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Truck looks awesome! Which wheels/tires are those and what lift or level did you use?
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Truck looks awesome! Which wheels/tires are those and what lift or level did you use?
Thanks! I have a 2.6" level using Eibach shocks, keeping the stock springs. That got rid of the floaty feeling in front. Tires are 305/55R20 Falken Wildpeaks (SL rated) on 20x9 Vorsteiner Venomrex V601s (+12 offset). I just switched to these, I previously had 295/60R20 Nitto Recon Grapplers on 20x9 Fuel Rebels (+20 offset) but I wanted to switch to a SL rated tire. I'm really happy with this setup right now.
 

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Thanks! I have a 2.6" level using Eibach shocks, keeping the stock springs. That got rid of the floaty feeling in front. Tires are 305/55R20 Falken Wildpeaks (SL rated) on 20x9 Vorsteiner Venomrex V601s (+12 offset). I just switched to these, I previously had 295/60R20 Nitto Recon Grapplers on 20x9 Fuel Rebels (+20 offset) but I wanted to switch to a SL rated tire. I'm really happy with this setup right now.
Thanks! I plan on getting the Eibach springs too. Looks great
 

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I happened to stumble upon this video on youtube:



I have been looking at options to cover up the light bar, I looked at the Bogartech stuff (which it seems they don't offer anymore) and the Lamin-X pre-cut stuff. After looking at all of those who had their light bars tinted, I figured out it was too hard for me to do myself and it seems even too hard for many installers. So after watching this video and seeing that they were also located in SoCal, I reached out to them.

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I just got my rig back today and I have to say I am more than pleased with the way it came out. It is truly a custom job and took an entire day for them to do. I dropped it off in the morning and picked it up the next morning. Stek comes with a 10 year warranty, this is not going to degrade and peel after a year or two. If you are in SoCal and are thinking of getting this done, I would highly recommend them, they are in Hacienda Heights, very close to the Puente Hills Mall.

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They did a quick video of my rig here:

Your Lightning looks great! Thank you for sharing this.
 

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Looking good, your side steps lighted, did you use existing power from stock boards?
 

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Looking good, your side steps lighted, did you use existing power from stock boards?
good catch, I forgot about that mod. I was actually looking for a part number to cap the electrical connectors when I came across a thread where this guy powered LED light strips from those connectors on his ICE F150. So I bought the connectors and some marine LED strips. Took me 30 mins to install and was super cheap (less than $50 total). These come on the same time the puddles do, or with zone lighting.
 

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$800... a bit expensive. But now that it is done I have zero regrets.
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I have an appointment to get my truck smoked.
Did you get your taillights done? If so, can you post some pics? Thanks!
 
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Hello,
I have an appointment to get my truck smoked.
Did you get your taillights done? If so, can you post some pics? Thanks!
I didn’t do the tail lights but when I got home i immediately thought it would look better with them done too. So I intend on going back to get those done when I get a chance. I just feel like it doesn’t look balanced when looking at it from the side…
 

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I didn’t do the tail lights but when I got home i immediately thought it would look better with them done too. So I intend on going back to get those done when I get a chance. I just feel like it doesn’t look balanced when looking at it from the side…
Ok. I am getting my tails smoked. I’ll send picks when they're done.
 

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It’s not stated on the invoice, but they used KAVACA CERAMIC IR TINT on windows and KAVACA for PPF.

Correction, I was charged $250 for light bar because of the other work that was done.

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I'm up in NORCAL as well, where did you get your lightbar done? looks great!
 

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I finally got around to getting my tail lights wrapped. I felt like the truck was out of "balance" because the tail lights seemed so bright red after the front was darkened. I went back to Wrapstars and they took care of my rears and even fixed a rock chip on my front light bar that happened just a couple of weeks after I got my lightbar wrapped. They definitely took care of me. I think now my truck is back in balance :crackup:
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Thanks! I have a 2.6" level using Eibach shocks, keeping the stock springs. That got rid of the floaty feeling in front. Tires are 305/55R20 Falken Wildpeaks (SL rated) on 20x9 Vorsteiner Venomrex V601s (+12 offset). I just switched to these, I previously had 295/60R20 Nitto Recon Grapplers on 20x9 Fuel Rebels (+20 offset) but I wanted to switch to a SL rated tire. I'm really happy with this setup right now.
Does the level kit raise the front or lower the rear? I just got a 2024 and feel like the rear is so much higher, will this settle down? Or do you need a level kit to fix the issue?
 

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A lift kit will raise the front, but that raised rear end is designed to support a loaded bed.
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