Here are the Fog's lined up, they appear directional but still do a decent job of lighting up the surrounding area's outside the focus point.



Not as blinding now when in front and lower as if I was in a Honda Civic or something.



And then here's where I adjusted the HID's from(passenger side) and to(drivers side), those suckers were blindingly high, kinda feel bad for having them like that for a week but looking forward to getting those projectors installed in a few days. Just waiting on the mail man to bring me a new set of headlights in case I ruin one set I still have another handy.

 

looking good brother!

 

I would put the reverse lights on a switch. If you want lighting in the rear, I would get some led strips and put them on the top of ceiling pointed down on a switch near the rear. Like how I did my underhood lights. If you leave the piaa lights on for long they will drain your battery.

 

Looking great. Can't wait to see the projectors installed

 

Thanks guys! It's coming along slowly but surely!


Smoke'em if you got em!!

 

Why not do both? I'd run a 3 position switch in the cab to toggle them on/on w/reverse/ and off. Then run a couple wires back to your shelf or tire carrier for control back there. Ill draw you up a wiring diagram if you need.

Im really contemplating a van now since I looked at a 4wd converted dmax. Just not sure I want to limit myself to a bumper pull. Having a gooseneck has been really convenient.

 

Yeah, if your willing I'll take you up on that offer!!

Here's the simple wiring diagram that the PIAA's came with,



I can wire them up fine but want them to also come on automatically when I engage reverse. I've already isolated the wire in the Van that triggers the reverse lights that I'll need to tap into, the question is how do I make it work with what I have or should I just make something from scratch?

And here's the switch it comes with...



Of the three wires coming into the the picture from the left, one of those is a source for the switch. There's an LED light on the switch and I assumed that the source was for that but I tried flipping the switch without that source connected and the lights didn't come on so I think it also powers the relay.

 

The 3 position switch mentioned above would be the way to go. Don't have it mounted right now but have that setup for my truck and being able to light up behind the truck with a flip of a switch is really nice at night.

 

Just so I can follow along, the Positions of the three position switche would be:

1) Off
2) Triggered by reverse lights
3) Manual activation

That about right?

 

So I got some information to share for all the fuel economy guys!

I've been doing my best to keep track of my fuel records since I bought my van 10 months ago. Records so far include the date, miles, gallons and mpg for each fill up. I haven't cross references them with my mods yet but you can see they are pretty steady and consistent regardless of mods which is why I'm a bit perplexed/annoyed. I know some of the mods I've done have had negative impacts on fuel consumption but I was hoping that I was making enough gains to not only offset those losses but still see an increase in mpg's.

Here are all my records since I bought the van concerning fuel consumption:














So far the mods I've done to improve mpg's are...
1) Downpipe
2) EGR Delete
3) Economy tune (100 + hp)
4) Muffler and kitty Delete
5) Lighter wheels and tires
6) Replaced all filters (Both Fuel, oil, and air filters)
7) Run Standadyne with every tank of gas
8) Swapped to smaller antenna (Minimal but I thought I'd add it anyways! :p: )


Mods that hamper better mpg's are...
1) Weight of Interior improvements (Bed, shelves, insulation/walls, tools)
2) Weight of front and rear bumpers (400 lbs)
3) More aggressive tread pattern



I think that's all the mods I've done unless I'm missing something. There are a couple more things I can do such as a Kennedy lift pump and make a custom intake but after that I think I'm all out of fuel economy mods unless I really start messing with Aero and stance. I'm shooting for consistent 22mpg range.