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UPDATE

I got my cables to do my BIG3 upgrade last week, so I started working on that. I think I did good to get the positive cable run on the first day. I'll continue to work on the others. (Cutting that dang big cable is a bear for an old guy with arthritis! :eek:)

Big3-1-battery.jpg
I found these post terminals and thought that was a good idea. I can run accessories from the smaller connections. Hopefully it holds up as good as it looks.

Big3-1-overall.jpg
This is my positive cable. More to come soon.

I also got my new headlights installed!

New-Headlights-all-on.jpg

I think they look good, clear lenses with black housings so they're slightly darker than stock, but put out as much light as possible. Now I have to get some LEDs for the fogs, or just replace them. That's still very much a work in progress.

COMING SOON!

Got the grill guard and the parts for my 3" lift. Gotta sweet talk my sons in law to come help. :cool:
 

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UPDATE

I got my cables to do my BIG3 upgrade last week, so I started working on that. I think I did good to get the positive cable run on the first day. I'll continue to work on the others. (Cutting that dang big cable is a bear for an old guy with arthritis! :eek:)

Big3-1-battery.jpg
I found these post terminals and thought that was a good idea. I can run accessories from the smaller connections. Hopefully it holds up as good as it looks.

Big3-1-overall.jpg
This is my positive cable. More to come soon.

I also got my new headlights installed!

New-Headlights-all-on.jpg

I think they look good, clear lenses with black housings so they're slightly darker than stock, but put out as much light as possible. Now I have to get some LEDs for the fogs, or just replace them. That's still very much a work in progress.

COMING SOON!

Got the grill guard and the parts for my 3" lift. Gotta sweet talk my sons in law to come help. :cool:
Looks great. Did you convert the side battery posts to top posts? Those side posts suck.
Do you have leds in your headlights?
 
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The OE stuff is still connected to the sides. I just left it there.

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There's also a wayward blown fuse down there too that I can't reach yet.

Here are my LEDs...
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I mounted the LEDs in the housing first to make sure there was no clearance issues.
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The OE stuff is still connected to the sides. I just left it there.

Big3-1-battery-side.jpg

There's also a wayward blown fuse down there too that I can't reach yet.

Here are my LEDs...
LED-headlights.jpg

I mounted the LEDs in the housing first to make sure there was no clearance issues.
New-Headlights-back-LEDs-installed.jpg
I'd run a thin bead of silicone around the inner edge of each lens along with some dielectric grease around the bulb gaskets--the part that plugs into the back of the lens. Aftermarket lenses fog up 99.999% of the time.
How are the lenses behind your headlights? They're usually thin crappy plastic. I just used my oem brackets and swapped those over. Nice and tight with no bouncing around.
 
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I'd run a thin bead of silicone around the inner edge of each lens along with some dielectric grease around the bulb gaskets--the part that plugs into the back of the lens. Aftermarket lenses fog up 99.999% of the time.
How are the lenses behind your headlights? They're usually thin crappy plastic. I just used my oem brackets and swapped those over. Nice and tight with no bouncing around.

Ah, didn't think about that. Good thing they're easy to take out.

The brackets seemed good, but I didn't really compare the two while I had them out. I think that's something I'll do when I take them out again. If the other ones look sturdier I might switch them. But, on a good note, my new headlight isn't crooked like the old one was.
 

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Nice ride . Keep the mods coming . Just remember when the wife gets mad use the saying “it’s only money honey” , that usually settles them down real nice like :waytogo:


Also curious why the lower part doesn’t light up on your led turns E6F3A170-F2A9-496B-BAD1-1F2CA093A317.jpeg
 
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Also curious why the lower part doesn’t light up on your led turns View attachment 264107

I thought that was odd when I first turned them on, but if you move to the sides you can see them. At about 30 degrees you can see both. At about 45 degrees and beyond, the bottom row can really be seen and the top row fades. It's the way the reflectors are designed.

I can't say I'm 100% a fan of that idea, but it will do until I find something I like more.
 

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