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sloboatnova
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Location: Broken Arrow, Ok
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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.
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sloboatnova
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Location: Broken Arrow, Ok
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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
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Bashr52
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Location: On an island in VA
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Those look cool! You could have fixed your backfeed issue a number of ways, but adding a second light is the easiest  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. |
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Snowking63
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Location: Cerritos, CA
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sloboatnova
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Location: Broken Arrow, Ok
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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.
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