Customizing my Front End - New Lights and Grille

[97CargoCrawler]

Gotta love Ebay. So I bought those black reflector turn signals as pictured a few posts back. I have been waiting three days for the morons to ship them. So today I ask them for an ETA. Their response is:

Oh sorry....the manufacturer discontinued those on Dec. 1st. We can send you the clear ones instead if you like or refund your money.

WTF? I told them they should only be selling items they actually possess. Funny too, the item description said, "just arrived and ready to ship!" Friggin' a-holes.

I'm gonna pick up another set of projector headlights as soon as these fools return my money. If I can make them look like my photochop I will be very pleased.

[doyoulikeithere]

Makes me think of this:
Actually it would probably look good since it really wouldn't have an extra composite housing. I also think it would be way too bright. You'll just blind the other drivers especially when raining out.

Ha, Ha, Ha. Reminds Me too! Lol... and x2 on the super brights. Kinda dangerous, selfish & inconsiderate, to blind others just so that you can see better than they can, possibly causing an accident, and maybe even causing their injuries or death.
When I quick-flip my high-beams at people to remind them they forgot to dim - and they just light up their super bright hi-beams back at me & leave them on & laugh, I know exactly what sort of person I'm dealing with.

[97CargoCrawler]

Indeed, those are valid concerns, noted. Should it present itself in such a manner I feel a simple switch or replacement bulb should do the trick. It almost sounds too easy.

[doyoulikeithere]

Dont get me wrong, You want super bright hi-beams, go for it, get lazers if you want.

Just that these days it seems like a lot of peoples low beams are super bright. That sucks.
Looks like they will be great out in the dessert night otherwise.

[T.Low]

Love your threads CC!

+ 1. I wish you were my neighbor.

[97CargoCrawler]

T.Low

Laser? I may already have a few MegaWatts on the front end. Wanna see?

[97CargoCrawler]

I'm not 100% sure I'm going with the dual set-up just yet, but I ordered them anyway. There's just no easy way to test fit and see what they'll look like without two sets. I currently do not have a turn signal housing on order. I have not found one I like yet.

I anticipate I will be test fitting next weekend. Sucks that I have to pull off the grille guard to do it, that's a PITA. Otherwise it would be sooner.

[97CargoCrawler]

I really hoped this would not happen but I knew there was a risk. Despite having ordered my second set from the same exact people with the same exact part number I ended up with mismatched turn signal reflector colors. One is silver the other is chrome. These are packaged so well that I can see why they would not take the time to verify the reflector color if you asked them to. Oh well. I suppose I can order a third set and pick some that match.

Anyway, I was worried about the height of the two units together and whether or not I would need to hack off the top of one of the mounts. I measured 12" for the overall height between the bumper fascia and the hood on the front end. It looks like these will fit unmodified without a problem.



I might even find a way to mod the aprons I bought to fit in between:



This project is going to move much slower now that I'm simultaneously working on my roof rack. Between the two projects this one is going to be more difficult since I can't have my front end apart for more than a few hours to test fit and fab.

[astroturf]

There also appears to be a difference in the shape of them too.

EDIT: Overall housing shape.

[97CargoCrawler]

Hmmm. One is tilted at an angle because it has the lights sticking out the back.....I'll have to look closer. I think I'm gonna have to do a best 2 outta 3 now anyway. Or do THREE sets of super duper melt your face off lights!

[97CargoCrawler]

I now have an entire corner of the shop stacked floor to ceiling with lights. These just in:



My future is bright.

[astroturf]

And 97CargoCrawler said...

Let there be light, and there was L I G H T !!!

[dme3o]

Any updates on this?

[97CargoCrawler]

Nope! Coming soon....like early this summer. It's one of my last major external upgrades. I have all the stuff, just need more daylight.