What did you do to your GMT today?

[Midnyteryder196]

Not gonna do the write up after all. Camera died and phone refused to take pics so none of it got documented. Your 85 pin on high beam relay is where my 86 pin is, I guess the orientation of the relays does matter lol. That's a good pic for it though.

Well if I can ever get some time off while there is still daylight I'm gonna try to do the write up. Its such an easy way to do the mod, we need some good pics of it.. Lol

 

[BlazingTrails]

Changed some bolts out for some a little more ascetically appealing under the hood today.

 

[Mounce]

Well if I can ever get some time off while there is still daylight I'm gonna try to do the write up. Its such an easy way to do the mod, we need some good pics of it.. Lol

Here's the only pic I got, can get a better one though if you need it. Anyone with dying stepper motors will understand why I keep a fuse puller in the fuse box lol.

 

[CaptainKD]

Today I cursed at the tire pressure warning light that lit up on the way to work.

 

[Midnyteryder196]

Here's the only pic I got, can get a better one though if you need it. Anyone with dying stepper motors will understand why I keep a fuse puller in the fuse box lol.

Thanks Garth will deff use it.. I suppose I'm going to have to take the tape off my diode chain to get some pics of it.. But hopefully by this weekend we will have a new write up about it [emoji1]

 

[Mounce]

Thanks Garth will deff use it.. I suppose I'm going to have to take the tape off my diode chain to get some pics of it.. But hopefully by this weekend we will have a new write up about it [emoji1]

Just let me know if you need any pics, I'll get a better picture of it.

 

[dmanns67]

Today I cursed at the tire pressure warning light that lit up on the way to work.

That happens to me all winter long. Once I get rolling down the highway, the air in the tires heat up and expand. Then the warning light goes out. Still makes me nervous when the light comes on.

 

[Sparky]

Put more air in the tire. Your pressure is slightly too low if that's happening. Cold PSI should be above the TPMS trigger point.

Every winter I have to add some air to the tires to get the cold PSI back up to 35. Then spring rolls around and I'm letting out a couple pounds to get it back down to 35.

 

[smt 59]

put her into 4wd and had fun on the way to work this morning.

 

[dmanns67]

Put more air in the tire. Your pressure is slightly too low if that's happening. Cold PSI should be above the TPMS trigger point.

Every winter I have to add some air to the tires to get the cold PSI back up to 35. Then spring rolls around and I'm letting out a couple pounds to get it back down to 35.

TPMS trigger point on my TB is 28psi. I run a cold psi of 30 during the winter. The "cold" in my garage when airing up the tires is different from the "cold" outside. I assume thats why the light comes on when my vehicle sits in the cold for 10 hours when leaving work.

 

[MAY03LT]

Yesterday I tested my front parking/turn LEDs. They be bright. But it wasn't a smooth operation.



I didn't get hyper flash but did get backfeeding from the corner lights back to the cluster. In the pic the turn sig is OFF park lights ON and LEDs in the drivers side only. I don't have much experience with exterior LEDs but I remembered reading about this before. In those cases the trucks also had hyper flash. I wired in a 6 ohm resistor on each side and the backfeeding stopped. I'm guessing the dual halogen turns in the rear are the reason that they didn't hyper flash but I'd have to do some testing to confirm.

 

[Midnyteryder196]

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Yesterday I tested my front parking/turn LEDs. They be bright. But it wasn't a smooth operation.

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I didn't get hyper flash but did get backfeeding from the corner lights back to the cluster. In the pic the turn sig is OFF park lights ON and LEDs in the drivers side only. I don't have much experience with exterior LEDs but I remembered reading about this before. In those cases the trucks also had hyper flash. I wired in a 6 ohm resistor on each side and the backfeeding stopped. I'm guessing the dual halogen turns in the rear are the reason that they didn't hyper flash but I'd have to do some testing to confirm.

I haven't done any exterior LEDs yet.. But just wanting to say that cluster looks sweeeeeeetttttt[emoji844][emoji844] [emoji2] [emoji2]

 

[Sib]

Soldered up a diode and hooked up my quad beams today under the back seat. Just used some quick splice connectors so I didn't have to jam the diode in with the wires. Didn't want to solder into the pink/white and black/white just in case I need to remove it for some reason.

Question tho...if I want to add the fog lights as well how do I connect the diode? Since I want to solder my diode to a wire and just use a quick splice, do I just splice into the green/white wire with the non-silver end and then splice into the pink/white wire with the silver end? I am pretty sure that is what I need to do but would rather be for sure before I start jumping into that.

Thanks.

 

[Mounce]

You'll need another diode, silver stripe will go to the same wire as the other silver stripe. Not sure which wire controls the fog lights, but if you search for it, there's a write up here somewhere. Search for "6-hi mod"

 

[Sib]

You'll need another diode, silver stripe will go to the same wire as the other silver stripe. Not sure which wire controls the fog lights, but if you search for it, there's a write up here somewhere. Search for "6-hi mod"

I searched and found a bunch of stuff then there was a link to the OS that fletch09 did and then I see the one Gerbil did on here and I'm a little confused. One place says to connect the non silver part of other diode to green/white wire of the upper harness and the other end to the pink white wire in the lower harness, then another post said to connect non striped same way, but connect striped side of diode to black/white wire. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious...

 

[dmanns67]

Soldered up a diode and hooked up my quad beams today under the back seat. Just used some quick splice connectors so I didn't have to jam the diode in with the wires. Didn't want to solder into the pink/white and black/white just in case I need to remove it for some reason.

Question tho...if I want to add the fog lights as well how do I connect the diode? Since I want to solder my diode to a wire and just use a quick splice, do I just splice into the green/white wire with the non-silver end and then splice into the pink/white wire with the silver end? I am pretty sure that is what I need to do but would rather be for sure before I start jumping into that.

Thanks.

Yes sir, that is what I did. Splice in the non-striped side of the diode to the green/white wire in the upper harness. Then splice in the striped side of the diode to the wire running from the non-striped side that goes to the pink/white wire in the lower harness.

***Edit Here is a pic of my setup. The black permanent marker on the white wire is to mark the side of the diode with the strip since I covered them in heat shrink. The pink quick splice on the left is attached to the green/white wire for the fogs. That runs to the quick splice on the far right which is the wire on non-striped side of the diode that is running to the pink/white wire. Hope that makes sense.

 

[Sib]

Yes sir, that is what I did. Splice in the non-striped side of the diode to the green/white wire in the upper harness. Then splice in the striped side of the diode to the wire running from the non-striped side that goes to the pink/white wire in the lower harness

Ok thanks. I did see that's what you did a little further down on Gerbil's write up, but thanks for the clarification. I am not too familiar with wiring set ups so sometimes just a little information is a dangerous thing for me. Rather be safe then sorry.

 

[dmanns67]

Ok thanks. I did see that's what you did a little further down on Gerbil's write up, but thanks for the clarification. I am not too familiar with wiring set ups so sometimes just a little information is a dangerous thing for me. Rather be safe then sorry.

No problem. I edited my post above and added a pic of my setup to help better explain what I was saying.

 

[Sib]

Yes sir, that is what I did. Splice in the non-striped side of the diode to the green/white wire in the upper harness. Then splice in the striped side of the diode to the wire running from the non-striped side that goes to the pink/white wire in the lower harness.

***Edit Here is a pic of my setup. The black permanent marker on the white wire is to mark the side of the diode with the strip since I covered them in heat shrink. The pink quick splice on the left is attached to the green/white wire for the fogs. That runs to the quick splice on the far right which is the wire on non-striped side of the diode that is running to the pink/white wire. Hope that makes sense.

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Make perfect sense now. Thanks for the pic. Gonna go get-r-done!

 

[Sib]

Ok so just added the fog light mod. Works as expected. Thanks for the help guys. I do have a question...am I suppsed to be able to turn off fogs unless I am in 6 hi? I cannot turn fogs off whether or not I have my high beams on. Not that it matters much but just curious.

 

[Mounce]

Yes you should have control over them unless in 6-hi mode. How did you hook up the second diode?

 

[Sib]

I have non striped side of diode going to green/white wire of upper harness and striped side of diode going to pink/white wire of lower harness.

 

[Mounce]

You wired the fogs to come on with lows (pink/white wire). Put the striped side of diode #2 to the same wire that the striped side of diode #1 is on.

How's your other diode wired? Non-striped side of diode #1 to pink/white?

 

[Sib]

You wired the fogs to come on with lows (pink/white wire). Put the striped side of diode #2 to the same wire that the striped side of diode #1 is on.

How's your other diode wired? Non-striped side of diode #1 to pink/white?

I have striped side of diode going to black/white wire and other end to pink/white.

Yes sir, that is what I did. Splice in the non-striped side of the diode to the green/white wire in the upper harness. Then splice in the striped side of the diode to the wire running from the non-striped side that goes to the pink/white wire in the lower harness.

***Edit Here is a pic of my setup. The black permanent marker on the white wire is to mark the side of the diode with the strip since I covered them in heat shrink. The pink quick splice on the left is attached to the green/white wire for the fogs. That runs to the quick splice on the far right which is the wire on non-striped side of the diode that is running to the pink/white wire. Hope that makes sense.

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I followed dmanns post (atleast I thought I did)

Dmann - are you able to turn off your fogs except when you have your hi beams on?

 

[Mounce]

Both striped sides should go to black/white. Pink/white is low beams so with striped side towards pink/white your fogs will always be on unless you turn your headlights off at the switch.

 

[dmanns67]

I have striped side of diode going to black/white wire and other end to pink/white.


I followed dmanns post (atleast I thought I did)

Dmann - are you able to turn off your fogs except when you have your hi beams on?

My fog lights are on any time that my low beams are on which is how I want it. If I am driving during the day time, I always use the headlight swtich to turn the low beams off. The only control I have over my fog lights is if I turn my low beams off with the switch, then turn my fog on/off with the button.

Both striped sides should go to black/white. Pink/white is low beams so with striped side towards pink/white your fogs will always be on unless you turn your headlights off at the switch.

Is this how your setup is? I believe Gerbil said he tried this route and it did not work. Are you saying run the striped side of the diode coming from the green/white wire to the black/white wire or run it to the wire of the diode that is attached to the black/white wire for the 4hi?

 

[Mounce]

My setup is in the fuse box. In theory (in my head at least), it should work either way as long as the stripes are facing black/white.

 

[djthumper]

This conversation should be taken to another thread.

 

[Mounce]

Been waiting for someone to say that lol. So, mod addiction thread I guess? If you need more help, I'm Blazed, hit us up in the "Support for mod addiction thread" or Gerbil's 6-hi thread.

 

[Sib]

Lol. Sounds good. Sorry to hijack.

 

[MAY03LT]

I cooked open the headlight that replaced the one that I melted. The clear lenses came in too so this project is back in high gear.

 

[kjkim93]

Changed both fogs and added HIDs. While I loved the crees at best they are experimental for now.

 

[Midnyteryder196]

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Changed both fogs and added HIDs. While I loved the crees at best they are experimental for now.

Looks a Lil off with those low beams that color.. [emoji12]

 

[kjkim93]

Looks a Lil off with those low beams that color.. [emoji12]

After the holiday buying some headlights to try and start my retro again.

 

[Matt]

I didn't get hyper flash but did get backfeeding from the corner lights back to the cluster. In the pic the turn sig is OFF park lights ON and LEDs in the drivers side only. I don't have much experience with exterior LEDs but I remembered reading about this before. In those cases the trucks also had hyper flash. I wired in a 6 ohm resistor on each side and the backfeeding stopped. I'm guessing the dual halogen turns in the rear are the reason that they didn't hyper flash but I'd have to do some testing to confirm.

I would say that's the case mate. I have all LED and get hyper flash without using a resistor. Because of the rear quads I have (you remember the ones) I have slight back feeding to the indicator lights in the cluster, but nowhere near as bright as that...mine just have a slight glow, not enough to worry about.

 

[BlazingTrails]

1 thing I figured out... If you also put leds in the little corner lamps in the headlights that back feeding in the cluster will go away. If you have problems with the other lights pm me.

 

[combatspace]

filled her up with early xmas presents to myself. yeaaaah buddy!

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Loaded it up and brought it out to the farm for camping n hunting weekend

 

[Sib]

Added some LEDs in the dome lights up front and the light by the rear hatch. Need to get a few more 194s so I can add LEDs in the lights above the rear seats.

 

[BC backroader]

I checked that my spare tire winch still works OK, and checked the pressure of the spare while I had it out, added 10 lbs to bring it up to 35 psi, and finally checked to see if the cable chains from my Sierra 3500 would fit the stock 245/65/17s. They won't, of course, the chains are much too big, so I'll have to buy a set to fit. I might hold off till I get the lift done and mount larger tires, so I don't wind up with a set that's too small for whatever tires I upgrade to.