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Started on the lights...
Here is how they show up with no instructions, no real packaging and no fluff. However they are packaged well and come with both the H4 pigtail we need plus an adapter for the Heeps.
It has a nice heat sink back. If you look at the outter edge here on the rear you can see some raised castings that will interfere and not let the lamp sit flush into the headlight buckets. The 4 tabs are alignment tabs for a Jeep. I will break out the dremel and knock them off if longer screws don't get me where I want to be when I strap them in.
One of the only downsides is the lights come with what Auxbeam calls Atmospheric glow... however they chose blue which I am pretty sure would not be smiled upon by my local LEO's. They do come with a daytime running light halo, which I do like and plan on using. So with that little issue it was time to crack them open and start modding the lights.
Here is the halo without the diffuser ring installed and the blue LEDs. They are all REALLY bright so my auto camera adjusted, the pic looks dark but the shop is lit up like an operating room so... there you go.
After contemplating unsoldering some connections to pull the blue LED's from the system. That and or cutting the lead for the Halo and punching it directly into the power lead for the halo/atmospheric LED's I decided to go uber cheap and cover the blue LED's with some high quality electrical tape. Time will tell if it will heat up to much and move around but my gut tells me I am going to be fine. I left the big (yellow) LED's wide open, using one taped edge to cover the small Blue LED's.
My harness should show today. I'll pop them in and wire them as soon as I get some breathing room to play in the garage.
Here is how they show up with no instructions, no real packaging and no fluff. However they are packaged well and come with both the H4 pigtail we need plus an adapter for the Heeps.
It has a nice heat sink back. If you look at the outter edge here on the rear you can see some raised castings that will interfere and not let the lamp sit flush into the headlight buckets. The 4 tabs are alignment tabs for a Jeep. I will break out the dremel and knock them off if longer screws don't get me where I want to be when I strap them in.
One of the only downsides is the lights come with what Auxbeam calls Atmospheric glow... however they chose blue which I am pretty sure would not be smiled upon by my local LEO's. They do come with a daytime running light halo, which I do like and plan on using. So with that little issue it was time to crack them open and start modding the lights.
Here is the halo without the diffuser ring installed and the blue LEDs. They are all REALLY bright so my auto camera adjusted, the pic looks dark but the shop is lit up like an operating room so... there you go.
After contemplating unsoldering some connections to pull the blue LED's from the system. That and or cutting the lead for the Halo and punching it directly into the power lead for the halo/atmospheric LED's I decided to go uber cheap and cover the blue LED's with some high quality electrical tape. Time will tell if it will heat up to much and move around but my gut tells me I am going to be fine. I left the big (yellow) LED's wide open, using one taped edge to cover the small Blue LED's.
My harness should show today. I'll pop them in and wire them as soon as I get some breathing room to play in the garage.
So, to close up the holes on the roof, I used an amazing product called duct tape 
I even splurged for a roll of 3M's finest... and I got it color matched! 
