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Has anyone installed a in grill light bar (led) , and wired them to go on with there high beams on the 2017 Silverado,  DS5 high intensity LED bulbs???? Wondering if it would work out. Low beams are live-able with the aftermarket 35w . But the high beams still are terrible. No I don't want to re-wire the fog lights . I am kinda looking for distance lighting in the high beam mode. Would it be putting to much of a draw on the system, overload the wire gauge size?? Just an idea I have been kickin around

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Jon A Senior Enthusiast

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Yes, that's the only way to do it IMHO.  I don't know about the newer trucks, but on the 2014's tapping into the white wire (if I remember correctly) behind the headlights can be used as a trigger for the lightbar solonoid on its harness.  With the switch on, it'll only come on with your brights and dims quickly so you can use it on the highway without bothering anybody.

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Ya thinking I might buy a bar. But the 14 has a different light than my 17 . Led . Thanks thou . Any suggestions to a quality light bar??

 

wforrest08 Senior Enthusiast

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I think I read on here somewhere if your 17 has the active grille shutters you have to “mod” or remove it to fit a light bar behind the grille? Don’t quote me on that though...

badge171 Enthusiast

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Think your right. I just contacted Rough country , They tell me there light bar will not fit behind the grill with the active shutters,. I need to remove in order for fitment.

Crstfr Enthusiast

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On 2/25/2018 at 3:25 PM, badge171 said:

Has anyone installed a in grill light bar (led) , and wired them to go on with there high beams on the 2017 Silverado,  DS5 high intensity LED bulbs???? Wondering if it would work out. Low beams are live-able with the aftermarket 35w . But the high beams still are terrible. No I don't want to re-wire the fog lights . I am kinda looking for distance lighting in the high beam mode. Would it be putting to much of a draw on the system, overload the wire gauge size?? Just an idea I have been kickin around

man.. .. to the high beams?... no thanks... i use my high's often, .. plus the output on my HID's are super bright!... actually brighter than the HIDs on this 2018 loaner i have~.. ... i have mine hooked up to a wireless harness, and i use the homelink buttons to turn it on and off~.. easy and clean looking.. no drilling or extra buttons.

 

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Ryan2017Z71 Enthusiast

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I was able to get the Rough Country LED Light Bar to fit.  I did need to modify the grille some but in the end everything fit and I still have the active shutters.

 

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Newellhole Enthusiast

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18 minutes ago, Ryan2017Z71 said:

I was able to get the Rough Country LED Light Bar to fit.  I did need to modify the grille some but in the end everything fit and I still have the active shutters.

 

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Do you have any pictures of what you did to do this? I started a thread yesterday looking for info on exactly what you have done here, looks awesome. Although your grille is slightly different than mine I’m more so looking for info on ways to mount it inside there.

Ryan2017Z71 Enthusiast

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Thanks, I am happy with it. I added nylon spacer between the brackets.  I got the spacers from Lowes; the picture with the white bags are the spacers and longer bolts I purchased.  The spacers were white, so I spray painted them black.  I did have to trim a small section of the shutters to allow for the bolts to fit (picture 2).  I also removed the shroud from the grille.  I tried trimming it to allow it to fit around the brackets but realized it was only held in place by six clips.  I also had to add a second hole in the Rough Country bracket that mounts to inside of the frame.  The active shutters has an alignment pin that interfered with the bracket.  I did have to cut out the vertical sections in the grille to let the light bar fit.

 

There is one section of the grille that is up against one of the bolt heads and I thought about trimming the grille more, but I was able to get it to fit.

 

Hope this helps and let me know if you have more questions.  I'll be glad to help out.

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Newellhole Enthusiast

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7 minutes ago, Ryan2017Z71 said:

Thanks, I am happy with it. I added nylon spacer between the brackets.  I got the spacers from Lowes; the picture with the white bags are the spacers and longer bolts I purchased.  The spacers were white, so I spray painted them black.  I did have to trim a small section of the shutters to allow for the bolts to fit (picture 2).  I also removed the shroud from the grille.  I tried trimming it to allow it to fit around the brackets but realized it was only held in place by six clips.  I also had to add a second hole in the Rough Country bracket that mounts to inside of the frame.  The active shutters has an alignment pin that interfered with the bracket.  I did have to cut out the vertical sections in the grille to let the light bar fit.

 

There is one section of the grille that is up against one of the bolt heads and I thought about trimming the grille more, but I was able to get it to fit.

 

Hope this helps and let me know if you have more questions.  I'll be glad to help out.

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Thanks a lot! This is super helpful, going to do this in the spring picking up the parts soon. Finally some decent pictures lol.

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man.. .. to the high beams?... no thanks... i use my high's often, .. plus the output on my HID's are super bright!... actually brighter than the HIDs on this 2018 loaner i have~.. ... i have mine hooked up to a wireless harness, and i use the homelink buttons to turn it on and off~.. easy and clean looking.. no drilling or extra buttons.
 
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How’d you wire it to the homelink buttons?


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tag98 Enthusiast

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looking to do this to my truck, did u have to fabricate and additional brackets?

 

Darksky Enthusiast

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Old thread, he may not see your question. However, I have more or less the same kit. It appears to me that all he did was add the spacers, use longer bolts and slightly mod the shutters. The brackets appear to be the ones supplied with the RC light bar. 

 

Great innovation by Ryan. 

Ryan2017Z71 Enthusiast

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On 3/24/2019 at 3:32 AM, Darksky said:

Old thread, he may not see your question. However, I have more or less the same kit. It appears to me that all he did was add the spacers, use longer bolts and slightly mod the shutters. The brackets appear to be the ones supplied with the RC light bar. 

 

Great innovation by Ryan. 

You are correct.  I didn't need to fabricate any new brackets, just used the RC kit.  I did have to add an additional hole in the flat plate but that was all I did to the RC brackets.  Just take your time.  

 

I will admit that mounting the flat plates isn't easy because to get to the nuts on the backside, you have to bend you arm in ways that it wasn't meant to bend.

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