Painted tows and other mods

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jake09

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Installed some rockauto tow mirrors painted to match, smoke led tails, 5" 18" long mbrp tips, also put in cree reverse, cargo, and plate lights. Here's some pics

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Looking good man...love the tows! And making me jealous with those tips, was the install pretty smooth on them?
 

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I love the overall theme of your truck. It looks great.
 
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Thanks guys

Looking good man...love the tows! And making me jealous with those tips, was the install pretty smooth on them?

Yeh was simple..i dropped truck off at muffler shop and picked it up and boom..installed haha
 

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Oh smart a$$...haha jk..it would mean more modification for me, thats why I asked lol. Id have to do like Andrew and do more cutting of the tow package bracket.
 
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O yeh..mine was cut a little from the 1.25" bl..not sure how the 5" tips would fit on the 3"
 

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I already had to cut to use my stock 3" tips..id have to cut more to fit the 5". I have like an inch of clearance now from the bracket, and the tips are about 5/8" off the bumper cutouts.
 

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Did they come painted or did you have someone smooth and paint them? I love the look of painted towz
 

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Looks great! I really want to get some ********* tips for mine.
 
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Did they come painted or did you have someone smooth and paint them? I love the look of painted towz

Had body shop paint them!
 

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looks great!
 

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That looks bad ass! Mineral Grey on black is my favorite color combo on these trucks.
 

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Looks good! Glad u found a good shop to do the mirrors. Some won't touch them.
 

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