🔧 BUILD CMNT's thing is bigger than yours v. cubic inch displacement

[Bob Kazamakis]

I was more just hoping to have all my shit light up again

That picture for sure makes it look good. Damn.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Yea, sorry.

I'm going to add the original lighting to the pic above so you can see the before/after. Again, this is much, MUCH brighter than they were in reality. If they were this bright, I wouldn't have changed them. However, you can tell the coloring (kelvin) difference;

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Fuck how did I miss the reveal.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Sorry man...

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Gonna take another shot at this... Ordered these tonight;

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[CMNTMXR57]

Plow mounts on.

I'm a little concerned. This frame up front sits about 2" lower than my 400. The whole concept of wanting a 2500 was to support the plow and have more ground clearance for the lower portions of the Ultra-mount setup. Being 2" lower from the get go, that ain't good. They also stick out a lot further than my 400. Wife remarked that she's gonna be the one to smash her shins on them.

With the receivers on;

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

Wonder how much it will sag with plow on. Those torsion bars?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I hope not as much as the 1/2 ton does.

Yes, and those are pretty much all the way up. If I go that route, I would need to go with bigger keys.

 

[IceCreamAssassin]

When I had my 2500 with them turned all the way up it barely moved. So hopefully the same.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

One of the first things I did was level the truck, which was about an inch or so and they're at the top of their threads.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

You can get stiffer jounce bumpers for the front too

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I'm HOPING... I use that word to best describe it, that once I put the plow on, and lift it, that this suspension doesn't compress as much as my half ton did. So while it sits lower to begin with, just doesn't give as much. Otherwise, yes, I may look in to bigger jounce stops.

Also, I am going up one more tire size, so that'll give me a little extra free lift too.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Random, do you know if the front jounce bumper round bracket comes off or if it’s welded on?

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

need more info on the pontiac

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Random, do you know if the front jounce bumper round bracket comes off or if it’s welded on?

Off the top of my head, not sure. I will look.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

need more info on the pontiac

1966 Pontiac Catalina, 4 door sedan, 389 hi compression engine with 2bbl. Kinda low optioned as my great grandparents were frugal. They bought it new in 1967. It became my first car in 1986 and I've had it ever since. Came from Southern Indiana. Was bought a Volz Pontiac around that area (they were just outside the Cincinnati area).

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Off the top of my head, not sure. I will look.

I’ll look on mine, thought maybe you’d know. I could use new ones and I have some z71 ones from my old 2500hd

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Just not visualizing it right now. I can visualize the new shocks and other parts up front right now, but not that.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So, before I did the LED cubes. I was not happy. The overall lumen output wasn't much more than the regular bulbs and it was really blue.

This is with the LED cubes;

Last night, I got around to doing another style LED. It is 100X brighter. Pics really don't do this justice as to how much brighter and crisper it is. I could even see the cluster in daylight. It just stands out now. There is some slight hotspotting, and while still blue'ish, it isn't the blue that the cubes were. I am MUCH happier;

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Those pics back to back, just don't do it justice. The change is night and day to the human eye.

 

[daturbosix]

what ya doing with the LEDs that you werent happy with?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

You want them?

 

[daturbosix]

do they dim?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

They should. I never tried.

 

[daturbosix]

i wonder about the blue in the 'Lac's cluster..... might look odd.