I know, this thread is worthless without pics.

But... I wanted to share my plans. I went and bought some 14Ga wire, an in line fuse, new rocker switch, and connectors. Im going to go ahead and wire it straight to the battery, like in Dirty's writeup. I will probably put my switch next to my headlight panel, under my cluster and the left side of the steering wheel.

As far as the lights go, im going to cut a piece of steel, kinda shaped like a diving board, which will scoot the Hellas closer to the grill for better lighting. Then when I get a chance, i will go ahead and get 100w bulbs.

I will post another thread when i get pics of lights in.

 

how much for the upgraded stuff? i was thinking about mounting the switch where the cigarette lighter is. just taking the lighter out completely. what do you think?

 

the upgrades arent expensive, i think the lights and the upgrades cost under 50.00.

 

Silver, i saw that you were going to remove the cigarette lighter in another post, and i thought that was cool. I use my cigarette lighter for too much other stuff though.

If you go to an auto zone or similar place, you might spend $15 on 14 gauge wire (100 ft), then $3-4 on an in line fuse, and $6-7 on a 30 amp rocker switch. Pretty inexpensive considering. Then with the upgraded wire, your going to have to get bigger connectors, you might spend $7-8 on that, MAYBE.

Installation will be simple,

lights(grounded)----switch(grounded)-----in line fuse------battery. easy easy.

I would say go with the upgraded material, this way when you get a bug, spend a few more dollars and get 100x bulbs. heres a helpful link... http://www.truckmod.com/directpart.a...mber=H83135111

So if you have to buy everything, you will have $65-70 dollars in project, including price of lights, considering you paid $39 for lights.

 

where are you getting your lights from? the hella 500 driving lights at my walmart are like $56

 

type hella 500 on ebay and they is a guy selling then new for 39.99 with free shipping

 

thanks 04 i might go ahead and do that

 

Illuminated switch! lol. blue one would look pretty sweet.

 

What kind of new Hella 500 thread gets posted with no pics ?

 

I know, I know! "This thread is worthless without pics". I just wanted to share with everybody that I finally got em.