Hey all,
Wanted to share my tinkering while were in quarantine. Been able to fiddle around about an hours worth in the afternoon after telework.
The current and latest is a set of flush mounted LED tail lights, instead of the factory ones that extend out to be grabbed by a rock/tree.
Some notable material details:
- Got some 12"x12" sheet steel from onlinemetals. 12 gauge
- 4" round LED tail light w/ gasket enclosure. Diameter is actually ~4.5"
- 3/4" white reverse LED
Already have installed AEV corner guards
The 12x12 cuts in half nicely to 6"wx12"h.
My drill press is not true so the holes I ended up drilling for the brake and reverse lights ended up being close to 1/8" proud of the actual hole saw diameter.
As such, I had to weld a washer to the backside to make the 3/4" fit tighter.

Factory light mounts have an odd raised stamped metal points. I had to saw those out so these panels can sit flush.
Made a minor curve to match the body simply just clamping into a vice and bending.
I traced the tail and stop/turn light using a multimeter and associated it to the yellow and blue striped wires and soldered accordingly.

With the resistors in place I managed to not get the fast blink.
2 second vid:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LAu9hQzBeecrSpPy6Current problem... I can't get the reverse light to come on. Don't have any 9Vs or battery source right now to remotely test if the LEDs work at all.Thoughts, comments, advise?
UPDATE 13 May: Fixed the links, permissions issue?
Also SUCCESS, the reverse lights work now. Chinesium had the white and black wires reversed
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cPzxuKCUGwM9pATZ6
//Full Disclosure: The Jeep has been a pavement queen for the better part of the last decade, but now that my boys are getting bigger/older hoping to get back involved in the wheeling scene.15 Jun: Added wiring map I referenced to for the 2nd set.

