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Adding Modern Mods

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Been interested in adding some fog lights I see on modern jeep now. My goal is to mix my 70road runner and make it look like it has modern off-road mods. I would like to start with adding an extra ad on fog lights. I'm just not sure if this would work but this is from Mopar https://parts.jeepsareus.com/oem-pa...t-kit-82207271?c=bD05Jm49U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM=. Anyone has experience in adding modern mods on our classic?
 
Been interested in adding some fog lights I see on modern jeep now. My goal is to mix my 70road runner and make it look like it has modern off-road mods. I would like to start with adding an extra ad on fog lights. I'm just not sure if this would work but this is from Mopar https://parts.jeepsareus.com/oem-parts/mopar-hella-fog-light-kit-82207271?c=bD05Jm49U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM=. Anyone has experience in adding modern mods on our classic?
I cut a 67 Satellite off a Ford F250 chassis to save it, but never had a inkling to go the other way.
 
First off, adding something like those lights is simple enough, just use a relay and wire them in.

Second, why the hell would you want put off road lights on the car?
 
I like off road lights, not to drive in gravel but to have better illumination on twisty mountain highways at night.
 
Get conversion headlights. Any of my sealed-beam lights get replaced with Hella E-code conversion lights. Get Hella E-code. yes, it matters. They put the light where it belongs, so you get the most out of your bulbs.

They use a removeable H4 (halogen) bulb and plug into your factory harness. They look close enough to original that they don't look out of place; the beam spread is MUCH better than the sealed beam stuff; and they're about 3x brighter than the sealed beams.

I also add HID H4 bulbs from ddmtuning.com to any of mine - they come with their own harnesses, easy to install, mount the small ballast somewhere, and enjoy the view. I run 4300k color temperature - it's the closest you can get to daylight, without turning blue (higher numbers are more blue; the human eye is least sensitive to blue light, so blue lights are the least effective for visibility), or yellow (lower numbers are more yellow; if you have a lot of fog in your area, go more towards the yellows to cut through it - I run 3000k lamps in my fog lights on my 2001 Ram and 2500k in the fogs on my 2014 Grand Cherokee).

You can get hi/lo H4s from DDM, as well as hi-only, depending on which location you're using them in (if you have a quad-headlight car). The HIDs are about 3x brighter than the halogens, so compared to stock sealed beams...the stockers will look like candles. The Hella lights are metal reflector/glass lens, so I run 55w HID's in them. My 2001 Ram 2500 has factory "Sport" package lights with plastic lens/plastic reflectors, so I run 35w hi/lo HIDs and 35w LED high-beams in it to keep from overheating and distorting the housings.

And, car-off? The Hella H4s are basically invisible. Looks like stock. At a car show, nobody will ask "why did they change those lights?" - because unless they're REALLY nit-picking...they won't even notice. I'm ordering a set for my '70 Charger as part of the list for this winter...once my budget recovers from buying the car itself (and my Grand Cherokee is paid off in January, so that frees up a good bit of monthly dough)!
 
A couple notes that I forgot to add -

1. for hi-only lights, I'd use LED's since they light instantly. HIDs have to "warm up" for a couple seconds by their nature.

2. I do NOT recommend all-LED headlights. LEDs, by their nature, do not generate any heat. A buddy of mine put all LEDs in his F250 work truck...then wondered why he couldn't see in a snowstorm.

Because they were totally caked with ice.

Personally, I won't be driving my B-bodies in snow and ice...but for anyone considering these changes to cars that do see inclement weather, don't use LEDs as the sole lighting source.
 
A couple notes that I forgot to add -

1. for hi-only lights, I'd use LED's since they light instantly. HIDs have to "warm up" for a couple seconds by their nature.

2. I do NOT recommend all-LED headlights. LEDs, by their nature, do not generate any heat. A buddy of mine put all LEDs in his F250 work truck...then wondered why he couldn't see in a snowstorm.

Because they were totally caked with ice.

Personally, I won't be driving my B-bodies in snow and ice...but for anyone considering these changes to cars that do see inclement weather, don't use LEDs as the sole lighting source.
LED lights actually generate quite a lot of heat. Why do you think they have finned heat sinks on the backs? Some of them have built in cooling fans as well. https://www.amazon.ca/Headlight-Dec...hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583520393012499&psc=1
 
The heat is the power supply, not in the LED itself. He was referring to the excess heat to heat the lens. LED's do not "radiate" heat from the light source, but get stupid hot on the backside. HID/Halogen radiate heat out through the lens.

Just a different heating location. One beneficial, one not.

RGAZ
 
Not 100 % sure what ( look ) your going after or mabey just after extra lighting for night drives ?
Jmho but to me if the rest of the 70 is going to stay any place near period correct you could perhaps go with the lights mounted in a 71 cuda road lamp style , position.
Its miles from correct but in my mind the best option if your set on adding extra lights.
 
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