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lapoolboy

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Sgonza101 Enthusiast

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It's earlier in the thread.  He's trying to make room for a light bar behind the grille.
I go off road quite a bit and having the light bar behind the grill would be great. I don't want to install it on top of the windshield due to someone easily being able to steal it.

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alodawg26 Enthusiast

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7 hours ago, Armo325 said:

It's earlier in the thread.  He's trying to make room for a light bar behind the grille.

Sorry, I missed that. Thanks. 

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jaxsilverfox Enthusiast

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On 5/27/2018 at 9:10 AM, Armo325 said:

It's earlier in the thread.  He's trying to make room for a light bar behind the grille.

It can be done if you buy led light bars that aren’t deep. I have a 30” and a 20” installed.

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MHPrior80 Enthusiast

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On 1/29/2018 at 4:10 PM, DenaliLegend said:

Has anyone had a problem with this, replacing the grille? I just purchased a new grille and want to install but now worried I might run into a problem. Here is the grill 

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Where did you get that emblem?!  I have been looking for this exact emblem for my trucks grill!!

Farmerman1379 Enthusiast

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9 hours ago, jaxsilverfox said:

It can be done if you buy led light bars that aren’t deep. I have a 30” and a 20” installed.

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What's the throw like on that top bar? I have a Diode Dynamics 6 inch bar where you have that one and it basically doubles the headlight output on high beams. I'd like to fit something wider in there though.

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Brandonw62 Enthusiast

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On 5/1/2019 at 4:17 AM, jaxsilverfox said:

It can be done if you buy led light bars that aren’t deep. I have a 30” and a 20” installed.

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What brand are these light bars?

jaxsilverfox Enthusiast

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Not sure the brand. These are great for the flood portion and seem to light up everything in front of the truck. I’ll get some shots when I’m in the mountains end of month.

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R C New Member

R C

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I have a 2019 high country and i am looking for a delete kit as well for the grill shutters. Any one out there making kits yet or know how to Rid of there shutters thanks.

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LouM New Member

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On 6/26/2018 at 6:15 AM, Jmiranda said:

Anyone know if there is a fuse for the shutters? Or where it connects?. Maybe removing the harness completely might do the trick.

Im not too sure about a fuse, but I can tell you removing the whole harness won’t help either lol, I tried that threw 2 codes 1 for poor shudder performance the other for the ambient temperature sensor. I removed the motor for the shudders and mounted it under the radiator support, and found another place to put the ambient sensor, but it’s still throwing a code

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rws268 New Member

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On 1/29/2018 at 1:17 PM, lapoolboy said:

I am on a mission to figure out how to remove the active grill shutter system from my truck without having to live with a CEL so I can install the RC 30" light bar behind the grill.

 

I have a Diablo i3 and can easily clear the code and reset the light, but it will just keep coming back.

 

I've read posts of folks hacking up the assembly and stowing away the motor with the stops glued to it?  This sounds too backwoods and unreliable for me.  There has to be another way.  Is this system controlled via the BCM?  If so, perhaps Chris White can hack the BCM to forget it had the shutters?  

 

The light bar sits at the very bottom of the shutter assembly.  I know the bottom two shutters can be removed easily, but guys are saying the bar still won't fit.  I assume it is the "center spine" hump running vertically in the middle of the assembly where the motor is located that is interfering with the bar?  Can just the lowermost portion of this hump be cut out to make room for the bar?

 

Let's brainstorm together and make this happen!

 

 

 

 

were you ever able to find a solution to this? I have a 2017 gmc sierra and I'm having the same problem I want a light bar but I don't wanna have to completely delete the shutters

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mcr217 Enthusiast

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Is there any way to get rid of the CEL that comes on when you take this stupid thing off the truck? Canceling the code just makes it pop up again as soon as I turn the truck on

14burrito Enthusiast

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13 minutes ago, mcr217 said:

Is there any way to get rid of the CEL that comes on when you take this stupid thing off the truck? Canceling the code just makes it pop up again as soon as I turn the truck on

You need to keep the motor plugged in and rig it to still make the swing, no way around it. 

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Bill clevenger New Member

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Trucks 3 yrs old and got hit with CEL which was shutter defective. Actually had birds building nest in front of them 2 yrs in a round so now new system put in and more cats in neighborhood coz all the dead birds ?

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