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This thread will have all my mods for my truck will be alot of post over the next few weeks

SOME POST WILL BE MODIFIED TO ADD THE FINISHED PICTURES

PLEASE PM ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE POST

 

Pictured next to my 15 1500 with 2 in lift

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Nice Build!  We just wrapped up our build last night.  Received the truck in January and has been a work in progress since. We ran into several road blocks due to parts availability / compatibili

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Monday the exhaust disappeared Did the flowmaster 817933 It is quite aggressive just alittle less bite then no exhaust FYI if u have built in fifth wheel package u will have to cut and weld the drive

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Here is how I routed all my wiring   They are all weather tight electric connectors    

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First mod
nfab running boards
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First holes drilled

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Back rack on

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Torn apart....
lots of parts and pieces to get behind the dash to run wiring

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What are the holes for?
Fire radio
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Red CONSTANT power (unused sunroof 40amp fuse pulled)
Yellow IGN power (would assume 50mp but not sure )

passenger side fuse panel

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Got the dash back together and pulled the back seat...

Wasn't easy to figure out but now it will be a 5 min removal

lots of interest on how to pull the seat so there is a post below with a writeup on how to remove

Now to figure out how to cram 4 more electronics boxes in there 2cd199e1e8ecb4e75465372d6d4cb786.jpg60e897b9ac2ede61afea6275b2447870.jpg

 

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The grille came out for siren install and grille mod/replace( retrofitting camera into other grille)

Center Chevrolet part Currently out to paint 480a935dfae8aa0b5605ec849918c3f8.jpg5b97c28b470d654e164f06b099a3a358.jpg6acf306138e114717abf8e1598fb6b32.jpgf8e07ba7e5b935c21aee14271f7c5cbd.jpg79358e27546330a8186280db90ef17c8.jpg

 

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Will you be ale to modify the front end to make it easier on the eyes like your 15?

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Will you be ale to modify the front end to make it easier on the eyes like your 15?

Yes it will look more like this e0b1c5e51b1ba872e9180add94b01006.jpg608a7e2a875a80f8111000b503ff09f2.jpg

 

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On 5/6/2020 at 6:24 PM, mkeddie said:

Torn apart....
lots of parts and pieces to get behind the dash to run wiring IMG_20200506_182159053.jpg

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How did you route the wires out of the cab to the light bar that’s on the back rack? 

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How did you route the wires out of the cab to the light bar that’s on the back rack? 

That will probably be posted tomorrow

Been busting thru these projects taking pictures as I go

 

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Here is how I routed all my wiring

 

They are all weather tight electric connectors

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