SH0RTBUS

One thing you may want to keep in mind while deciding where to mount the switches is how easy it would be to replace the piece you are going to drill a hole in. I always try to choose a location where the plastic piece being drilled is small, cheap to purchase, and easily to replace. If you drill a hole in a portion of the dash that is large, it will be very costly to replace if you decide you want to sell the Jeep or trade it in and need to remove the accessories.

obxjeep

Agreed, very good opinion! The sky is the limit when mounting switches in your JK, I chose my location because it was within easy reaching distance and my switches match the interior perfect right there. I have had a few people even ask me if the Wrangler came with those stock Thats a sign that I did a good job. As for the switch behind the dashboard... holy crap that thing was almost impossible to drill, but the finished product worked great!

GREAT THREAD!

hiteck

How did you tie in to the low-beam circuit? Location and wire color(s)?


TIA

justinstoffregen

i love these switches. i wish i needed them

hiteck

Go ahead and get some switches and install them. That'll give more of a reason to buy those driving/fog lights and install that winch

wayland1985

hiteck

Found the answer to my question after doing some more searching. Low beam is a white wire with blue stripe.

Just finished wiring for oem fogs in my mid-width. I didn't have enough wire to run things like I wanted, but they're hooked up and work with low beams only. I didn't install a switch, but I may later. I'm going to completely re-wire this weekend and will take pics for those watching along at home. I'll start a new thread when i do. (sorry for the temp hi-jack)

hiteck

jeepnxj where did you find those? Would they fit in the lower console or is there not enough space behind it?




Found this in another thread I think it's made by cooltech

jeepnxj3

You can get them in several places. I mainly get mine at west marine or boater's world. Any good boating place should have them. not cheap, but I think look best. The switches come seperate from the mounting panels. They wouldn't fit in the lower console unless you use the daystar panel like BodyGuy.

Terp411

Just installed the Cootech LLC Switch Plate. Took about 5 minutes to install.