I am just catching up on all of your videos and I must say I have never laughed so hard. When number two turned around and you showed "Blue Steel" and the movie photo I just lost it!!
Working on my interior now. Finding this video (even if its a couple years old) definitely makes my planned setup a very doable task. Got a fuse/relay and switch kit from MGI speedware. Hooking up an AUX fan to keep the under hood temps/coolant temps during Florida weather in check, a backup camera, and eventually interior under dash or Aux fog lights all from a toggle switch panel. So I can run any, all or a combination of all the time and not play, which wire powers my reverse lights and it only turn on when the truck is in 'R"
I have a high school friend that lost a child from a car backing up . I’m sure it’s everyone worse nightmare to lose a child like that way . I do think it’s a smart and safe upgrade . I have a Silverado and that camera helps a lot specially the blind spots !!
In my opinion, check local for a salvage truck and pull the leather seats from it. I got lucky with a wrecked Escalade limo. Otherwise you’d look at katzkin and that could be pricy
Banana tree tip in the winter cover them with mulch. I am able to maintain mine in RI like his. Soil Tip always get at least 1/4 inch screened loom. Nothing less to many rocks.
Great content. I love the truck. I added a backup camera to my Silverado. Mine attached to the license plate. The lasfit license plate lights do add a glare to the camera at night.
Nice. You know what you should do next on that Chevy do a cam swap. Put a bigger cam, new lifters while you are there and so on, Also put a long tube headers it will sound amazing. That's what i did on my Tahoe 5.3 engine
nice clean install as usual. sorry about the banana trees, at least you got to play in the snow! i think the reason the cams are often mounted higher is for the view down on your hitch, but not like this is a tow rig and i like it more hidden too. thanks for the quality content.
Did you add a option for turning on the camera with out putting the truck in reverse? If you just connect a 12v power to the camera it may feed your back up lights (which may not be so optimal). A possible solution would be connecting the back up light power to relay (the coil), then put 12v on one side the switch for the relay then the other side of the switch to your camera. The camera would get power when the relay is activated. Then you can have a 12v switch to the camera power or the non hot side of the relay switch. This would get power to the camera with out turning on your back up lights. If possible a switch to turn on the camera that has a timer may be cool so one push of the switch can keep the camera on for like 10 seconds or what ever.
Check out clazzio seat covers if you are looking to protect your seats you can customize any color leather/vinyl, any color stitching any color piping, any type of diamond/hex pleating as well. Literally changed how I feel about my trucks interior and with all of the carbon fiber vinyl and radio mods I can tell you enjoy a good looking interior. Great video BTW you just saved me so much time with this damn camera 😂
Looks amazing! Great job. Can't wait for the next upgrades you have planned. I'm definitely going to be doing my center counsel (switching to the one you have, I like the storage) and getting a rear bumper soon too. And possibly a different grill
You should definitely upgrade those cloth seats with Katzkin. I have never been a fan of leather seats but I just put them in my trail boss and I absolutely love them.
Congrats on the final project & test drive! I did the same thing to my 2013 ZL1 vert with just a couple hundred miles on it over the winter when new and it was like a night & day difference, I also added new speakers and amp, sounds amazing. Looking forward to the next ZL1 upgrades? Take care brother!
There is this company in Texas name Texas Speed. If I was you I would get the cam kit from them, and long tube exhaust headers too. Man your truck will sound badass. I did this on my truck, my gas mileage went up and horsepower had increase too after the pcm tuning and all that great stuff. I love it. Everywhere I go people ask me what cam do you have sound really nice.
I needed a work truck, so I bought a 2011 4x4 Ex Cab LT. Put in a Kenwood HU with wireless CarPlay, put in an LT2 console, have a wireless charger for the console lid coming, and a couple other small things to make it mine. But as a fellow N. Texan, what do you do for sunglass storage? Everything else I’ve driven has had one built into the overhead console, and I really miss it. Have you come up with a solution for that? Any chance a console from a newer model works? I’ll honk if I see you around town, I typically have a bed full of tools and some electrical conduit hanging over the tailgate.
My chiropractor sadly had your worst fear happen to him 6 years ago. His son ran out and he was backing out of the garage and unfortunately killed his son. I could never imagine that happening to me with my son or wish that upon an enemy even. Smart fir getting the backup camera.
You may just power the camera off an accessory power and it would work whenever you switch to it on the head unit. There isn't a reason to power it from the reverse light. Shifting to reverse only causes the head unit to select the camera not power it.
Hey man I love the channel I’m not if you know but Amazon has a replacement tailgate handle with the camera built into it like some higher trim packages had on those trucks and there pretty good products just a thought in case you ever wanna upgrade the backup camera at some point :)
As always, love your projects n look forward to more in the future. But, I did notice you still have the Hawaii tag on your truck. Do you not have to change to a Texas tag?
I did the same upgrade on my Yukon, added the reverse camera and brighter LED license plate lights and one thing you will find annoying is that the bright lights from the lic plate lights is going to "blind" your camera. It is hard to explain but when you back up at night, the bright light points right at your camera and makes the the image look washed out.... If I was to do it again, I would put the camera higher up to avoid the led's from washing out the image.
May I suggest for the exhaust drone to try a J pipe... it’s all over RUclips and I’m about to install one myself before I tear my interior apart to sound deaden like you did...though I still may do that based on your results! Great video 👍
I totally forgot but did you pull the springs and paint them? I was thinking of doing that when I put my 7" on the truck but didnt do it.... Hit me up when your ready to go higher I have some experience in that LOL!!!!
I had a 2013 that I loved but the whistling from the doors used to bug me. Do you get that whistling from the doors around 65+ maybe it was just mine. One of the contributing factors to trading it in
Kind of sad to hear that drone is still there. I have been in process of doing the same thing on my 95 Cobra laying it completely with Dynamat since I retired it from road racing and wanted to have a nice rattle free/drone free ride. Is there a known way to be able to cancel out that drone more?
Did you take the time to make sure the camera is level? In the video when you showed the camera working, the horizontal backup lines were slanted instead of being level. Also, are there any calibrations that need to be done to make sure the vertical back up lines show you the center of whatever you are backing up to since the camera is off to one side of your truck?
Why would a black wire hook up to a red wire. I guess it should work since the black wire is a return wire and the red wire is a sensor. I think red goes with red. Am I missing something?
I had a camera by my license plate and at night the license plate lights would blind the camera and make it hard to see. During the day it looked fine but I switched to the handle camera
Be careful with those LED license plate lights when you're washing the truck. Avoid hitting them directly with high water pressure, they tend to fill with moisture over time.
Not sure about other brands, but on pioneers, you can set the screen to dim between certain times of the day/night. For example: 8pm to 7am you can change it in increments of 15min so; 8:15 - 7:45 etc
Or just hook up the orange wire on the head unit harness labeled "dim" or "dimmer" to the corresponding wire on the aftermarket harness adapter for the vehicle, and the screen (any head unit) will automatically dim when the headlights turn on
Suggestion.... instead of buying a NEW truck.... buy a new TO YOU truck, and fix it up.... I’m interested in the older truck upgrades, because I have one, and have many of the same issues you have taken care of... It’s going to be about 10 years before I can buy a 2020.... and yeah, maybe a ton of people bought them, but there’s not many people who can afford the truck, and also have the balls to mod anything with fear of devaluing it.... I’d love to see you do a nice older cat eye, or even a (dare I say it) dodge or a ford...
Oh, and it’s kinda a “sissy” upgrade... but a tailgate shock, is a good addition to any truck that kids open the tailgate... I got one off amazon for $20... now that I have it, I would have paid 50... lol
Love your channel, and vehicles. I also got the same LP lights from Amazon (with the Red Star), and made the same mistake I just saw you do. When you plug the New light into the Old one, it's designed so that both units connect and become one piece before snapping it back into the bumper. Hope this helps.
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Love what you are doing to the OG Silverado! It's giving me ideas for my 2011 Silverado!
Idk what I like more the car content or the family content
agreed, i love that family of banana trees! ;-)
I am just catching up on all of your videos and I must say I have never laughed so hard. When number two turned around and you showed "Blue Steel" and the movie photo I just lost it!!
Working on my interior now. Finding this video (even if its a couple years old) definitely makes my planned setup a very doable task. Got a fuse/relay and switch kit from MGI speedware. Hooking up an AUX fan to keep the under hood temps/coolant temps during Florida weather in check, a backup camera, and eventually interior under dash or Aux fog lights all from a toggle switch panel. So I can run any, all or a combination of all the time and not play, which wire powers my reverse lights and it only turn on when the truck is in 'R"
I have a high school friend that lost a child from a car backing up . I’m sure it’s everyone worse nightmare to lose a child like that way . I do think it’s a smart and safe upgrade . I have a Silverado and that camera helps a lot specially the blind spots !!
Pretty jealous of that dash. Mine looks like a road map, and sounds like a stampede of elephants.
😅 This description is dead accurate.
I agree, those wirestrippers are the best thing. Had to wire my truck when I redid the head unit in my truck and they were awesome.
Quick suggestion: what about converting the seats to leather?
In my opinion, check local for a salvage truck and pull the leather seats from it. I got lucky with a wrecked Escalade limo. Otherwise you’d look at katzkin and that could be pricy
@@gumyworm14 $700 for mine with red stitching, but not bad for brand new
He said in a different video he plans on doing custom leather seats
I have leather and I absolutely love them. They are heated and cooled though.
Banana tree tip in the winter cover them with mulch. I am able to maintain mine in RI like his. Soil Tip always get at least 1/4 inch screened loom. Nothing less to many rocks.
Great content. I love the truck. I added a backup camera to my Silverado. Mine attached to the license plate. The lasfit license plate lights do add a glare to the camera at night.
Nice. You know what you should do next on that Chevy do a cam swap. Put a bigger cam, new lifters while you are there and so on, Also put a long tube headers it will sound amazing. That's what i did on my Tahoe 5.3 engine
I have enjoyed this project so much! Great job my dude!
Phase 2 is about to go crazy 👀
nice clean install as usual. sorry about the banana trees, at least you got to play in the snow! i think the reason the cams are often mounted higher is for the view down on your hitch, but not like this is a tow rig and i like it more hidden too. thanks for the quality content.
Did you add a option for turning on the camera with out putting the truck in reverse? If you just connect a 12v power to the camera it may feed your back up lights (which may not be so optimal). A possible solution would be connecting the back up light power to relay (the coil), then put 12v on one side the switch for the relay then the other side of the switch to your camera. The camera would get power when the relay is activated. Then you can have a 12v switch to the camera power or the non hot side of the relay switch. This would get power to the camera with out turning on your back up lights. If possible a switch to turn on the camera that has a timer may be cool so one push of the switch can keep the camera on for like 10 seconds or what ever.
Nice job, I went with a Rosen head unit in my Sierra, looks stock like the GM unit.
Does it dim when you dim the interior lights?
Check out clazzio seat covers if you are looking to protect your seats you can customize any color leather/vinyl, any color stitching any color piping, any type of diamond/hex pleating as well. Literally changed how I feel about my trucks interior and with all of the carbon fiber vinyl and radio mods I can tell you enjoy a good looking interior. Great video BTW you just saved me so much time with this damn camera 😂
Looks amazing! Great job. Can't wait for the next upgrades you have planned. I'm definitely going to be doing my center counsel (switching to the one you have, I like the storage) and getting a rear bumper soon too. And possibly a different grill
You could wire your dome light switch to the power wire for the backup camera so you can just turn the dial to turn on the camera while driving
For the OG Silverado, you should do 07-13 HD hood and grille swap
Looking good and all u need is new seat covers
You should definitely upgrade those cloth seats with Katzkin. I have never been a fan of leather seats but I just put them in my trail boss and I absolutely love them.
Black lettering silverado and the lt did my 2011 silverado same color blue with the black bow ties and it looked awesome 👌
Congrats on the final project & test drive! I did the same thing to my 2013 ZL1 vert with just a couple hundred miles on it over the winter when new and it was like a night & day difference, I also added new speakers and amp, sounds amazing. Looking forward to the next ZL1 upgrades? Take care brother!
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There is this company in Texas name Texas Speed. If I was you I would get the cam kit from them, and long tube exhaust headers too. Man your truck will sound badass. I did this on my truck, my gas mileage went up and horsepower had increase too after the pcm tuning and all that great stuff. I love it. Everywhere I go people ask me what cam do you have sound really nice.
I needed a work truck, so I bought a 2011 4x4 Ex Cab LT. Put in a Kenwood HU with wireless CarPlay, put in an LT2 console, have a wireless charger for the console lid coming, and a couple other small things to make it mine.
But as a fellow N. Texan, what do you do for sunglass storage? Everything else I’ve driven has had one built into the overhead console, and I really miss it.
Have you come up with a solution for that? Any chance a console from a newer model works?
I’ll honk if I see you around town, I typically have a bed full of tools and some electrical conduit hanging over the tailgate.
My chiropractor sadly had your worst fear happen to him 6 years ago. His son ran out and he was backing out of the garage and unfortunately killed his son. I could never imagine that happening to me with my son or wish that upon an enemy even. Smart fir getting the backup camera.
You may just power the camera off an accessory power and it would work whenever you switch to it on the head unit. There isn't a reason to power it from the reverse light. Shifting to reverse only causes the head unit to select the camera not power it.
Really good thought. Thanks for the recommendation 🤙🏽
I need to start updating my ‘08 Sierra like this.
Hey man I love the channel I’m not if you know but Amazon has a replacement tailgate handle with the camera built into it like some higher trim packages had on those trucks and there pretty good products just a thought in case you ever wanna upgrade the backup camera at some point :)
As always, love your projects n look forward to more in the future. But, I did notice you still have the Hawaii tag on your truck. Do you not have to change to a Texas tag?
I did the same upgrade on my Yukon, added the reverse camera and brighter LED license plate lights and one thing you will find annoying is that the bright lights from the lic plate lights is going to "blind" your camera. It is hard to explain but when you back up at night, the bright light points right at your camera and makes the the image look washed out.... If I was to do it again, I would put the camera higher up to avoid the led's from washing out the image.
You should add leather seats, that would be awesome!
May I suggest for the exhaust drone to try a J pipe... it’s all over RUclips and I’m about to install one myself before I tear my interior apart to sound deaden like you did...though I still may do that based on your results! Great video 👍
I totally forgot but did you pull the springs and paint them? I was thinking of doing that when I put my 7" on the truck but didnt do it.... Hit me up when your ready to go higher I have some experience in that LOL!!!!
I just masked off the strut and painted the spring all together. That was years ago and the paint is still holding up somehow!
@@LonestarHawaiian Yeah I may still do that but should have just pulled the spring when the struts were out LOL
You should put a epicenter so you can have more control of you bass
There might be a wire you can use on the radio that outputs power only when you open the rear camera app. My radio does it.
Looks so nice but for the tired cloth seats
Do you think the sound deadening made enough of a difference you would do it to your 2020?
You should do a video on a pedal commander.👍
I had a 2013 that I loved but the whistling from the doors used to bug me. Do you get that whistling from the doors around 65+ maybe it was just mine. One of the contributing factors to trading it in
Curious to know if those new license plate lights wash out the camera at night. Love the content 👍
Looking to get into a chevy 2500, whats your experience on owning they silverados? Problems and reliability?
Kind of sad to hear that drone is still there. I have been in process of doing the same thing on my 95 Cobra laying it completely with Dynamat since I retired it from road racing and wanted to have a nice rattle free/drone free ride. Is there a known way to be able to cancel out that drone more?
your dad watches the videos?! thats so cute
Did you take the time to make sure the camera is level? In the video when you showed the camera working, the horizontal backup lines were slanted instead of being level. Also, are there any calibrations that need to be done to make sure the vertical back up lines show you the center of whatever you are backing up to since the camera is off to one side of your truck?
Awesome
Lift the O.G truck a couple of inches more ! It would make great content!!!
did you find that with the camera sitting that low that it got dirty real fast catching a lot of dirt?
What wiring kit did you use to go from radio to the back of the truck about to stick one in my 08 duramax
I'm curious to know how accurate your camera is backing up since it isn't centered to the truck
Is there by any chance you could give an update on the spray bed liner?
Still as good as the day I installed it. Light brush marks from a few loads but hasn't chipped or scratched.
@@LonestarHawaiian That’s great to know, thank you!
Since your saying bye bye to the rough country lift you should give it to someone
Do an HD front end conversion🔥🔥
would the license plate light affect the backup camera at night?
Why would a black wire hook up to a red wire. I guess it should work since the black wire is a return wire and the red wire is a sensor. I think red goes with red. Am I missing something?
Does the LED Plate light cause a glare to the backup camera at night?
I had a camera by my license plate and at night the license plate lights would blind the camera and make it hard to see. During the day it looked fine but I switched to the handle camera
Did you see the speedometer upgrades from WAMs
what is the gas millage on your 2007 1500 with the lift and tires?
14:21, imagine u still lived in Hawaii, u only had to go Hawaiian Earth Products and it wouldn’t be too far
Hey brother, is there a reason you took the tint off the rear lights?
Would have been great to get a decibel level at various speeds before and after any of the sound deadening.
Folding side steps would be cool
How did you get your mirror lights to stay on while you drove?
Dye the inside of the roof and put rolls Royce star lights
Still need to get rid of the jump seat and put a console in!
I’m going to do the same.
What’s the mileage on your OG? Just curious.
Be careful with those LED license plate lights when you're washing the truck. Avoid hitting them directly with high water pressure, they tend to fill with moisture over time.
The backup lights will blind your backup camera. I have the same light and they mess with my camera.
Bought those Amazon lights for the license plate and almost caught my truck on fire! Beware!
bro you need to get a locking tailgate forget the camera bezel.
Does your new head unit dim with the rest of the interior lights at night? I can’t find any touchscreen that will and that’s why I haven’t got one yet
Not sure about other brands, but on pioneers, you can set the screen to dim between certain times of the day/night. For example: 8pm to 7am you can change it in increments of 15min so; 8:15 - 7:45 etc
Or just hook up the orange wire on the head unit harness labeled "dim" or "dimmer" to the corresponding wire on the aftermarket harness adapter for the vehicle, and the screen (any head unit) will automatically dim when the headlights turn on
@@imnotawasteoftime cool thanks man
Did you notice a difference in road noise?
Suggestion.... instead of buying a NEW truck.... buy a new TO YOU truck, and fix it up.... I’m interested in the older truck upgrades, because I have one, and have many of the same issues you have taken care of... It’s going to be about 10 years before I can buy a 2020.... and yeah, maybe a ton of people bought them, but there’s not many people who can afford the truck, and also have the balls to mod anything with fear of devaluing it....
I’d love to see you do a nice older cat eye, or even a (dare I say it) dodge or a ford...
Where did you get those tail lights?
Oh, and it’s kinda a “sissy” upgrade... but a tailgate shock, is a good addition to any truck that kids open the tailgate... I got one off amazon for $20... now that I have it, I would have paid 50... lol
What part of Texas are you from brotha ?
Love your channel, and vehicles. I also got the same LP lights from Amazon (with the Red Star), and made the same mistake I just saw you do. When you plug the New light into the Old one, it's designed so that both units connect and become one piece before snapping it back into the bumper. Hope this helps.
Would you sell your wheels and tires I’m in Dallas and would be interested if you do decide to sell
Be careful with the LEDs I had the License plate lights exactlylike those and it melted my wires
Fake carbon is always going to be poser shit. 😂
Don’t have a kid because it costs like $100,000 dollars from 0 to 18 years
We in New England call it Screened loam