A Shining Light from Kates Dirty Sister
Whilst I had seen this mod around, it wasn't until a move really necessitated it being moved onto the need to do list.
The driveway to my current place is quite steep, and also quite dark. With how she is parked in the garage and the driveway being slightly offset means that at night the drive up can be a "stab on the dark" (pun slightly intended).
Initially I had thought that these would do the job...
But in the end maybe I was thinking of something smaller, as these where quite a bit larger and heavier than I anticipated. I was always going to get more of these anyway to mount to the corners of a roof rack anyway.
On to eBay it was to purchase some flush mounted 18W Cree LED in a 3x2 layout. And for $39 for the pair you can't complain.
The holes were cute and prepped...
The lights were surrounded by foam tape to help seal and align things a bit better, and then they were all mounted up.
Of course, working with lights means wiring, and so I also needed to address the wiring again up in the engine bay. I had tidied things up previously, but now with the fuse block it was needing to be addressed again. This time though I basically disconnected everything, rerouted and then reconnected everything after tidying it all up. Now all the looms are either taped or in split tube for that professional look!!
Now, the only thing coming off the battery is the winch and the fuse block. I also moved the switch for my under-bonnet LED light strip up behind the catch can.
I will throw up some photos of the switches when I get them in.
Next up, a permanent but switched power supply for my car fridge (when I use it). I was considering wiring the accessory plug on the centre console to have power off the battery instead of being powered through the accessories. I don't know if I should do it that way or just have a separate plug (such as an Anderson) which is then accessible when I need it. Then it would purely be a case of being creative about how to do it. My fridge goes in the cab when I use it, just in case someone asks.