Black Betty 2018 Z71 Silverado....build

[swathdiver]

Those airbags are not unlike the ones I used to sell for big trucks and trailers, Meritor, Goodyear, etc.

 

[Doubeleive]

I got under it and managed to put some big zip ties on the parking brake cable under the bag brackets so hopefully that will hold the cable off of the bags

 

[Doubeleive]

Putting my valentine one and blend mount in I discovered the power harness from the 03 was fried so making up a new one at least the power leads were easy to find on the mirror



***scratch that being easy part, PITA, mirror harness only puts out 10v or 8v the valentine one freaks out on 10v it likes 12v, had to pull the panel off the roof that holds the homelink control boy that baby was on virgin tight, found switched 12 volts at the passenger airbag on/off panel center black wire is Negative, 2nd purple wire is 12v switched with ignition (or the other way around), whewww only took 2 hours to figure all that out

 

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First official mod I guess, valentine one on a blend mount hardwired to ignition switched power

 

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Got the spare keys in and got them cut, since 2017 they upped the security so you have to have 2 working keys to do a quick relearn I only have one, so it's either screw around for 1/2 an hour and hope it works or the dealer said they would do it tomorrow for $39.00 so I think I will take option 2 lol

 

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in the process of getting the parts needed to upgrade my mirrors from DL8 to DL3 so I will have power fold, turn signal and auto dim and presumably heat.

 

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ordered a Hellwig front sway bar and new end link bushings, i'll see how it handles after that, should tighten it up a little bit.

 

[07Burb]

good looking new truck congrats, man.

 

[Doubeleive]

good looking new truck congrats, man.

Thanks, I likey!!

 

[Doubeleive]

Got the spare keys in and got them cut, since 2017 they upped the security so you have to have 2 working keys to do a quick relearn I only have one, so it's either screw around for 1/2 an hour and hope it works or the dealer said they would do it tomorrow for $39.00 so I think I will take option 2 lol

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good thing I had the dealer program the keys 1 of the ones I bought was bad, saved me a headache, so now atleast I have 2 and can do the quick relearn from home and the other spare can be used to unlock the door if I manage to lock the keys inside.