Comanche Scott
Expedition Leader
Man, that's a great idea for the fridge/freezer. Looks like you guys had a great run.
Is that Arizona?
Is that Arizona?
I installed one set inside just above the hatch
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and one set on the hatch to serve as over head lights
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Thanks for to comments kiregersa! They work great for me and have all summer long, I have about 30 days out this summer and haven't had any issues. The ones I got are these from this E Bayer http://www.ebay.com/itm/COB-Xenon-White-100-LED-DRL-Daytime-Running-Light-Backup-Interior-Strip-12V-6W-/152438660410?hash=item237e0d5d3a:g:5I0AAOSw8gVX409q.
They come with double sided mounting tape that has worked well for me. I placed 2 on the inside just above the glass between the hinges. If you look around up there you will see how it curves from the back to the roof. I found a spot that sort of gave them the right angle as not to face forward or straight down. I was thinking I would do another set on the speaker bar but found that at night I can light up the forest enough with these so I will hold off. The other 2 are just stuck to the glass with the provided mounting tape. I placed the driver's sided mid glass. For the tailgate side I set up the table and played with the light until it I got what I thought was was the best light for that and mounted it.
I hope this helps. Let me know if this works for you. I can try and get some pictures today if you still need them. BTW I'm thinking of getting another set, hey at $10 why not, for under the hood.
ratled
I was able to install the Rigid Industeries Ignite back up lights. HOLLY COW are these little things BRIGHT!
I installed these in the stock 10 A steel rear bumper and ran them through the Spod rather than hook them into the back up lights. I don't always need them as a back up light and there are times I would like to have them on and not have to be in reverse. An interesting find for me is with the 10 A bumpers is they are not only held on by 2 bolts on each side but also the long 4 bolts for the hitch... and it is no easy task to undo those so close to the muffler.
After I got the bumper off I set it on a flat surface (cough kitchen table cough) and it has natural cant to which worked out well for me. I laid 3” level next to it and it was the perfect height: I took the face frame off the Ignites and rested them on the level to play around with it to see where I wanted them. I wound up placing them with just over an 1” inside of the seam from plastic insert on the bumper and marked the 2 mounting holes. I drew a straight line to connect those marks to establish a center line and marked the middle of that with a dimple to drill. I did this for both sides. I used the recommended 1.75” hole saw and there was no turning back.
I hit the raw edges with a rattle can and test fit the lights to be sure everything was lining up right. With the lights just resting in place I used the level again to square everything up and drilled out the smaller mounting holes. After that it was just a matter of putting it all back together and run the wires up to the Spod.
After all is said and done I am very glad I went this route. I bought these from Northridge 4X4 for under a $100 to the door for the pair. These are small enough to fit in most tight spaces like this. Here a few pictures of them and the one video I found on them on You Tube. He hooks his to the back up lights so you will have that info if you choose to go that route.
Next up was suppose to be the rock lights but the driveway is too clod for my bum leg for right now to be crawling around under the Jeep. So next up is to upgrade the tire carrier and add some jerry can holders. I'll probably get to the back up camera while I am rooting around in there.
ratled
Stock back up lights - non LED
the Ignites and stock lights
A day light close up
The only good video I found on these