Shop Talk - Comment and Discuss

Plug & Play Truck Mirrors: Your Complete Guide Upgrading your truck mirrors can feel confusing with all the wiring, harnesses, and features. This guide breaks everything down so you know what’s plug-and-play, what needs modification, and which option is best for your truck. Are These Mirrors Plug & Play? The answer depends on your truck and the features you want: Original features: Any function your stock mirrors had (like power glass) will work right out of the box. 2015.5+ trucks: Modify or swap the door harness, and all features become plug-and-play. Hardwiring option: If your truck didn’t originally have a...

Stamped Steel, Aluminum, and Forged Steel Control Arms For the 2014-2016 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks, GM offered 3 different upper control arms: stamped steel, aluminum, and forged steel. Additionally, in 2014-2016 GM truck had two different knuckles—aluminum and steel—each with different ball joint hole sizes. Stamped steel and aluminum arms have a larger ball joint that fit the same knuckle. Steel knuckles with forged steel control arms had smaller ball joint holes that match the cast steel arms only. This is the same setup found on 2007-2014 models. Forged steel and forged aluminum arms have retention clips on the ball joint so...