Spyder headlamps.....my take on 'em...and LIGHTING in general

[deejaaa]

.....i have it set for mainly for jazz and blues......it fu@kin rocks......

i have mine set on jazz also. sounds better than rock.
sounds are one thing i need to do to mine also. after listening to you two talk, i am more lost than ever.

 

[shovelbill]

While I'd like to dismiss that as all of these things being made in the same 2-3 Chinese factories like we mentioned on the first page of this thread, I think it's more likely that some of the third party sellers on Amazon are intentionally ripping people off. Makes me wonder which sellers the people who left negative reviews actually bought from.

I have two sets of those Anzos, one in each truck. One came from LMC Truck, and the other from that Amazon page. I bought directly from Amazon, not from one of the third party sellers on the page. Neither of my sets had any kind of "Eagle Eyes" markings...

i doubt now that there's even 2 or 3 factories......seems all these things are basically the same....we went over this in the beginning.....

i'd have sent those back n8pu....that's a real bait and switch deal i think.

bottom line kids........Caveat emptor!

 

[shovelbill]

i have mine set on jazz also. sounds better than rock.
sounds are one thing i need to do to mine also. after listening to you two talk, i am more lost than ever.

hahahaha....i'd really love to sit across from you and tip back a few, ponder the universe.

of course i'd not be drinkin bourbon, LOL

 

[n8pu]

I do have a question for those of you that have installed the head light relay, I'm not sure if I ask already and if I did, I don't remember if I got an answer. So with that said, my '98 truck has almost no room between the battery post and I think it is the fresh air box intake. I would get the same result if I pulled power from one of the two studs that is on the opposite side of my battery wouldn't I??.

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This is the space I have between the box and the battery. Passenger side of the vehicle.

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This is the cable running from the battery over to the fuse box.

This is where it connects to the fuse box, the arrow is pointing to the red thing that is out of focus. That is where the cable that is running across from the battery connects to the fuse box. That is where I was thinking I could hook up for power for the light harness.

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[deejaaa]

take both of your connections from battery. remove rubber insulation. use a bolt and brass/copper/stainless washers and nut. screw in bolt and tighten nut. now there's a good solid connection. and there is now enough room for more connections.
here's more info on it:
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/63...esel-engine/255636-side-post-battery-mod.html
i use brass washers with stainless bolts and nuts.

 

[shovelbill]

I do have a question for those of you that have installed the head light relay, I'm not sure if I ask already and if I did, I don't remember if I got an answer. So with that said, my '98 truck has almost no room between the battery post and I think it is the fresh air box intake. I would get the same result if I pulled power from one of the two studs that is on the opposite side of my battery wouldn't I??.

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This is the space I have between the box and the battery. Passenger side of the vehicle.

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This is the cable running from the battery over to the fuse box.

This is where it connects to the fuse box, the arrow is pointing to the red thing that is out of focus. That is where the cable that is running across from the battery connects to the fuse box. That is where I was thinking I could hook up for power for the light harness.

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that is where i took the power to run the KC harness that i have been using to test the fogs and Oscar Plus'.....if the battery cable is in good repair i see no reason why this wouldn't work.....there's 2 green 30A fuses that "run" those posts in the box......ask me how i know!

my headlight harness went straight to the battery and i zip screwed the relays onto the inner fender, kinda betwixt the battery and my Voltant air box.

 

[shovelbill]

i'll go find the picture of my "temporary" setup.....i still have mor to go,, but this is good for now.

 

[shovelbill]

****....the picture was all the way back on page 36.....LOL

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[n8pu]

****....the picture was all the way back on page 36.....LOL

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This picture looks like you have more room between your positive post than I do, I think I have a 800CCA battery sitting in there. Without measuring the cable that runs across to the drivers side fuse panel it looks like it 'might' be around a 8 gauge wire, maybe 6 but doubt that.

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This is how much, or should I say lack of space between the battery and the air box, yes I have fat fingers, but not that fat.

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Is this the two 30A fuses you were referring to? and was either one of those metric studs what you used for you temporary hook up? I know those two studs are metric, thanks to the young man at my local ACE Hardware store wanting to make sure that the nuts I bought actually fit, after several trips from their bin in back of their store out to my truck.

Edited: Forgot to ask, do those 30A fuses run anything else other than those studs?

 

[n8pu]

****....the picture was all the way back on page 36.....LOL

I went back to find page 36 after you mentioned it, I have several digital volt/ohm meters so I don't "need" another probe, BUT, that probe looks very handy and was wondering if you got it on line or local to you?