Worked on it a bit today

[Stevedm]

Purchased the cheapest set Of fog lights I could find on Amazon. $189. Not the best instructions but they are super bright. Also put a 40 inch lightbar on the bumper, mudflaps and a trifold hard bed cover on today.

 

[Stevedm]

More- For the record, I had a rigid LED system on the 2018 jeep Rubicon I just traded in. These no-name lights off Amazon are at least as bright With a Nice pattern. After the money I spent on the rigid ones versus these, there’s no way I would buy that brand again. No offense to anyone.

 

[pastorwug]

Just don't get those lights wet!

 

[Sgt Beavis]

Just don't get those lights wet!

Or, speaking from the experience of others, get some silicone caulking and seal the lights. I’ve met people on the trails that did exactly that with cheap Amazon lights and have had pretty good results.

 

[Stevedm]

Just don't get those lights wet!

First thing I did was take it to the car wash. Mostly it was to test how waterproof and make sure my new Tonneau cover didn’t blow away with the heavy duty blow dryer...but also wanted to see if the lights would fog or how my connections were. My rigid ones were fogged over after about six months. They still worked fine but there was condensation inside of them even though they were supposedly waterproof. I think that’s partially why I’m fed up with these super expensive LED lights. You can literally buy four or five sets of the ones that I have for one set of rigid lights. So what if one of them goes out? I’ll just buy one more.… Don’t even need the whole set.

I mean, some companies want more just for the brackets than I paid for the whole set. No one here can tell me that’s not BS. Beautifully powder coated with nice even spray, no chipping etc. When I cranked on the nuts to hold the lights in place, absolutely no chipping of the powder coat occurred.

 

[Stevedm]

$360 cover off eBay. Super heavy. Indeed you could definitely stand on it. Normally I go with a retrax on my vehicles But they just keep creeping up in price every year.

 

[GLOCK26]

Are you thinkin about wheel upgrades

 

[mrblonde]

Do you have an Amazon link for the lights?

 

[Stevedm]

Do you have an Amazon link for the lights?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MV11JF3/?tag=fordraptorforum-20

Although it came with a wiring harness, I did not use it. I simply connected all the grounds together, then to the frame, all the reds together then to one of the 15 amp upfitter switches.

 

[Stevedm]

Are you thinkin about wheel upgrades

yeah but I’m a bit torn with what to do. I really like the factory bead lock wheels that came on the 19 and 20s