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Old 01-05-2015, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 02_Black_On_White
thanks! And it wasn't hard at all once i figured out how i wanted to mount them.
and from reading around i see you've got experience with adaptors, do you have any extra tips other than just torquing them down good? and what you torqued yours at?
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Originally Posted by caderoderick13
and from reading around i see you've got experience with adaptors, do you have any extra tips other than just torquing them down good? and what you torqued yours at?
check them every couple hundred miles, i torqued mine to 105 ish I believe. Just make sure you take your time and use the tapered lug nuts if the holes are tapered. I cant remember when I got mine but If i come across the email or something from when I ordered I'll let you know.
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Hey man, you posted on one of my threads and was wanting to know what kind of grille you had?
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Hey man, you posted on one of my threads and was wanting to know what kind of grille you had?
I forgot all about this thread ! It's a grille craft replacement
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Cool thread, yea, never seen it. You do good work!

Didn't realize you built her up from plain Jane...man was she boiring in the beginning ehh (like mine) lol. You keep doin cool stuff to it... plus it looks great !

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Cool thread, yea never seen it. You do good work! Didn't realize you built her up from plain Jane...man was she boiring in the beginning ehh (like mine) lol. You keep doin cool stuff to it... plus it looks great !
thanks brewski! I actually forgot about the thread lol (whoops) I guess I should get around to updating it a little bit a few things have changed sense mid 14' haha. & thank you! It's definitely a labor of love
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Hell, mine hasn't reached boring status yet, - it's homely until all that rust is gone lol.

But yea, labor of love, -that's definitely it....she's earned that; - has been very good to me lol. I think most of these trucks are good to their owners. All they ask for is good maintenance....and Gas.
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Can you link where you purchased your HID's? I just failed at using CREE LED's in my new Lightning-style housings, and the scattering was so bad it was almost impossible to eliminate the huge dead spots in my FOV. I adjusted and adjusted and the LED's are just impossible to use without projectors. I want to try HID's before I break down and either purchase a projector housing (worst option), or Retrofit projectors into my stock housings (better option).
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Can you link where you purchased your HID's? I just failed at using CREE LED's in my new Lightning-style housings, and the scattering was so bad it was almost impossible to eliminate the huge dead spots in my FOV. I adjusted and adjusted and the LED's are just impossible to use without projectors. I want to try HID's before I break down and either purchase a projector housing (worst option), or Retrofit projectors into my stock housings (better option).
I actually ditched them once I learned more about them. you'll definitely gain the most with true retrofits. I'd suggest some good standard bulbs over LEDs/hids the scatter is just terrible
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Nicely done there BonW

I love seeing the transformation from bone stock to where she is today.

The strormtrooper look shows a great contrast


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