What did you do to your GMT today?

[Ryda55555]

I have no preference in regards to location, but if you have everything you need at your place, then it only makes sense for me to come to you...

In terms of the paint, I'm looking at a glossy black - that should be a nice contrast... :wootwoot:

That being said, how much time do you think you'll need?

Sounds good haha time wise probably 2-3 hours plus 30-45 mins drying time if you pitch a hand and we dont get too carried away with show and tell (if we're careful you could mount the rims on with the paint still wet/semi wet and the heat from braking will cure it.) i literally threw my rims on and went for a half hour-45 mine drive and went to the coin wash and power washed/soaped the whole car
Quick question, is your tb raised? Cause it wont fit underground if it is so we'd have to do it in the back on a sunny day. My voy and my dads lincoln clear the garage door by only a couple inches

 

[CdnGMan]

Sounds good haha time wise probably 2-3 hours plus 30-45 mins drying time if you pitch a hand and we dont get too carried away with show and tell (if we're careful you could mount the rims on with the paint still wet/semi wet and the heat from braking will cure it.) i literally threw my rims on and went for a half hour-45 mine drive and went to the coin wash and power washed/soaped the whole car
Quick question, is your tb raised? Cause it wont fit underground if it is so we'd have to do it in the back on a sunny day. My voy and my dads lincoln clear the garage door by only a couple inches

Nope.. not lifted at all... I currently park underground as well, so I should have no problems getting into your parking garage... and don't worry, I don't mind helping out at all...

I'll need to get a "special" socket in order for my chrome rims to come off - there's very little space where the lugnuts is (if that makes sense)...
I think I need a 19mm thin-wall socket... I'll ask the mechanic that usually installs the rims for me on Wednesday when I'm out there again - I need the tires balanced...

 

[Ryda55555]

Nope.. not lifted at all... I currently park underground as well, so I should have no problems getting into your parking garage... and don't worry, I don't mind helping out at all...

I'll need to get a "special" socket in order for my chrome rims to come off - there's very little space where the lugnuts is (if that makes sense)...
I think I need a 19mm thin-wall socket... I'll ask the mechanic that usually installs the rims for me on Wednesday when I'm out there again - I need the tires balanced...

Alright sounds good, i dont know if they make it in 3/8" but i need the 1/2" socket if you want to use the breaker bar and torque bar to torque them propperly after

 

[Blckshdw]

Got my grille about 90% done. Still have some minor trimming and filing to do, but I'm happy with it so far:

I also have a broken TBSS crossbar grille (just the pieces that go through the headlights), and it happens to be gloss black, so I will be trimming them up as well, and putting them on the headlights so it looks more finished.

I wanted to do a very similar mod on my TB, just a different route for the badging. Couldn't get my hands on an SS grille, busted or otherwise. This looks really good, seeing it makes me wanna put this mod back on my list.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

well I got to finally see what my LED reverse and license plate lights looked like when lock/unlocking since I had the battery hooked up. Its only been since march they were installed haha
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Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.

Installed new shift knob. Might shorten it a little, but will leave it as is for now to get the feel for it. I hope tomorrow to install my clear mirror signals.

I like that. You didn't have to deal with the Stabilitrak button did you?

Good news! I just ran the tb through a touchless car wash that my boss uses and it looks like those spots I seen earlier may have been hard water stains not damaged clear coat

Nice!

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well I got to finally see what my LED reverse and license plate lights looked like when lock/unlocking since I had the battery hooked up. Its only been since march they were installed haha
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Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.

Installed new shift knob. Might shorten it a little, but will leave it as is for now to get the feel for it. I hope tomorrow to install my clear mirror signals.

I like that. You didn't have to deal with the Stabilitrak button did you?

Good news! I just ran the tb through a touchless car wash that my boss uses and it looks like those spots I seen earlier may have been hard water stains not damaged clear coat

Nice!

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.

it might here as well but I will run it until then

 

[Blckshdw]

it might here as well but I will run it until then

If you haven't gotten pulled over yet for your blue halos in front (you've had those things in for how long now?), I don't think they are gonna bother you.

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

If you haven't gotten pulled over yet for your blue halos in front (you've had those things in for how long now?), I don't think they are gonna bother you.

3 years haha

 

[Porkins]

Funny you say that...i do work security so i could actually do that if i wanted too lol

The color of your TB would rock that black two tone.

 

[Ryda55555]

Bought LEDs for my rear plate and a new steering wheel from carid.com

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

Bought LEDs for my rear plate and a new steering wheel from carid.com

very niice!

 

[Ryda55555]

very niice!

Thanks! I wanted the denali steering wheel before i even had my voy but didnt want to spend $500 hahaha so i saw this one yesterday on car id and it said it was an oem steering wheel refinished with new leather and oxford burl wood for $97 ($122 including shipping) so i was like why not? Lol
They have carbonfibre ones that would look preety sweet in your voy
The smoothness of wood while driving feels amazing and makes you feel like you're driving an expensive car lol

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

Thanks! I wanted the denali steering wheel before i even had my voy but didnt want to spend $500 hahaha so i saw this one yesterday on car id and it said it was an oem steering wheel refinished with new leather and oxford burl wood for $97 ($122 including shipping) so i was like why not? Lol
They have carbonfibre ones that would look preety sweet in your voy
The smoothness of wood while driving feels amazing and makes you feel like you're driving an expensive car lol

hahahaha yeah why not! and another mod for me to think about now! im going to do more interior leds like the door controls and overhead lighting lol damn mod bug wont even let me finish one project before the next

 

[Ryda55555]

hahahaha yeah why not! and another mod for me to think about now! im going to do more interior leds like the door controls and overhead lighting lol damn mod bug wont even let me finish one project before the next

I know.... The people in my building have got to know me very well over the past couple weeks because im down in the garage 5-6 hours a day doing something to the voy. My list is just growing bigger and bigger and my wallet is shrinking smaller and smaller..... Damn GMTN!!!!!!!
But yea my interior bulbs are like 20% burnt out... Need to get on that too, might change the gauges to white with blue needles or blue on blue
I dont know if you have steering wheel controls or not but im pretty sure if you dont you can wire them up and assign something cool to each button

 

[Voymom]

Well, Mat and I found the leak in Phantom yesterday. It is coming from the door jam's because of how he ran the amp wire through it. Now all we have to do is drill a hole in the fire wall to get a better placement and no more soggy carpet!!

Thanks for the help everyone!!

Also, yesterday we took both trucks and all the kids out fishing with some friends. We learned just how great these trucks are for family outings. We all had an amazing day out at the Farmington lake! The fishing trip is something we would have never been able to do with our past vehicles, so I am very happy
that we could finally go out and do something that the kids thoroughly enjoyed.

 

[Ryda55555]

Well, Mat and I found the leak in Phantom yesterday. It is coming from the door jam's because of how he ran the amp wire through it. Now all we have to do is drill a hole in the fire wall to get a better placement and no more soggy carpet!!

Thanks for the help everyone!!

Also, yesterday we took both trucks and all the kids out fishing with some friends. We learned just how great these trucks are for family outings. We all had an amazing day out at the Farmington lake! The fishing trip is something we would have never been able to do with our past vehicles, so I am very happy
that we could finally go out and do something that the kids thoroughly enjoyed.

I ran my amp wire near where the steering column is, theres a couple places down there you can run it instead of drilling

 

[Denali n DOO]

Well, Mat and I found the leak in Phantom yesterday. It is coming from the door jam's because of how he ran the amp wire through it. Now all we have to do is drill a hole in the fire wall to get a better placement and no more soggy carpet!!

Thanks for the help everyone!!

Also, yesterday we took both trucks and all the kids out fishing with some friends. We learned just how great these trucks are for family outings. We all had an amazing day out at the Farmington lake! The fishing trip is something we would have never been able to do with our past vehicles, so I am very happy
that we could finally go out and do something that the kids thoroughly enjoyed.

What? Both trucks to the lake and no pics? You know what that means didn't happen...

 

[Voymom]

I ran my amp wire near where the steering column is, theres a couple places down there you can run it instead of drilling

Yeah, I think we are going to run it to the BCM under the rear seat. Does anyone know how to or where to wire the amp so that I can manually turn the bass up or down? Right now I have it wired to a switch near the steering wheel to just turn the bass on and off, which we will keep, but I would like to be able to increase or decrease the bass so that I can still have a little bumpity even with the kiddos in the truck.

We do have the BOSE system, and we left all BOSE components where they are. Mat thinks we have to wire the amp to the BOSE amp to be able to manually decrease or increase bass.

 

[Blckshdw]

... might change the gauges to white with blue needles or blue on blue

I bought the same needles you posted (painted the hubs black) There's a film on the back of the gauge face, that will make white LEDs appear a light blue. Here's a pic of mine, with blue LEDs and the blue needles, just to feed your mod bug a little appetizer

I dont know if you have steering wheel controls or not but im pretty sure if you dont you can wire them up and assign something cool to each button

In order to reassign those buttons, (if you have them stock) you'd have to trace the wires through the clock spring to their destination and disconnect them. They are momentary ground buttons, so they don't supply any voltage. You'd have to take that into account too in your application, unless you rewired them completely.

 

[Ryda55555]

Yeah, I think we are going to run it to the BCM under the rear seat. Does anyone know how to or where to wire the amp so that I can manually turn the bass up or down? Right now I have it wired to a switch near the steering wheel to just turn the bass on and off, which we will keep, but I would like to be able to increase or decrease the bass so that I can still have a little bumpity even with the kiddos in the truck.

We do have the BOSE system, and we left all BOSE components where they are. Mat thinks we have to wire the amp to the BOSE amp to be able to manually decrease or increase bass.

Theres a thing called a bass controller that you hook up to the rca inputs on the amp. It looks like this, any stereo shop or place that sells stereo equipment should sell it relativley cheap

 

[Ryda55555]

I bought the same needles you posted (painted the hubs black) There's a film on the back of the gauge face, that will make white LEDs appear a light blue. Here's a pic of mine, with blue LEDs and the blue needles, just to feed your mod bug a little appetizer

In order to reassign those buttons, (if you have them stock) you'd have to trace the wires through the clock spring to their destination and disconnect them. They are momentary ground buttons, so they don't supply any voltage. You'd have to take that into account too in your application, unless you rewired them completely.

Hahaha gee thanks...... Lol looks amazing though

And i want to keep the factory button settings but was talking to cone about if he doesnt have the factory steering wheel controls he could run custom ones if he buys a new wheel with the controls.
Even just having lights in the buttons at night is a pretty cool visual for the eyes lol
Btw is it hard to take apart the cluster? I've seen diy posts but would like a personal opinion

 

[Phantom]

Theres a thing called a bass controller that you hook up to the rca inputs on the amp. It looks like this, any stereo shop or place that sells stereo equipment should sell it relativley cheap

The kicker amp she has does have a spot for a remote bass controller, just doesn't come from kicker with the amp. Just makes you spend more. Lol

 

[Ryda55555]

The kicker amp she has does have a spot for a remote bass controller, just doesn't come from kicker with the amp. Just makes you spend more. Lol

Hahahaha oh okay well either option works. Whichever costs less and is more convenient i guess lol

 

[Phantom]

Hahahaha oh okay well either option works. Whichever costs less and is more convenient i guess lol

Yeah I'm not sure what the price is. I looked it up before and can't remember. But with the factory one we wouldn't have to worry about another set of rca cables either. But I have to look at the interface that we got to run to the factory head unit they have a couple diff ways to hook it up and I'm gonna try other ways to see if it works better.

 

[Blckshdw]

Hahaha gee thanks...... Lol looks amazing though

And i want to keep the factory button settings but was talking to cone about if he doesnt have the factory steering wheel controls he could run custom ones if he buys a new wheel with the controls.
Even just having lights in the buttons at night is a pretty cool visual for the eyes lol
Btw is it hard to take apart the cluster? I've seen diy posts but would like a personal opinion

lol, you've seen my posts in the LED thread right? Asking me if something is difficult, is probably not an accurate gauge for someone who hasn't done it before.

The cluster is pretty easy to take apart though, it's just clipped together. The needles pull right off. It's more difficult to get the stupid dash piece off first.

 

[fletch09]

Hahaha gee thanks...... Lol looks amazing though

And i want to keep the factory button settings but was talking to cone about if he doesnt have the factory steering wheel controls he could run custom ones if he buys a new wheel with the controls.
Even just having lights in the buttons at night is a pretty cool visual for the eyes lol
Btw is it hard to take apart the cluster? I've seen diy posts but would like a personal opinion

way to go Carlton, feed that mod bug. :wootwoot:
IIRC, ( i put in whiteface background) very easy to take apart. no glued seals like headlights, just some tabs that hold it together.
if you go to: Support | US Speedo
they can e-mail you detailed instr.

 

[Ryda55555]

lol, you've seen my posts in the LED thread right? Asking me if something is difficult, is probably not an accurate gauge for someone who hasn't done it before.

The cluster is pretty easy to take apart though, it's just clipped together. The needles pull right off. It's more difficult to get the stupid dash piece off first.

verry true lol but seems easy enough

 

[Ryda55555]

way to go Carlton, feed that mod bug. :wootwoot:
IIRC, ( i put in whiteface background) very easy to take apart. no glued seals like headlights, just some tabs that hold it together.
if you go to: Support | US Speedo
they can e-mail you detailed instr.

Thanks... No litterally thanks.... Looool i'll try and email them

 

[Short Bus]

Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.

Been there, done that

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

new tires are mounted balanced and on! only 45grams of balance needed for these coopers TOTAL!
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gotta clean em up tho!

 

[DDonnie]

hey, voymom!

Found your next mod after the pink calipers...

[video=youtube;maCh4TT0Weo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maCh4TT0Weo[/video]

 

[Voymom]

hey, voymom!

Found your next mod after the pink calipers...

[video=youtube;maCh4TT0Weo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maCh4TT0Weo[/video]

I don't have the skills to do the LED mod's, though I would LOVE to do them at some point. I have been trying to get Carlton to come to Iowa and do them for me, or better yet, since we have 2 GMT's, I could send all my crap to him and have him do it for me. I will get a case of beer and some pizza delivered for the labor

 

[Blckshdw]

I don't have the skills to do the LED mod's, though I would LOVE to do them at some point. I have been trying to get Carlton to come to Iowa and do them for me, or better yet, since we have 2 GMT's, I could send all my crap to him and have him do it for me. I will get a case of beer and some pizza delivered for the labor

Sounds like a great excuse for a road trip for you and Mat to come down and a mini meet

 

[Voymom]

Sounds like a great excuse for a road trip for you and Mat to come down and a mini meet

We have a swimming pool Plus I cook up a mean deer meat chili

Florida is too hot, too humid, and has far to much traffic for my liking lol

 

[Blckshdw]

We have a swimming pool Plus I cook up a mean deer meat chili

Florida is too hot, too humid, and has far to much traffic for my liking lol

All of those problems are seasonal. Just come down off season, and all those problems are solved. Take notes from Sam, he comes down in October/November, which is perfect.

 

[05tbowner]

Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.



I like that. You didn't have to deal with the Stabilitrak button did you?




Nice!

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Those plates lights look blue and would get you pulled over here.



I like that. You didn't have to deal with the Stabilitrak button did you?




Nice!

No, No problems as I don't have the Stabilitrak button. It was pretty easy to install. Just three tapping screws and it was on. Hardest part was trying to find the perfect spot so I wouldn't have any problem pulling my key out of my ignition when the car was off. It it was too low, it wouldn't let me take the key out.

 

[AV8ER]

Yeah, I think we are going to run it to the BCM under the rear seat. Does anyone know how to or where to wire the amp so that I can manually turn the bass up or down? Right now I have it wired to a switch near the steering wheel to just turn the bass on and off, which we will keep, but I would like to be able to increase or decrease the bass so that I can still have a little bumpity even with the kiddos in the truck.

We do have the BOSE system, and we left all BOSE components where they are. Mat thinks we have to wire the amp to the BOSE amp to be able to manually decrease or increase bass.

Not a good idea to run off of the rear fuse box. I have an 8ga wire running through the factory pass through. It took a bit of finesse but it can be done. Btw what sub and amp do you have?

 

[Voymom]

Not a good idea to run off of the rear fuse box. I have an 8ga wire running through the factory pass through. It took a bit of finesse but it can be done. Btw what sub and amp do you have?

I have kicker comp 12" sub and a kicker amp, don't remember the model to the amp. The gauge of wire is also an 8. Can you explain a bit more as to why it isn't a good idea?

 

[AV8ER]

I have kicker comp 12" sub and a kicker amp, don't remember the model to the amp. The gauge of wire is also an 8. Can you explain a bit more as to why it isn't a good idea?

Sounds like a nice setup! I have a kicker comp-vr 8 with a Kenwood amp. I'm not the only one to say its not a good idea because the factory wireing is sized for what's there and depend upon your amp, you can be adding 25-50 amps more than what its designed for. With a bit of finesse, you can run the wire through the factory rubber pass through and run all the wires under the carpet and door sills so you won't even see them. I can snap some pics if you want.

 

[Voymom]

Sounds like a nice setup! I have a kicker comp-vr 8 with a Kenwood amp. I'm not the only one to say its not a good idea because the factory wireing is sized for what's there and depend upon your amp, you can be adding 25-50 amps more than what its designed for. With a bit of finesse, you can run the wire through the factory rubber pass through and run all the wires under the carpet and door sills so you won't even see them. I can snap some pics if you want.

Pictures would be awesome!! It may help with how we will run our wires once we get the chance to re-run them.