One of the best mods I ever did!

[Manimalmother]

Underhood light mid using the write up in the tech section.  Love it!

[Dieselfuture]

Nice, I should do it just so I'll never have to use it at night. It's when you're not prepared is when things happen. 

[Manimalmother]

11 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

Nice, I should do it just so I'll never have to use it at night. It's when you're not prepared is when things happen. 

 

I completely agree.  I did it because the factory light was so useless it may as well not be there.  It was just enough light to make incredibly angry.

[Mopar1973Man]

Wow. That 3rd Gen write up worked on the 2nd gen hood. 

 

Oh please share the details. I want to know what you ordered for parts.

 

[TheGreatWhite]

1 minute ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Wow. That 3rd Gen write up worked on the 2nd gen hood. 

 

Oh please share the details. I want to know what you ordered for parts.

 

I need to know how you did this!

[Manimalmother]

These were the lights I used :

 

YITAMOTOR LED Light Bar 2PCS 18W... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A6TNWHW?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

I used existing holes where the hood meets the grill to mount them.  Ran wiring through the stiffener channels on the underside of the hood.  Brought the wires into the existing light enclosure and soldered them to the contacts for the factory bulb.  The factory switch inside the bulb housing turns them on and off.

 

 

the only issue with them is clearance to close the hood.  The lights have to be rotated down parallel to the grill to close the hood, but it's super easy to do.  The brackets they come with pivot.

[hdpwipmonkey]

Very nice! 

[Mopar1973Man]

I should con you into writing an article on this for others. I'm sure others would jump on it.

[hdpwipmonkey]

There's one in the 3rd gen articles section

 

[Manimalmother]

4 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

I should con you into writing an article on this for others. I'm sure others would jump on it.

Yep the one in 3rd gen works.  It's almost exactly the same.

[Feral]

Great idea...I am going to do this also!

[Mopar1973Man]

Make sure that if you guys do give the author a bit of thanks for his article.