2004 Silverado Install question

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n3obl
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2004 Silverado Install question

Post by n3obl »

Looking to install hideaways in my silverado reg cab. What would be the optimal location in the headlight for these. This has those new clear plastic headlights. also i am putting a set in the rear taillights.

Frank
KitN1MCC
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Post by KitN1MCC »

i doint put them in the head lughs bu in the turn signals mine uses 4 in the fron or if just 2 put them in the outer most lamp.

also for the rear mount them in the section above the reverse light not in the reverse light there is not enough room


i alway recomend with the new silerveraoos a second rear set of lights
otter9309
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Post by otter9309 »

If you have aux. driving lights, put a tube in each one, it looks great. The tail lights will allow for a tube in the reverse and running lamp as-well. I would keep hide-a-way's out of the headlamps and settle for a wig-wag. Try to find 100watt high beams if possible(makes one hell of a mover).

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n3obl
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Post by n3obl »

I didnt want to put wig-wags in becuase of the problems people have had with those.

I was thinking of tubes in the turn signals, hi beams, and brake lights.

Frank
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Post by otter9309 »

I've never heared of any wig-wag problems, I have seen hide-a-way's get drowned out in headlights before. If you decide to use them in the turn sigs, use two on each side, it makes a big statement.


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Post by dbcomm »

Put wig-wags in my '03 Tahoe with no problem. Just isolate the flasher from the high beam circuit with a relay if you're worried about any backfeed to the PCM.
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sscott9341
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2004 gm fender mounts

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I am need of someone who knows where to purchase the fender mounts for nmo mounts on the 2004 and newer gm trucks. The vehicles can not take a normal fender mount. For a recent job, i took a dodge flat mount and bent the heck out of it to match the curves of the fender. After 2 hours, it looks decent, but theres gotta be a mount for it out there. I called larsen and they do not have a mount or do they intend on making one for the truck. Any help would be need as i need about 50 of them.
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