Was this a close call?

[D is for DENALI]

I buy the new slvania zevo dtr lights to finally complete my complete Sylvania light changeout (hi-

ultra, low-ultra, fog- ultra, dtr- zevo led), and when i pulled the bulbs the ends were burnt!!!! I looked and the last guy to put bulbs in put 4157 instead of 3157...

Did my truck come close of starting on fire??? The ends are crispy and so are the lights even though they worked... Is this from too much heat from the wrong bulb??

Either way, holy crap...

 

[D is for DENALI]

Before with "let's burn the truck" bulbs

after with led,

We'll see how much difference it is with my 'super brights'(all on mod) tonight...

 

[adventurenali92]

It could have been, but my DRL bulbs looked the same before I swapped them to LED and they were in for at least a year with the correct bulb. The standard filament bulbs just draw so much power that it creates a ton of heat. The LEDs look good! Is it just the way I'm seeing the pic, or is the chrome grill surround piece slightly off on the passenger side where it wraps around the edge of the corner light!? I will also add that my drivers side socket was so crispy looking like that as well that I had to change it out. But then when I bought the LED bulbs, the bulb didn't fit right in the aftermarket socket. It was loose and wouldn't stay on. So I had to buy another one from a different parts store and I believe the second one was an ACDelco replacement. They fit perfect now. So if you end up having to replace either of the DRL sockets, that brand is the one to go with.

 

[95escahoe]

Pretty common for the DRL bulbs to look like that my DRL bulbs looked the same the sockets were shot too here they are now, the correct bulbs are 4114

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[about20ninj45]

Need to replace mine. One burnt out and one works. Anyone have any suggestions or a link to a new one

 

[95escahoe]

Need to replace mine. One burnt out and one works. Anyone have any suggestions or a link to a new one

Do u need new sockets?


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[about20ninj45]

I don't know what I need. I have dug in there and I really don't know how to. Always wondered how to do it, I'm just to lazy to google #100 lol

 

[95escahoe]

I don't know what I need. I have dug in there and I really don't know how to. Always wondered how to do it, I'm just to lazy to google #100 lol

It's easy Amazon sells the new AC Delco pigtail, just a simple cut the old one off and splice the new one in, for the bulbs I'd go LED last longer, run cooler and look so much better


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[about20ninj45]

How do you get in there?

 

[95escahoe]

Well I've got an Escalade the DRL light is all part of the headlight assembly I replaced the headlights so didn't have to deal with that, I spliced in new ones on my Silverado, you need to just pull ur headlights and see what your wiring situation is like should be easy to get at


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[adventurenali92]

@about20ninj45 , the corner lights just pop out from the holders behind the grill. Wiggle from the outside corner towards the center and it should release. Takes no time at all.

 

[D is for DENALI]

It could have been, but my DRL bulbs looked the same before I swapped them to LED and they were in for at least a year with the correct bulb. The standard filament bulbs just draw so much power that it creates a ton of heat. The LEDs look good! Is it just the way I'm seeing the pic, or is the chrome grill surround piece slightly off on the passenger side where it wraps around the edge of the corner light!? I will also add that my drivers side socket was so crispy looking like that as well that I had to change it out. But then when I bought the LED bulbs, the bulb didn't fit right in the aftermarket socket. It was loose and wouldn't stay on. So I had to buy another one from a different parts store and I believe the second one was an ACDelco replacement. They fit perfect now. So if you end up having to replace either of the DRL sockets, that brand is the one to go with.

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Yes you saw it correctly... the tabs on that side are broken, so it's tucked into the corner instead of the correct notching.. I decided I could deal with it just it doesn't move around and make noise...i didn't want to buy a new one for broken fitting tabs, I will get a new one when I decide to black out the grille and match paint the chrome edging, leaving just the gmc logo... im doing this 5o complement the black legend series ranchhand gaurd in getting next year... it's gonna look good!!

So was there nothing wrong with running 4157 bulbs?

 

[D is for DENALI]

To change the dtr, I pulled the 2 bars holding the headlight assembly out, then unhooked headlight assembly to get it out of the way.. the grill untabs from the sides, and there's a push piece on the outsides holding the turn/dtr in place..press and pull away the whole assembly and unhook the lights if you want to give the inner lenses a cleaning before reinstalling. Make sure you tuck the inside piece in first before reconnecting the outside tab on the dtr as it's the only thing holding them in..

Maybe a 10-15 minute job.

 

[mdnitedrftr]

Bulbs and sockets like that are the norm when it comes to DRLs.

I had to replace both sockets when I upgraded mine to LEDs.

 

[Rocket Man]

I don't know but I remember mine were burnt last time I installed some LED's so I just ordered replacement pigtails. Thanks for reminding me.