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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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I installed the RC light bar behind the grill of my 17 Sierra with Active Shutters.  Slight modification to the grill and used nylon spacers to allow the light bar to stand off from the shutters. No issues and no CEL. 

 

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On 5/9/2018 at 7:18 PM, semonscj said:

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

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Where did you get the three LED's and mounting hardware that are above the bowtie?  Was it completely custom, or a kit from somewhere?  TIA, looks great!  

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I have an aftermarket grille but was able to mount a 20" curved light bar between the grille and shutters on my Sierra.5b6ef4440bce3d004df9eb747602f129.jpge6f25909f6406877c7cdd65a588f7f82.jpg

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4 hours ago, JohnsMidnight17 said:

Where did you get the three LED's and mounting hardware that are above the bowtie?  Was it completely custom, or a kit from somewhere?  TIA, looks great!  

Did the op who installed the light bar post up the how to yet? Looks great...

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I got the led lights from superbrightled.com. They are the bolt ones. I think 10 or 12 mm.  I fabricated the mounting brackets and jb welded them to the grill.   I wired them up to the fuse box to come on with the daytime running lights 

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16 hours ago, semonscj said:

I got the led lights from superbrightled.com. They are the bolt ones. I think 10 or 12 mm.  I fabricated the mounting brackets and jb welded them to the grill.   I wired them up to the fuse box to come on with the daytime running lights 

any close up shots of those lights?  you did a great job!! I really like the entire setup!

 

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20 hours ago, JohnsMidnight17 said:

any close up shots of those lights?  you did a great job!! I really like the entire setup!

 

Made the brackets out of 1/4 inch plastic 

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3 hours ago, semonscj said:

Made the brackets out of 1/4 inch plastic 

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Also just put my tow mirrors on

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On 12/31/2018 at 8:01 PM, semonscj said:

I got the led lights from superbrightled.com. They are the bolt ones. I think 10 or 12 mm.  I fabricated the mounting brackets and jb welded them to the grill.   I wired them up to the fuse box to come on with the daytime running lights 

 

On 1/2/2019 at 2:25 PM, JohnsMidnight17 said:

I was looking on that website, what section would those LED lights be in?   

On the website in the search area type bolt led. They are the 12 mm

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Did you ever do a how-to on this?  Do you have any pics of what you had to trim on the grill?  Im assuming all of the vertical slats need to be cut out and who knows what else.  Are you able to angle the light at all with this?

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