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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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So i hate that when your in the middle of the woods late at night and need to reverse and smash a tree because you cant see a thing well i decided to modify my oem taillights with these nice led boxes that a buddy had laying around. So i simply took a dremal and just cut out the clear part
and then after some trimming the light dropped right in

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I then got some clear 2 part epoxy and glued it, just have to wire it in and see how it looks more updates to come.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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Looks awesome. How do they work?
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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Post some pictures of them in action!
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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Yeah there bright just have to finish the driver side
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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I like it. The neatness might be the best part.
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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Nice! Beats a spotlight hanging under the rear. I dont know if youve ever backed a fullsize truck up in the dark but those would have been heaven for me a year ago. Any shots of the area it lighys up? Where did your buddy get the light boxes from?

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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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I'm diggin' it! I am waiting on led's to do a taillight myself... kinda going for the Infiniti look. After all, I found out today, that the rims which came on my Jeep are from a Jaguar XK8.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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Nice job man! Looks great. I went a different route. I converted my bulb to a single led projector set up and tucked some cheap fog lights under the back bumper.

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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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good stuff here...i plan on just putting a single projector bulb in the stock housing, and then adding 2 3.5" lights in my dirtbound offroad rear bumper, since the holes are already in it they will be totally protected as well.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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Thanks guys, the lights turn out great and so far with just the one done i can notice a huge difference just gotta finish the other one.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by RJMuskett
Nice! Beats a spotlight hanging under the rear. I dont know if youve ever backed a fullsize truck up in the dark but those would have been heaven for me a year ago. Any shots of the area it lighys up? Where did your buddy get the light boxes from?
He said advanced auto
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 06:27 PM
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Where did you get the led's?
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by xj_mafia570
He said advanced auto
I dont think so... I just reread it. Ive never seen them at the advanced near my place
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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JeepSpeed18 where did you get that bulb?
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