SLT to 2016-2017 1/2 Ton SLT LED Headlight Harness from Gen5diy everything is working fine the only issue I faced is if I just want to turn on the "C" I cant it comes on with the whole headlight it doesn't work alone, the DRL works fine during the day but lets say at night I just want to turn on the "C" without the Headlights I cant, is there another harness! I talked to Jarod he said this how its designed!

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Hello guys I have 2015 SLE and I bought the 2014/2015 Sierra NON SLT to 2016-2017 1/2 Ton SLT LED Headlight Harness from Gen5diy everything is working fine the only issue I faced is if I just want to turn on the "C" I cant it comes on with the whole headlight it doesn't work alone, the DRL works fine during the day but lets say at night I just want to turn on the "C" without the Headlights I cant, is there another harness! I talked to Jarod he said this how its designed!

Jarod is right, the DRL is just that, a Daytime Running Lamp. You can't run them at night without the headlight.

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Man, I should have waited to buy my fogs. Would have been nice to save $50.

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Hello guys I have 2015 SLE and I bought the 2014/2015 Sierra NON SLT to 2016-2017 1/2 Ton SLT LED Headlight Harness from Gen5diy everything is working fine the only issue I faced is if I just want to turn on the "C" I cant it comes on with the whole headlight it doesn't work alone, the DRL works fine during the day but lets say at night I just want to turn on the "C" without the Headlights I cant, is there another harness! I talked to Jarod he said this how its designed!

 

 

Im considering doing exactly this. Is it annoying to you that way? I'm curious, otherwise was it plug n play with the Gen5diy harness? (Part #)?

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Those are sweet!

Have you baked them before? What sort of issues? More so than the 14/15 lights?

 

Yes I have, and these were done by Fastheadlights with one off Diode Dynamics C-shape switchbacks. Its not as easy as with 14-15 lights, and the lenses can flex rather easily causing lens distortions.

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Jarod is right, the DRL is just that, a Daytime Running Lamp. You can't run them at night without the headlight.

Yeah DRL works well during daytime its bright, but what I know if you want to turn it on you can without turning on headlights and the "c" turns on dim. Like the original 2016 they have 3 selections 1-DRL 2- "C" on with the headlights 3- "C" only

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Yes I have, and these were done by Fastheadlights with one off Diode Dynamics C-shape switchbacks. Its not as easy as with 14-15 lights, and the lenses can flex rather easily causing lens distortions.

Are you talking about the internal lens for the C warping due to heat?

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Yeah DRL works well during daytime its bright, but what I know if you want to turn it on you can without turning on headlights and the "c" turns on dim. Like the original 2016 they have 3 selections 1-DRL 2- "C" on with the headlights 3- "C" only

You have 4 options

 

off - auto - park - on

 

Off - All lights off including DRL

Auto - C is on as DRL at full brightness during day while truck in drive, headlights turn on automatically with sensor, when the headlights turn on the C will dim.

Park - C is on as park lamp dimmed, side clearance light is on headlights are off.

On - C is on and dimmed clearance light is on headlights are on.

 

There is no way not even on 2016 to turn just the C on at full brightness with the factory wiring and controls. A custom wiring job and separate switch would be required. I' not familiar with the wiring harness for the 2015 SLE but it originally didn't have DRL LED's so it likely doesn't have a separate DRL wire as the DRL function was integrated in the headlight itself. I'm not sure the method Gen5 used to get around this to activate the DRL during the day without turning on the headlight bulbs. Did you install the harnesses yourself and did they require additional wiring beyond just being plug and play?

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You have 4 options

 

off - auto - park - on

 

Off - C is on as DRL at full brightness headlights will not turn on automatically with sensor C only lights up when truck is in drive.

Auto - C is on as DRL at full brightness during day while truck in drive, headlights turn on automatically with sensor, when the headlights turn on the C will dim.

Park - C is on as park lamp dimmed, side clearance light is on headlights are off.

On - C is on and dimmed clearance light is on headlights are on.

 

There is no way not even on 2016 to turn just the C on at full brightness with the factory wiring and controls. A custom wiring job and separate switch would be required. I' not familiar with the wiring harness for the 2015 SLE but it originally didn't have DRL LED's so it likely doesn't have a separate DRL wire as the DRL function was integrated in the headlight itself. I'm not sure the method Gen5 used to get around this to activate the DRL during the day without turning on the headlight bulbs. Did you install the harnesses yourself and did they require additional wiring beyond just being plug and play?

Off topic, Any progress on DRL shutoff?

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Park - C is on as park lamp dimmed, side clearance light is on headlights are off.

This is what I meant this is what not working :)

Strykers_Inc Enthusiast

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Are you talking about the internal lens for the C warping due to heat?

Yes.....the bezel that holds the factor c-shape led lens....its like a thinner shroud

 

You can also get hairline fractures on the inside of the clear lense when pulling them apart.

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