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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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Hi folks - I want to have some KC daylighters installed and was wondering where a good shop was in the Olympia area that does good work. Any suggestions??
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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Lamans Offroad is over in Lacey, I don't have much experience with them though.. They're out towards Hawk's Prairie off of Martin Way.

If you don't mind a bit of a drive, the guys up at Billy Bob's Offroad in Milton/Edgewood are pretty cool.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 02:47 AM
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4x4 part in tacoma. idk of any others.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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I dont understand why you dont install them yourselves? some wires, switch and your do. its that simple
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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I agree with XJ. I won't go quite as hard on you as he did but Wiring isn't too hard a job with a little help if you can get some; and as long as you figure out how you want to hide the wiring its easy. Believe me, I had no Idea how to wire when I first started, but I had the luxury of watching my dad wire his plethora of lights up. But like he said, some wires and a switch.

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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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not being tough. just trying to save him some $$. wiring lights is one of the simplest things to do. if we all paid a shop to do something then how would we learn how to work on our rigs now would we?

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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by xjoffroad
not being tough. just trying to save him some $$. wiring lights is one of the simplest things to do. if we all paid a shop to do something then how would we learn how to work on our rigs now would we?
Makes sense to me man I agree. Don't think I've taken my rig to a shop for anything (minus my high school auto shop when I was in high school.)
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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I do have a reason to let someone else do the wiring. I have arthritis and can't get down to get under the dash anymore without having more hurting than I like. I made my own light bar for the roof, painted it, and mounted it but someone else needs to get under the dash to run the lights.
Any of you folks ever need any CNC plasma work done give me shout.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by plain ol Bill
I do have a reason to let someone else do the wiring. I have arthritis and can't get down to get under the dash anymore without having more hurting than I like. I made my own light bar for the roof, painted it, and mounted it but someone else needs to get under the dash to run the lights.
Any of you folks ever need any CNC plasma work done give me shout.
sorry to hear about the arthritis. i have it in my right knee and it sucks! all the shops listed are worth going to!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by xjoffroad
sorry to hear about the arthritis. i have it in my right knee and it sucks! all the shops listed are worth going to!
hey mee to...untill i got surgery on monday...
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hey mee to...untill i got surgery on monday...
wow! i have my surgery in 2 weeks. thats funny. how you doing?
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 02:14 AM
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wow! i have my surgery in 2 weeks. thats funny. how you doing?
yeah nice. dude. need lots of ice, and make sure you have someone to bring you things. but right now, im limpin around on both feet without krutches. but pain wise not too bad.
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Originally Posted by plain ol Bill
I do have a reason to let someone else do the wiring. I have arthritis and can't get down to get under the dash anymore without having more hurting than I like. I made my own light bar for the roof, painted it, and mounted it but someone else needs to get under the dash to run the lights.
Any of you folks ever need any CNC plasma work done give me shout.
Hey, sorry to hear about that. Didn't mean to come off cocky or arrogant. I do apologize if I did. I'd love to see the light bar, I'm pretty into them. My dad's spent a ton of time wiring up all his lights so I always like to look at the setups of others to get some ideas! Good luck, and I'm sure whichever shop you choose will do an awesome job!
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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I'll get a pic of the roof light bar I made and post it up. I made my mounts to go into the the original factory tracks.Four tabs to put lights on. I was thinking a couple of flood type on the outsides and drivers in the middle. Have any of you folks run your wires through the windshield pillar? If so how hard to do was it??
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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As promised here are some pics of the light bar I made for the XJ. Of course I don't have lights on it yet but that is coming! Excuse the cluttered shop.
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