[cncjedi]

Progression of blacking out my 2010 Sierra.
Started back in Jan 2014

lift day. 6"

Powder coated rear bumper caps. To remove the caps, you have to drill out the factory rivets. I then used stainless button head cap screws to secure the new ones. The rivets on the very outside must be ground off, you cannot get at them with a drill.

New Grill. Took a good bit of searching for this. Finding that top trim piece that was not flat black. PITA

New bumper back from powder coat. Got this on eBay, but it was a flat black, which looked like ass....

all tore up...

installed this behind the bumper while I had it all apart. LOUD :signs6:

Home stretch now....

If you've been wondering what the NC on my plates means, I program large NC (Numeric Control) machines, like this http://youtu.be/RnIvhlKT7SY

Katzkin leather seat covers. Got these on eBay as well. $540 nib. You can do this job yourself, its not that bad. Just use a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out of the headrests, and compress them, there is a plastic bag inside from the factory. Makes it easy to remove/install the rest covers.

I'm up in the air about keeping a spare in the bed.... it's a PITA when you need to use the whole bed.

Next I want to machine a plate out of translucent Lexan to go between the grill and emblem, fill it with LED's so it glows. Make that GMC POP!

cheers

 

[barrrf]

Headlights are ricey. Nice looking truck otherwise.

 

[TSINND]

The lexan plate idea is a good one. I like it. Agree with the headlight though. You need to get ahold of phil and get some real projectors.

 

[mitchman]

Truck looks great.
X3 on the heads


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[cncjedi]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Is it halo's, or the little led's? Cause I'm not too hot on those small led's, which are like on virtually every new vehicle. I could easily bake the headlights and black out the LEDs.

I like halos though , but that's just me. :/

wish i could find a headlight with one giant projector and that's it.

if anyone else would be interested in a glow plate to put behind their emblem, let me know. Once I've made the first one , making more is just clamp in the material and hit cycle start.

 

[IMI4tth3w]

ditch the halos for a proper retrofit.

here's an example

another

also if you don't want the spare in the bed, you'd be surprised what you can fit in the factory spare location.

 

[04slox2]

I envy all your colormatched pieces, I would love to do that as well. Looks good!

 

[el semental]

Looks great, send me your old headlights, mine are all sandblasted.

 

[drewb079]

Looks awesome... What companies make those "retro" headlights???


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[mballz23]

ditch the halos for a proper retrofit.

here's an example

another

also if you don't want the spare in the bed, you'd be surprised what you can fit in the factory spare location.

On my truck, NBS, I have a little over 1/2 an inch between my tire and hitch receiver. That's with 295/70/17s. I believe you can adjust the hitch receiver though, like 1/2 an inch out, might be able to get roughly a 35 down there

 

[IMI4tth3w]

Looks awesome... What companies make those "retro" headlights???


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there are companies that do retrofits, most of them are one off kits and very expensive. the projectors with hids are usually around $250 for a good set. if you do it yourself there's about $50-100 in miscellaneous parts to get it all together. most places charge around $500+ to do a retrofit.

the thing about retrofits is that the projectors were DESIGNED to house HIDs. where as the ebay projectors are not which is why the output is piss poor.

 

[cncjedi]

Just put on new rubber.

 

[gmc00z]

toyo RT's? Don't look terrible IMO

 

[Kennymbell]

Plz get rid of fogged up riced out headlights, truck looks good otherwise


I painted the insides of my buddy's stocks lights, looks way better imo and still goes with the "murdered out" look

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[mballz23]

toyo RT's? Don't look terrible IMO

similar to the R/Ts tread pattern, but no those are the Fuel Mud Gripper M/T I do believe.

 

[cncjedi]

mballz23 wins the stuffed bear. :badger_1:

 

[Big Red Z71]

similar to the R/Ts tread pattern, but no those are the Fuel Mud Gripper M/T I do believe.

those are definitely the toyo rt's

 

[mballz23]

Just put on new rubber.

those are definitely the toyo rt's

Look again

 

[Big Red Z71]

Look again

you right

forgot that fuel had to redesign their gripper

 

[mballz23]

No worries honest mistake I really thought they were the R/Ts at first glance when I first saw it. I do like those R/Ts though. Might have to be my next tire!