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As far as I know they were both centered in ridgecrest, but Vegas felt the vibrations.I heard . Then Vegas a couple hours later.
RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!
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05Single
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That’s crazy . Better not be the end of the world , I still have to finish the Tahoe lol
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Damn dude! That’s tons of work! You’re a beast!
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I think it is the end of the world! I heard Alaska is having a heat wave!!
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It was hotter than the Philippines two days ago. As soon as you step outside you immediately start sweating. Broke all time records day after day past 2 weeks. Everybody is dying here, I love it lol.
I’ll never finish in time
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Alaska having a heat wave?!?! What?!?! Lol
It’s teh global warmingz. Ask Algore! [emoji23]
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So after the last truck project was an absolute nightmare(my sunroof and fixing the track pieces) I decided it was time for a project that would be fun. And if you know me at all, you know that I absolutely DESPISE anything electrical, because I’m terrible at it and I get irritated that I’m so bad with electrical projects.
So with that in mind, I followed in @Rocket Man ’s tracks and bought new headlights for my truck. I had the same halo ring housings that he did only mine had clear lenses instead of smoked. Well mine too were peeling and showing age despite only being two years old. I really wanted the anzo U-Bar style but I couldn’t just the price tag on those, given that I’m trying to save up for a new coat of paint and clear coat for my entire truck. It’s needs new paint bad. So I went with a slightly cheaper set but still something different than what everyone else has. Wanted something different and custom, yet simple and easy. Well I got just that. Most important tool for any job, a tumbler full of coffee: lol
So with that in mind, I followed in @Rocket Man ’s tracks and bought new headlights for my truck. I had the same halo ring housings that he did only mine had clear lenses instead of smoked. Well mine too were peeling and showing age despite only being two years old. I really wanted the anzo U-Bar style but I couldn’t just the price tag on those, given that I’m trying to save up for a new coat of paint and clear coat for my entire truck. It’s needs new paint bad. So I went with a slightly cheaper set but still something different than what everyone else has. Wanted something different and custom, yet simple and easy. Well I got just that. Most important tool for any job, a tumbler full of coffee: lol
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Also my wiring situation behind the headlights was atrocious! @05Single will probably scold me for it given his lighting and wiring genius.... and my DRL sockets were a bit crispy... so I also replaced those with new ones.
I had some pigtails laying around from lord only knows which project, that look like the the OEM pigtail for the headlights, that holds the bulb. So I went to NAPA, and picked up the opposite side of the pigtail so that I could wire in the two wires from the tube style LED in the new housing to the pigtail. Now there’s only two extra wires behind my headlights and they can be detached so that if I need to work on something and have the headlights removed, they can come out and be out of the way, where the previous housings were stuck with wires. A before shot of the wire mess:
The new pigtails on either side! Soooo much cleaner now!!
and my DRL sockets were a bit crispy... so I also replaced those with new ones.I had some pigtails laying around from lord only knows which project, that look like the the OEM pigtail for the headlights, that holds the bulb. So I went to NAPA, and picked up the opposite side of the pigtail so that I could wire in the two wires from the tube style LED in the new housing to the pigtail. Now there’s only two extra wires behind my headlights and they can be detached so that if I need to work on something and have the headlights removed, they can come out and be out of the way, where the previous housings were stuck with wires. A before shot of the wire mess:
The new pigtails on either side! Soooo much cleaner now!!
I like those. We need more pics when you get them both done. Nighttime pics too of course.
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Finished photos are in the next reply lol. And lit up shots lol
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So here’s the finished product. I like the new housings. They seem to be made by spyder, like my previous ones. I assume the projector output will be the same. It’s not overtly amazing but I think it’s better than stock, and the vouke LEDs that I’ve had for two years now in my lows and highs work well enough for me. Now all I need to do is make sure they’re adjusted correctly tonight when I get home from my night of teaching line dancing. There was too much daylight to attempt adjustment before I left.
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The tube LED is tied into my DRL bulbs, for daytime mode:
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Then my DRLs are modded to stay on with my headlights via diodes:
I’ll get some night shots when I get home tonight after adjusting them.
I’ll get some night shots when I get home tonight after adjusting them.
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Yep, you were in the middle of posting when I did. Nice work. They look great.
Very nice! Good work, they look great!
I’m sorry about the sunroof troubles. I didn’t hear about that.
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I didn’t post about it. Lol. That’s how irritated I was with it. If your NBS doesn’t have a sunroof you’re lucky! Haha. I love having one and being able to use it, but good god those track pieces that break area royal pain the ass to replace lol.
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So as it turns out, the new housings are even more badass at night! The out put is the same as it was with my other housings. It’s decent for a run of the mill projector. I’m happy with that aspect of it. But damn the tube LED is BRIGHT!! Like way brighter than I expected it to be! And I’m stoked! I love them! Easy to readjust. And they weren’t too far off adjustment wise either! Now my truck has a sorta mean look lighting wise and I’m digging it! 
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Those look sick! Nice work, Chase.
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Your old lenses can be fixed. Just sand, buff and clear.
