bc-chris' 2014 silverado LTZ

[bc-chris]

in june of 2016 i picked up a 2014 silverado ltz. i needed the extra cab space with now having to cart around 2 kiddos. the truck was bone stock when i got it....

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it didn't take long for things to start changing!
on the outside... lift, tires, black out the emblems, fender flares, chrome overlay on the grille, new brake lights, tonneau cover...

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then it was onto the interior

 

[bc-chris]

lots of fun changes to the interior!
one thing i didn't understand is why chevy would put a grab handle on the passenger's side pillar and on the driver's side in the 1500s. they are there in the 2500s and 3500s - oh well. so i added that (and LOVE it!!). i even had a 'helper' when i did the install!!

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i got better truck mats for the front seats

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then came the really fun stuff... changing the interior lighting to blue. a buddy of mine is involved with big productions that use tons of lighting equipment and gave me a bunch of old "gels" that are used to colour spotlights. i then took apart pretty much everything that glowed white and used the blue gel to cover the white leds - so now stuff glowed blue! i also added a bunch of blue leds for foot lighting.

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[bc-chris]

changed the cabin lights to blue...

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i also put blue leds into a bunch of the storage areas...

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for my cup holder i used glow tubing and a little creativity and got this...

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[bc-chris]

and for the controls - changing them from glowing white to glowing blue took lots of patience, but this is pretty much what i did for all of it...

before:

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take everything apart to get access to the leds, then cover the leds with the blue gel, then reassemble everything...

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and the result...

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i did this for everything in the truck - it took a while but i love it! eventually i'll actually swap out the white leds for blue leds... but that will have to wait until i'm reeeeeally bored and have lots of free time!

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then it was onto the dash - i swapped out needles, painted stuff, added overlays and changed a bunch of leds to blue (shocking... i know). it makes a HUGE difference!

this was stock:

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so i took that all apart, then painted some of the new stuff - the new needles became black as well as the plate that covers the top 4 gauges...

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as i mentioned, i changed a bunch of the leds on the cluster to blue and then put it all back together...

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i even changed things like the turn signal leds from green to blue...

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then i still wanted to change more of the interior to blue so i had some fun with vinyl and wrapped a bunch of stuff. i'm still not sold on the wrap and at some point i'll likely remove it and just paint the pieces, but for now the vinyl will do...

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the silver parts that are on either side of the steering wheel are also blue... just don't have a pic of them after they were wrapped.

 

[bc-chris]

then it was back to changing more stuff on the 'outside' of the truck

i added a pop n' lock for the tailgate handle - i love that thing. not sure why it wasn't a stock feature on the truck

i added a new third brake light to 'match' my tail lights...

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i also did one of my favourite mods yet - i added 3 red leds above my license plate (in the gap between the bumper and the tail gate)...

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[bc-chris]

another really fun thing i made for my truck was a box divider. i was using a 2x8 but i wanted to 'dress it up a little' - so i designed a pattern and went to town with my drill & router...

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[bc-chris]

there are a couple of other small things... i added a dee zee tail gate assist - it works great

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i also made my own lights for inside the box - they work great at night when putting my hockey gear in to the box!

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i'm sure there are other things i've done to the truck that i can't think of right now, but as i do more (oh yes.... there is more planned!!) i'll add updates

 

[Dubs]

Awesome job. Love the upgrades