scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Ok now with some of the installs I've read, I'm hearing people having issues with connecting these two wires. So the end result seems to be to take the connector off the, in this case red, wire and plug it in without the white connector. So if you look in the white connector on the back side where the wire is, you can take a small flat screwdriver, and pop the piece inside out. Then look in the other end, and take the screwdriver and push down the metal pin on the connector. Pull the wire out. Then plug it into the brown connector. Now we can plug the 20 amp fuse into slot #6 on the fuse panel. I forgot to picture it, but if you look on your kick panel, it has the fuse layout on it and it should say Fog (something) on it. I'll try and get a pic of it and put it up later. We've gotten everything wired up inside, now we can go ahead and put the switches in and test the connection outside. Here's the switch, I think it's upside down here though, oops! Take the green connector that you passed through the dash earlier, and connect it to the switch. It should click when it's all the way in. Switch is off here! Then I used a light tester to check the connection. This is in the connector on the outside of the car, under the bumper, next to the windshield washer reservoir. Not a great picture, but the button is on! We've got power! Now that we've confirmed that everything works ok, it's time to wire it all up and clean it up. I have to run the LED wires to the front. I found a little grommet in the upper part inside behind the fuse panel. This leads to behind the fender, actually directly right behind the side markers. Popped that grommet out and drilled a hole and passed the wires through. Not the greatest pic, but this is from the inside of the driver side foot kick area behind the fuse panel. The hole is just off center to the upper left side if you can't see it. From the inside of the fender with the wire passed through. Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Brought it through just following the hood pop cable. Button it back up. Switches off. Fog on All on! So there it is. Clean under the dash, well sort of. The alarm is such a rats nest that it makes it look bad. But that's gonna get replaced and re located soon so I'm not worried about that. If you guys haven't noticed as of yet, I basically rewire things 2 or 3 times when I go about different projects. Part of being a perfectionist I guess! So there are the fogs, wired up! When I get the bumper back on, I'll get the fogs on with halogens to show the work! I DID, HOWEVER, just get my new projectors in, so I'll be doing that retrofit here very very soon! Waiting on bulbs from TRS! Let's move on to the next big project! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
splzx3 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Posted October 24, 2011 I love ur build bro ________________________________________________________________________ deepsilencer, on 22 Aug 2011 - 17:32, said: splzx3, on 22 Aug 2011 - 17:27, said: i had my fun on one of his videos...till he blocked me then i got my mother into it lol after her he closed the comments xD lol your mom is a G! WTF, I never thought I'd have a conversation about cross dressers and trans-genders on a car audio forum.
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 NOW, onto the biggest project of the weekend! THE PROJECTORS! Lots going on here, bouncing around a lot cause there's just different stuff going on. So let's get started! When I last left this, i was fixing a shroud and getting them back to paint status. I tried the CFV and it just didn't work out. So I decided what a better way to get them better than just sand them down. I know more sanding, no one hates it more than I do. Irritating, but to get things looking good it has to be done. This is the broken shroud, I put some filler back in, and sanded it down. Nice and flat! Came out well I thought. Started more sanding. Then I started on the second one. Halfway through the sanding, I decided, I just didn't want the CCFL angel eyes anymore. I liked the original thought of them, but after that, i just felt like they were too much with the LEDs going in as well. so I had to cover the holes. So I stopped sanding and filled. Then I kept sanding some more. and some more until I basically sanded all the black off. I got a lot of imperfections out of them by doing this. Much better than originally when I decided to cover them. I'm much happier with them now. Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Some high fill primer. Did a little more sanding, and now I'm ready for paint! Here we've got the answer! VHT Flame Proof Paint! This should do it! This is the first of 6 coats! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Now all that was done on my half day off friday! Got lots of work done for sure! Got the bumper torn off and started getting things ready for the HID's and projectors. Here's where it kind of get's DIYish. All these bolts are 10mm btw! Removed this front bolt, not the rear one. under the housing, you see two bolts in here, remove those both. this is on the side of the housing, remove that bolt on the left. in the oval cutout there, remove that bolt. Then I put a towel down to not scratch the front of the housing, lens. The metal bracket on the bottom of the housing should be out now. The housing should pull out toward the center of the car. Down and out. Take this clip out. Set the housing aside! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 SHE'S NEKID! Some minor adjustments for the new stuff! Oh that's better! Now it's time to get those sidemarkers cleaned up! Here's the harness for the parking lights without the bulb in it. There's a little pin in there that you can push to pop the wire out. Did that for the brown (passenger side) and the black (ground). Stripped some wire back, did not cut the wire completely! Soldered on the positive from the side marker then heat shrink to protect it! Repeated with the ground! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Some new loom! Oh so much cleaner than before! Basically working on the passenger side right now. Here's the HID ballast for the headlights. Still have to figure out where I'm gonna put the fog light ballasts. Put some sound deadener too. This is a picture of the ground wire, which is for the fog lights. I apparently didn't take a picture of them together, but the wire went down next to the brown connector for the fogs, so that it can be quick disconnected when I have to take the bumper off. Onto the driver side! MESSY! Had a little friend here hanging out with me! All cleaned up! Next I had to run wires over to the passenger side and in the middle, cleanly! Here they're running along the cross member all loomed up! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Now that the wiring is ready, and cleaned up might I add.......it's time for the magic to happen! Rubber gloves are key here! DON'T TOUCH THE BULBS WITH YOUR FINGERS DAMN IT!!!!! Next one! Got em in! OHHHHH SHAT THEY WORK BABY!!!! YEAHHHHH!!!!! So there's lots of things left to do. I have to adjust them, and tighten them up, do the wiring for the highs, and some other things like wire up the leds. Seal the lenses back up too. But let me proceed with some before and afters thus far! Before! Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
scooter99 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Posted October 24, 2011 Nokia Yellow Highs Just DRL's Now, the Pre-Adjusted Projectors! So that's it. I've now eclipsed 350 pictures on this project alone! LOTS! But I have quite a few things left to do to button this thing up. Those will get done tonight. So after all that, if I finish tonight, I'll have gotten all the stuff done with what i set out to do this weekend. Scan Gauge II pod done - CHECK Projectors In - TONIGHT HID's In - CHECK Fog Lights wired up - CHECK Re wire the Side Markers - CHECK Wire for LED's in headlights and under front grill - TONIGHT Facebook Page: S99Creations 2006 F250 Lariat Build
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