What did you do TO your Jeep JL today?

[ds4888]

I'm surprised the thread for the Dash Panel customization isn't longer.. Am i missing it? I found a few photos. Originally thought i'd just have it painted to match the exterior, but now i'm thinking of getting creative. Any ideas ladies and gents? (Full disclosure, I snagged these photos from other threads)

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[Goin2drt]

I will be doing the dash mod when I get mine for sure. I think no one has put up very specific and good directions and pictures of the removal process yet for folks to get on this. Rest assured I will be going for it. Most likely wrapping mine in as close to a gray I can find to Sting Gray. If that doesn't work maybe painted if cheap enough and last result Carbon Fiber wrap.

 

[NC4x4]

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They are the factory LED lights.

What is the part number for the tail lights? They look great. Are they LED?

 

[PapaJoe]

Got a Qi 12v wireless charger and it worked!

Is it magnetic???

 

[rizej]

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They are the factory LED lights.

Are they plug and play?

 

[Chef Johnny]

I got my wife to agree for me to spend $2000 on my JLUS: 18" wheels,35" tires, Rubicon Express 2.5 super ride lift, all weather cargo mats, tint, katskinz interior, and tailgate reinforcement bracket. Please dont tell her what it will really cost!? Muah ha ha!
time to start shopping...cant leave a money trail!!!

 

[MikeJLURubi]

@MikeJLURubi

@Luco is like me, he has the plastic rear bumper. On the plastic bumper there are screws on the underside that can be removed and you can use the same female with a longer screw (male) in order to mount the Rigid Engineering 20541 Black, Backup LED Light.

For a steel bumper you would have to drill two holes on the underside of the bumper... unless you have two available there already. Each light requires one screw to secure it to the bumper with from what Luco has said.

I started the install of the Rigid's today. I'm 98% completed, I'm just waiting on the lights themselves to attach to the placed wiring.

I'm using Aux 3 and ran 16g wire from the #3 Aux wire connect in the engine compartment, thru the passenger side frame rail (threaded it right thru the rail with a coat hangar) to the rear of the JL. Also had to drill for and place a self taping screw to use in grounding the lights.

Anyway, all done and waiting the lights to show up this Friday and then I'll just need to do 4 quick connections.

I opted to use Aux 3 versus splicing into the trailer tow package wiring for two reasons...

Main reason was I want to be able to turn those LED lights on anytime... especially when connecting my motorcycle trailer at night, when loading or unloading the trailer at night, etc..

The other reason was that I am hesitant to cut into any factory harness. IF I were to have any issue with the trailer tow package wiring, the friggin dealer would probably say it was because I cut into the harness.

So that was reason #2, but reality is, I want those rear LED lights to be operation at anytime I want, not just when my JL is actively in reverse.

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Thanks

 

[klhjeep2018]

Added the 5 inch Mopar leds, used the aux 3 switch

 

[TMM]

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Is it magnetic???

yes i

 

[Tfom]

I got info that my Jeep is in the next state and expected by this weekend. Then I got a great deal on these Rubi takeoffs and dreamed about not driving the bullcrap in the background anymore. Then, I talked myself out of trouble with my wife.

 

[mwilk012]

Are they plug and play?

I'd like to know this as well. I'm also curious why people seem to go for the ones without BSM sensors and how they're dealing with the bulb out warnings.

 

[NC4x4]

Are they plug and play?

I'd like to know this as well. I'm also curious why people seem to go for the ones without BSM sensors and how they're dealing with the bulb out warnings.

Yes plug and play. No bulb out warning to be found, they function like they came on the Jeep. I didn’t opt for the BSM sensors because it doubles the price of each tail light.

 

[ds4888]

I will be doing the dash mod when I get mine for sure. I think no one has put up very specific and good directions and pictures of the removal process yet for folks to get on this. Rest assured I will be going for it. Most likely wrapping mine in as close to a gray I can find to Sting Gray. If that doesn't work maybe painted if cheap enough and last result Carbon Fiber wrap.

I'm waiting on my Sting Gray too. I plan on ditching the cloth seats and installing two toned Red/Black Katzkin, so obviously the dash red has to go. My bodyshop quoted me $150 to paint it.. so, I may just go down that road. But i saw a few Safari concepts with unique dash panels which got me thinking.

 

[jdpatt12]

Is it possible to go too far with the modifications? l mean Is there a tipping point like with plastic surgery? Everything looks great and then you add more thing.....and one more and then another until even you start giving it the "confused puppy head tilt" and thinking yeah probably shouldn't have done that! lol Just a bit of humor for your Friday.

A guy at work did just that with his Jk. Looks like a clown car to me.

 

[ds4888]

Sorry guys, but this dash is becoming an obsession for me. Here are some of the dash ideas off the Easter Safari concepts. I really like the one with '41. I might see what i can draw up.

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