I have always liked the stock style ford LED Turn signals in the side view mirrors as well as the in glass style turn signals found in other car makers.
I Want something like this for my WK and decided to do a little research. I originally wanted to make a row of red or amber LEDs drilled in to the mirror housing under the glass where the lip is. But i decided that i dont want to chance ruining my mirrors so i bought these Arrow shaped Red LED mirror signals from my work (i temp work at auto zone)
The arrows stick to the glass and then the wiring needs to be routed behind the glass, through the mirrors stock wiring harness or harness holes in to the door and in to the jeeps front fenders to be connected to the stock signal wires.
My questions are, with the stock mirror off the jeep, is there any way to snake through the wiring harness behind the mirror so i can still fold the mirror and not interfere with anything?
Next, these lights have LEDs like the ones in the stock dash parts on a circuit board. What are the odds of them having resistance built in? Do you think i will need to soldier in resistors?
The wires are at the tip of the arrow and get wrapped behind the mirror. I will try to run a snake through the stock wiring location so there is no binding on the wires and they can sit loosely but still snug behind the glass.
They sell resistors for LED bulb conversions, will these work or do i need a different kind of resistor?
No one said this would be easy but i think it will be cool when done.
FYI, I dont like the in fender euro style signals.
Lights i bought. Very simple with a ground wire and power wire.
I Want something like this for my WK and decided to do a little research. I originally wanted to make a row of red or amber LEDs drilled in to the mirror housing under the glass where the lip is. But i decided that i dont want to chance ruining my mirrors so i bought these Arrow shaped Red LED mirror signals from my work (i temp work at auto zone)
The arrows stick to the glass and then the wiring needs to be routed behind the glass, through the mirrors stock wiring harness or harness holes in to the door and in to the jeeps front fenders to be connected to the stock signal wires.
My questions are, with the stock mirror off the jeep, is there any way to snake through the wiring harness behind the mirror so i can still fold the mirror and not interfere with anything?
Next, these lights have LEDs like the ones in the stock dash parts on a circuit board. What are the odds of them having resistance built in? Do you think i will need to soldier in resistors?
The wires are at the tip of the arrow and get wrapped behind the mirror. I will try to run a snake through the stock wiring location so there is no binding on the wires and they can sit loosely but still snug behind the glass.
They sell resistors for LED bulb conversions, will these work or do i need a different kind of resistor?
No one said this would be easy but i think it will be cool when done.
FYI, I dont like the in fender euro style signals.
Lights i bought. Very simple with a ground wire and power wire.