4.3L XJ

Did a little bidding at a local auction and got three LED light bars for about 110. One 50" curved, one 50" flat and one 22" flat. The 50" flat will go to the kid for his Harry Bristmas present. The 50" curved went on the front of the XJ and the small one went on the back. And yes, that really is imported dirt from Fordyce Creek wheeling

4.3L XJ

But as usual, I needed to do a little tinkering first. I really didn't want wide angle reflectors on the front curved bar and I didn't want narrow beam reflectors on the back up light bar. So I did a little swapping. I put all the narrow beam reflectors on the front bar and took all the wide beam reflectors and put them on the rear. Ran out of narrow beam refletors for the front though. Ended up having to keep four on the edge. But maybe I could raid the kids bar. Nah, I let it alone. The rear bar had different leds on it. They were wide angle LEDs with a convergent lense. I took the second lense out for a really wide angle beam. The rear bar has about a 120° angle on it, perfect for back up lights

4.3L XJ

Then I needed to put a switch in for the new front bar. The one supplied just wasn't what I wanted, so I got a novelty switch and made a little panel for it to replace all the idiot lights I didn't use anymore. Then while I was at it, I made a new panel to go in the clock area and cig lighter. I got a new lighter socket and USB charging port to put in. Backup light is wired into back up light circuit

4.3L XJ

Final result was a nice pattern on the front. This is a two acre field next to the house. I parked at the edge and could basically light up the whole field except the near corners. The pic really doesn't do it justice and show the whole thing, but I am pleased with the result

bad_idea

I like the switch panel replacing the idiot light panel. Do you have more details on that mod?

4.3L XJ

No, didn't take any pics of that. Basically I cut out all the idiot light sockets and the back of the panel, made an aluminum plate and used the top screw to hold it in place. Cut dummy holes for future use for rock lights etc

bad_idea

Gotcha. I just read your signature block, sounds like you've got a good amount of custom work into your jeep. Where did you source a 31 gallon tank? Do you have a build thread?

4.3L XJ

The tank came from the pick and pull. Got it for the price of the sending unit since they punched a hole in it. Nice heavy metal so I welded it shut. But the tank is manufactured in my home town of Chico by Transfer Flow. DOT approved too. Not sure if I have a build thread on here anymore or not. Will check

4.3L XJ

Here is the build thread, but all the pics were from photobucket. If you have Chrome with an add on you can view them