2015 Silverado to 2016 Conversion!!!

[DBrach]

Boom, done! Here's before, during, and after. 

[texasaggies16]

Looks much better! did the 14-15 to 16-18 swap on my Sierra, all LEDS FTW!

[DBrach]

7 hours ago, texasaggies16 said:

Looks much better! did the 14-15 to 16-18 swap on my Sierra, all LEDS FTW!

Nice, and thank you! Yeah, I was looking at a 15 Sierra and said if I were to buy it, I would do the same thing. You made a wise choice my friend lol.

Edited March 10, 2019 by DBrach

[Jay18]

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[oswaldo unger]

what all did you have to change on the front end to get the 2016 look, i aswell own a 2015 and love the 2016 models.

[DBrach]

12 hours ago, oswaldo unger said:

what all did you have to change on the front end to get the 2016 look, i aswell own a 2015 and love the 2016 models.

The list is in this thread. If you have trouble after reading this thread, shoot me a PM.

[Viktorrocks15]

Here’s my second conversion...[emoji1303]


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[Frankielozano214]

Nice about how much did this conversion cost? I have a 2014 Silverado 

[Zakk]

Super interested in doing the opposite for this, I have a 2017 and prefer the 2014-2015 front end.  Anyone in the pacific northwest and want to trade?

[DBrach]

I was able to almost break even for my swap out. I was able to sell all of my old parts for about the same cost is what I bought the new ones for. It took me almost a year to find and buy the new parts for the upgrade at the cost I was willing to pay. When I say new, I mean the 2016 version. Out-of-pocket I think I was $800 and that was for painting my front and rear bumper to match.

 

In regards to doing the reverse conversion, I believe it would work just the same way but my initial thought and only concern would be how to retrofit a plug-and-play wiring harness to go from the 2016 LED headlights to the downgraded halogen headlights. But that is probably a gen5diy question or a PGamboa.

[Zakk]

Great info, thanks! is it only the grille and complete headlight assemblies?  Or do you also need brackets and radiator support, etc...?

Edited November 27, 2019 by Zakk

[AEmedic]

On 11/26/2019 at 3:45 PM, Zakk said:

Super interested in doing the opposite for this, I have a 2017 and prefer the 2014-2015 front end.  Anyone in the pacific northwest and want to trade?

Zakk and I have spoken and will likely be swapping front ends.  I will be swapping from a 2015 Silverado LT and I think his is a 2017 with LT headlights, not LTZ and no fogs.  I will be looking for the 16+ bumper with fogs to complete the conversion. 

 

I do have a question for those who have done this conversion. The wiring kit that is available from Gen5DIY I have seen available for this 15 to 16+ LT conversion has a description that states that the parking light function does not function correctly.  Specifically, the headlights stay on, rather than go off.  I would like to make sure all the functions work correctly.  Is there a harness that allows all the factory functions to work correctly?

[Viktorrocks15]

Zakk and I have spoken and will likely be swapping front ends.  I will be swapping from a 2015 Silverado LT and I think his is a 2017 with LT headlights, not LTZ and no fogs.  I will be looking for the 16+ bumper with fogs to complete the conversion. 

 

I do have a question for those who have done this conversion. The wiring kit that is available from Gen5DIY I have seen available for this 15 to 16+ LT conversion has a description that states that the parking light function does not function correctly.  Specifically, the headlights stay on, rather than go off.  I would like to make sure all the functions work correctly.  Is there a harness that allows all the factory functions to work correctly?

[mention=159655]pgamboa[/mention] from harnessdr.com is actually working in this particular issue, I have the gen5 harness which works properly but it doesn’t function as factory set up.

I will be getting Phil’s harness as soon as completed and install on my 16 conversion.

 

 

 

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[AEmedic]

15 hours ago, Viktorrocks15 said:

[mention=159655]pgamboa[/mention] from harnessdr.com is actually working in this particular issue, I have the gen5 harness which works properly but it doesn’t function as factory set up.

I will be getting Phil’s harness as soon as completed and install on my 16 conversion.

 

 

 

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Nice!  Hopefully it comes out soon.  

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I have a 2014 Chevy silverado and converted the front end to the 2016 front end.  My trouble is, how do i connect the headlight to the harness because the light are totally different.  do anyone have a diagram that can help me connect the headlight up correctly to the old existing harness.