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I’m assuming that’s per light? That’s pretty simple. Is your intention to just hook those three things up to separate switches? If so, you can definitely return the harness.
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I would like to hook up the highs to one switch, lows to 1 switch and possibly tap in the running light (yellow wire) to the side marker lights. I know I'm gonna need to purchase some wire, what gauge should I go with 14? Voswitch JL800 arrives tomorrow, so that is gonna be a first for me too.
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I’m assuming that’s per light? That’s pretty simple. Is your intention to just hook those three things up to separate switches? If so, you can definitely return the harness.
I would like to hook up the highs to one switch, lows to 1 switch and possibly tap in the running light (yellow wire) to the side marker lights. I know I'm gonna need to purchase some wire, what gauge should I go with 14? Voswitch JL800 arrives tomorrow, so that is gonna be a first for me too.
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14 will work fine. I’m guesssing the stuff coming out of the lights is 18, and you’ll be doing a very short run to the voswitch and running lights, so you’ll have plenty of wire size for that tiny amp draw. Do you happen to also have factory aux switches? If so, I have an easy suggestion for the amber marker lights that’s cleaner than tapping into the fender lights.
 

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I’m assuming that’s per light? That’s pretty simple. Is your intention to just hook those three things up to separate switches? If so, you can definitely return the harness.
I would like to hook up the highs to one switch, lows to 1 switch and possibly tap in the running light (yellow wire) to the side marker lights. I know I'm gonna need to purchase some wire, what gauge should I go with 14? Voswitch JL800 arrives tomorrow, so that is gonna be a first for me too.
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The voswitch is quite an easy install. I’m happy to help with that, as I’ve done it
 

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I would like to hook up the highs to one switch, lows to 1 switch and possibly tap in the running light (yellow wire) to the side marker lights. I know I'm gonna need to purchase some wire, what gauge should I go with 14? Voswitch JL800 arrives tomorrow, so that is gonna be a first for me too.
14 will work fine. I’m guesssing the stuff coming out of the lights is 18, and you’ll be doing a very short run to the voswitch and running lights, so you’ll have plenty of wire size for that tiny amp draw. Do you happen to also have factory aux switches? If so, I have an easy suggestion for the amber marker lights that’s cleaner than tapping into the fender lights.
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No factory aux switches, the only thing I really regret not getting, well that and a bed outlet.
 

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14 will work fine. I’m guesssing the stuff coming out of the lights is 18, and you’ll be doing a very short run to the voswitch and running lights, so you’ll have plenty of wire size for that tiny amp draw. Do you happen to also have factory aux switches? If so, I have an easy suggestion for the amber marker lights that’s cleaner than tapping into the fender lights.
No factory aux switches, the only thing I really regret not getting, well that and a bed outlet.
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No worries. Not a big deal. But that makes sense that you’d want the 8 button voswitch. I got away with four because I was adding to the existing 4 aux. Do you want the amber markers to be on all the time, whenever the Jeep is running?
 

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An easy way to do the running lights is to buy a fuse tap and use one of the unused slots that have accessory power. That’s what I did on mine. I forget which location it was.
The one for the cigar lighter works well for super low draw stuff.
 

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Paid it off!:rock:
I'm getting ready to do the same, just need to swing by NavyFed and drop the check off

........and now I'm ordering the Metalcloak Mojave 4.5" Game Changer kit with a front driveshaft
 

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I used threaded rivets to attach a Smittybilt Jerry Can mount to the Bed of my truck. The Jerry can is the Harbor Freight Midwest can. The mount is removable which I like, due to using the threaded rivets, and this’ll be super convenient in that I wont have to make dedicated trips to refill the empty Jerry cans.

also, for those that have a lot of gas powered lawn tools, lawn mowers, and side by sides, Jerry cans work about a million times better than plastic 5 gallon gas cans. And today was the first mostly naked day for me in Tennessee!



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Installed the Bolt hood lock, had to trim more honeycomb than I wanted to. . It would be so nice if Bolt included a honeycomb piece for the Gladiator like they do for the Wranglers. Removing the grill was super easy. Pretty easy install if you already have a good rivet tool that can do 1/4 inch rivets. You might need to eat some Wheaties to go with that rivet tool.

I need to do some cleanup of the cutouts when I have more free time. While I had the grill off, I also ran a NOCO extension from the battery eyelets to inside the front bumper for easy connecting to my NOCO Genius 10 charger without having to open the hood.

It took me about an hour to do everything.
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Nothing much but tons of Amazon stuff showed up at my door ;). Window visors, bed tray liner and Tyger bed cover (I ran the same brand on my Ford Ranger for 3 years and it performed flawlessly and was waterproof even in our winter storms).
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Then drove out to my local Sushi joint for lunch and cold beer!!
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