Blazingtrails Build thread (BT's TB) 05' Trailblazer LS

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SnowBlazer said:
Why not get one of those shark fin (Onstar) antennas? They look pretty sleek...I've thought about it since I don't have Onstar...making my car look newer! :raspberry:
He likes a more clean look on his rig [emoji12]
 

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They look dumb, just ruins your roof if you do a roofrack delete
 

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Knowing you, you'll delve around with the idea
 
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Blckshdw said:
I think someone on SSOwners did this mod, lemme see if I can find the thread...
Wooo go Carlton [emoji106]
 

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I am going to see if i can find the termination for it and check into making this work. I have not investigated this at all, so if I am missing something big at this point don't make fun of me. I am not even sure the type of antenna will work with am frequencies yet...
 

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Ew get rid of that incandescent in the cargo area at once Gingy lol
 
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BlazingTrails said:
Those are all LEDs Capote? It was right over the camera so it looks different. Thanks for the compliment
Really? It looks in the warm color range up close. Probably just the camera. What color temp are they? 6?
 

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I never got it bud, I wonder how many of out texts never go through to the other
 

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I was gonna say, it looked like you used the type pictured on the right
 

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BlazingTrails said:
Cool Brandon you upgraded your dome lights to led. Looks good .

Thank you gingy, I'm glad it meets your approval.

[emoji106]
Lmao I did compliment you on upgrading to LEDs the day you told us all
 
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Me thinks he should add an overhead console, like the one that had the memo thing iirc
 

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Nope. Its nice as is.
 
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It's very nice, his interior is immaculate btw
 
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BlazingTrails said:
Thank you :hail:


Thanks buddy, all except for the coke stain in the carpet :rotfl:
Anytime. I think coke stains come standard for any vehicle if you're not the first owner [emoji38] [emoji38]
 

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Installed a SS Rear Axle last weekend, it turned out to be a nightmare. My old axle was getting noisy and had a vibration,
I didn't realize how much noise it was making until it was gone. I will post a couple of pictures next couple of days, I am planning on taking it back out this spring when the weather gets warm to paint everything and get some good pictures worthy of a build thread :yes:

The nightmare part......I had the driveshaft shortened and balanced when I put it in I ran it up to speed on the stands so then the new front UV joint I installed was defective and exploded destroying the driveshaft and the output shaft housing on the transmission. I had to scramble to grab some parts ran back up to Atlanta to get the second driveshaft shortened and had high performance UV joints put in and balanced. Now it is fantastic :2thumbsup:


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I finally got around to swapping ALL of my instrumentation and controls lighting to LEDs.
 

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BT, I think you're the only other person I know (that's posted pics at least) that kept the acrylic piece in the door modules. No one else wanted to bother drilling some little holes in it to keep their LEDs in place. :dance:

Edit: Oh yeah, the red looks good too BTW, almost forgot to mention that part.
 
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Looks good bro, nice to see you positioned those LEDs so they produce usable light on the door modules

Oh and nice to see someone else put that TB cap spot to good use [emoji106]
 
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I think red in general isn't bright behind clusters or anything. But those LEDs look good in person, they weren't too dim or too bright
 
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BlazingTrails said:
I'm not sure bro, it looks pretty good in person but I am planning on adding more LEDs to it soon.
Did u de-blue the face? Also maybe try some strips around the inside cluster around the white plastic.. Few guys have done that n seems that it gives better coverage. That's the route I'm going to go when I redo my cluster
 
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