Well, since the weather was awesome today, and I didn't have to take my engine apart to fix crappy injectors.....
I decided to do some mods that I've been waiting to do!
First order of business, copy cat Rickashay's kick A$$ underhood lights! I went to the local Tractor and Supply store, and bought a couple of LED Dome lights to replace that tiny light socket I had!
Here's a pic of my old light:
Ripped out the wiring, and running new stuff through the hood braces:
New lights installed:
I retained the contact switch I had before, and decided to forgo using the override switch, as these LED's only use about .25amps!
I could use them for hours, and have no issues with them killing the battery!
Here's some pics of them in action (no flash used for either pic):
They almost light up enough to be auxiliary driving lights!
While doing the light install, I also removed my rear spoiler, and gave it a coat of Black High Heat Tremclad paint.
Then on to some more fun stuff!! My buddy, Lee got a sweet deal on 20 HID Kits, and sold me a set for $40.00!
Pics of the ballasts mounted to the inner fender:
A quick night time pic:
They aren't as fancy as the DDM Tuning kits, and don't have the High Beam / Low Beam option, but seem to be pretty bright! I'm going to test them over then next few days, and see how bright they really are. Hopefully they'll be good, and I won't be blinding on-coming drivers. If they don't do as well as I hoped, he offered to let me return them to him.
After that was done, we fooled around with idea of adding some Auxiliary Reverse lights. I started out just sitting them on top of one of the cross beams on my tire carrier, but think the 33" tire will block too much of the lens.
So we decided to mount it beneath the same area, and it seems to look pretty good there. I'm not quite done wiring them all up, I still have to run the power line and in-line fuse to the battery, but should have that buttoned up by tomorrow afternoon!
Pics to follow......
