2008 Jeep Wrangler FF/EMT POV

[emt.micah]

2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK. Used to respond as a volunteer FF/EMT in Porter County Indiana.


Currently all on individual Conterra switches in a Daystar JK lower switch panel:


-Sound Off Signal Headlight Flasher


-Sound Off Signal tail light flasher and Star/SVP Mini Phantom in rear window


-Extreme Tactical Dynamics Undercover 6.0 LED lights (1 pair blue in grill)


-Whelen Slim Miser LED dash light


Also a Whelen Electronic Air Horn with a momentary on switch on the dash.


Video taken at about 4:30 in the afternoon on a sunny day.


http://s946.photobucket.com/albums/ad309/emt_micah/Emergency%20LIght%20Installs/?action=view&current=2012-09-08_16-53-47_786.mp4


Undercover 6.0 in the grill.








Red and yellow just below the rear wiper.





Airhorn speaker mounted behind bumper.





Center stack. Emergency light switches are the lower 4. Top switches (between air vents) are driving lights, reverse lights, rock lights and momentary airhorn button. Icom radio on left side, CB on right side.





I have another pair of the Undercover6 lights in white. They were mounted on the endcaps of my previous (stock) bumper and served real well there. Not sure where to put them now. I'd like to get another pair of blue ones and mount in the bottom forward portion of the rear side windows. I had some older/larger strobes there once and they worked real well. Just drew too much power for my taste.


Micah

 

[Squad-6]

Good install & Great switch setup


Not sure why you are using Tactical Dynamics and Gen1 products. As a member of this board you can find better for same price or less.

 

[Luismariadarlene]

Looks good.

 

[stansdds]

Very nice, neat and clean and not whackerized. :thumbsup:

 

[emt.micah]

Thanks for the coments.


I'm using the Undercover 6's because I got 4 of them with brackets for only $50 from a guy on my department. College kids, always in need of money


I'm looking at removing the taillight flasher and replacing with 4 HAW leds. That will reduce my wiring in the rear of the vehicle, and allow me to run an X pattern vs the red/white alternating.


Like many of us, I have stuff I don't use that I need to sell off to get other stuff to add/replace.


All in all, this setup works pretty well for me. Traffic can see me approaching, and I feel safe enough for those times when I have to warn traffic from the rear along the highway.


Micah

 

[KC9QNN]

Looks good. Video? Guy on my department is looking for videos of wranglers for ideas for his wrangler.

 

[emt.micah]

The photobucket link above the first photo is video.


The Daystar JK Lower Switch panel that I have is the cleanest way to get switches in to an 08-12 Jeep Wrangler.


If he goes to JKOwners.com or JK-Forum.com there is lots of info on wiring a JK.


Micah

 

[emt.micah]

Not sure why you are using Tactical Dynamics and Gen1 products. As a member of this board you can find better for same price or less.

Reccomendations??

 

[emt.micah]

Added these to my Jeep recently: http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/towtruckleds-3-w-maxi-bright-42073/


Also moved all my switches to one of these: 2007 - 2008 JK 6 Switch sPOD & Source System I got it used and couldn't pass up the price.


Micah

 

[Eric1249]

Looks good so far. I would put round LEDs on the front bumper. It would go with the look of the headlights. Maybe a Whelen dual color led. Clear for driving light or off road and blue when needed. Can you have blue to the rear? If so, take the grille lights that are on there now and put them in the rear.

 

[Ben E.]

Did you wire the rear window light with a quick disconnect for top removal?

 

[emt.micah]

Its on with 3m double hook Velcro. When I put the soft top on, I transfer the light to the rear soundbar. I have a trektop, which angles back. Puts the light just a few inches from the window. Works well.

 

[VecTecLighting]

I like the Switch set up, Nice install

 

[SRVR77]

nice, like the set up and the switches

 

[emt.micah]

The crappy lights I had in my grill are gone. Picked up some grill lights from AWL. Just hooked them up last night. Need to get some more to put in my rear side windows.


http://s946.photobucket.com/user/emt_micah/media/2013-05-02_19-19-34_861_zps72dc310a.mp4.html

 

[Storm4200]

looks much better!

 

[Ren12]

It does look a lot better. I'd look to replace the Gen1 light above the RVM next.

 

[emt.micah]

Here's the new grill/bumper lights in the daytime with the rest of the lights on too.


Also, I've updated my switching. All my lights run thru one of these now: 4x4 SPOD Since 2005 - The ORIGINAL JEEP Over The Windshield Switch Console - Jeep Power Distribution System


2013-05-04_16-12-51_653_zps3b392d4c.mp4 Video by emt_micah | Photobucket


And yes, a new light above the RVM is next in the plan.

 

[Eric1249]

Nice improvement.

 

[emt.micah]

And another upgrade for my Jeep. I ditched the Whelen Slim-lighter in favor of an AWL Intimidator in blue/white.


http://s946.photobucket.com/user/emt_micah/media/2013-05-31_16-55-57_517_zps24f9bb10.mp4.html

 

[Tom]

And another upgrade for my Jeep. I ditched the Whelen Slim-lighter in favor of an AWL Intimidator in blue/white.

http://s946.photobucket.com/user/emt_micah/media/2013-05-31_16-55-57_517_zps24f9bb10.mp4.html

Looks great, Micah! How do you like the new AWL SMT3s?

 

[Storm4200]

from the video, it looks like it was a step up from the SlimMiser, but i prob wouldve just went with a TIR6 Slimlighter.

 

[Storm4200]

switching looks great btw...

 

[emt.micah]

Tom,


The SMT3 lights are great! No doubt they were the best bang for the buck. I'm planning on adding at least 2 more pair in the future and syncing them all.

 

[Storm4200]

yeah, those SMT3s look great!

 

[crucialcolin]

Pretty sweet looking install. I'm definitely intrigued by those AWL SMTs too. Btw is it just me or is the Photo bucket links not working?

 

[emt.micah]

Little modification tonight.


I pulled my TLF awhile back as I didn't think it was really doing me much good. I picked up another SVP Mini Phantom in red/amber, like the one I already had in my rear window. The intent was to set them to steady burn, then alternate one on each side of the window with an external flasher. Well....by dumbass didn't realize until AFTER I had everything installed, that the ULB9 doesn't have a solid flash pattern OOPS! So I set them to the same pattern on each side, hooked them to my switch and I have (for now) what you see here.





Good first try at least. I just need to get a different set of lights and sync them with a slower pattern.


I did achieve a bonus however, by attaching the lights to the struts that open my tailgate glass, they are still visible when the window is open.


We'll see how long this lasts. Need to work on plan B......

 

[theroofable]

Do you have a video of the TLF before you pulled it?

 

[emt.micah]

The video clip in the first post shows the TLFs in daylight.

 

[emt.micah]

Little update on my Jeep.


I picked up a SNM E44 bar cheap and threw it into the windshield to see how it works.

Flashback is killer, but the larger bar is nice. I'll be moving this to the back window soon as I have a Feniex Apollo2x on order for the front.


I also just added a big bundle of wires into a junction box at the back of my Jeep. The link is here: http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/re-wiring-need-assistance-59917/#post457797

 

[RES347CUE]

Looks good

 

[emt.micah]

My Apollo2X arrived. Here is a little clip of it and the E44.

 

[strobecrazy]

My Apollo2X arrived. Here is a little clip of it and the E44.

Video is private.

 

[5309]

Jeep looks great

 

[Ren12]

Video is private.

No luck here either still says video is private...

 

[emt.micah]

Fixed the video setting.

 

[emt.micah]

I took another video clip today. This is with the truck facing south into the full noon-time sun.

 

[Eric1249]

The Apollo has good off access. Personally I would have not have spilt colors in each head. But it looks good.

 

[emt.micah]

Eric, there is a method to my madness for the dual colors. I have to monkey with the settings yet, but I'll have blue/clear on one switch (Mode 1) and amber/amber on another switch (Mode 2). The separate amber is for SAR work. And it's a selling point for FFs who also plow in the winter.


I need to modify the shroud a bit to make up for the damn near vertical windshield of my Jeep. Once I do that and get it up where the E44 currently sits, the coverage will be even better to the sides.

 

[Eric1249]

I thought it was blue/clear at first and I thought it was the video. Now it makes sense, it was actually amber lol


I think if you need to have separate colors then having a dual color makes sense.