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Tow Hooks installed & Hellas upgraded

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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:45 AM
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We had some great weather in Ft Worth today so I did some work on the Heavy Duty.

Changed out the factory Hella wiring harness to 14 ga. all around and added heavy duty inline fuse holders (30 amp). The relay is new as are the 100w bulbs. pretty staight forward just, time consuming. Used only one color on the wiring (blue) but the in-lines are yellow. Cleaned it up a bunch. Weatherproof connectors and heat shrink should make this bomb proof.. Please chime in if I should run a lower amp fuse.

Got the factory hooks on CL for $50. Longest part was getting the plastic insert out with those PITA fasteners. Hooks bolted right up without dropping the bumper as the brackets were alrady there (but no hooks). Thinking about what to do with the void in the bumper, trim and reinstall insert or look for something else.

Bonus Interceptor pics too and yes I need to update my sig pic


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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:50 AM
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Thanks to DirtyDog for his DIY on the lights, it was great help.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 04:29 AM
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looks good gassser gonna do the vht front lids and tails sat weather in the 80's gonna go for the mean look lol
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 06:34 AM
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I am going to do my hella install and lids next week. I picked up a 30amp fuse in line also I figuerd the relay is 40 so I wanted the fuse close to that. Whats the guage looks sick
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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Thats an intercptor it reads tranny temp rpms engine temp a lotta stuff its on a thread page behind this won by the same author,
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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where did you ground your hellas to? just the support where they mount?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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i live in texas and HATE these damn new carebear lookin license plates! i see you got the black w/ the white star. ive seen a few of these on the road and i want one! how did you go about ordering one?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bball14
where did you ground your hellas to? just the support where they mount?
Bball,
Hard to see in first pic but just to the left of the light on the support beam. I tucked it up pretty close. Drill small pilot hole and finish with self tapper (tough metal)
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BlakeCP29
i live in texas and HATE these damn new carebear lookin license plates! i see you got the black w/ the white star. ive seen a few of these on the road and i want one! how did you go about ordering one?
myplates.com

Lots of choices
 
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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lookin good man . now tug on sumthing to see if them hooks are ok
 
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