like that round piece is a light???

 

yea thats what i wanna do to the durango but i couldn't find any led lights to go with it

 

hmmmmm, i got some ideas, but idk how to explain what im thinking, and for my idea you need the big tow mirrors that came on the 01 and newer durangos w/ the tow package

ill see if i can figure out the parts for you just give me some time

 

ok my plan requires (for EACH SIDE so x2 for doing both drivers and passenger side)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MagLite-Replacem...efaultDomain_0


http://cgi.ebay.com/C-or-D-CELL-MAGL...3%3A1|294%3A50



http://cgi.ebay.com/Maglite-108-031-...3%3A1|294%3A50

and some bondo or fiberglass material, and a willingness to cut into your nice power tow mirrors

what you do is take the reflectors from the mag lights I(the first link) and cut the plastic so that you can fit the reflector into it for mounting, and then be willing to cut your brand new reflector to kind of follow the curve of the mirror, then glue it in place and glass in around it so that it flows smoothly up to the lenses

and you need some type of clips to hold the lensplastic lenses on, a little bit of heat froma hair dryer should be enough to allow you to flex the lense to follow the flow of the mirror, or cut it down in size to fit recessed farther in.


alternately you could also find all the parts by buying two FULL c cell LED mag-lites which you will then dissect for the necessary parts for this,

now keep in mind if you plan to run these full time, get the amber or colored lenses for the maglights since the LEDS are awfully bright, you also need to find a way to scale the voltage down to 3-6 volts depending on which set of bulbs you get, you COULD run them in series off a 12 volt power supply (then each of them would use 6 volts), a wiring source and figuring all of that out is on you atm, if i think of something i will post it up, this is how i would do the mod that YOU are looking for,



btw if i were doing this i would put an amber strip across the back of the black plastic and light that up as another driving light JMHO



EDIT:::::: you also need a mounting bracket (the socket for the LED bulb) from a maglight which matches the type of light you are salvaging the parts from, this makes buying two of the maglights you plan to use more convienient than trying to find parts individually


BTW my spellling sucks on here so give mea break as long as you get what im saying

 

so basicaly your telling me to buy brand new mirrors cut them and put like only the reflector, light bulb or led light, and plastic lens. which is just like takin off the head of any flashlight and weld it into the my brand new mirrors ???.....and would the 01 mirrors fit onto the 99 durango ???

 

LOL.

Yes.

 

hmmm.....it souds dangerous.....and may cost some money.....I LIKE IT.

check this light guys you think it may work....but i still dont get where i would wire the light to ???....maybe to the fog light cable ??? for it can work with the fog lights, you know i can turn them off and on

check this web and tell me what you think about this light ..... im thinking about using it if i can. http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forum...or-lights.html

 

yes basically, i picked mag-lites bc the parts are rather common, and i KNOW that they make LED versions,

yes the 01-3 mirrors will fit on a 99, they have the same emounting surface(both year spans use the same small mirror) and no welding, you are glassing the reflector onto the back of the mirror and then running the wires inside the housing behind the glass


thos lights would work well, especially if they come in those plastic cases already, and tapping into the wire depends on what you want it to do, do you want it to be like the parking/marker lights, wire it into one of the those circuits, you want it to be another directional, wire it in there, you want it to be a fog, wire it to that, it all depends on what you want these lights to do, after you tell us that we can tell you what to wire into


and i cant wait to see what it looks like finished

 

haha me too man...if we pull this off im gonna send you a metal or somethin :]

and yea i want them to work like the fog light i can turn them off and on if i want.....ok once i mount it on to the back of the mirror and run the wire behide the mirror , how do i run them throw the door to the to the fog light box next to my wheel ??? idk if you get me haha

 

are the 99 durango mirrors pop-offs ???