18-SEP-2014
Closeup of Dually LED light
These little lights put out some decent light These little LED's put out a good amount of light. This was one way to fill in the hole where the old CJ blinker used to go and will be a nice addition to the grille. These lights have a nice look besides a great flush mounting.
18-SEP-2014
Coming together
It's nice to be bolting parts on the Jeep that are now permanent!
18-SEP-2014
Headlight buckets installed
These were the buckets that came with my CJ grille. They were actually in pretty good condition so I cleaned the dirt off them and scuffed the little surface rust off. I then gave them a quick couple coats of spray galvanize, let them dry, lubed up the adjusting screws and mounted them with new stainless hardware.
18-SEP-2014
Headlights getting updated
My headlights are getting a little updating by installing a set of 5K bright white HID bulbs.
18-SEP-2014
Bulb comparison
Really there is no comparison!
The HID bulbs are extremely brighter than these halogen bulbs that were in the Jeep when I got it. Plus the bright white color makes them even brighter.
18-SEP-2014
Big ballasts
Well not really big as compared to the larger ballasts that used to be on the market just a few years ago, but these are BIG with power pushing 55watts to the bulbs! These are going to be bright.
I love lights, especially bright lights!
18-SEP-2014
Starting to look like a Jeepster
I sure like putting things back together. Now the problem is finding all those bags of hardware that I originally bought to put everything together with.
18-SEP-2014
Grille almost complete
After the headlight buckets, headlights, and rings were installed the grille almost looks complete!
Assembly of doors
I'm now able to start assembling all of the hardware on the doors. These are the hinge backing plates..
20-Sep-2014
Door hinge and backing plates
This is a different view of the hinge and backing plate mounted to the door.
20-Sep-2014
Door hinges mounted to doors
Now that the backing plates are mounted and Locktited to doors I was able to mount the new hinges to the doors with some 3/8" hardware.
20-Sep-2014
Door hinges mounted
These new style door hinges are very strong because of the strong backing plates mounted inside of the doors.