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Do it up. It never hurt to have different write ups on how to achieve the same thing... bright ass underhood lights. :D

When I do this again, I'll use better, insanely bright led pods. This was just a cheap fix and trial run for an annoying problem.

Thanks for the advise. I have (2) of the pliers crimpers (standard and mini size), but I don't have a clue as to where they're hiding. The pods have mounting holes in them, and I'm going to put a...

Light pods and switch cost me $14, and took about 4 days to show up. I'd suggest buying connectors meant for 20-22ga wiring, and 18-20ga wiring.

After a drive to work and home, the 3rd light lost its shyness, and came out to play!

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One of those 2"x2" tuffstuff dually flood light pods, would be badass. I may work on that next. I need to work on soldering skills, first. Haven't soldered anything since 7th. Lol



Thanks.

Thanks.

It might work. It'd be a bit low to illuminate the fans, belt and radiator, tho. Maybe add a magnet strip to the back. That'd allow perfect placement for the job you're working on.

Now that I know what I'm doing, I'm going to order some more pods, proper wiring, better switch, connectors, and build a better harness. I may add (2) pods along the rear hood "frame" to fill in the...

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Here y'all go. My attempt at adding lights. :camera:

To start, here's the goods!!!...

You can do LEDs and add a mercury switch that would turn them on when the hood is opened. I was going to do that, but after having my battery drained by the hood light last summer (parked on too...

Update:

My light pods and switch have shipped. They're coming via USPS, so I should get them by the end of the week.

I've melted a lot of stuff in the past. Since then I've learned to read the suggested environment temps.



Stay tuned! For my slow upgrade. :D



Will do!

Thanks for the portable work light idea. I have some 12ga wiring laying around.



Operating temp is 30° - 60°... pretty sure they'd become fired eggs. Lol

After putting some though into it,...

I'm going to put in an in-line toggle switch, that way I know they're off when not in use. I didn't think about that, would make mounting locations easier to pick.

I'm not 100% sure on the mounting yet, just picked a cover-all location. I'll have to pull my vents and see what my clearances are along the hood frame when it's closed. I agree with the not wanting...

Anyone add led lights under their hood? My stock unit stopped working again, and I'm done fixing it... so it's upgrade time! :bacondance:

To start, these are the lights I'm looking at using:...