Originally Posted by fadeout

There is no solution, I think what you have is the best bet. I have the same setup and refuse to run it on a regular basis. The problem is that LED's themselves are too bright of a source of light to be in direct sight of oncoming traffic. The best set I had so far were the Vision X's that I sold off and actually regret doing, they could be aimed really low and didn't blind anyone once done. I was eyeing up the JW speaker fogs but there's no mounting system for them and they are unbelievably expensive at over $600 bucks. I am just like you in the fact that I refuse to be a dick and just run these for my own benefit and have the "screw everyone else attitude", because I know how crappy it is driving at night and having someone like that behind you or coming at you in any type of situation.

And fwiw I've gone through every light setup that rigid sells in the D1and D2 housings. The most limited is the D1 in spot which is still obnoxiously bright. One day when I have extra $$$ lying around I'll go with the JW speaker set up since they are DOT approved and look awesome on and off. Plus they have an amazing light cut off because of the housings that are used with them.

Originally Posted by spore

Awesome, take some beam pattern pics against a wall, about 20 feet away so we can get a good idea of how it peers through the RR bumper.

Originally Posted by afwrenchmonkey

Here's some of the post install, I'll get some of the beam pattern tonight... It was a big PITA to do because I had to remove the entire bumper and winch setup to get to the fog light openings. Had the sway bar not been where it is, they would of been a 10 minute job....

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Originally Posted by Matthewd5

ok so i'm going to do the best i can to cover step by step how to install Rigid Dually D1 or D2 LEDs into your JK Wrangler using the BDF (Black Diamond Fabrication Brackets)

Here are the lights plugged into a battery with the Rigid Factory wiring harness, i like to test the lights before i install them just so i know they work now, so if they don't work later i know for sure it was my fault!

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Here are the BDF Brackets before i painted them...

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There are more photos at www.photobucket.com/matthewd5

I painted the BDF brackets with truck bedliner spray - i only painted the outer bracket as you never see the rest of it and its all made out of stainless steel.


Step 1. Remove the plastic piece that is inbetween the front bumper and the grill, there are two plastic screws that strip VERY EASILY, if you should strip them you can drill them out pretty easily

Step 2. Remove Grill, to do this there are 5 or 6 black plastic retaining clips, you have to pull out the pin at the center of each clip (the best way to do this is to go online and buy a "Chip Extractor" i found one on amazon for like $7) or you can use a screwdriver...

Step 3. with the two pieces above removed you should have access to the fog lights, remove the fog light bulbs from their fixtures, this is easier said than done, but take your time, i'd like to say it gets easier after this but it doesn't!

Step 4. Remove the fixtures that the fog light bulbs were in using a phillips screwdriver, there are four screws per fixture and some of them are challenging to reach, you will probably need to do some of them by feel and use a very good stubby screwdriver

Step 5. Install your Rigid Dually D1 or D2 lights into the BDF brackets, you want to do this with the slots facing towards the back of the LEDs, if you do it with the adjustable slot facing forward it will not fit (i know, i did it backwards the first time)

Step 6. Install the Rigid Dually Lights in the BDF bracket back into the place where the factory fog lights came out of, take your time, the bracket only goes in one way, with the extra holes facing up, you will need to reinstall the same screws you took out of the factory brackets and some of the screws you cannot see, you will have to do it by feel!

Step 7. Carefully cut off the factory clip that connected to the factory fog light bulbs, be VERY careful with this step, you don't really get a second chance

Step 8. VERY carefully strip off about half an inch of wire from the factory harness, there are two wires, one black and one white with a stripe, then cut off the harness wire that came with the Rigid Dually's, you don't have to be quite as careful doing this as the cables are much heavier and longer.

Step 9. If your going to put heat shrink tubing over your final connections put the heat shrink tubing on NOW! - Twist together the black wire from the Rigid cable harness with the black wire from the factory fog light, repeat for the red Rigid cable and the white cable with a stripe (do this for each fog light/LED)

Step 10. Before going further turn on your headlights/fog lights and make sure that each Rigid LED is in fact working o.k.

Step 11. Solder each connection very carefully, heat up the wire and then apply the solder, don't heat up the solder and just let it ball up on top of the wire!

Step 12. using a heat gun, lighter or some form of heat/fire shrink the heat shrink tubing, if you really want to you can use some liquid tape instead but i prefer to use heat shrink wrap (sometimes with liquid tape first on top of the solder and then put the heat shrink wrap over the liquid tape)

Step 13. Put everything back together, its a LOT easier if you put the plastic piece that goes between the bumper and the grill back on BEFORE you get the grill all put back together! (You can put the plastic piece back in last but you have to twist it and get it in slowly)

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Originally Posted by Matthewd5

Nice bumper...did you use the BDF bracket to mount the LEDs?

Matthew

Originally Posted by afwrenchmonkey

Here's some of the post install, I'll get some of the beam pattern tonight... It was a big PITA to do because I had to remove the entire bumper and winch setup to get to the fog light openings. Had the sway bar not been where it is, they would of been a 10 minute job....

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Originally Posted by Tylerm78

It was kinds tedious but not difficult. I used a tiny screwdriver (like the kind you use on glasses) to release the pins from the plastic connector on both the stock wiring and the Rigid harness. Remove the rubber seal from the base of the connector and transfer it to the stock wiring. Once I had the connectors removed I aligned the stock wires in the Rigid connector. This was the tricky part. Make sure they are square in the hole and they will only lock in one way. They are a different style than the Rigid pins so they take some tweaking to fit. Once you have them in correctly plug the connector in to check the connection and confirm they stay all the way in. Once you're happy with the fit press the rubber seal back in place and it should be as solid and as watertight as before.

I'm going to install a diode inline to eliminate the flashing when turned off. Let me know if you have any other questions.