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Yeah Sophomore its pretty easy, but I would wait like you said until you get HIDs, or LED fogs (like me) so it matches.
 

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LED's look cool I may go with those, how bright are they?
 

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Or...if you wanna do it like the pro's...you can do the following

take 4 inches of 16-18 gauge wire
cut it in half so you have (2) 2 inch pieces
solder each piece of wire to each end of the diode
now you have wire-diode-wire...all connected to form one long piece
now cover entire piece with heat shrink...and bam! it looks factory! :)
 
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LED's look cool I may go with those, how bright are they?

This bright, even brighter in person but not too much like HIDs, plus they don't get hot at all.
 

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Or...if you wanna do it like the pro's...you can do the following

take 4 inches of 16-18 gauge wire
cut it in half so you have (2) 2 inch pieces
solder each piece of wire to each end of the diode
now you have wire-diode-wire...all connected to form one long piece
now cover entire piece with heat shrink...and bam! it looks factory! :)

Exactly what I did and works like a charm. If you want to get carried away, access the underside of the fuse panel and wire in to the harness. Either way works perfectly.
 

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I remember someone mentioning in InTruckDesign's thread it heated up the wire/diode rather quickly...any issues like that for you guys?
 

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This bright, even brighter in person but not too much like HIDs, plus they don't get hot at all.

Damn I love the way your Hoe looks. Good job. :Handshake:

LED's sound perfect for fogs because I don't want them to be just as bright as my HID headlights.

Did you also use LED's for those parking lights? Is that even legal? Lol :D
 

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I remember someone mentioning in InTruckDesign's thread it heated up the wire/diode rather quickly...any issues like that for you guys?

Yep, i remember something about that too. What's the verdict, gents?
 

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I haven't had any problems. I've had it setup this way for some time and have also drove through the night for 5 hours straight with no issues of any kind.
 
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Damn I love the way your Hoe looks. Good job. :Handshake:

LED's sound perfect for fogs because I don't want them to be just as bright as my HID headlights.

Did you also use LED's for those parking lights? Is that even legal? Lol :D

Thanks man. :cheers:
And yes they are 3157 LED parking lamps that kind of look a bluish/white, in Texas turn signals that are white/amber are legal so I'm good to go.
 

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