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Old 11-11-2018, 10:04 AM   #4
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Re: Hatzies 2005 2500HD

I replaced the headlamps and Parking/Turn/DRL housings.
  • GM 10396912 RH Headlamp Complete with Bulbs
  • GM 10396913 LH Headlamp Complete with Bulbs
  • GM 15199557 RH Parking/Turn/DRL lamp housing
  • GM 15199556 LH Parking/Turn/DRL lamp housing

Ended up at around $125 each for the headlamps and $54 for a paired set of parking lamp housings... So $304 for all new GM front lamps.

You can see before, with the yellow sun-damaged 15 year old lamps, doesn't look as bad as some I've seen but the light output was severely compromised. Worse than I thought it would be test driving it in the Afternoon Sacramento sun. I ran it home from Marlboro MA with my high beams on so I could see the road... nobody flashed me. The lights were too dim. The low beams were barely enough to light up the lines on the road. They wouldn't reach high enough to really light up the top street signs on US 20 set on HI.

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I also got rid of that obnoxious silly camo wrap on the bowtie.

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The tails are cloudy on the sides when it's humid but I've decided to wait on those. I may change over to the amber turns from the 99-02 trucks if they'll fit. I need to take a close look at one in a local salvage yard.
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And please let us know if and how your repairs were successful.

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