Added T Rex Polished Billet Grill & Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro Fogs

Denali_Joe · January 10, 2022

Got some Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro fogs on Black Friday and a TRex polished grill from the Mrs for Christmas.

Got around to installing them.

For the fogs, super easy, attach to mounting brackets, remove 3 factory fog bolts, mount SS3 fogs, plug in adapter, then plug in factory harness. Align (mine are pointed down as low as they go) Holy hell, these things put out a lot of light! They fill in the foreground, light up the right and left sides of the road and can see in the ditches now, and fill in a little of the low beams as well. The color is slightly warmer than the factory headlights. From the outside it looks the same, driving I hardly notice because it blends and I also like the warmer color better. One thing, I had to add those ferrite magnets to each one of the fog light harnesses. I picked up static on my radio with them on, the magnets fixed it.

The TRex billet grill took all of an hour to install taking my time as it was the first time I removed my grill. After that it was installing the pieces in the order the instructions have. It was just aligning them left to right, installing a funny washer and a nut 3 times for each bar. The middle of the grill doesn't quite sit flush but you gotta move in for a close inspection to see it. No cutting or anything, completely removable to return to stock.

Contemplating the Rough Country lights for the grill, but not sure if they will work with the look. Mine is a debadged RST. It is a 4x4 but I'm not doing any lifting or leveling, so much easier to use the truck and get stuff in and out of the bed. Just not going for that lifted look with the A/T tires this time.

Attached a few pics of the before, during, and after. Happy with how it turned out, the fogs are amazing.

Edit: also added the Oxilam 7440 LED Turns on the front with the resistors, haven't had an issue, but I'm in WI so it's not exactly warm out this time of year. They look way better than stock, $22.50 on Amazon.

Updated 1/10 with a pic of the truck and some sweet lens flare pics of the lights at night.

Edited January 11, 2022 by Denali_Joe

TNTSierra · January 10, 2022

Looks very clean! Nice job!

Denali_Joe · January 11, 2022

21 hours ago, TNTSilverado said:

Looks very clean! Nice job!

Thanks. I added a pic of the whole truck from work this AM and a pic of the lights when I took off a little while ago.

RedLT · January 19, 2022

On 1/10/2022 at 7:49 PM, Denali_Joe said:

Thanks. I added a pic of the whole truck from work this AM and a pic of the lights when I took off a little while ago.

Agreed, looks clean!

Transient · January 20, 2022

I have the Rough Country lights. Unless you plan on only using it for the brackets and upgrade the lights to a better brand, not worth it imo. Better replacement lights will cost more than the kit does.

With that said, it'll still work with your grill.

Denali_Joe · January 21, 2022

18 hours ago, Transient said:

I have the Rough Country lights. Unless you plan on only using it for the brackets and upgrade the lights to a better brand, not worth it imo. Better replacement lights will cost more than the kit does.

With that said, it'll still work with your grill.

Thanks! I was looking for something to supplement the weak high beams but sounds like the rough country won’t do that. For how infrequently I use the highs I think I’ll just leave it alone, would be awesome to be able to mount up another set of the ss3 with the driving or spot lenses to work on high but I’m very satisfied with the lows!

Transient · January 21, 2022

1 hour ago, Denali_Joe said:

Thanks! I was looking for something to supplement the weak high beams but sounds like the rough country won’t do that. For how infrequently I use the highs I think I’ll just leave it alone, would be awesome to be able to mount up another set of the ss3 with the driving or spot lenses to work on high but I’m very satisfied with the lows!

Imo, the Rough Country lights are no better than the high beams. Those lights won't add any benefit. Just my opinion. Others may disagree.