KR Off-Road Installation Instructions Suggestion

[jwoobs]

I just put my diode dynamics kit on last night, and I'm super impressed with the fit and finish of the brackets. The harness is great too.

However, I would like to suggest if you easy access to a wall to align your lights, install them one by one starting from the middle and working out. Get them aligned, then lock them down before putting on the next set of lights. Also plug into the harness prior to bolting the lights in. Mine took a ton of pressure to click in, and if you have the lights off you can use your hand like a clamp, rather than just pushing against the bracket and disturbing the alignment. (It's been several years since I used Deutsch connectors regularly, but I feel like DD's connector on the light might be a little on the small side. I never remember having to press that hard.)

Also point the hex cap of the bolt pointing out; it's easier to blindly put the wrench on the nut than to get the hex key in when you can't see it.

I also ended up taking the bumper end caps off; it's only a few more TP-40 bolts but it gives you so much more room. You'll need to put the SC3's in the third (rearmost) slot, otherwise it will hit the end cap.

The SSC2's fit fine in the second slot. Initially I was thinking I would put my fogs in the outer position, but I think the end cap would have cut some of the pattern off. So I moved the driving lamps to the outside, and put the fogs in the center position.

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[zedster]

Pictures?

 

[jwoobs]

@zedster I don't really have a ton of pictures from the install process.

You can see roughly where I tucked the lights. The middle one that is pointed way down is the fog lamp. I've driven around with it for a little bit and so far haven't gotten any high beam flashes from it.

The aiming instructions for the driving lamps is pretty good. Get about 25' from a wall and line them up with the low-beams. Haven't been out on a really dark country road to try them out, but around the neighbor hood I can light up a house from like a block and a half away. They complete blow the factory high beams out of the water.

I ended up zip tie-ing the harness to the crash bars on both sides. I don't know what you would do if you had a Sasquatch. Maybe zip them to the bumper itself?

You can also see how much salt gets sprayed on the back of the lights from the open wheel well. Make sure you get the connector clicked all the way in, or else your lights will suffer a quick death from all the moisture and contamination. I'm debating opening them back up and shooting some dielectric grease in there to be honest.

You can also see I have the 4 bulb lamp in the rear-most slot, and the smaller ones in the middle.

In the number 1 position (most central to vehicle), I was able to get a ratcheting wrench over the nut in the 3rd slot, but if I were to try to install in the second slot the wrench would have been trapped. That might be a bad verbal description, but if you end up with this kit I think you'll get what I'm saying.

 

[Bled656]

I ran the wiring harness next to another factory one just behind the radiator and zip tied it, there’s really not much space anywhere and I didn’t wanted close to the bottom of the truck, there’s also a lot of extra wiring tha i want to cut off but didn’t have the right hardware to do it. They are great lights and very bright.

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