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[ArdWrknTrk]

Exactly, I’ll be painting the the spokes silver and the pockets black, give a nice contrast:nabble_smiley_happy:

If the steelies I have could handle a 12.5 inch wide tire I’d have a very hard decision to make. Whenever I do something like this I just go for it. I know whatever I do I’ll grow to love it lol.

Looks like I’ll be moving forward with painting them, will keep y’all updated:nabble_smiley_cool:

You might consider a dark grey.

It won't have all the contrast of black, but it won't look as dirty either.

Black hurricanes and brake dust were an eyesore for me way back in the day.

[Jacob84]

You might consider a dark grey.

It won't have all the contrast of black, but it won't look as dirty either.

Black hurricanes and brake dust were an eyesore for me way back in the day.

I thought about a dark grey and I do like it. It is a little different which is cool to me. The brake dust is one of the reasons I want to paint the wheels. That raw aluminum absorbs everything and in order to clean them you got to use some serious cleaner that leaves the wheels in almost a white color. Then you gotta polish them to make them look aluminum again. I just don’t have the time to do that every two weeks:nabble_anim_crazy:

[Jacob84]

I thought about a dark grey and I do like it. It is a little different which is cool to me. The brake dust is one of the reasons I want to paint the wheels. That raw aluminum absorbs everything and in order to clean them you got to use some serious cleaner that leaves the wheels in almost a white color. Then you gotta polish them to make them look aluminum again. I just don’t have the time to do that every two weeks:nabble_anim_crazy:

Got the original grille put back in the truck and a steering stabilizer put on. Seems to help a little. Tomorrow my new taillights, cowl seal, headlight harness, and a transfer case tailshaft bushing (hopefully the correct one) will arrive tomorrow:nabble_anim_jump:

That’ll keep me busy for a little bit. I've been having to drive a lot at night, especially since it gets dark so early. This has reminded how terrible our stock headlights are. I think it’s a good idea to go ahead and upgrade them. After searching the forum I’ve decided on a set of Hella H4 conversion headlights. I’ll also pick up some of their high-wattage bulbs and try them out too.

There is one more thing on my lighting wishlist. I like being able to see the sides of the road because where I am there are a lot of deer. I’ve nearly hit two over this past weekend. I had a thought to add some lights to the bumper like Dave/FuzzFace2 did to his. A clean, flush fit. But instead of the lights facing forward they would follow the angle of the outer 1 foot sections of the bumper so they would kick the light outward at a slight angle. Now I wouldn’t drive with them on all the time because I don’t want to blind other people but wire them to come on with the high beams. Arkansas is pretty relaxed (at least where I’m at) about lights so I’m not worried about the legal stuff.

Maybe something like this? Or something else clean-ish looking. Like anything I plan it’s subject to change. I’d even be open to some round flood or fog lights mounted on top of the bumper or on the grille

[ArdWrknTrk]

Got the original grille put back in the truck and a steering stabilizer put on. Seems to help a little. Tomorrow my new taillights, cowl seal, headlight harness, and a transfer case tailshaft bushing (hopefully the correct one) will arrive tomorrow:nabble_anim_jump:

That’ll keep me busy for a little bit. I've been having to drive a lot at night, especially since it gets dark so early. This has reminded how terrible our stock headlights are. I think it’s a good idea to go ahead and upgrade them. After searching the forum I’ve decided on a set of Hella H4 conversion headlights. I’ll also pick up some of their high-wattage bulbs and try them out too.

There is one more thing on my lighting wishlist. I like being able to see the sides of the road because where I am there are a lot of deer. I’ve nearly hit two over this past weekend. I had a thought to add some lights to the bumper like Dave/FuzzFace2 did to his. A clean, flush fit. But instead of the lights facing forward they would follow the angle of the outer 1 foot sections of the bumper so they would kick the light outward at a slight angle. Now I wouldn’t drive with them on all the time because I don’t want to blind other people but wire them to come on with the high beams. Arkansas is pretty relaxed (at least where I’m at) about lights so I’m not worried about the legal stuff.

Maybe something like this? Or something else clean-ish looking. Like anything I plan it’s subject to change. I’d even be open to some round flood or fog lights mounted on top of the bumper or on the grille

Are those rock crawler lights?

Do you know what their focus is?

I'm just asking because there's really no reason to light up the treetops, and you might even find that distracting.

Not that a deer in your path isn't distracting...

I find that I usually see their eyes long before I see them.

[Gary Lewis]

Got the original grille put back in the truck and a steering stabilizer put on. Seems to help a little. Tomorrow my new taillights, cowl seal, headlight harness, and a transfer case tailshaft bushing (hopefully the correct one) will arrive tomorrow:nabble_anim_jump:

That’ll keep me busy for a little bit. I've been having to drive a lot at night, especially since it gets dark so early. This has reminded how terrible our stock headlights are. I think it’s a good idea to go ahead and upgrade them. After searching the forum I’ve decided on a set of Hella H4 conversion headlights. I’ll also pick up some of their high-wattage bulbs and try them out too.

There is one more thing on my lighting wishlist. I like being able to see the sides of the road because where I am there are a lot of deer. I’ve nearly hit two over this past weekend. I had a thought to add some lights to the bumper like Dave/FuzzFace2 did to his. A clean, flush fit. But instead of the lights facing forward they would follow the angle of the outer 1 foot sections of the bumper so they would kick the light outward at a slight angle. Now I wouldn’t drive with them on all the time because I don’t want to blind other people but wire them to come on with the high beams. Arkansas is pretty relaxed (at least where I’m at) about lights so I’m not worried about the legal stuff.

Maybe something like this? Or something else clean-ish looking. Like anything I plan it’s subject to change. I’d even be open to some round flood or fog lights mounted on top of the bumper or on the grille

I think the Hellas and the harness will make a big difference, but I am anxious to see what you think about that change.

On the lights for the bumper, I'm with Jim. I think you want lights that have a focus and throw the light well down the road - or the sides thereof. I like the shape of the ones you show, but don't know anything about the beam pattern they produce.

[Jacob84]

I think the Hellas and the harness will make a big difference, but I am anxious to see what you think about that change.

On the lights for the bumper, I'm with Jim. I think you want lights that have a focus and throw the light well down the road - or the sides thereof. I like the shape of the ones you show, but don't know anything about the beam pattern they produce.

Those lights are a sort of generic light. I’ve seen different brands carry them like Rough Country, Hella, various Amazon sellers, etc. Those in the pic are the Rough Country ones and they are a 90 degree flood pattern. If I remember correctly I can find that same style light from a different distributor that has a different beam pattern such as a spot beam.

The headlight upgrade may solve a lot of my problems though. I’ll probably do that first before I buy any other light. The headlights are pretty terrible. It’ll get better with the relay harness but I know I’ll want more.

There also seems to be two different styles of the Hella conversion lights. There are the SAE/DOT ones and the ECE/E Code?. Not sure which is better. Like I said, Arkansas is pretty relaxed on lights. As long as you’re not blinding other drivers. I come across guys running with their light bars as high beams and most of them are real good about turning them off quickly when they see you so they don’t blind you.

[Gary Lewis]

Those lights are a sort of generic light. I’ve seen different brands carry them like Rough Country, Hella, various Amazon sellers, etc. Those in the pic are the Rough Country ones and they are a 90 degree flood pattern. If I remember correctly I can find that same style light from a different distributor that has a different beam pattern such as a spot beam.

The headlight upgrade may solve a lot of my problems though. I’ll probably do that first before I buy any other light. The headlights are pretty terrible. It’ll get better with the relay harness but I know I’ll want more.

There also seems to be two different styles of the Hella conversion lights. There are the SAE/DOT ones and the ECE/E Code?. Not sure which is better. Like I said, Arkansas is pretty relaxed on lights. As long as you’re not blinding other drivers. I come across guys running with their light bars as high beams and most of them are real good about turning them off quickly when they see you so they don’t blind you.

From what I've read the E-code lights are the better ones. But don't miss this post in the Lighting Upgrades thread. Danial Stern provided a link to the ones he recommended at the time.

Which reminds me, I sent him an email recently but haven't gotten a response. I'll go back to him, again, for an update.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Those lights are a sort of generic light. I’ve seen different brands carry them like Rough Country, Hella, various Amazon sellers, etc. Those in the pic are the Rough Country ones and they are a 90 degree flood pattern. If I remember correctly I can find that same style light from a different distributor that has a different beam pattern such as a spot beam.

The headlight upgrade may solve a lot of my problems though. I’ll probably do that first before I buy any other light. The headlights are pretty terrible. It’ll get better with the relay harness but I know I’ll want more.

There also seems to be two different styles of the Hella conversion lights. There are the SAE/DOT ones and the ECE/E Code?. Not sure which is better. Like I said, Arkansas is pretty relaxed on lights. As long as you’re not blinding other drivers. I come across guys running with their light bars as high beams and most of them are real good about turning them off quickly when they see you so they don’t blind you.

E-code have a truly horizontal clip on dim and a bigger flare plus sharper focus on high.

With a 90° pattern I could see those lights on my Bricknose bumper, because it tucks in towards the bottom, but I don't know about on a Bullnose bumper.

I'm fairly amazed at how much field of view I get with the Empreza fog lights I have mounted flush in the bumper.

[Jacob84]

E-code have a truly horizontal clip on dim and a bigger flare plus sharper focus on high.

With a 90° pattern I could see those lights on my Bricknose bumper, because it tucks in towards the bottom, but I don't know about on a Bullnose bumper.

I'm fairly amazed at how much field of view I get with the Empreza fog lights I have mounted flush in the bumper.

Gary- Yes sir, I’ve been perusing that thread quite a bit, a lot of good info. And I think with Daniel saying the Hellas are decent I’ll probably go with them. Unless the others really are worth the extra money. I can be persuaded.

Jim- So maybe something is a little bent but my bumper looks like it actually tilts up on the ends....may not be the best to mount them on the ends unless I can shim them to sit level or downwards. I’ll do some more looking later when I have a little time. It’s the original bumper, it’s got a few dings and a little wavy lol

[FuzzFace2]

Gary- Yes sir, I’ve been perusing that thread quite a bit, a lot of good info. And I think with Daniel saying the Hellas are decent I’ll probably go with them. Unless the others really are worth the extra money. I can be persuaded.

Jim- So maybe something is a little bent but my bumper looks like it actually tilts up on the ends....may not be the best to mount them on the ends unless I can shim them to sit level or downwards. I’ll do some more looking later when I have a little time. It’s the original bumper, it’s got a few dings and a little wavy lol

If a deer wants to kill its self no light will stop it!

I almost got a 6 to 8 point buck this morning with the work truck, 80K TG I was only doing 30 MPH, limit was 35 but it was 430 and dark no street lights. He also jumped out of the brush when I was going around a curve.

As for the head lights may I ask you to try the relay kit with the light bulbs you have now 1 or 2 dark runs just to see the difference.

Then add the H4 bulbs so you / we know what the difference is between them all is.

I think I ran the standard halogen sealed bulbs with out the relays and they were ok.

I then added the relays and it was night and day. I like the pattern on both low & high beams and puts light down the road where I like it. It puts my 02 Durango head lights to shame.

I would like to see what you think between the 3 different setups is all.

Dave ----