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jakemartinez7

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WELL I GOT ACOUPLE QUESTIONS...I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO TAKE THE EMBLEMS OFF MY TRUCK ALONG WITH THE DOOR MOLDINGS. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY ISSUES TAKING THE DOOR MOLDINGS OFF? I ASSUME THEY ARE JUST 2 WAY TAPED ON RIGHT? ANYONE HAVE PICS OF THERE TRUCKS WITH THEM OFF?

 

ALSO I AM LOOKING FOR A BILLET GRILLE, NOW IS THERE A BID DIFFERANCE IN THE BOLT OVER OR THE CUT OUT? I DONT WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE THE GMC LOGO BEHIND THE BILLET GRILLE. IF THE CUT OUT LOOKS CLEANER, THEN IM DOWN WITH GETTING THAT ONE!

 

AND ONE MORE QUESTION...HEADLIGHT BULBS? WHO MAKES A GOOD BULB W/ A DECENT PRICE... I WANT A SUPER BRITE WHITE OR BLUE TONE TO THE LIGHT. COOL WELL THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

BuckFeverZ Senior Enthusiast

BuckFeverZ

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FIRST OF ALL, STOP YELLING!

 

Leave the door moldings on. There really are no body lines on these trucks and they look way to plain w/o the moldings.

 

If you don't wanna see the GMC emblem, definitely go with the cut-out.

 

For headlights, HID's are the only way to go. 4300K will be super-white and 6000k will have some blue tint to 'em.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry for yellinicon1.gif Thanks for the help! I'll check that link out.

 

Now, if you could just shrink your HUGE sig pic down to within the 200 x 700 size limt, that'd be great! :cool:

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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If you screw up the cut out, I've got an extra grill that will fit your truck :cool:

 

I REALLY like the look of the billet grills on the GMC. If i didn't get the denali grill for the front of my truck, I would have done the billet grill. Someday I may swap.. who knows.

Steven

tallspawn Enthusiast

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If you screw up the cut out, I've got an extra grill that will fit your truck :cool:

 

I REALLY like the look of the billet grills on the GMC. If i didn't get the denali grill for the front of my truck, I would have done the billet grill. Someday I may swap.. who knows.

Steven

 

 

What kind of extra grill you got?

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

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:cool:KEEP THE MOLDINGS! :D

 

The Carriage Works billet grille is the best looking one I have seen. It does require you to cut out the OEM grille though but it looks really good.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

Stevens03

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Yeah.. going slow... :D

 

I agree, the Carriage works grill is really nice. I had one on my last truck. :cool:

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