Clearance Lights on Cab - Would you get them again?

[Mr. C]

Got 'em on mine,and would get 'em again. Some people call 'em Grampa lights but I think they look cool. Also,no reflections on my hood when they're on.
Any one seen the funky cab lights on the Chebbies? ( This is proof they don't drug test the design team over there!! ) #ad


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99,QC,3500,Sport Black,4x4,Auto,3. 54,Anti-spin,Camper pkg,Carpet delete,all options except leather.
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Self installed goodies,
OEM Running boards,Mud flaps&Bed liner, Tinted windows,Jacobs E-Brake,BD Torque Loc. Whimpy stock class 4?? hitch fell off-replaced it with a Super Hitch(1200# tongue,15000# trailer) on the house from DC thanks for the recall!!

 

[Scooby]

Gotta agree with Mike... the new Chevy's look just plain stupid... who the heck on the design team said "yeah, let's go with those!"

 

[barrfishe1]

Welcome to the TDR! I like them on my 3500! #ad

 

[Deezal Man]

I like 'em! You are buying a real truck. It should have real truck lights on it.

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98. 5' Emerald Green 24v 2500 Auto/3. 54 4x4 SB QC 285. 75. 16's Bridgestone Dueler A/T's on 16" x 8" Alcoa's under Rancho 9000's. Everything but leather. PIAA 1200's, AMSOIL dual filter relocation system, Smittybuilt Stainless Steel Nerfs, Rhino Liner(Junk).

 

[waynep]

Since they came stock on my truck (3500 dually), I had no choice. I prefer them anyway so it didn't matter. There is just something that looks cool about a truck with red and amber lights all over it. You made the right choice in getting them.

Wayne
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'96 3500 ext cab, 2wd, auto, SLT Laramie, all stock, all black, 100k+ miles

 

[madams]

I added mine . . the next one I buy in about 15 years will have'm too. just in case the wife's watching

No brainer unless you hate the way they look. And some folks here do . . that's ok!

Michael

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00 Driftwood 2500 ST QC ISB LB 5spd 3:54 LSD Tow & Camper Groups . . SunnyBrook 33FKS Travel Trailer

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[Mike Sisk]

<blockquote>the new Chevy's look just plain stupid... who the heck on the design team said "yeah, let's go with those!"</blockquote>

It's probably the designer of the Aztec--he got demoted to the GM truck light team!

The only problem I had with the cab lights was when I had an overhead camper on the truck. At night the cab was bathed in an orange glow of the lights reflecting off the white underside of the overhead part. I'd planned on either painting the underside of the camper black or taking the bulbs out but got rid of the camper for a 5th-wheel instead.

My current (white) Ford has the problem of the lights reflecting off the hood at night--neither of my Dodges did this.

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Version 2. 0: 2001 Ford F-350 DRW SC Lariat 4x4 4. 10

Version 1. 1: 2001 3500 QC SLT ETH/DEE 4x4 4. 10

Version 1. 0: 1998 3500 QC SLT 12v 5sp 4x4 3. 55

 

[MR V]

Everyone, thank you for the input. I will probably go with the lights when I order this fall.

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Waiting to order a 2002 Quadcab SLT 2500 ETH-DEE. Mike

 

[John]

Personally, I don't like the looks of the cab lights UNLESS they are on a 3500... anything else is just wannabee. JMO

In fact, if my special ordered 2500 Sport had arrived with them I would have rejected the truck!

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John Treibel
'98. 5 2500 QC 4x4 Sport, Glasstite Vision II, 285 BFG A/Ts on M/T Challengers, Warn 4X Boards, Mopar fender flares & tow hooks, NW Custom s/s-rubber mud flaps and accs. , Mag-Hytec diff. cover & DD trans. pan, Edelbrock IAS shocks, Reese Titan V hitch, Jordan Research Ultima 2020 trailer brake controller, SPA gauges (3), Dynamat, '00 Sport grille and headlights/PIAA Super White bulbs, "special" Brite-Box, PIAA Dual Sport 900 aux. lights, BD exh. brake, Amsoil Dual Remote Bypass w. trick billet block adapter and Aeroquip Teflon-s/s hoses, Optima Yellow Tops, DD3s and DD TTPM, Aeroquip AQP s/s fuel hoses, tricked out Cummins valve cover, tricked out Banks High-Ram and 14 cm2 (wastegated) turbine housing, ATS 3-piece exh. man. , Banks 4" dia. s/s exh. sys. , DTT 93% TC, DTT custom tuned VB, BD modified trans. front pump (enhanced by DTT), Air Bulldog induction hood (with NACA ducts), plus MANY other trick modifications

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[Steve St.Laurent]

I added them to my truck too. The hardest part of adding them was drilling that first hole in the roof - OUCH (especially up here where we are in a continuous war against the corrosion monster)! But since I've added them fewer people pull out in front of me both without a load behind me and with a load. Before I would have people pull out of lots WAY too close to be comfortable for me, and it seems like the truck must look bigger now or something because I'll see people take a double take at it and stop whereas I'm sure they would have pulled out before. JMHO.


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-Steve St. Laurent - President of the Great Lakes TDR
'98 QC LB (CMNSPWR), 4x4, ISB, 5sp, 4. 10 LSD, TST Powermax3, 275hp RV injectors, Joe Donnelly modifed Sachs Clutch, SS ladder bars, SW fuel pressure gauge, BD exhaust brake, Isspro turbo temp monitor, front Draw-Tite receiver, rear Draw-Tite class V receiver, BFG 285/75R16 AT KO's, (all the common stuff clipped)

 

[DieselDoghouse]

Add me to the gottem list. I think the mopar lamp placement back on the roof curve blocks hood reflection, and that's running night, snow, fog. Cool or Grandpa, they do help keep high beams out of your face on New England hills-cause folks can see your lites before they 'lite' your windshield as you top a hill! I did replace the bulbs with brighter PIAA's by choice, not need. No evidence of leakage or condensation in the housings in 3 years. Remember , there are alot more gaps around your Hi-Viz stoplight on the back!

 

[illflem]

Only thing I don't like about them is if you have a cab over camper, they reflect on the windshield. The top brake light also reflects into the cab with a camper on also.

 

[Shelby Griggs]

I have them, and I like them. Legally needed on my 2500, because my bed is 80 inches wide. I am not sure I agree with people not pulling out in front. I think people perceive the beast coming at them as a big slow truck, which they don't want to be stuck behind, so they try to get in front of me. Part of this may be the headache rack and wider bed. I notice people coming up from behind always think they need to get around the big old truck too. I will admit going through 6 gears off the line, I am not the fastest, I have only raced a couple of times in 13K off of the line. BUT, motoring on the open highway in 5th or 6th is a different story. Especially in the mountains. These rigs can pull. Had a new Subaru think he was going to pass me coming up the West side of the Santiam Pass this afternoon. I saw his intention, and decided to play along. Rolled on the throttle enough just so he couldn't keep up. Of course I dropped back to a sane speed once we hit the flats on the other side and he zoomed around, probably thought he won. Most anyone can go insane speeds downhill or on the flats. I like a vehicle that has the oomph to be king on the hills too.

Somewhere I think I got off topic, here. #ad


Shelby

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2001. 5 2500 QC LB 4WD, ETH (Built 09-10-00), DEE, 3. 54 gears, Laramie SLT, Camper Special, Trailer Tow, Travel Convenience Group, Power Driver Seat, Alarm System, Remote Keyless Entry, Fog Lamps, Cab Clearance Lamps, HD Transfer Case, Bright White with a Gray Interior. Built 09-15-00, took delivery on 10-06-00, 12310 miles as of 05-01-01. Custom aluminum work body / flat bed. Coming soon: E-Brake and gauges.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

I'm a 2wd 2500 owner with them and would definitely get 'em again, no matter how much John would harass me about it #ad


I do think a truck looks better without them in daylight, especially the 2wds and Sports. It was the visual effect in the evening and night that I was going after. Running at twilight with those and the fogs lit looks very #ad


Vaughn

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'01 2500 QC Shortbed 2wd, 6-speed, 3. 54LSD, Cab & Fog lamps, Camper & Tow Pkg.
BOMBed: DD2 Injectors, PS Boost module, Amsoil air filter, straightpiped exh. , Aeroquip 3/8" fuel line w/tank mounted lift pump, AutoMeter Sport Comp gauges, Line-X'd, Amber turn signal conversion.

 

[John]

Originally posted by Vaughn MacKenzie:
I'm a 2wd 2500 owner with them and would definitely get 'em again, no matter how much John would harass me about it #ad

Who me? #ad

 

[tschwab]

Definetly would get them again. If you tow a 5th wheel, they look pretty hot with the big old 5vr as a backdrop. Also an enhanced safety factor.

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'98. 4 Bright White Quad Cab SLT, 2WD, 12 Valves & the BIG "P" Pump! 3. 54, AT, Trailer Tow PKG, Camper PKG, Cab Lights, DTT VB & TC, Pump Mod's, TST #8, Three pod A pillar gauge mount, EGT pre-turbo, 4" Exhaust Turndown, K&N Air Filter, 5th W. Hitch, Pace Edwards Roll-Top, Tint, 265 Michelins and turbo silencer ring AWOL!

25,776 miles - 5/20/01