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3,645 miles

 

Tinted my fogs yellow today. What a pain in the ass it was because of the shape of them.  You have to wrap the film around the contour of the light, otherwise you can see the clear on the side of the light still.  Lots of work with the heat gun.  Anyways, It's crappy outside so I didn't pull the truck outside for pictures.  

 

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So this came in today   

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So my new manifold showed up today, (in a Roush Racing box ) so I got the installed finished.  Pretty straight forward, here's a bunch of pictures.       Intake  

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Ordered this truck from the dealer I work at towards the end of September and it came in on Monday. 2017 RC Z71. 5.3 flex fuel engine. Not sure what I plan to do with it yet. I want to lower it

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Tinted my fogs yellow today. What a pain in the ass it was because of the shape of them.  You have to wrap the film around the contour of the light, otherwise you can see the clear on the side of the light still.  Lots of work with the heat gun.  Anyways, It's crappy outside so I didn't pull the truck outside for pictures.  

 

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Have you check out - www.lamin-x.com .  I used there light smoke ( Fogs ) on my 2015 . No Problem

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3 hours ago, slj2008 said:

Have you check out - www.lamin-x.com .  I used there light smoke ( Fogs ) on my 2015 . No Problem

Didn't know they had those.  thanks for the link 

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quick picture from the gas station tonight.  

 

I also found and LTZ grille in the Dumpster at work.  So I have a project for this weekend now.  

 

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Night lights make some pretty photos' eh? Just a nice ride and I'm not a big fan of black out anything. So this is special. 

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quick picture from the gas station tonight.  

 

I also found and LTZ grille in the Dumpster at work.  So I have a project for this weekend now.  

 

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Ltz is the best grill

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23 minutes ago, Nasty said:

Ltz is the best grill

It's the Z71 LTZ grille so it's different from yours 

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quick picture from the gas station tonight.  
 
I also found and LTZ grille in the Dumpster at work.  So I have a project for this weekend now.  
 
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I'm not big into dumpster diving but I now know where to start lol

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47 minutes ago, SirenRed16 said:

I'm not big into dumpster diving but I now know where to start lol

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We have a body shop here. Sometimes I find stuff that I can make work even if it's broken

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3,682 miles

 

I got the LTZ grill installed this morning. This is how I found it:

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I had to swap the 3 black painted pieces from my old grille to the new one.  It takes a while to do it with out breaking anything, but I like the outcome.  Now the chrome piece on the lower part of the bumper doesn't look out of place anymore. 

 

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In case any one wants the Part number on the grille, it's 84056784

 

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These just showed up today. I'll have them on after work tomorrow. 

 

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These just showed up today. I'll have them on after work tomorrow. 
 
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Did you find find those in the dumpster as well lol

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1 minute ago, SirenRed16 said:

Did you find find those in the dumpster as well lol

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:lol::lol:

 

no, unfortunately I paid a ton of money for these on Ebay 

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3,909 miles. 

 

GM Performance Brakes are in. 

They bolt right in with no issues with my drop spindles.  I was worried they might not work with them but no problems.  

The banjo bolts are a fine thread compared to the stock ones, so you have to make sure you use the new ones.  The old copper washers can be a pain to get off though.  

 

Only thing I was disappointed with is you have to take the caliper off to change the pads, unlike most Brembos,  which is going to be a real pain to change them with out scratching up the calipers. 

 

anyways, here's a bunch of pictures:

 

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