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truck in progress 06-29-2012 04:38 PM

aux lights and train horns
 
alright im sure that catchy title got your attention.
I have 2 lights behind the grill of my truck and they have the output of a zippo lighter. is there anyway besides hid conversion to make thfm brighter? i do know which replacdment bulb it needs. or of any cheap decently bright lights?

now for the train horns my goal is 3 horns mounted somewhere on the truck. not sure if where i mount them will make a difference. but anyone ever wired these in before? and have pictures of your horns?

sylver91 06-29-2012 04:50 PM


Originally Posted by truck in progress (Post 1828581)
alright im sure that catchy title got your attention.
I have 2 lights behind the grill of my truck and they have the output of a zippo lighter. is there anyway besides hid conversion to make thfm brighter? i do know which replacdment bulb it needs. or of any cheap decently bright lights?

now for the train horns my goal is 3 horns mounted somewhere on the truck. not sure if where i mount them will make a difference. but anyone ever wired these in before? and have pictures of your horns?

Do the lights run on a relay? Makes em much brighter cause of the ability to run more current through them and take the load off the switch.

And horns can go just about anywhere, just need to decide how you want to wire em. Preferably with their own relay.

f150cam 06-29-2012 04:59 PM

which lights do you got behind your grille?

truck in progress 06-29-2012 05:02 PM

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these. they couldnt be any less bright without being off. and they arent on a relay because they arent wired into any other lights just to their own switch.

sylver91 06-29-2012 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by truck in progress (Post 1828647)
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these. they couldnt be any less bright without being off. and they arent on a relay because they arent wired into any other lights just to their own switch.

Those look like a the WalMart brand lol. Look up a relay wiring schematic and hook up the lights like that, I have to do the same with mine cause i was too lazy :D

f150cam 06-29-2012 05:05 PM

ok those are the cheap wally world lights i got too, im interested to see what can be done with them, mine suck lol.

sylver91 06-29-2012 05:05 PM

http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-...gram_small.gif

This is the diagram I have and the one I'm going to follow up on doing.

truck in progress 06-29-2012 05:10 PM

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haha im pretty sure everyone gets these because they have a warrenty and come in pairs.

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i got these blazer brand lights from an oriellys at 30 bucks each but they were bright enough to compete with headlights

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on the old lightbar. only problem was they were cheaply made(of course) and water got in there shorting out the lights and my taillights.

i suppose a relay would work

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mr7confused will see this and say to use relays im sure too haha but im not convinced they increase output by that much

Scraptor 06-29-2012 05:13 PM

Try 100 watt H3 bulbs, that should help.

jared424 06-29-2012 05:51 PM


Originally Posted by Scraptor
Try 100 watt H3 bulbs, that should help.

The 100w don't do s*** I had them on my last truck with the 100w halogen h3 bulbs in them. My buddy was in front of me one night and said they looked stupid cause of how dim they were. Idk about with a relay though. I just had them wired straight to the battery


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