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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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ok i would say 1.5 trust me i suck at fabbing stuff.....
and go to www.radioshack.com and search "project box" pick ur size (i did 8x6x3 or something) order 2 (one for box and other for relays) and u need CAT-6 cable 2 activate relays (got mine a crutchfield $0.30 a foot) u need random wires..... hmm what else.... oh and der! switches this is up to u. optional is paint but i wanted to clean it up so i got desert sand plastic paint
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by truckntractorhick
ok i would say 1.5 trust me i suck at fabbing stuff.....
and go to www.radioshack.com and search "project box" pick ur size (i did 8x6x3 or something) order 2 (one for box and other for relays) and u need CAT-6 cable 2 activate relays (got mine a crutchfield $0.30 a foot) u need random wires..... hmm what else.... oh and der! switches this is up to u. optional is paint but i wanted to clean it up so i got desert sand plastic paint
so what was your total cost?

.....may be doing this sooner rather than later even though I don't have **** to wire up yet.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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umm.... with all switches, extra relays, bought all new wiring... right at $100 give or take it all depends on what you got a home already to!

and a sad update:

bumper deal is gone it looks like i know its
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by truckntractorhick
umm.... with all switches, extra relays, bought all new wiring... right at $100 give or take it all depends on what you got a home already to!

and a sad update:

bumper deal is gone it looks like i know its
I don't have squat at home. I'm gonna buy all my wiring and stuff from McMaster Carr.

$73.34 total for 100ft each of black and red 10 gauge fine strand machine tool wire. Nice and flexible, while still beefy. Basically 37 per 100 ft of wire. I figure that will be way more than enough for everything I want to wire up on the Jeep anytime soon. Although I may buy some 8 gauge wire for when I eventually get a Taurus Fan.
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 09:37 AM
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yea i jist wired my regular electric fan to a switch. and i used www.waytekwire.com
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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ok light and sticker update pics!
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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If you dont mind me asking, why so many lights? Do you need them?
I could see them for backwoods use etc, but those will blind anyone on the road and you would have to be going 100 mph to outrun what appears to be your hid headlights. I have 6000k hid's in mine with euro housings and thats way more than enough light.
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 08:30 AM
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well i live in A LOT of woods there are many trails/paths that go through them. the fogs and regular headlights are for normal driving, the bumper lights are for backroads (to spot deer way ahead of time) and extreme weather conditions (e.g. this past winter in the NE was crazy) the new roof lights are aimed so the middle 2 jump past the bumper lights and the side 2 are pointed off to the side so i have a wider angle of lights those are used when i have bond fires, offroading, or when i go to the lake at night!
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Yeah, I live in Maine so I know how the snow is.
it just seems a bit excessive
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by truckntractorhick
well i live in A LOT of woods there are many trails/paths that go through them. the fogs and regular headlights are for normal driving, the bumper lights are for backroads (to spot deer way ahead of time) and extreme weather conditions (e.g. this past winter in the NE was crazy) the new roof lights are aimed so the middle 2 jump past the bumper lights and the side 2 are pointed off to the side so i have a wider angle of lights those are used when i have bond fires, offroading, or when i go to the lake at night!
dear god boy lift that thing already
what you spent for lights an stickers coulda got a bb at least
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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haha i have my priorities, you have yours
if you have a free lift ill take it though!
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Old Jul 31, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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Thats where I was getting at. Stop doin the easy stuff and turn some bolts!
for 2-300 (easily what you have in lights and stickers) you could have a 2" lift, disco the swaybars and youll go way farther than stock.
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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ok good/bad update........
all further progress done until october's junkyard sale!!!!!!!
ill be getting lift (maybe)
my zj seats
an overhead console
whatever else i may find.........

the sale is $25 to get in and $1 A PART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant wait
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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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Sweet, its awesome when deals like that come around. Do you already have zj seats? WJ seats are a direct swap, just put black leather heated seats in mine out of an 00 limited
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Old Aug 4, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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hell yeah keep it up
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