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Seen some old post on installing behind grille light bar with active shutters.  Someone posted to cut motor out and take stops off shutters and glue them to motor.  Has anyone else tried this with success?

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Light bar installed. Pain in the a$$. But can be done. Will post more step by step pics and tips 

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Seen some old post on installing behind grille light bar with active shutters.  Someone posted to cut motor out and take stops off shutters and glue them to motor.  Has anyone else tried this with suc

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If anyone is interested. I installed the rough country behind the grille light bar brackets in front of the active grille shutters.  Took a little modification but it can be done. Will have to modify

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If anyone is interested. I installed the rough country behind the grille light bar brackets in front of the active grille shutters.  Took a little modification but it can be done. Will have to modify the grille to make room for the light bar. Will be doing that this weekend and will post pictures 

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If anyone is interested. I installed the rough country behind the grille light bar brackets in front of the active grille shutters.  Took a little modification but it can be done. Will have to modify the grille to make room for the light bar. Will be doing that this weekend and will post pictures 
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Looking good. Please update as you go. I plan to do this same modification in a few weeks.


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Had to use 1/2 stand offs to clear the active grille. Depending on where you are mounting it,  I had to trim two of the shutters and an adjacent plastic piece as shown in the picture to clear the nuts for the other brackets.  I am mounting it in the row above the Z71. Will post more photos as I progress 

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On 5/4/2018 at 12:13 PM, semonscj said:

Seen some old post on installing behind grille light bar with active shutters.  Someone posted to cut motor out and take stops off shutters and glue them to motor.  Has anyone else tried this with success?

I don't know that I'd start cutting the shutter motor out and gluing stuff on a brand new truck, but that's just me. Some folks have done it. Once they got past the several CEL's they were fine... For now. There must be some alternatives to messing with the shutter system, no?

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22 hours ago, Loco-diablo said:

I don't know that I'd start cutting the shutter motor out and gluing stuff on a brand new truck, but that's just me. Some folks have done it. Once they got past the several CEL's they were fine... For now. There must be some alternatives to messing with the shutter system, no?

Yes. That’s what i’m working on now. Got the brackets mounted with minor trimming to the fins on the active shutters. 

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Update:  After I installed the brackets the grille will not go back on. So I had to trim the brackets for it to fit. It’s a tight fit but it worked. See pic.6A998949-D52B-4EAE-A508-73B12704A7B4.thumb.jpeg.9855fe9235713708cefc43a1f50679e3.jpegThis is where I trimmed.  I actually trimmed just next to the bolt head through the washer. When I pull the grille back off tonight I will post a pic. of it cut

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Light bar installed. Pain in the a$$. But can be done. Will post more step by step pics and tips 

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Light bar installed. Pain in the a$$. But can be done. Will post more step by step pics and tips 
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That looks really sweet. I finally have all my parts and hope to install it in a couple of weeks on my Sierra.


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Could you just have taken out the last shutter or two? Saw this guy on IG. I wonder if it’s possible to fit a light bar between the grille and middle column.

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The RC light bar,  because it’s curved, sits hard on the middle vertical shutter rail and dips back into the shutters on the ends.  So I just trimmed them.  I don’t see why you couldn’t cut the last 2 out for cubes in the pic above. Blue tape is where I trimmed.  Just had to trim 1 shutter.  Cutting grille was a little tricky.  Cut the top of the vertical stems and followed the contour of the bottom edge with a drammel then sanded. Just kept fitting it on the truck and against the light and fine tuned where needed.  On the light end caps they stick up a little higher than the rest of the light so I notched out the grille on the top side for the light to sit flush with the top.  Sorry for the pics being sideways. I’ll post more pics later. Any other ? Just ask.

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Just  my idea, and your truck looks great ! Light bar is my next mod. But thinking much rather remove the shutters keeping them intact. place the light bar behind the grill ,without cutting it. Fab brackets . Keeping the shutter motor in place so no codes. Just my idea. 

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I understand. Just trimmed a couple. Everything else is intact. Never touched the motor or sensor and no engine codes 

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I don’t know what it takes to remove the individual shutters. Didn’t look into it that much. Let me know how yours turns out

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