What did you do to your truck today?

[nubuilder]

Washed, clay-ed, polished, and waxed the Z71. Then drove it straight to my grandma's (no after pics of wax job) and put it away for the winter I'm glad its done, but sad to see it go away.

Now I'm back down to 1 truck.

Have you got the H.I.D's in yet?

No. Getting the Z71 put away was a bigger priority. Plus, I needed good weather to do it. The HID's can be done in the garage.

We'll see what happens this Saturday. If my dad doesn't have plans, maybe we can get the HID's done then. If not, they'll get put off another week....again.

I'll be putting 5 relays in the ZR2: low beam, high beam, high-4, fog light, halo lights (in the headlights). I'll have it so that the parking lights need to be on for the fog lights and halo lights to be able to come on (both will be controlled by a separate switch mounted below the headlight knob in the cab). I don't know if I'll like the halo's or not so that's the reason behind adding an extra relay for them. Sure this is probably excessive and overkill, but it'll be the way I want it.

For this year, unless I get more time this winter, my new fog lights are not going on (not even sure if I'll hook back up the ones that are currently on the truck). Basically, I'm going to have yet another wiring fiasco on my hands.

You don't need a relay for the halo lights, they're standard 5mm LED's...

Yeah, I know they're a minimal draw. So can I just run a switch to them then? (getting power from the parking lights themselves I'm assuming)

If you're drawing power from an existing circuit, you don't even need a fuse...

Both halo lights probably draw maybe .5 at a generous max...

You can run just a switch.

Relay's are just that extra bit of protection when dealing with high current areas

Gotchya! That's great news. I haven't found a spot yet to mount my relay rack, but this engine bay is way more cramped than the Z71 so saving 1 relay will make a huge difference! Not sure where I'm mounting all my ballasts yet either (have 4 of the larger Apexcone ones).

Pop the grille out... There's a lot of room behind it...

I had my ballasts behind the signal lights.... I can't guarantee if yours will fit there or not... It's a tight squeeze

Thanks for the advice!

On my Z71, the lows are mounted on the inside of the fender and the highs are on the front of the core support. We'll see what this one has to offer for room!

 

[07FX4Chick]

thawed it out

 

[dirtyoldman]

Fixed a clicking noise in the front left hub....but I don't know how I did it I took the wheel & caliper off so I could spin the hub freely....no noise,but not under weight either.Put it all back together and no the noise is gone,at least for now.Go figure

Maybe a small rock was caught in there

 

[dirtyoldman]

Badass looking...we gonna get to see it in action? Just curious

 

[drperry]

Washed, clay-ed, polished, and waxed the Z71. Then drove it straight to my grandma's (no after pics of wax job) and put it away for the winter I'm glad its done, but sad to see it go away.

Now I'm back down to 1 truck.

Have you got the H.I.D's in yet?

No. Getting the Z71 put away was a bigger priority. Plus, I needed good weather to do it. The HID's can be done in the garage.

We'll see what happens this Saturday. If my dad doesn't have plans, maybe we can get the HID's done then. If not, they'll get put off another week....again.

I'll be putting 5 relays in the ZR2: low beam, high beam, high-4, fog light, halo lights (in the headlights). I'll have it so that the parking lights need to be on for the fog lights and halo lights to be able to come on (both will be controlled by a separate switch mounted below the headlight knob in the cab). I don't know if I'll like the halo's or not so that's the reason behind adding an extra relay for them. Sure this is probably excessive and overkill, but it'll be the way I want it.

For this year, unless I get more time this winter, my new fog lights are not going on (not even sure if I'll hook back up the ones that are currently on the truck). Basically, I'm going to have yet another wiring fiasco on my hands.

You don't need a relay for the halo lights, they're standard 5mm LED's...

Yeah, I know they're a minimal draw. So can I just run a switch to them then? (getting power from the parking lights themselves I'm assuming)

If you're drawing power from an existing circuit, you don't even need a fuse...

Both halo lights probably draw maybe .5 at a generous max...

You can run just a switch.

Relay's are just that extra bit of protection when dealing with high current areas

Gotchya! That's great news. I haven't found a spot yet to mount my relay rack, but this engine bay is way more cramped than the Z71 so saving 1 relay will make a huge difference! Not sure where I'm mounting all my ballasts yet either (have 4 of the larger Apexcone ones).

Pop the grille out... There's a lot of room behind it...

I had my ballasts behind the signal lights.... I can't guarantee if yours will fit there or not... It's a tight squeeze

Thanks for the advice!

On my Z71, the lows are mounted on the inside of the fender and the highs are on the front of the core support. We'll see what this one has to offer for room!

Hights are in the same place, lows are just inside the fenders... Right in front of the air intake and battery.

 

[nubuilder]

Washed, clay-ed, polished, and waxed the Z71. Then drove it straight to my grandma's (no after pics of wax job) and put it away for the winter I'm glad its done, but sad to see it go away.

Now I'm back down to 1 truck.

Have you got the H.I.D's in yet?

No. Getting the Z71 put away was a bigger priority. Plus, I needed good weather to do it. The HID's can be done in the garage.

We'll see what happens this Saturday. If my dad doesn't have plans, maybe we can get the HID's done then. If not, they'll get put off another week....again.

I'll be putting 5 relays in the ZR2: low beam, high beam, high-4, fog light, halo lights (in the headlights). I'll have it so that the parking lights need to be on for the fog lights and halo lights to be able to come on (both will be controlled by a separate switch mounted below the headlight knob in the cab). I don't know if I'll like the halo's or not so that's the reason behind adding an extra relay for them. Sure this is probably excessive and overkill, but it'll be the way I want it.

For this year, unless I get more time this winter, my new fog lights are not going on (not even sure if I'll hook back up the ones that are currently on the truck). Basically, I'm going to have yet another wiring fiasco on my hands.

You don't need a relay for the halo lights, they're standard 5mm LED's...

Yeah, I know they're a minimal draw. So can I just run a switch to them then? (getting power from the parking lights themselves I'm assuming)

If you're drawing power from an existing circuit, you don't even need a fuse...

Both halo lights probably draw maybe .5 at a generous max...

You can run just a switch.

Relay's are just that extra bit of protection when dealing with high current areas

Gotchya! That's great news. I haven't found a spot yet to mount my relay rack, but this engine bay is way more cramped than the Z71 so saving 1 relay will make a huge difference! Not sure where I'm mounting all my ballasts yet either (have 4 of the larger Apexcone ones).

Pop the grille out... There's a lot of room behind it...

I had my ballasts behind the signal lights.... I can't guarantee if yours will fit there or not... It's a tight squeeze

Thanks for the advice!

On my Z71, the lows are mounted on the inside of the fender and the highs are on the front of the core support. We'll see what this one has to offer for room!

Hights are in the same place, lows are just inside the fenders... Right in front of the air intake and battery.

I'll check out those spots. Only thing is eventually I'll be running a Volant intake so its gonna take a lot more room at the firewall than the tiny OEM intake.


Just cleaned all the glass on the ZR2 with InvisibleGlass. Went over it twice with two different microfiber towels. Hopefully it isn't streaky. I hate streaks!

 

[drperry]

Washed, clay-ed, polished, and waxed the Z71. Then drove it straight to my grandma's (no after pics of wax job) and put it away for the winter I'm glad its done, but sad to see it go away.

Now I'm back down to 1 truck.

Have you got the H.I.D's in yet?

No. Getting the Z71 put away was a bigger priority. Plus, I needed good weather to do it. The HID's can be done in the garage.

We'll see what happens this Saturday. If my dad doesn't have plans, maybe we can get the HID's done then. If not, they'll get put off another week....again.

I'll be putting 5 relays in the ZR2: low beam, high beam, high-4, fog light, halo lights (in the headlights). I'll have it so that the parking lights need to be on for the fog lights and halo lights to be able to come on (both will be controlled by a separate switch mounted below the headlight knob in the cab). I don't know if I'll like the halo's or not so that's the reason behind adding an extra relay for them. Sure this is probably excessive and overkill, but it'll be the way I want it.

For this year, unless I get more time this winter, my new fog lights are not going on (not even sure if I'll hook back up the ones that are currently on the truck). Basically, I'm going to have yet another wiring fiasco on my hands.

You don't need a relay for the halo lights, they're standard 5mm LED's...

Yeah, I know they're a minimal draw. So can I just run a switch to them then? (getting power from the parking lights themselves I'm assuming)

If you're drawing power from an existing circuit, you don't even need a fuse...

Both halo lights probably draw maybe .5 at a generous max...

You can run just a switch.

Relay's are just that extra bit of protection when dealing with high current areas

Gotchya! That's great news. I haven't found a spot yet to mount my relay rack, but this engine bay is way more cramped than the Z71 so saving 1 relay will make a huge difference! Not sure where I'm mounting all my ballasts yet either (have 4 of the larger Apexcone ones).

Pop the grille out... There's a lot of room behind it...

I had my ballasts behind the signal lights.... I can't guarantee if yours will fit there or not... It's a tight squeeze

Thanks for the advice!

On my Z71, the lows are mounted on the inside of the fender and the highs are on the front of the core support. We'll see what this one has to offer for room!

Hights are in the same place, lows are just inside the fenders... Right in front of the air intake and battery.

I'll check out those spots. Only thing is eventually I'll be running a Volant intake so its gonna take a lot more room at the firewall than the tiny OEM intake.


Just cleaned all the glass on the ZR2 with InvisibleGlass. Went over it twice with two different microfiber towels. Hopefully it isn't streaky. I hate streaks!

The factory intake is pretty crammed in there

 

[daddy]

HOLY ****!!!

Stop the quoting!

Please!

 

[drperry]

I was wondering how long that would take!

 

[nubuilder]

HOLY fWONk!!!

Stop the quoting!

Please!

Are you trying to tell us something? We only made it up to 11 quotes plus the post.

The factory intake is pretty crammed in there

I don't know. I don't currently have the factory one in there (cheapo eBay), but I do have a factory intake sitting around now ($10 at a u-pull-it yard).