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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 427671" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Later around Christmas 2017, one of my Jeep buddies gifted me some GraBar windshield mounted grab handles for some help I provided him earlier on. These are awesome! I highly recommend them, very handy to use and I wouldn’t own another Jeep without them.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116689[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116690[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116692[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Lighting...</strong></p><p></p><p>A few months later in early 2018, after growing tired of the sealed beam headlights, I decided to purchase some LED Headlights. They had a DRL function which at the time I wanted to use. A friend of mine at the time was often building relay boxes for friends and he decided to help me out. I didn’t really even know so much as what a relay did much less how they work. He set me up a Bussman box with 5 relay slots and set up 3 of them for me. One of the relays he provided a wire with a jumper harness so that I could plug into the transmission reverse switch to access keyed power. This triggered my DRL relay which turned my DRL automatically on. The other two relays he set up to use for low beam and high beam. Granted LEDs don’t typically need their low and high beams on relays since they draw so little power, but we figured why not. It was easy enough to do, and it left the option to swap back to higher wattage halogen headlamps later if ever desired.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few pictures from the newer lights. I swapped all the turn signals to smoked versions with amber incandescent bulbs. Contrary to popular belief, these did NOT make the visibility of the signals worse. I actually thought they were easier to see, and liked they way they looked with the headlights.</p><p></p><p>For the most part, I was excited about my new setup but after some drives on the road, realized these headlights weren’t so great. They looked cool I suppose, but other than that I was not a fan. Their pattern was not good on the road, especially in any rain.</p><p></p><p><strong>Install and After Pics of the relay box setup...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116697[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116699[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116696[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Completed Install</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116698[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Jeep Pictures After... (lights with amber signals, lights with smoked signals, and then with smoked signals and no ugly IPF lights)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116695[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116694[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116693[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116700[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p></p><p>Overall, I think the smoked signals, no IPF lights, and the LEDs looked decent. The side profile looked really bland though, and in my opinion, really needs the contrast of amber housings.</p><p></p><p><strong>Here are some pictures of the lights in action...they look better on camera than in person.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116702[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[ATTACH]116703[/ATTACH]</strong></p><p></p><p>Finally, in 2019, I grew tired of these lights. I swapped them to the Hella H4 housings with 80W/100W bulbs. Thankfully, the relay setup is in place and provides the perfect foundation for bright lights like Hellas. I'll go over that install later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 427671, member: 18789"] Later around Christmas 2017, one of my Jeep buddies gifted me some GraBar windshield mounted grab handles for some help I provided him earlier on. These are awesome! I highly recommend them, very handy to use and I wouldn’t own another Jeep without them. [ATTACH]116689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]116690[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_0625.jpeg"]116692[/ATTACH] [B]Lighting...[/B] A few months later in early 2018, after growing tired of the sealed beam headlights, I decided to purchase some LED Headlights. They had a DRL function which at the time I wanted to use. A friend of mine at the time was often building relay boxes for friends and he decided to help me out. I didn’t really even know so much as what a relay did much less how they work. He set me up a Bussman box with 5 relay slots and set up 3 of them for me. One of the relays he provided a wire with a jumper harness so that I could plug into the transmission reverse switch to access keyed power. This triggered my DRL relay which turned my DRL automatically on. The other two relays he set up to use for low beam and high beam. Granted LEDs don’t typically need their low and high beams on relays since they draw so little power, but we figured why not. It was easy enough to do, and it left the option to swap back to higher wattage halogen headlamps later if ever desired. Here are a few pictures from the newer lights. I swapped all the turn signals to smoked versions with amber incandescent bulbs. Contrary to popular belief, these did NOT make the visibility of the signals worse. I actually thought they were easier to see, and liked they way they looked with the headlights. For the most part, I was excited about my new setup but after some drives on the road, realized these headlights weren’t so great. They looked cool I suppose, but other than that I was not a fan. Their pattern was not good on the road, especially in any rain. [B]Install and After Pics of the relay box setup... [ATTACH alt="relay box install.JPG"]116697[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="Reworking wiring.JPG"]116699[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="relay box close.jpeg"]116696[/ATTACH] Completed Install [ATTACH alt="relay box.jpeg"]116698[/ATTACH] Jeep Pictures After... (lights with amber signals, lights with smoked signals, and then with smoked signals and no ugly IPF lights) [ATTACH alt="jeep with new lights.jpeg"]116695[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="jeep with black signals.jpeg"]116694[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="jeep black signals side.jpeg"]116693[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_0473.jpeg"]116700[/ATTACH][/B] Overall, I think the smoked signals, no IPF lights, and the LEDs looked decent. The side profile looked really bland though, and in my opinion, really needs the contrast of amber housings. [B]Here are some pictures of the lights in action...they look better on camera than in person. [ATTACH alt="IMG_0628.JPG"]116702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_0632.JPG"]116703[/ATTACH][/B] Finally, in 2019, I grew tired of these lights. I swapped them to the Hella H4 housings with 80W/100W bulbs. Thankfully, the relay setup is in place and provides the perfect foundation for bright lights like Hellas. I'll go over that install later. [/QUOTE]
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