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That sux. Good luck, hopefully it's something easy.
Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"
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It wasn't plugs. I ordered a $100 smoke leak tester to see if it's an intake leak before I tear the blower off. I'll just have to drive the CC until I fix it. Darn.
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Looks good.... except it's upside down.
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Nice work on the heads. Did you use the oven cleaner trick or scuff the chrome for paint ?
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Nope, I followed what TRS and most others do and just used adhesion promoter. It's not something that's exposed like my grill where rocks and stuff hit it so hopefully it will hold up. If not I can re-do it later. It's got 4 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear.
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I have assembled the headlights as far as I can; I'm at the point where the projectors need to be aligned horizontally before they're fully tightened in place. That needs to be done with the headlights mounted in the truck and it needs to be done in the dark. After that, they need to be cleaned and the lenses installed and sealed. So today I mounted them and have begun the process of mounting the ballasts, relays, and RGB module. The paint is a bit darker than the truck, and I could see that when I painted some other parts but I'm Ok with it. It should look better when the lenses are on.I think these are going to be badass. I fired up one of the projectors a while ago and it looks good.
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I finished the wiring. The projectors stay on when the high beams stay on because the lows stay on with the Silverado's when the highs stay on. I think I can figure out how to open the shutters on the projectors when the highs turn on but still working on that. I wired the demon eyes to the park lights and pulled the DRL fuse. Also there's a wire that shuts them off when the projectors turn on and then they come back on if I turn the headlights off. Now I need to set the horizontal aim after dark.
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Yea i realize that, that's why the oven cleaner works cause the chrome is super thin because its not exposed to outside elements, just wished it worked on chrome bumpers and grilles lol.
I mean trs as far as I've seen always sprays on too of the chrome so either way works. But in most cases if you're going gloss black oven cleaner reveals a gloss black finish under the chrome and you don't even have to paint
Anyway those look doooopppe. Can't wait for night shots. But now you need the xb fogs to match
I mean trs as far as I've seen always sprays on too of the chrome so either way works. But in most cases if you're going gloss black oven cleaner reveals a gloss black finish under the chrome and you don't even have to paint
Anyway those look doooopppe. Can't wait for night shots. But now you need the xb fogs to match
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I waited until after dark last night and turned them on. First thing I thought was something is wrong. The cutoff line isn’t that sharp and it curves down so the light pattern looks like a mustache. I adjusted them horizontally and pulled it out in the street and I’m thinking this isn’t that great. I woke up this morning and realized I might have installed the demon eye brackets to the inside of the projectors instead of the outside. They’re curved like the light output is curved. 
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Before I pulled the headlights again I took a few teaser pics of the demon eyes. The controller has 3 channels and lots of outputs so in case I was to install some underglow I'll be covered. It might be kind of cool to have some more lighting all color coordinated with the projectors. The ap has all sorts of effects if you're so inclined.
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