jimim
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I'm creating this thread so that maybe it will help someone else down the road. I'm very new to this and I don't know a lot. I had to ask a ton of questions before I bought and if I actually saw some of these pictures I'll post it would have made a lot more sense to me. I got bits and pieces all over here but not a journal kinda build so here ya go.
What I learned:
1. It was not a hard job at all.
2. I was worried the length of the y-splitter for each each light was not going to be long enough. Well it would have not been long enough if I didn't run under the wipers.
3. The extension harness for 13 dollars is worth the price just cause everything is already terminated for you and you don't have to buy anything else. It installs right out of the box.
4. Man there is not a ton of space to work. It stinks how you can't access under the cowl to organize your wires after the bracket is on cause the bracket takes up 2 of the attachment points to remove the cowl. I know it has to be designed that way but my OCD is in full effect cause I don't know if a wire is kinked under there. I don't think there is but I would love to know.
So I used a electrical pull rod to get the splitter to the other side under the wipers without having to remove the plastic hood piece. it was a piece of cake. I was able to keep all connections under the cowls. everything slayed out perfect. Those extension harnesses are long! so I coiled them up. I electrical taped the 2 little boxes that splice the harness to the aux wires incase they move. I was worried about kink down. the road. I zipped everything down too to keep anything from moving around and kinking.
If anyone sees anything that looks wonky please let me know. Man they are bright! I will deff be able to light up anything I need to. I'm actually happy I didn't get the 40 inch led bar. I prob could have landed a plane with it. lol
thanks for answering all my questions over the past few days!!!
thanks to Baja for answering all my questions!!! I'm really really happy with everything. that dual bracket is awesome. just enough metal to do it's job and not take away from the jeep.
jim
What I learned:
1. It was not a hard job at all.
2. I was worried the length of the y-splitter for each each light was not going to be long enough. Well it would have not been long enough if I didn't run under the wipers.
3. The extension harness for 13 dollars is worth the price just cause everything is already terminated for you and you don't have to buy anything else. It installs right out of the box.
4. Man there is not a ton of space to work. It stinks how you can't access under the cowl to organize your wires after the bracket is on cause the bracket takes up 2 of the attachment points to remove the cowl. I know it has to be designed that way but my OCD is in full effect cause I don't know if a wire is kinked under there. I don't think there is but I would love to know.
So I used a electrical pull rod to get the splitter to the other side under the wipers without having to remove the plastic hood piece. it was a piece of cake. I was able to keep all connections under the cowls. everything slayed out perfect. Those extension harnesses are long! so I coiled them up. I electrical taped the 2 little boxes that splice the harness to the aux wires incase they move. I was worried about kink down. the road. I zipped everything down too to keep anything from moving around and kinking.
If anyone sees anything that looks wonky please let me know. Man they are bright! I will deff be able to light up anything I need to. I'm actually happy I didn't get the 40 inch led bar. I prob could have landed a plane with it. lol
thanks for answering all my questions over the past few days!!!
thanks to Baja for answering all my questions!!! I'm really really happy with everything. that dual bracket is awesome. just enough metal to do it's job and not take away from the jeep.
jim
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