What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[mzeblue]

Added a decal and a replacement antenna.

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[mazeppa]

please post how to when you do that! sounds like a great idea.

I don't plan on actually doing this mod (now), just the first theoretical solution I came up with if I would do this mod.

 

[mazeppa]

Standard Bosch type relay should be doable - the backup lights operate the coil, opening the NO contacts and run the license plate light through the contacts.
Hmmmm....... sounds like something I need to rig up.

Yes that's the ticket, but I would use a normally closed contact (NC) to run one side of the the license plate light circuit through, the reverse light would power the coil that would trigger the NC contact to open thus turning off the license plate light when the reverse light came on.

 

[Jake]

WHAT THE? AVS with light bar? That's cool. any photos/video of the lights?

EDIT: found one, is this legal at night because its just a marker light?

Hey @steffen707 and @SleepyJeep that bug screen with lights looks pretty cool. Wondering how the lights attach and how you get them to a dash switch. Also how did you run the wires to the lights under the hood. Got pictures? Got costs? Got a link to where you get them from? Thanks guys.

 

[TheHops]

Hey @steffen707 and @SleepyJeep that bug screen with lights looks pretty cool. Wondering how the lights attach and how you get them to a dash switch. Also how did you run the wires to the lights under the hood. Got pictures? Got costs? Got a link to where you get them from? Thanks guys.

I have one of these sitting in my garage waiting on install. I got mine off of amazon, as they were running a 15% off sale on AVS products at the time.

The lights are a long, flexible strip with double sided tape, that nests in to the pocket on the front of the deflector. There's a small hole drilled through the side of the deflector to route the wires through. The deflector is also only secured with two long strips of double sided tape to the hood. They're decently bright, but aren't offensive to look at head on, as they don't project forward. They're more of a marker light.

I've heard these deflectors cause a lot of buffeting on soft tops, so I was waiting on install until I found a hard top. My eventual plan though is to run the wires down the channel along the edge of the hood, then hooking in to either my sPOD on my amber lights switch (two amber spot pods below the windshield, and two amber flood pods in my bumper) or splicing in on the factory fog circuit.

 

[Jdyowa]

Just used this rough country speedometer calibration tool to set the new tire height. Once I read the instructions, it was super easy.

 

[Br4hm4]

I need to look up the specs on those.................

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[kvrsos]

Toyo Open Country AT2 35x12.5
Black Rhino Arsenal 17’s
SmityBilt X20 10K Gen 2
Warn Mid Guard
KC Pro 6 Gravity (driving beam)

 

[SleepyJeep]

Hey @steffen707 and @SleepyJeep that bug screen with lights looks pretty cool. Wondering how the lights attach and how you get them to a dash switch. Also how did you run the wires to the lights under the hood. Got pictures? Got costs? Got a link to where you get them from? Thanks guys.

I'll post pictures later but you basically run it around the hood and it will be exposed in the corner a bit but it tucks in under the hood and you run it down with clips provided to keep it in place and plug it into the parking lights.

 

[Gatorized]

Thank you, and sure thing. I stored my hard top in it today while driving around for work stuff. I was not the easiest on it either. I was removing it solo so i slid it around the bed quite a bit and the liner was undamaged (top undamaged too) for what that is worth. I will throw an update out once I start using it, have a few home projects coming up involving a small load of loose gravel and wood which should test it a bit too.

Does the surface have a rubbery grip to it or is it slippery? Wondering if it would be useful on a side step... did you need special equipment for installation? Did it come with the spray gun and you had a home shop air compressor? Anything else required besides masking/drop cloths?

 

[Gatorized]

In my case it's the mud and dirt and snow on the tailgate.............. need to run a windshield washer hose and nozzle back there.

I was thinking the same thing - but then you’d need to clean the snow off so the nozzle would work!

 

[Jake]

I'll post pictures later but you basically run it around the hood and it will be exposed in the corner a bit but it tucks in under the hood and you run it down with clips provided to keep it in place and plug it into the parking lights.

Thanks @SleepyJeep for your comments. Makes perfect sense that the wires should tie into the parking lights. I can’t help but wonder if the bug guard will get torn off in a car wash. Please post feedback about this when you have run your truck through a car wash.

And @TheHops thanks for your comments as well. Have same car wash question for you. Thanks to advise.

Oh and do either of you or @steffen707 have a link for the bug guard and lights? Thanks

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I was thinking the same thing - but then you’d need to clean the snow off so the nozzle would work!

I guess there's always something LOL

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yes that's the ticket, but I would use a normally closed contact (NC) to run one side of the the license plate light circuit through, the reverse light would power the coil that would trigger the NC contact to open thus turning off the license plate light when the reverse light came on.

LOL - yeah, I should have typed NC because you can't OPEN NO contacts. I screwed that up.
The back up lights coming on would energize the coil, and open the contacts breaking the license plate light circuit.
A GOOD relay will come with a diode built-in across the coil to prevent "feedback" into the circuit when the field collapses around the coil so it should be ok in that way.

This is a schematic I came up with to make an AMC cruise control switch operate a 94 Jeep cruise control - the switches were VERY different - the PCM expected very different signals, they were not just opposite, but some were combined in different ways. I wanted to use the Jeep cruise in my car but use a stock NOS switch that I had - so I put this circuit in. I had pics of the end result somewhere, but bottom line, my cruise works perfectly now, the PCM gets what it expected and yet people see the correct factory switch on the stalk.

 

[OrangeChuck]

LOL - yeah, I should have typed NC because you can't OPEN NO contacts. I screwed that up.
The back up lights coming on would energize the coil, and open the contacts breaking the license plate light circuit.
A GOOD relay will come with a diode built-in across the coil to prevent "feedback" into the circuit when the field collapses around the coil so it should be ok in that way.

This is a schematic I came up with to make an AMC cruise control switch operate a 94 Jeep cruise control - the switches were VERY different - the PCM expected very different signals, they were not just opposite, but some were combined in different ways. I wanted to use the Jeep cruise in my car but use a stock NOS switch that I had - so I put this circuit in. I had pics of the end result somewhere, but bottom line, my cruise works perfectly now, the PCM gets what it expected and yet people see the correct factory switch on the stalk.

Thanks, this helps my brainstorming on a similar “great idea”: making aftermarket rear lights come on in Reverse or with Aux switch, while the backup lights only on in Reverse and NOT with Aux. Essentially adding additional rear white lights that serve as a second set of Reverse as well as scene lights, while the backup lights only energize in Reverse.

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