Installation of grill lights

[Chevy8088]

On 11/10/2021 at 8:31 PM, GSIerra said:

How did you do the wiring? 

Ran it to the side marker fuse so they come on when they come on.

[Matt Mullins]

On 11/27/2021 at 7:23 PM, Chevy8088 said:

Ran it to the side marker fuse so they come on when they come on.

I picked up the lights from O'reilly last night.  Did you find they were significantly brighter after install?  I was a bit underwhelmed by the box demo.  I just wanted to confirm before I tear in to the packaging.

[J2Jones]

2 hours ago, Matt Mullins said:

I picked up the lights from O'reilly last night.  Did you find they were significantly brighter after install?  I was a bit underwhelmed by the box demo.  I just wanted to confirm before I tear in to the packaging.

 

Maybe the batteries in the demo box are low?  I had the opposite effect, the lights in the package were very bright but being driven by two 9-volt batteries so really over driven, they are not quite as bright wired into the truck in my case.

 

[Matt Mullins]

Where did you guys find it easiest to ground these?  Any tricks on the getting the fuse tap to work?

[Byrds8]

Would be cool if there was a way to mount lights in the Sierra grill where the textured areas are down both sides and beside the G & C.

[Chevy8088]

On 11/30/2021 at 7:55 AM, Matt Mullins said:

I picked up the lights from O'reilly last night.  Did you find they were significantly brighter after install?  I was a bit underwhelmed by the box demo.  I just wanted to confirm before I tear in to the packaging.

Really bright on the truck i ended up adding a layer of smoke tint so they match the side markers intensity.

[tpettigr]

On 7/19/2021 at 3:30 PM, Chevy8088 said:

Looks pretty good!

I’m glad to see they are this dark of orange. In the store display they looks more light yellow. 

[RedLT]

Install mine in the same location. Turns on with the truck on and wired to where one of my homelink button can turn them off if desired.

[fastk9dad]

Has anyone done this mod that also has an illuminated emblem on the front?

[jashaw]

On 2/4/2022 at 3:51 PM, fastk9dad said:

Has anyone done this mod that also has an illuminated emblem on the front?

Yes.

 

[fastk9dad]

9 minutes ago, jashaw said:

Yes.

 

 

Thanks! I wasn't sure if it was going to be too much or take away from each other but clearly that doesn't seem to be an issue. lol

[JLMartinez88]

On 1/1/2022 at 12:17 PM, RedLT said:

Install mine in the same location. Turns on with the truck on and wired to where one of my homelink button can turn them off if desired.

Looks great! Could you provide some detail on wiring to the homelink button? 

[RedLT]

On 2/13/2022 at 11:56 AM, JLMartinez88 said:

Looks great! Could you provide some detail on wiring to the homelink button? 

 

Wire the grille light to a DC RF wireless remote switch, once completed and functioning properly pair the RF remote with the homelink like you would when pairing homelink with your garage opener.

[AT4MUD71]

I installed a set of the O'Reilly LED and it was pretty simple and look good. I tapped fuse 42. The issue I'm having is that they turn on when I unlock the truck and start the truck but they turn off a few minutes later. From what I gather fuse #42 and #34 are for parking lamps. Anyone having this issue? I will attempt to tap fuse #40 misc. ignition to see if they stay on. 

Edited May 31, 2022 by AT4MUD71
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[AT4MUD71]

Never mind. I just realized that they only turn on when the headlights are on. I had a brain fart.