Aarkon's Build Thread

[Mounce]

Looking good man!

 

[Aarkon]

Heres the halos in the sealed one putting the other together right now but I cant find the damn rings to the shrouds[emoji25]

 

[Capote]

Looks great bro [emoji16]

 

[Aarkon]

Well got all the lights in of course the turn signals seem to have screwed up and ill have to cut them open and redo them again but for now im just gonna enjoy them ive spent to long not having them
Ill take pics in the morning but they look amazing

 

[Aarkon]

 

[BHAMER]

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LOOKS FREAKING AWESOME!!! Don't know that I have the know how and patience for that though!

 

[Capote]

Looks great man, as always

 

[Blckshdw]

Seeing the latest pics, gives me the feeling I assume parents get when they see their kid do something awesome. Much pride here.

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Talking about the lights you guys, I ain't THAT mushy

 

[Aarkon]

Thanks guys ill get a better pic at lunch

 

[Aarkon]

Heres a clearer daytime pic

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Nice!

 

[dmanns67]

Heres a clearer daytime pic

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Sexy. I wish I would have painted my housings black and added LED strips for the main turn signal and side marker. Are the LEDs switchbacks or just blue?

 

[Aarkon]

They are 6000k switchbacks and ya im so happy I painted everything black it blends in so all you see is the projectors and some of the strip

 

[dmanns67]

So with the parking lights on, do you only see the LEDs and halos lit up?

 

[Aarkon]

No right now the halos aren't hooked up gonna do that when I get home it will be easy cause im just doing the ignition fuse tap so all four halos are on during the day then at night im gonna have them so they shut off for the quads to run without the halos

 

[dmanns67]

Nice. Going for the BMW style look. Halos as DRLs will look sweet.

 

[Aarkon]

Ya ive always liked it better to have them as drls

 

[Blckshdw]

Maybe I should have you do my next retrofit, that way it doesn't take forever and a day to get done!!

 

[Aarkon]

Maybe I should have you do my next retrofit, that way it doesn't take forever and a day to get done!!

It still took me three weeks to do it cause I work 6 days a week and never got home till like 7:30 luckily I did some of the painting at work on sundays since it took 3 days to cure

 

[Blckshdw]

Yeah... took me almost a year to get those up and running on my truck, so I think you win sir.

 

[Aarkon]

Halos up and running

 

[Blckshdw]

Looks great, even sideways!

 

[Capote]

I'm jealous of those headlights Aarkon

 

[Blckshdw]

I'm jealous of those headlights Aarkon

Is a projector retrofit mod bug being conceived here?

 

[Capote]

I'd eff it up for sure, not attempting it myself, will probably have rmscustoms do mine if anything

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Heck it has been four months and I still have not gotten my stock replacement housing swapped in much less something as sweet as those lights done

 

[Aarkon]

Ya im in love with them and ive seen so many people almost break their necks trying to stare at them funny part is the first time I left my house with them on and stopped at a gas station I instantly got compliments from two guys in a brand new f-150

 

[Capote]

That's the best man, when you work on modding and then get compliments from people Every time I stop at a gas station on the way back home from Brandon's someone always comments on my green LEDs in my wheel wells

 

[Blckshdw]

I'd eff it up for sure, not attempting it myself, will probably have rmscustoms do mine if anything

Yeah, screwing up is quite possible, and very likely. It's all a learning experience. Just have to take your time, and not rush. Hell, I think I screwed up every which way when I was doing them, which is why it took so long. But at least now I know what to watch out for, and what to expect along the way as far as hangups and check points.

Heck it has been four months and I still have not gotten my stock replacement housing swapped in much less something as sweet as those lights done

Dude, less time whoring, more time modding.

Ya im in love with them and ive seen so many people almost break their necks trying to stare at them funny part is the first time I left my house with them on and stopped at a gas station I instantly got compliments from two guys in a brand new f-150

It's a great feeling isn't it. My favorites, were when I was the first car at a major intersection, the cross traffic from the right was making a left turn and as they make the turn, they look and stare at the headlights as they drive by. Got a couple of head nods and as they passed.

 

[Aarkon]

Got my grab bag of leds pretty much all of them are to small to use but I got a strip of seven that are crazy bright white chips wish I had a bunch of them

 

[BHAMER]

Ok ive been forgetting to post on here so here is my led interior lights

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I have a question for you Aarkon, I did my front door switch leds, not bright at all, someone told me that you may have pics of your modules of how you installed the leds? If you do may I see them please and thank you.

 

[Aarkon]

Here ya go man the way I did it was for all the ones side by side I soldered them to gather that way there was only one wire for each to help save room and after you glue them they are more stable for when you need to bend them

 

[BHAMER]

Here ya go man the way I did it was for all the ones side by side I soldered them to gather that way there was only one wire for each to help save room and after you glue them they are more stable for when you need to bend them

THANKS A LOT!!!! THATS A FREAKING AWESOME IDEA!!!! Thats just regular hot glue...right?

 

[Aarkon]

THANKS A LOT!!!! THATS A FREAKING AWESOME IDEA!!!! Thats just regular hot glue...right?

Ya just regular hot glue

 

[BHAMER]

OK last dumb question, I am assuming that you had to cut the clear plastic around the leds to make them fit, is that also correct?

 

[Midnyteryder196]

OK last dumb question, I am assuming that you had to cut the clear plastic around the leds to make them fit, is that also correct?

The plastic that is between the switch and board?? Yes you have to cut around the LEDs so they fit through

 

[Aarkon]

Ya thats the easy part just dont cut to close to the protruding ring or it might mess up the connections for the buttons

 

[BHAMER]

That was the only thing I was a little concerned over, I am hoping to get them done either tonight or on saturday. Thanks for your help

 

[Capote]

Here ya go man the way I did it was for all the ones side by side I soldered them to gather that way there was only one wire for each to help save room and after you glue them they are more stable for when you need to bend them

Since I have to repair my LEDs I was gonna do the same thing That was my thought when I saw how dim they appeared in their origional spots

 

[Aarkon]

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