Best Mods for Under $100

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Link to the lights???
 

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My cheap upgrade was installing LED lighting inside the cab , Reverse lights and Cargo lights ! About 50$ or a bit less
 

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K&N Filter, dropped a whole second of my otherwise stock 0-60 times. Was expensive, but less than $100.

Replacement set of properly colored black lug nuts to replace the silly looking silver ones on an otherwise most everything else blacked out Warlock. They were right around $100 for a full set (5 packages of 4 ea), a little under if I remember right.

Stubby .50-cal look antenna. Turned the radio reception to ****, but I like the look, and it made the radio antenna "disappear" from the driver seat view.
 

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All at once is over $100 but less than $100 each. I've got all these, and while I had a bit of sticker shock for 5 bulbs, once installed I was very glad I bought them. The reverse lights are nearly as bright as head lights. The cargo light and brake light are both great as well. All I've got left is fog lights to swap out then my truck will be all LED lights.
 
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All at once is over $100 but less than $100 each. I've got all these, and while I had a bit of sticker shock for 5 bulbs, once installed I was very glad I bought them. The reverse lights are nearly as bright as head lights. The cargo light and brake light are both great as well. All I've got left is fog lights to swap out then my truck will be all LED lights.
So I have an express and it shows on the site that package isn't listed, is that because I would have to change features via ALFAOBD to tell my truck I'm running led lights so I don't get bulb out warnings?
 

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The reverse lights are different for halogen compared to factory LED tail lights (easier identified by quad head lights or projector headlights)

I don't remember changing the settings for mine with alfa. But it has been a while since I last messed with Alfa so I could have changed it and forgot doing it.

These should be the correct ones for an Express.
 

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I've blacked out all the badges / emblems with Plastidip. I put a cheap auto parts store LED in the interior dome light, and put some cheaper Torchbeam LED headlights in. All of those things totaled less than $100.
 

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My handle controls already lit up from factory. I just kept trying combinations on the back of the plug that goes to those controls until I got the light to light up and push them down in and wrapped with some electrical tape. They turn on and off with the truck just like the lights for the power controls. Then used a dremel tool to put a clean looking hole in the handle bezel for the light to come through. Literally half hour job for both doors.
On a Regular cab there is no ignition switch in the door. The power is on all the time in the door. But on The Passenger side I have ignition power
 

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On a Regular cab there is no ignition switch in the door. The power is on all the time in the door. But on The Passenger side I have ignition power
 

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There is only 3 wires going to the window switch
 

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I converted to an electric fan its about $100 on amazon.
 

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Nice Gregdad, where did you purchase the chrome piece.
From eBay but now I see they only have a carbon fibre one. I found another one from WISH though.


 

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I also got these chrome trim pieces for the dash.
 

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ive skimmed over 261 pages of this thread so for.
question for those that replaced the puddle and license plate lamps with led’s. did that give you any lamp out codes?
 
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