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Thanks! 12mm x 1.5 (part# 21134ETBC)

Thanks! I was surprised with how much the handling improved, even with the lift added. There's a night and day difference getting on and off the interstate with any sort of speed with the new setup.

Thanks! And thanks again for your help getting me started.

I forgot to mention that I tried to reuse the old butyl tape and ended up having water leak into the housings. Save yourself the hassle of having to open them again and add a new strip of butyl tape when you seal them back up. If you don't want to open the housings, another member was able to...

You can follow these instructions to open the fog light housings. The bulb shield is held on with a single screw. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gx470-black-headlight-foglight-housing-diy.1227677/

Here's an update since this thread got resurrected. I got the lift installed - went with the RRW RR5-V wheels and Falken Wildpeak 285/70/17 tires, replaced the major fluids, replaced the TB/WP and took care of the other service items. I replaced the alternator (Tucson Alternator Exchange...

Sure. The bronze is actually pretty subtle and looks more like a gunmetal shade in low light or at a distance. Here's a close-up without any adjustments to the color profile: If you get the RRW wheels I wouldn't recommend getting their lug nuts. They weren't in stock when I ordered my...

Old NC 105 / Linville Gorge

Got busy with work and the holidays and forgot to post an update. I called Tucson Alternator Exchange (same company) after my alternator arrived and they told me it wouldn't have charging problems without the pigtail and that the pulley is smaller but the tensioner should take up the extra...

Did you just replace the front blinkers? I had this problem when I had LEDs up front and halogens in the back. The hazards went back to normal once I changed the rear blinkers too.

I used this method when installing my LED flashers. No hyper-flash and DRLs still work. Thanks for posting it.

If you're looking for a true fog light, the SS3 pods are definitely the way to go. They'll give you the proper beam pattern and cutoff along with great light output. I got the HID kit because I originally planned on keeping the stock front end and wanted the fog lights to be a useful light...

No problem. I read through the wheel/tire/lift thread several times when I was researching lifts and remembered the post from there.

Can't verify, but here's the post. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gx470-wheel-tire-lift-picture-combination-thread.970666/post-12998868

I don't think you can get good light output from the stock fog lights unless you remove the bulb shields in the light housings. I installed the diode dynamics fog light HID conversion kit (3000K) and was initially underwhelmed with the results. After removing the bulb covers, the lights look...