05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

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Oh yea my cousin has those. Bright as hell
 
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Took the fogs off for some work. Tried to push the chrome shield away from the bulb to let room for longer hids bulbs later on. Also maybe free up some light.
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I didn't like it so after I wet sanded the lens i opened them up using a heat gun and two flat heads and patients and removed the shield completely. Huge difference in light output.
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Cleaned the chrome reflector bowl. It gets hazy and foggy after years of halogen bulb use and heat. Again big difference.
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Remove the adjustment hardware. The adjuster nob unscrews all the way and releasing the spring and leveling rod. These springs get old and worn causing the housing to vibrate. Take the spring and stretch it out. Then install them back in for a snug fit and a lot less vibration from driving.

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While I had the lens off I made a cover from a 12"x12" piece of acrylic from home depot. Traced the fog light lens and cut a left and right piece. Then applied a neon yellow film. And threw in some yellow coated bulbs for time being. Used a couple pieces of heavy duty velcro tape for removal and cleaning. If the film starts peeling or chipping I can take off the cover and apply a new film instead of applying it to the actual light on the truck. *lazy man's cover lol* (this is all temporary till a later set up. But was fun to do and works great)

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Pretty nice deep 3000k color.

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Against 6000k hids.^^^
 
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Sucks because I had a bunch of more pics of all the stuff I've done past few months on my old phone but it got destroyed (by me :flame:, I hate samsung!)
Trying to go into more detail for others to get a good visual.
But I got a new phone so here on out I'm good to go:happy107:
 

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I added switchbacks and yellow coated bulbs to the fogs.


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I later got plugs from a salvage yard and deleted the drls and in place wired in another set for parking lights and turn signals for a whole row of switchbacks.

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What builds did you use on your parking lights
 
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These are what I have

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They're "super bright" lol

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But seriously they're actually pretty bright.:cool:
 

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Remind me never to drive around you at night lol too bright for me! Build looks good, keep up the good work. Im always up for seeing guys doing their own fab on their trucks.
 
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Hey its dark up here during the winter. Can use every lumens I can get.
 

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