W8TVI's 2000 Yukon XL SLT

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Old and busted, New hotness:
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Old pattern on the left, new on the right:
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And here is both with the new:
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The new lights have a lot less spill above the cutoff, and it looks nice and sharp compared to the old lights.

New lights on the snowy drive:
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It has a nice cutout on the left that avoids shining light into the face of oncoming cars.

The driver side light went in like butter, but the passenger side fought me for a few minutes.
I think the plastic they used where the pins go in is made from a more flexible kind of plastic, and that wasn't allowing the bottom hole to line up properly.
I didn't break anything getting it in, but it took a little convincing.
Well worth it in the end.
 
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The reverse lights are in!
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Do you have spots in your vision yet?

Side view before:
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Note: you can still plainly see the light from the LED tails on the ground:
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New reverse lights:
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You can barely see the red from the LED tails now:
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These LED tails even light up next to the truck better than stock:
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Compare this shot of the LED reverse lights to the shot from two posts ago called "New lights on the snowy drive":
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Who needs fog lights on the rear with these things?!

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I definitely recommend this upgrade.
These are the ones I got.
 
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Nice work man. Those upgrades to the lighting are a win!
 
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New thing to fix:
My brakes have sprung a leak, so I'm taking it into the shop tomorrow.
I'm guessing that it is the brake lines that are bad.

Guess I'll find out how much this costs tomorrow.
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Turns out to be one of the front lines. The lines going to the back had already been replaced.
Only cost more than I want to say, but I'm glad I didn't have to do the work myself.
 

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