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So I finally had the klearz lenses glued on the housings with the custom 03+ 194 marker light at the bottom….and I hated the look. So I sold them.

 

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So I originally might 2 sets of the klearz so I have one set left. Bought some spyder altezza lights this time for donor housings and worked out much better. Not only did the clear lenses come off easy but I can use them for my black led housings in the future. Plus these housings are a chrome finish as opposed to the high gloss silver of the last set. The chrome looks much better imo. The silver is more og oem style. Still not my cup of tea for my truck but I’ll hold on to them for a bit, I have some ideas I wanna try out.

 

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You can see the difference. Oem Silver on the left , chrome on the right. I did paint the border of the silver housings. The chrome housings I left black only cause there’s no way for me to match the chrome.

 

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Removed the yellow film from the led fog housings. There was a ton of residue so I used goof-off. Not a wise choice because it destroyed the lens.
So I tried to restore them and also restore the super pitted oem ones. Was patient and used denatured alcohol to remove the rest of the left over adhesive (what I should’ve used in the first place but I was in a rush)
Great success!

 

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Now we’re back in business.

 

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So I got a 05-06 4wd lip but needed a 05-06 valance which is exactly the same as the 03-04 except the later model has clips to accommodate the lower lip. Also the come in the option of black.
2wd came with a 2” lip , 4wd came with a 3” lip
Also swapped the fog lights to oem .

 

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Neither the valance nor the lip nor the clips were oem so everything came together like crap but it is what it is. The clips wouldn’t hold worth ashit so I went to ace hardware and just bought $30 in bolts, nuts, and washers. If I used the clips that valance would’ve flown off on the first freeway trip at 75 mph. The lip was all wavy but again it is what it is, not noticeable to anyone but me and now all of you lol. I have plans for a one off lip at some point.
Got a personalized plate. Back in 2016ish when at the time my 2 yr old niece learning how to talk couldn’t say Tito (Filipino Tagalog for uncle)(also same in Spanish), so instead she called me toto. It stuck and that’s what everyone calls my now on the wife’s side. On my side they still call me Dave lol .
So I removed the plastic screw plugs in the bumper and got bolts with a flat smooth head to prevent theft.

 

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Looks ok tho so I’m content for now.

 

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Also on the list is fixing the bumper sag on the drivers side