Looks great! Try some matte dull coat on the plastidip. Not sure how the reaction between the two would be but it's worth giving it a try on a test piece if you dislike the semi-gloss look.
Those HIDs are blinding! Gotta love HID in a halogen housing for offroad lights. Scatter scatter scatter. But for those guys dropping into oem (road use) housings, they need to at least re-aim their lights lower. The amount of glare and bleed is ridiculous. Never look directly into a 55W+ HID... save a 35W unit. Man, I know how you feel. I swear even when I closed my eyes for a few minutes, I could still see the black spots.
4300k should be pretty white. The whitest they come without dropping to 3000k (yellow). Perhaps the bulbs weren't up to spec, as a lot of the aftermarket kits aren't. I hear people getting mismatched bulbs even though the temperatures were stated to match lol. You get what you pay for. Try a different 4300k kit, and you might just get the light you're looking for.
Look good, lots of light
Remind me to never drive in front of you on a trail at night though :sombrero:
Looks good, and personally, I like the grille. That initial shininess goes away within one washing, then goes down to a beautiful matte![]()
As for the lights, nice work, I'd be interested in seeing a shot of the light pattern. Where'd you get the kit?
That's a good question, the short answer is it should but I haven't tested it yet. The long answer is, the further I let the fridge slide out the more room for the lid of the fridge to open. You see that metal hoop? that was a stop for the slide because without it the weight of the fully loaded fridge would cause the top plywood of the storage platform to start to lift. However, since then the top platform is better attached (wood glue and pocket-hole screws) so worse case I'll have to remove the hoop and let the fridge slide out a bit further. However, I only raised the platform by a couple of inches so I probably should be OK as-is.
Page 40 of this thread has a couple of more pics but even without the platform I don't think I could open the lid all the way (vertically)- may be your X has more vertical room in the back? I've seen people removing half of the split rear seats and installing the fridge there...just another option if you don't need that seat.
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However, holding it open with one hand and retrieving stuff using your other hand works just fine - even for my gf (5.6ft).
I can't remember exactly but I wanna say they were rated for 75lbs? they were about $35 at the local home improvement store.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what I got too. I figured the fridge weighs 40lbs+30lbs of food, should work fine and so far I haven't had any issues with the slides. they are a bit on thin side when fully extended but again no jams, excessive friction, binding or bending yet.