3.) Time to cut some real big holes in your Jeep now. Use your template to figure out where you want the holes for the tail lights, mark the center, and smack with a center punch. Use a 4 1/2" hole saw to cut the holes. Be careful not to try and cut too fast, the thing will get too much bite and buck on you which could bend the center drill bit and fuck up your whole program. You will have to use a 4" die grinder to make the hole a little bigger. If you aren't running behind schedule, throw some paint on the inner edges of the holes so you don't get any rust.
4.) Take off the corners, throw some silicone on them, and bolt them on. Take some masking tape and put it around the edges before you run the outer bead. Let the silicone set up for an hour before removing the tape.
5.) Splice in the wires for the tail lights and begin to see people's confused faces as they try to figure out if it's a CJ or TJ.
6.) Add side marker lights if you want to be seen better. The problem is, you can't splice into any of the tail light wires since you only illumination options are stop/turn or just running. I tried running a wire all the way up front to the side markers to I could get turn/running, but there is a separate wire for each function. So I've got to figure out a way to get it wired the way I want.........to be continued
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