Rock Lights installed
 

Just installed one set out of four sets of lights on my JK. For those of you who haven't seen it, I'm the guy that came up with the custom switch panel. See pictures of it here...

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-show-tell-33/my-custom-switch-panel-58696/

I'm holding off on installing the other set of lights because they are KC lights and are a lot more money than the ones I picked up at Harbor Freight. I figured I'd install some rock lights since I'm adding so many lights to my JK. The lights I got at Harbor Freight were $12/each. I figured use some good but cheapies in case they get broke, I won't cry about it. I used these lights...

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN0505.JPG

I originally thought of buying 4 of these to install under the Jeep but I'm glad I just went with two. They are 55W each so they are plenty bright, and taking in account the size of these lights I only found 2 great places to install them.

The front one was installed under the front passenger footwell...

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN05041.JPG

The rear one was installed on the passenger side on top of the metal cap on the rear spring...

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN0507.JPG

The rear one is the most guarded from getting hit by rocks or ripped off. The front one is close to an exhaust pipe, which gets hot, but it's far enough away that it doesn't melt the light itself.

The awesome thing about these 2 locations is each is directly next to a drain plug to bring the wire up into the cabin! The front one is next to the drain plug on the front passenger floorboard and the rear one is next to the tiny drainplug that is next to the bracket where the rear seat attaches to.

Probably the hardest part was figuring out which wire goes to which part of the switch (there was no indication of what went where). I could get the lights to work without the indicator light and vice versa. I forgot to ground the switch. Once that was done the switch works as it should.

Here's some pictures of the lights in action...

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN0520.JPG

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN0521.JPG

http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN0522.JPG

Schweet!!!:thumbsup:

those look very bright. nice job

very nice, I did a set on mine as well, but went with smaller lights. Silver Bullet did a set with LED lights, he had 8 pods that had 15 LED's in each, it was a great set up, went night wheeling with him and spotting him was very easy.

Nice job, LOVE YOUR LICENSE PLATE :thumbsup:

Those look great. I just installed some LED rock lights, as well. Photos of my set-up are here at post #43.



I, too, went night wheeling with a couple of guys who had rock lights and not only was spotting for them much easier, but the wheelin' photos of them were really great -- especially under a full moon.

Anyhow, nice job.

Ty...

I think you did a great job installing these. I don't want to burst your bubble, but i think the front lights should be in front of the tires, not behind them, this way it makes it a lot easier for someone to spot you. I've seen the location that you have in other jeeps, and while it is better than no lights, they don't work that well, unless you're only using them for repairs.

agree, a light in front of each wheel is the best location if using four, but with just two You have pretty decent locations. You may want to get 2 more down the road though.

Very cool, having done some night wheeling in Arizona I can definitely appreciate the use of those.

That is very cool,and along with the light bracket very nice job:thumbsup:

looks great :thumbsup:

Nice job, Looks great:thumbsup:

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nice job, theese lights are very tough and reliable !!!

Looks good!! should help out alot

I guess I'm the only one here that wheels at night,:thinking: and realizes that those won't help much. great installation, bad location.

yes,I'm sure they worked great for what you're saying, as I said before, those would be great for repairs, not so much for spoting someone, IMO if you're going to install rock lights the best location would be in front of the tires (rear and front) this way you get light under the belly (for repairs and such) and also for spoting. I'm only saying this because I already made the mistake of only having lights under the belly, and I had a very difficult time on a night run. compared to my friend. however lights are better than no lights.

could not have said it better myself.