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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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Can you guess what this is?

Well its kind of obvious, but oh well.

Here is your first clue.




Clueless? How bout this



Getting the idea? Well here is one more clue.



Thats right, Driving/Fog Lights! I am waiting for the mounting brackets, so I did the wiring. I thought that it was time, and I wasnt about to pay the dealer to do it, so here are a few pics.

The + battery terminal hook up


That white thing on the wire is the fuse, which I need.


Thats where I fed the wires through



Here are the wires under the knee bolster comming to the switch that I havent mounted yet.



This is the wire going up to the grille. The reason is looks loose and sloppy is because it has to have lots of slack to move with the hinge. It looks like crap, but it has to.



Up to the bonnet. Nice and clean here



This is where it goes under the heat shield thing. I peeled back the tape so you could see which wire it was.



That square thing RIGHT in the middle of the picture is the connector thing. There is a second wire comming out of it but you cant see it.



Nice and clean exiting the heat shield thing and through the grille



Close up of it exiting the grille



All the quick connects are ready to go!



Just an idea of what its gonna look like when the brackets arrive... (yeah, it looks trashy, but I am TOOOO excited! impatient:impatient




<h1Questons or suggestions are most welcome!</h1>
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 02:13 PM
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Keep up the good work Its looking Fine ...
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Keep up the good work Its looking Fine ...

Thanks! Where are you gettin' those smilies?
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by qwertmonkey
Thanks! Where are you gettin' those smilies?
Smiley.com
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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From: A street address or space indexing system.
lol How ironic!
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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did the lights turn on? (working ok?)

good job.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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Well, I know the lights work. I just need a fuse, and then a place to ground the lights by the grille. (any body know where?)
 
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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might be better just to route another wire back to the strut towers and
ground it there. might be able to ground it at the latch, but hummmm...
 
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