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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 09:31 AM
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Alright what's your opinion on tail lights from there? And well I've decided to save up and wait until probably after christmas, and purchase new rims and tires same size.

I've got 245/70/R16 on the back theatre all season in good shape, the front tires need replaced so I'm thinking about putting them on the front and putting 255/70/R16 winter studded on the back, if I post a picture can I get an opinion? Not sure if the tires are still good
 
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 09:49 AM
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The led tails are decent I guess, they're not as bright as you'll expect them to be and you'll need a tridon ep27 flasher relay to fix hyperflash on your turn signals once you get them. But I wouldn't pay the prices that website you were talking about earlier wanted, whether you pay 30 or 130 for them, they're all the same.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 02:07 PM
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What's hyper flash?? Never heard of it
 
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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What's hyper flash?? Never heard of it
It's when your turn signals flash fast as if a bulb is out. I put LED bulbs in my front corners and got hyperflash. So I had to install a load resistor on each on.. and problem solved. Now they flash normally
 
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Old Nov 22, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Skip the load resistor and just pick up a tridon ep27 relay. It takes about 2 minutes to replace the factory one and it's a lot easier than dealing with load resistors.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by pizzaman711
Skip the load resistor and just pick up a tridon ep27 relay. It takes about 2 minutes to replace the factory one and it's a lot easier than dealing with load resistors.
When I asked my Napa store about an LED flasher relay, I was told it was not in stock but around 40 buck. How much is/was the EP27? Load resistors were $8.00 each
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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I paid 23.00 bucks at advanced auto for my ep27 relay. Deff the way to go so your not messing with ur harness in my opion.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 07:57 AM
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I think I paid 13 for mine off eBay, better way to go though because it'll fix all 4 turn signals if you decide to convert them all.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 03:53 PM
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big red is the wrong name for this project...
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BIGxREDx2003
big red is the wrong name for this project...
Haha, that's what I was thinking!
 
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Haha I'm pretty sure we've all been thinking that.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Nice rig to start with but 245 isn't wide enough for the front...get 265/75/16s at all four corners and you will have a great looking setup. 285s will fit(they'll look ballooned) the rims only if they aren't low profile and you would need 1/4" wheel spacers to clear in the front.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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dont do the mismatched tires!! it looks like crap and you cant rotate the tires correctly.

get lightning replica headlights.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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As everyone else said, those projectors are the worst things ever produced for our trucks. There are much better deals out there, I got my smoked heads for 200 delivered to my front door w/ 55watt hids and led turn signals. The real problem with those spyder halo headlights is that they tried to go to a 1 piece setup and it just don't fit right.
as far as tailights, smoke the stockers.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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I knew you were from PEI from the color of the dirt in your first picture. I lived there for 10 years... We there last week getting rockers done.
good luck with the truck.
 
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