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Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:19 pm

Something else I did was fabbed some rear brake lights. I took my stock housings, removed the lenses, blanked them off flat, cut ovals for sealed LED, and installed halo style LEDS.

Pics dont come out right, but it looks solid.

I wired them up with the turn signal and brake together, but that didnt work. Turn signl would back feed and light u both brakes. So I added the 2" orange leds for turns.

Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:25 pm

Heres what I have left on the list before I can go wheelin.

swap to a 3rib
build a bumper/skid plate
install a real air filter

Other things I plan on doing is:
roll cage
better seat restraints
re-wire the whole car
build and install thing beams

Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:09 am

Those look cool! You could have fixed your backfeed issue a number of ways, but adding a second light is the easiest :lol: I wired up euro style single filament turn signals to my Thing to be both turn and parking lights. I ran the parking light through a resistor to drop the input voltage to around 8 volts, so even with the lights on at night, once I engage a turn signal the bulb will see a full 12 volts and flashes brighter.

I probably would have thrown a relay in your rear light circuit so if the turn signals were engaged with the brake lights lit, it would override the brake light and just flashed the turn signal.

Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:41 pm

My 44idf looks better on your car! Lol i know you were having jetting problems how's it working out? Ever end up using the external cooler?

Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:51 am

I got the main jets done, but need an idle jet between 55 and 60. But that will have to wait. I'm in the middle of a tranny upgrade and new torsion bars.

I fitted the oil cooler with 2 small gocart radiator fans, but haven't put it on my car yet. I'm gonna wait till I get on the trail some to see if I need them. If it doesn't need them, I won't run it as its more things to go wrong or break or leak.