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Weathertech floor liners front and back and a console tray were the first two things I bought.  Since I have added a Undercover Flex tonneau for the back.  Then I bouhgt and cut a 2X8 piece of lu

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They're bright enough.  One of my nicknames for my wife is Blindy The Dwarf Midget Elf.  She was driving behind me in her Traverse and told me she could see it broad daylight.    Btw, the ni

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2021 Denali Duramax 

 

Gatortrax retractable bed cover 

Weathertech window visors 

20% tint front windows, 35% tint Windshield 

Ceramic Coating 

GMC Illuminated Logo

LED License light bulb from GTR Lightning 

S&B cold air intake system 

Banks Pedal Monster 

Center console organizing tray 

Boost Auto parts lights mod

 

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Glad I read the post above, I forgot about the license plate bulbs being switched to LED on day one lol. Also the organizer trey for the console as well. How they decided to put LEDs everywhere except the rear plate is beyond me.

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3 hours ago, Byrds8 said:

Glad I read the post above, I forgot about the license plate bulbs being switched to LED on day one lol. Also the organizer trey for the console as well. How they decided to put LEDs everywhere except the rear plate is beyond me.

Every light on the truck is LED except for the license plate bulbs. I don’t understand why they would not put LED’s there unless they didn’t want the lights to wash out the reverse camera. The LED’s do not wash out the camera just an FYI.

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3 hours ago, 2017GMCALLTERRAIN said:

Every light on the truck is LED except for the license plate bulbs. I don’t understand why they would not put LED’s there unless they didn’t want the lights to wash out the reverse camera. The LED’s do not wash out the camera just an FYI.

Yeah, every bulb on my truck are LEDs now. However, I do wish some were brighter. I put some 720lm LEDs in my reverse lights on my 16 Silverado. Wish I could do the same here. Helped the camera a lot at night.

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5 hours ago, Byrds8 said:

Yeah, every bulb on my truck are LEDs now. However, I do wish some were brighter. I put some 720lm LEDs in my reverse lights on my 16 Silverado. Wish I could do the same here. Helped the camera a lot at night.

Boostautoparts.com sells a reverse lights mod that is easy to install. I have it installed on my truck and I’m very happy with the results. They also have YouTube videos showing the install and the results.


 

11 hours ago, Byrds8 said:

Glad I read the post above, I forgot about the license plate bulbs being switched to LED on day one lol. Also the organizer trey for the console as well. How they decided to put LEDs everywhere except the rear plate is beyond me.

 

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I thought I read somewhere on here that the reverse LED lights werent able to be changed. Is that not accurate.

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6 hours ago, 2017GMCALLTERRAIN said:

Boostautoparts.com sells a reverse lights mod that is easy to install. I have it installed on my truck and I’m very happy with the results. They also have YouTube videos showing the install and the results.


 

 

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The Putco LED blade light that goes between the tailgate and bumper doors a really nice job of lighting up behind you when in reverse.  The whole thing goes white.

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12 hours ago, Transient said:

The Putco LED blade light that goes between the tailgate and bumper doors a really nice job of lighting up behind you when in reverse.  The whole thing goes white.

Nice! I have one in the garage that I will be installing this weekend. 

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12 hours ago, Transient said:

The Putco LED blade light that goes between the tailgate and bumper doors a really nice job of lighting up behind you when in reverse.  The whole thing goes white.

Yeah I almost purchased one of these but decided against it in the end. It looked/worked great on my 16 Silverado but didnt think it would on the 21 Sierra. The depth under the tailgate on the 21 is much deeper. Saw one running down the road and it barely put out any light til I got up on it. After seeing that, it just wasnt worth the $300 to me.

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16 hours ago, Byrds8 said:

I thought I read somewhere on here that the reverse LED lights werent able to be changed. Is that not accurate.

Yes you can. The ones that came stock on my truck just aren’t bright enough for my liking. 

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Just now, 2017GMCALLTERRAIN said:

Yes you can. The ones that came stock on my truck just aren’t bright enough for my liking. 

Well then, I may be looking at Diode Dynamics again. Loved the 720Lm ones on the old truck. Those were nice and bright.

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4 minutes ago, Byrds8 said:

Yeah I almost purchased one of these but decided against it in the end. It looked/worked great on my 16 Silverado but didnt think it would on the 21 Sierra. The depth under the tailgate on the 21 is much deeper. Saw one running down the road and it barely put out any light til I got up on it. After seeing that, it just wasnt worth the $300

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