Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

[Rocket Man]

Mine is the bumper and grille you're talking about. Same reason I didn't do the HD bumper

show him this pic...

Thanks, I will. I’m gonna do that bumper but without the lower valance since I don’t have room for it. Did you just leave your bumper on and add a ‘12 HD hood and grill?

 

[NathanJax]

Did you just leave your bumper on and add a ‘12 HD hood and grill?

Yes

 

[07Burb]

Here's a before and after front bumper conversion. There was a lot of bondo on the original; they had welded a flat piece of metal to cover both holes and then filled and sanded the whole thing. View attachment 205938 View attachment 205939

Mucho better nice job!

 

[Rocket Man]

Yes

Why do you want me to make a bracket for then? You don’t have a HD bumper do you?

 

[NathanJax]

Why do you want me to make a bracket for then? You don’t have a HD bumper do you?

I was thinking I can take my lower portion off and put the LED bar there

 

[Rocket Man]

I was thinking I can take my lower portion off and put the LED bar there

The brackets are made for my HD bumper but since it looks like I’ll be buying a 1500 bumper you can probably have them if you want. The light bar and brackets I think I’ll sell for the price of the light bar alone, like $60. I’ll wait to see when I get my 1500 bumper, it might fit that bumper too. I’ll let you know.

 

[Rocket Man]

I ordered a complete paintable 1500 bumper with all hardware today, guaranteed delivery by this coming Friday. I’ll just take the paintable pieces to my buddy and do the install myself.

 

[Rocket Man]

I had the windshield replaced today; that looks way better. I'll tint it now. My friend that owns the body shop recommended a shop that he said " guaranteed won't screw your stuff up" but isn't the cheapest. Turns out they WERE the cheapest at $200, done at my house. Others ranged from $275-$395. Dude did an awesome job and my stuff isn't screwed up. I don't like people messing with The Machine.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I had the windshield replaced today; that looks way better. I'll tint it now. My friend that owns the body shop recommended a shop that he said " guaranteed won't screw your stuff up" but isn't the cheapest. Turns out they WERE the cheapest at $200, done at my house. Others ranged from $275-$395. Dude did an awesome job and my stuff isn't screwed up. I don't like people messing with The Machine.View attachment 206290 View attachment 206291

How dark?

 

[Rocket Man]

How dark?

IDK. What's the normal? I've never had it done. We don't see that done up here much, if any.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

IDK. What's the normal? I've never had it done. We don't see that done up here much, if any.

I've never done it either. They grade it by the % of light that gets through. Idk what would be "normal"

Looks good .

 

[95escahoe]

50% tint on the windshield is perfect imo if you want some pics I can post some


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[PG01]

I had the windshield replaced today; that looks way better. I'll tint it now. My friend that owns the body shop recommended a shop that he said " guaranteed won't screw your stuff up" but isn't the cheapest. Turns out they WERE the cheapest at $200, done at my house. Others ranged from $275-$395. Dude did an awesome job and my stuff isn't screwed up. I don't like people messing with The Machine.View attachment 206290 View attachment 206291

Looks good to me, that is tinted?

 

[Rocket Man]

50% tint on the windshield is perfect imo if you want some pics I can post some


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That seems to be the consensus everywhere I've looked so that's what I'll do.

Looks good to me, that is tinted?

No, it's just the normal factory tint.

 

[PG01]

That seems to be the consensus everywhere I've looked so that's what I'll do.



No, it's just the normal factory tint.

Oh, I thought you had it done already... ok then, carry on....

 

[95escahoe]

That seems to be the consensus everywhere I've looked so that's what I'll do.

Here’s a few pics of mine, absolutely love it

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[PG01]

Here’s a few pics of mine, absolutely love it

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Looks good @95escahoe

 

[Tonyrodz]

Here’s a few pics of mine, absolutely love it

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Ct doesn't have inspections?

 

[95escahoe]

Ct doesn't have inspections?

Nope just emissions they could care less about tint, it’s illegal as hell to tint the windshield but it’s so light you really gotta look at it to notice it, more and more people are usually a hell of a lot darker too which looks great but if you drive at night I wouldn’t do it, this cuts down on the glare, heat and helps with high beams


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[kbuskill]

I know I have posted this before in other threads and I am not trying to clutter your thread or start an argument but...

I have a 70% ceramic film over my entire windshield with a 8" 5% strip at the top.

70% is, essentially, a clear film which does very little for looks but the ceramic film blocks 99% of uvA and uvB rays which fade your interior and cause that brand new expensive dash to get brittle. It also blocks more than 50% of the heat.

And at 70% doesn't really interfere with night time driveabilty.

If you want to look at actual numbers then it goes like this...

Your stock windshield, if you checked it with a "tint meter" would register at around 70% VLT (visible light transmission).

You take the 70% windshield and add a 70% film and you are now at around 49% VLT.

If you use a 50% film on the same 70% windshield you are now at around 35% VLT. Which is what the legal limit is in most states for your front side windows.

If you don't drive much at night then it's really no big deal but if you do then it could potentially be an issue for you.

I just wanted to give you some real world data and numbers to chew on before you make your decision.

Here is a pic of mine... front windshield 70% film plus 5% strip and 18% on the front side windows to match the factory rear tint.

The Hüper Optik film is the ceramic film I went with. It is a German made film and is excellent.
https://huperoptikusa.com/automotive/

Hope this helps.