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Well finally took the plunge and ordered new wheels because my stocker tires are dry rotted. Plenty of tread life but cracked to hell.

I went with Method Standard wheels in black with Kumho Road Venture MT's. The wheels are 17x9 with a 4.25" backspace. I wanted the wheels pushed out to look better with my flares. The stock wheels looked horrible sunken in with the extended flares.

Pics:



Tires are the same size but the new ones were over 2" taller for some odd reason:









Nice wide stance!





I was incredibly worried about the backspace not working but at 4.25" the tires are perfectly in line with the edge of the flares. The wide stance with the MT's gives the rig a completely different look. The pics don't do the Method wheels justice, they are hands down awesome in person!

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Looks great! Nice choice.

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Awesome man, love it!

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Latest update.

Received a pair of Truck Lite LED headlights from a new member on a different forum, one hell of a guy in my book! The lights are military lights in 24 volt configuration. I had to add in 12-24 volt converters which aren't expensive at all so I figured why not. Lights are nice and bright. I only have the lows wired in right now as wiring in the highs will require 2 more converters. So down the road I'll get those going, I rarely use my highs and I didn't want to hold up the install. My HID's were giving me so many problems, so happy those things are gone!!

Onto the pics:

The install, you can see the converter is the aluminum box with the fins:


Pics of the lights off:





Lows:







I've read they are not as bright as HID's which I wouldn't imagine they would be. I can't wait to go for a night drive with them. I'm just so happy the HID's are gone!!

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Dannngggggg! Thats awesome man. Im a huge LED guy in general and was just wondering the other day how they would look on our headlights. Grab some night time shots from inside the vehicle so we can see the projection!

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I'll try and grab some pics. They're not as bright as I had hoped but I think they are aimed far too high. They shined a driver of a brand new Durango right in the face and those sit high up. I'll post pics when I can!

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what was the issues with the HID lighting?

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They were burning the top of the reflector in both housings. Similar to what happened to my stock DRL housings which is why I swapped those out a while back. That and I've had them for a couple years so the relay was going bad, wiring was going, pretty much everything.

Plus I got these for free so why not, I love the look of them. I still need to adjust them down but they put out a decent amount of light. They're definitely no HID's but they'll do!

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do you think the burning off could have come from the heat range you picked?
didnt you say you got 10k 55wbulbs? (or maybe it was 8k 55w)
just wondering if you went down in the color.... maybe head would have been less. or maybe the wattage?

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I have always ran 35 watt HID's in all my vehicles and never had an issue so it is possibly the higher wattage 55 watt kits. I don't imagine the Kelvin of the capsules having anything to do with the heat generated though but it's a possibility.

What is weird though, when I pulled all the wiring and relay harness out of my truck when they were removed I was going over everything. The fuse on the positive wire for the relay harness was completely melted. The fuse inside was still good but the plastic was melted beyond belief. I installed a similar kit in my wife's Jeep Liberty. Hers started acting up and I found one of the terminals on the relay plug had melted through the thick plastic. Something on these kits is pulling too much power to melt all this stuff....

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That is weird

Given my past experiences were with kits off amazon or eBay, not from DDM so I dont know, but I think mine were 35s and I dont ever remember seeing any melting.... So maybe you are right... the 55s do pull too much power and its causing the melting and the burning

So I can see why you switched... and like you said... free.... thats even a bonus.
Have you thought about the projector lights that are out there?
I personally cant see spending a premium on lights. Sure, a hundred or so thats one thing, but not for the premium those lights cost (If I remember correctly) a 100 or more...
Last and Only time I spent that kind of money on lights was on my M3 and they were the Bi-Xenon self leveling. But I also said "sure why not" because it was just another couple of bucks into the payment. Now... with the car in the garage I sit there thinking damn I could have gotten something really nice for that 2k :-)

But thats just me

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I couldn't agree more. I spent so many weeks trying to find better housings. I looked at projector housings, LED, crystal cut, you name it. The LED are ridiculously expensive BUT the one question I had was if any 7" round light would work in our rigs.

Answer is yes, not sure if you've had your lights apart but installing the LED's was the first time I had mine apart. The housing basically gets sandwiched between the front piece with the rubber and the rear holder. I would imagine any 7" round light would work just fine. That opens up a lot of other possibilities. HID's in the ebay projectors would probably look awesome and be roughly $600 cheaper than STARR's.

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What do you mean HID in eBay projectors

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Obviously not in 12,000K but you get the point.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12000K-BI-XE...c046eb&vxp=mtr

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hmmmm. wild
well I not sure I would do black.... the mustang and the clear dont look that bad.

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Small update:

I've been wanting to swap out my regular lights on the roof rack to LED, problem has been the height is so limited that finding low profile LED bars has been a problem.

Found these on Amazon for $12 each and they are a lot brighter than the old lights"

Pics:



Comparison, LED is obviously on the left:



Everything installed:



Also added another OTRATTW switch for my radar detector to hardwire it:



Was hoping it would completely cover the factory hole but there's still some visible on the side, oh well....

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I read through your post .. Funny how people asked to Santa Claus to bring them same aftermarket parts ...

After seeing the final updates I had to said :


PEOPLE WAKE UP HE IS SANTA CLAUS :jump:

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LOL thanks! :beerchug:

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Hey Lojoac, where did you get your tail LEDs? I just moved from Phoenix to California and believe it or not, the drivers are even worse!! Looking to swap out all my rear lights with something a bit brighter. Thanks!

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Also, did you have to use a resistor or anything to keep the signals from blinking like a honda? Thanks.

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I got the tails from Amazon, was the cheapest I could find and the LED bulbs in the lower bumper lights were from DDMTuning.com

I didn't have to add resistors but the tail lights and lower bumper lights blink opposite from each other when the turn signal is on and the brake is depressed. Why....I can't figure it out but other people running these tails have the same issues. I'm still trying to work out a fix but I don't have much time right now.

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Latest Update:

Made a bracket from flat steel and installed 2 lights behind the mini grill:





I also added LED's to my lower fog light grill so everything matches, new grill lights and lower fog LED's:



Finally bought an AirDoc. I had to shorten the tube on each side because the Volant box pushed the MAF closer. I took off 2" at the box side and 1" at the engine side. Looks so much better without the giant stock tube/resonator:





That's it for right now. I still have other projects waiting to be installed.....

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You've done a lot of very nice work upgrading your baby. :clapping:

I know you spent a lot of time researching the LEDs for your dash and buttons. Could you share the part numbers/specs and quantities? I'm lazy. :)

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They are all 3mm diffused white LED's. No part numbers, just bulk LED's you have to buy and individually solder in each one. Not a direct replacement unfortunately. I can pull the sellers name where I bought all the LED's if you're interested!

Thanks for the comments!

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Newest update, finally installed an oil filter relocation kit. I was fed up with getting covered in oil trying to remove the stock oil filter and rigging up various things to drain the oil away from the crossmember. Another member did the same, I had bought kit previous and none of them worked but this kit was perfect:

Derale 15748:



I had originally thought about putting the filter sideways mounted to the hood bracket but I wanted something more stout so I ended up removing the driver side rock rail/steps and mounted the filter between the front body mount and first rock rail mount. The filter is protected by both but I mounted it a little low so it does hang down maybe 1/2 inch or so beneath the brackets. I don't make it a habit of running things over so I'm not concerned but I'll definitely keep an eye on it. If I would have mounted it any higher the bolts would have interfered with the upper mounting bolt for the rock rail.

The filters the kit call for are absolutely gigantic, none of the options are for Mobil 1 so I found the equivalent:

Compared to the stock filter:



I ended up finding another filter, same diameter as the stock filter but longer, only one with the correct threads which was the one I went with:



Mounted off the truck:



Back on the rig:



Engine side:



Hell of a project, I spent more time trying to figure out where to mount the filter because I mainly wanted to keep it out of the engine compartment. Plus there wasn't much room underneath with all the exhaust piping which is why I chose outside the frame rail.

I'm also working on swapping all my hold halogens on my roof rack with LED's so more pics to come!

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Nice rig !

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Thanks, I appreciate it!

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So what happens with the oil cooler lines now? I'm pretty sick of the mess the filter makes during oil changes as well so looking to follow your lead.

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Not sure what you mean, this is just a remote oil filter relocation kit. Allows you to mount your oil filter in an easier to access area. You don't mess with the cooler lines at all.

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My bad. Had a brain fart haha.

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Been watching this thread since the start, and love what you've done! Amazing clean work! Just wished I lived close to you to have you do some stuff on mine!!! :beerchug: Keep up the great work!

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Thanks, I appreciate that! If you need any advice or help with any mods just let me know. I've walked numerous members through some mods I've done through PM on the various forums. Shoot me a PM if you need anything!

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Sounds great! Thanks! I know I'd like to change all my dash and a/c controls and so on to LED white as you did since a lot of mine are burned out including my steering wheel column. And, I even took out my HIDs from that same company you had originally due to them not working all the time!

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Full interior LED's aren't bad at all. A decent fine tip soldering iron, fine solder, and some solder wick you its game on. Let me know when you're ready to start that up. I'll find the Ebay seller I bought all my LED's from.

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This is a pretty cool idea. Never really crossed my mind.

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Finally changed all my junk halogens on the front of the roof rack over to LED bars:





From Amazon, nothing to expensive but they are very bright and look to be very well sealed. The driver side is slightly different as the others I ordered were different. I had to modify the other 3 bars brackets so I may change out that driver side so they're all the exact same but it will work for now.

I also swapped out my Truklite LED headlights for Philips 75 watt LED headlights. I like the Philips much better, the lows cast light everywhere not just in spots. The highs are decent but I still need to get them aimed down.

Here's the lights with the DRL's on:





Lows:





Highs turn all the LED's on which adds more of a longer thrown spot:





Couple pics of everything on just for fun:

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The LEDs on the roof rack...are those Benson LEDs? The Ultra Thin ones?

I just ordered some 6" bars...if yours are Benson, what size are they (8", 10", etc.) and what's the actual width from the tip of the side bolt to the tip of the other side bolt. I'm trying to get a feel for the actual width of the 6" ones that I ordered; whether the lens will be 6" or the entire light will be 6". Mine'll be here Monday...but I like to plan ahead...lol.

...and what watt are yours?

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I replied to your question on the other thread but for others: They are Eyourlife bars from Amazon, 11" 50 watt, 4900 lumens the add says.

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Another small update. I've had the billet side vents in my garage forever. The chrome was tore up from a seller I bought them from back east. I finally got them cleaned up, painted, and installed. Interesting look..

Driver Side:



Passenger Side:

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Sent you a pm regarding headlights...