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Old 03-18-2012, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by CPLSeraphim
Done. Going to see how she looks when it gets darker. I also changed my headlights while i was at it to some newer and nicer lights... we shall see... Honestly, it is clearly brighter, even in the daylight. And piece of cake to install.
Define "nicer". It is easy to install, isn't it? You're gonna like it. Gotta be dark there now. How is it?
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It is good. I have H4 headlights, and i painted them with the Angry eyes... lol. Yeah, I can definatley see about 50 percent better with it in, and yeah, definatley easy to install. I agree that everyone with an older jeep should do that easy mod...
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Originally Posted by Cateyerr
For any of you still debating on this, it's under $25 from amazon. I just ordered mine monday.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details
Just ordered this set. It was $30.13 shipped. Says it will arrive on the 6th of April.
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Just ordered this set. It was $30.13 shipped. Says it will arrive on the 6th of April.
if you would have added $0.42 or more worth of amazon sold product you get free super saver shipping, i am waiting till there is something else i want that amazon has before i order it.
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Installed the Putco harness per instructions, which was pretty simple. I fired them up for a test and they seemed brighter with the stock bulbs. Then I tried the high beams and nothing. Then not even low beams work. I uninstalled the harness and went back to stock and everything works in the stock configuration. I'll try the Putco harness again when I have more time this weekend.
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@Mark- Yeah, definatley don't give up on it. Its a pretty nice upgrade that is cheap. I am sure you will see whatever happened when you have more time. Good luck. We are pulling for ya.
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Installed the Putco harness per instructions, which was pretty simple. I fired them up for a test and they seemed brighter with the stock bulbs. Then I tried the high beams and nothing. Then not even low beams work. I uninstalled the harness and went back to stock and everything works in the stock configuration. I'll try the Putco harness again when I have more time this weekend.
You must scrape any paint of where you are bolting down any grounds.
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I spent a little more time working on my Putco harness upgrade today. I took the time to scrape the paint off at my ground points and double checked all the connections. Guess what? It worked like a champ even with the stock headlights!! I can't wait to upgrade to better headlights now that the wiring can handle it. Thanks to everyone for their help! This forum is the best!
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Originally Posted by Mark45acp
I spent a little more time working on my Putco harness upgrade today. I took the time to scrape the paint off at my ground points and double checked all the connections. Guess what? It worked like a champ even with the stock headlights!! I can't wait to upgrade to better headlights now that the wiring can handle it. Thanks to everyone for their help! This forum is the best!
Scraping the paint off before attaching the ground points is critical.
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I put my harness in yesterday. Install was fairly simple, and it took about 45 minutes to do it all. Everything seemed to work fine, and on my trip home last night my lights stayed on the whole time!!! I was having issues with the lights turning off after having the brights on for an extended amount of time.

It was defiantly worth the money, and would recommend this to anyone with headlight issues.
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Originally Posted by irish_loveAWD
I put my harness in yesterday. Install was fairly simple, and it took about 45 minutes to do it all. Everything seemed to work fine, and on my trip home last night my lights stayed on the whole time!!! I was having issues with the lights turning off after having the brights on for an extended amount of time.

It was defiantly worth the money, and would recommend this to anyone with headlight issues.
They're brighter, too?
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
They're brighter, too?
Yes they seem to be brighter, especially the brights. The low beams still suck though. I think I'll be upgrading to silverstars or something in the near future.
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Just ponied up $30 for the PUTCO harness. The 5 main upgrade made a significant increase in light out put. Been running the CIBIE E-codes for 3 years with no issues I can't believe I waited this long to do this.

Here is 1 sealed beam 1 Cibie w/Osram 55/60 Upgraded 5 mains

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Originally Posted by raypla
Just ponied up $30 for the PUTCO harness. The 5 main upgrade made a significant increase in light out put. Been running the CIBIE E-codes for 3 years with no issues I can't believe I waited this long to do this.

Here is 1 sealed beam 1 Cibie w/Osram 55/60 Upgraded 5 mains

Harness is sure worth it, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Harness is sure worth it, isn't it?
I'm yet to get the harness, i had ordered it just before I posted. My bad for not being to clear on that.

That pic above is with the stock harness w/one sealed beam and one Cibie E-code w/55/60 Osram bulb. The impprovement was so vast that I felt no need to upgrade the harness, but it's now time. I"m tempted to get some higher wattage bulbs but that will have to wait till next check.

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