05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[05Single]

Happy monday and happy Halloween!!! my favorite holiday of the year! upgraded my baby guage wire to 4 guage.

On closer inspection you can see how old and corroded the red wire was. 2 big no no's in electrical. Glad I took the time to redo all my wiring, nice piece of mind. Plus it adds more flow which equals more dbs

 

[05Single]

Nice work and execution. Super bright.

Thanks, I feel like I over analyze and over engineer stuff sometimes which causes me more time and headache . Probably why I couldn't do this for a living lol
I have two more of these blue leds, thinking of putting them both behind the grille.

 

[Tonyrodz]

You did it again buddy! Built a masterpiece! Looks great, little bright. You'll never be able to hide. Did you wire them to a switch or the parking lights?

 

[05Single]

Was gonna wire them up to the ignition with a bypass but now I think I'll just wire them straight to the battery so I can leave them on while the truck is off while I run into the store or at shows and meets.
If I forget to turn them off no harm no foul, could leave them on for a month and still not lose any battery juice lol.

 

[Rocket Man]

Damn good job! And on the cheap no less!

 

[Smoke Em All]

I plan on swapping to leds when I do a retrofit with projectors over the winter

Is there a write up or link to retro fitting? And where do you get parts?


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[05Single]

I saw only a couple sets on a fb page called headlight junkies. I'm sure there's a write up on theretrosourse.Com but haven't looked yet

 

[AppocAlexx]

Clean under lighting install, any new pics of the final product yet?

 

[05Single]

Clean under lighting install, any new pics of the final product yet?

Lol..... um that is final product . Just gotta hook up a switch. What am I missing , did I leave something out?

 

[05Single]

Been anxious to see how I did this, and @Fosscore too lol. After a few different brainstorming ideas I came up with this. Most of you would cringe drilling into the hood but it had to be done to have these flush and create a good clearance.

Got these for brackets since I can't reach behind the hood sub frame to tighten.
Off to home depot again.
These X2

Drilled

Painted

Had to drill two small mounting holes and a half inch hole for the led bolt shafts to fit through. Tightened it onto the bracket then used another nut as a spacer cause the shafts is too long. Later I'll shave down the shafts and give more room to make these 100% flush
Hooked it up to the auto start kill ground. Then power directly to battery.

Measured and mounted. Installed this is what gives full illumination on the engine bay and deep down into the bay for most any repairs, or just showing off engine mods...which I have none lol

Would look much better with a clean engine bay

 

[05Single]

And the final outcome

 

[Fosscore]

Been waiting on that underhood lighting mod for ages. Looks really good!

 

[Tonyrodz]

I think I hear angels singing! looks great. Nice light to work under too. Good work

 

[AppocAlexx]

Dang all these light upgrades you looking at doing duel batteries? Looks good BTW.


Also am I the only one here that looks at all the stuff in people pics when they have things in the background, lol not sure if that's weird or not. I know I'm nosey as hell tho.

 

[Smoke Em All]

He's trying to be seen by Hubble!!


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[05Single]

Dang all these light upgrades you looking at doing duel batteries? Looks good BTW.


Also am I the only one here that looks at all the stuff in people pics when they have things in the background, lol not sure if that's weird or not. I know I'm nosey as hell tho.

Haha all these lights are about as much power as one 3157 incandescent bulb.

It's a game, how many tahoe parts can you find in all of the pics

 

[05Single]

He's trying to be seen by Hubble!!


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Is hubble still up there ? Lol

Ask AppocAlexx how dark it gets up here.
Anyway this is all I had planned for lights , i swear. Now I can continue on to bigger and better things. But this under hood light is one of my new favorite mods. Not bad for under $5

 

[Tonyrodz]

How's the light hooked up? Mercury switch? So it comes on as soon as the Hood is opened? Or is it on an on/off manual switch?

 

[05Single]

How's the light hooked up? Mercury switch? So it comes on as soon as the Hood is opened? Or is it on an on/off manual switch?

The kill switch for the auto start. When the hood is closed the rod is pressed down, when the hood is open the rod slides up causing a contact for a ground and automatically turning the lights on.

 

[05Single]

Ok I know I said I was done, but I bought a 10 pack of these and I used 8 for the underglow, so I had two left over begging to go on the truck somewhere lol