15 Silverado LT HID retrofit (Pic heavy)

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First time for every aspect: my first GM truck, first post on the forum, pretty much first mod on it, etc etc. Anyway, here it goes.. 

 

Look at this innocent (boring) looking Silverado! 

 

 

We got ourselves a Silverado LT, replacing F150 (best decision ever!), and when we were leaving the dealership, i was already thinking about retrofitting this bad boy.. took the plunge, ordered up some goodies from Retrofit source and Gen5DIY..

 

Found a 2014 Halogen light as a donor on craigslist for $150

 

Might look good from far, but far from good.. 

 

Meantime, order came from TRS;

 

 

Baked them for several times for like 5~7 min at 260~270F each just to be enough to loosen the "glue"

 

I have done headlights on Subaru and Nissan, but never American cars, people were saying what a PITA and they weren't wrong. Just make sure you take your time. Its the best to get a hold of a pair first and swap them out when finished. 

 

Gotta get rid of the orange/amber;

 

 

HID shenanigan; 

 

 

More shenanigan;

 

 

Painted with "Smoke spray" from Walmart

 

 

I might have painted too dark.. but oh well.

 

Projector in

 

 

Butyl in

 

 

Re-baked to close them up

 

 

Prepped and ready for clear coats

 

 

 

AANNND

 

 

Output against garage wall:

 

 

Those colors tho! 

 

 

Again, might be too dark for my liking, hopefully it'll grow on me..

 

 

Flicker purple! 

 

 

Side shot:

 

 

Night shot

 

 

What do you guys think? 

 

 

 

Edited April 11, 2019 by exactly

[cbrsilv15]

Awesome job!  Any reason you went with the mh1's vs a d2s projector?  Also, the pass side needs lowered.  The low side of the pass side step is lined up with the high side from the drivers pattern.

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1 minute ago, cbrsilv15 said:

Awesome job!  Any reason you went with the mh1's vs a d2s projector?  Also, the pass side needs lowered.  The low side of the pass side step is lined up with the high side from the drivers pattern.

Thanks! I was simply going by TRS and other retrofitter's "kit" as a guide/reference. No specific reason per se. Would i go D2S next time, knowing the size and everything now? YES. 

 

Oh the beam heights are adjusted, dead on. 

 

I really enjoyed this retrofit! 

[cbrsilv15]

 

The pass side should be like this. The left side of the step should align with the other projectors left side of the step.

 

That color flicker is awesome. I love coming up on cars and seeing the flicker.

 

 

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[cbrsilv15]

Are you using a high beam splitter also?

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5 minutes ago, cbrsilv15 said:

 

The pass side should be like this. The left side of the step should align with the other projectors left side of the step.

 

That color flicker is awesome. I love coming up on cars and seeing the flicker.

 

 

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The pics in the original post were during/before the adjust. I was way too excited to see the results haha. It's a day and night difference, stock and retrofit. I had my wife drive the truck around, and i was looking/admiring the flicker last night like some weirdo.. Too bad i can't see it myself as i drive. 

 

Just now, cbrsilv15 said:

Are you using a high beam splitter also?

Yes, so its "quad beam"and thats kinda why i "smoked" the high beam reflectors. 

 

 

[cbrsilv15]

I thought about getting a light bar behind my grill, but with the splitters, my highs are like the sun. ?

[HeySkippyDog]

I like it dude.

Very nice.

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4 minutes ago, HeySkippyDog said:

I like it dude.

Very nice.

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Thanks! 

[Snowcamo]

Nice work! Mine next?

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1 hour ago, Snowcamo said:

Nice work! Mine next?

Weird enough, I wouldn’t mind it. 

[HeySkippyDog]

From what I have seen, the Morimoto HID bulbs are pretty good.

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1 hour ago, HeySkippyDog said:

From what I have seen, the Morimoto HID bulbs are pretty good.

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Agreed, got convinced enough by all the positive feedbacks/reviews.