Stealth Off Road LED Install

[Captain Insaino]

I used a pair of 10 inch Sylvania slim LEDs and a Nilight harness. Plumbers tape became the best bracket option. The bolts are hidden behind the bowtie. They are in there solid. Don’t ask me how they work, because I don’t know yet. I can tell you that in broad daylight, I cannot see my highbeams on my garage door. These I can definitely see. I’ll follow up with some night shots hopefully this week.

 

[Captain Insaino]

 

[Captain Insaino]

Wow. Pretty bright. Spot pattern. I’ll have to make some sort of shims to get them aimed right. Going to wire them to my highbeams.

 

[Tahoen]

Cool idea! I like it!

 

[Captain Insaino]

Thanks!
The inspiration came from a Po-Po PPV.

 

[2010gmcyukon]

Wow, great idea. Looks good.

 

[wjburken]

Very clean installation.


Looks like your secret is out now!

 

[Captain Insaino]

Very clean installation.


Looks like your secret is out now!
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I tried..... for a minute!

 

[nglauer]

Are you running emergency lights in the front windshield?

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[Captain Insaino]

Are you running emergency lights in the front windshield?

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No, those are just reflections. Now that I have these aimed, they turned out to be an awesome addition to the highbeams.

 

[Tiki]

Awesome. The plumbers tape mounts to the factory bowtie studs? Is the other side just through the grille? I’ve been wanting to do this (along with fog updates) with some BD lights and had been looking for EMS brackets.

 

[Captain Insaino]

Awesome. The plumbers tape mounts to the factory bowtie studs? Is the other side just through the grille? I’ve been wanting to do this (along with fog updates) with some BD lights and had been looking for EMS brackets.

No, I drilled holes and used the narrowest head width bolts I could find behind the bowtie. The other side is just through the grill. I used rubber and metal washers. Suck down the outer bolts most of the way first, then bend your plumbers tape into place while bolted onto the light and drill your holes behind the bowtie last to make sure everything is squared up.

It will sit flush on the grill which will aim them slightly high. The lights I bought had 4 cast nubs on the corners of the housing. I had to grind the top ones flush with the housing for a downward aim.

After you get the grill back on, you can leave the top bolts off and gently pull the grill back to fine tune aiming, but your fore arms will look like you fought a bobcat, Long sleeves are your friend! Be careful tightening down the hardware. If you break the ABS, you're screwed.

Please follow up with your fog light install. Very interested.

 

[WTSHARK]

Wow. Pretty bright. Spot pattern. I’ll have to make some sort of shims to get them aimed right. Going to wire them to my highbeams.

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That looks fantastic! Great spot regarding "unused" real estate as well.

 

[WTSHARK]

No, I drilled holes and used the narrowest head width bolts I could find behind the bowtie. The other side is just through the grill. I used rubber and metal washers. Suck down the outer bolts most of the way first, then bend your plumbers tape into place while bolted onto the light and drill your holes behind the bowtie last to make sure everything is squared up.

It will sit flush on the grill which will aim them slightly high. The lights I bought had 4 cast nubs on the corners of the housing. I had to grind the top ones flush with the housing for a downward aim.

After you get the grill back on, you can leave the top bolts off and gently pull the grill back to fine tune aiming, but your fore arms will look like you fought a bobcat, Long sleeves are your friend! Be careful tightening down the hardware. If you break the ABS, you're screwed.

Please follow up with your fog light install. Very interested.

I was going to ask about adjusting, but you answered my question. Once you have them aligned and tightened- Looks great, again!

 

[Captain Insaino]

Thanks, Mike.
I had no idea what I was doing. It was all seat of the pants and it just sort of worked out. I am happy with the result!

 

[Tiki]

No, I drilled holes and used the narrowest head width bolts I could find behind the bowtie. The other side is just through the grill. I used rubber and metal washers. Suck down the outer bolts most of the way first, then bend your plumbers tape into place while bolted onto the light and drill your holes behind the bowtie last to make sure everything is squared up.

It will sit flush on the grill which will aim them slightly high. The lights I bought had 4 cast nubs on the corners of the housing. I had to grind the top ones flush with the housing for a downward aim.

After you get the grill back on, you can leave the top bolts off and gently pull the grill back to fine tune aiming, but your fore arms will look like you fought a bobcat, Long sleeves are your friend! Be careful tightening down the hardware. If you break the ABS, you're screwed.

Please follow up with your fog light install. Very interested.

Didn’t look like a high enough quality mount to pull the trigger on. I’m sure something will pop up sooner than later.