Sharpie's Build

[Sharpie]

Hi guys and gals, I'm Brad. I live right smack dab in the middle of the good ole USA in a little place called Missouri. I own a 2002 X, with 142,000 miles and counting. I'm a family man, with a wife and 3 kids, so the list of mods on the ole girl mainly consists of the freebies, or cheapies. Dreaming of the big stuff, you know, bumpers and such, but for now, that's not happening.
Anyways, I've been following the site for a while now, and learned a lot, and done a lot of the basics as everyone else. So....here's the list, and a few pics for you guys.

Removed step rails
Removed mud flaps
PML with AutoZone lift shackles ($25 for us cheap people)
Painted plastics
Roof basket added
4 off road lights on roof (AutoZone cheapies also)
Homemade light bar for roof rack
JVC Bluetooth head unit
MTX 10" sub in sealed box
Painted headliner (rubberized under coat)
LED interior lights
Homemade homelink (saw on the forum somewhere)
Painted stock wheels
Plasti-dipped badges
Rear sway bar delete
Cherry bomb muffler (grr) [emoji4]
265/75/16 Goodyear Wrangler Authority Tires bought...Will add pics asap.
Resonator delete

 

[Sharpie]

That little white button is my homelink (garage door opener). It is soldered to the original remote, wired into the fuse box for 12v power (no batteries to change) and tucked behind the dash panel there.

 

[Sharpie]

New reverse lights installed in bumper corners.

 

[Jack Stilts]

Glad to see a build for this! I really like that garage door opener. Might have to do something like that myself.

 

[Sharpie]

Glad to see a build for this! I really like that garage door opener. Might have to do something like that myself.

Yes, it works great, and it took all of about an hour to complete. I saw it on a forum somewhere, can't remember for sure if it was on here, but that's where I got the idea.

 

[Sharpie]

The new Goodyear wrangler authorities in 265/75/16

27watt led lights in the factory fog light location

And a day shot of my new bumper corner reverse lights

 

[drbandkgb]

Looking good sir..

 

[Prime]

Nice job on the reverse lights! Those corner plastics were meant for flush mounted auxiliary lights, for sure.

 

[Sharpie]

Thanks. I thought so too.

 

[Sharpie]

I was going to go with the dpdt switch, but they are little cheepo lights, and aren't very bright. Thought it was pointless to use them for aux lighting too. However, I may do a little upgrading when I get the chance...

 

[BobbyJ]

Great job with the reverse lights. What kind of lights are they?

 

[Sharpie]

Great job with the reverse lights. What kind of lights are they?

They are a $30 set of optronics led driving lights. 5 little LED's in each one. You know, the kind you see at Wal-Mart. Nothing too fancy, just cut the holes with my dremel, wired them to reverse lights, (which are also modded and LED) and then siliconed them in place. Of course fresh paint after it all...