troyboy

I just used needlenose pliers and soldered the connections. Worked fine for me.

joe002

I bought a crimping tool - it was around $60.

AaronJK

Waytek has some decent economy crimpers. Waytek part #533 i believe is the packard 150 and 280 series crimper.

Joe002 thanks for this post and all the info it has made an epic wiring job alot neater and given me excuses to buy fun new tools.

joe002

Thanks. Yeah, I like getting new tools too.

BTW - There's been a big improvement in rocker covers and so I updated mine: https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-e...1/#post2908523

HHFD633

doing the same thing. I cant seem to find the dash illumination wire that will light up the switches with the dash lights... Any help onb location of what everyone is using...

Thanks,
Chris

joe002

If you look at my circuit diagram you can see that I made a circuit based on when a light bulb (a maker light) comes on (same way the towing package is hooked up). I didn’t wire it into the dash. I wanted to keep the entire setup independent of the stock wiring harness.

AaronJK

I decided to make a switch panel for the upper dash instead of using something pre-made. I have a deep love of chrome toggle switches and taking things too far. I am wiring everything up now so hopefully i will finish this soon. I was going to do a writeup but my phone broke and i lost all my pics.

troyboy

That's pretty cool. Where did you get the plastic surround for the switches?

AaronJK

I used a stock upper dash panel and built the basic shape out of an old 1/4" thick plastic cutting board and piece of copper pipe to match the original curve. I cut a plastic bowl in half to make the bin on top and then used pantyhose and fiberglass resin to make the shell. A little bedliner and bondo and its a good match. If i can get pics off friends phones i can post a writeup later.

troyboy

Cool. I would love to see that.