Putting LEDs in Honcho bumper?

[MarkThomas]

Ok, I put the threaded barrels and nuts into the middle hole on each side of the Honcho bumper, but what part do I need to add to the back of the barrel to keep the LED tight?

[MarkThomas]

Or, another question may be:

How do I have lights on both the frame (bumpers) and the body (headlights) being powered by the RX and still be able to remove the body fully? Is there some sort of quick-connect I could put in?

Pics would be helpful if you have done this...

Thanks!

[SC Convert]

A micro deans plug would work well.

[iamsuperbleeder]

Originally Posted by SC Convert

A micro deans plug would work well.

I just soldered one of these on mine; they're awsome!

the micro plug 4B

[iamsuperbleeder]

oh or the 2B micro plugs

I have two of them soldered in to, for the rear and front LED wires

[federally]

I just used some generic crimp connectors you get from radioshack for pennys. Since my lights are run off a 9v battery I mounted the battery inside the cab, wired all my body lights to it then ran two loose wires with connectors on them. Wired up the frame mounted lights, 2 in the front and 2 in the back, and ran those to connectors.

Since you're not running high draw electronics you don't need a deans connector lol. Any old connector will work.

Edit: Also for the back of those barrels there is a special part off the same parts tree that goes in to the back. It's a round dish with a slot in it, it snaps in. I would suggest using a tad bit of glue for it as they fall out a lot.

[Gvus]

I use a 2pin weatherpack connector so I can run lights on my cj8 body. My .02

[MarkThomas]

Originally Posted by federally

Edit: Also for the back of those barrels there is a special part off the same parts tree that goes in to the back. It's a round dish with a slot in it, it snaps in. I would suggest using a tad bit of glue for it as they fall out a lot.

Yeah, I tried that piece straight away when I put them together. The slot was large enough to slide over the wires, but not at the end (where they need to be) where the tiny wires have a shrink wrap on them.



Edit: got it to work...Thanks!

And the wires between the two sets of white LEDs (I stole this off a stock Dingo) are too short to make it to the headlight buckets, so all 4 will remain in the bumper. Will probably add a disconnect and some headlights later...lights are just too cool.