mini DRLs for our Jeep Gladiator

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As some of you may have noticed in one of our recent pics, we no longer have DRLs installed on our Jeep JT Gladiator. And, the reason for that is, they got completely destroyed on the WAYALIFE New Year's Kick Off run. Or more specifically, our brand new 42's didn't care for them and decided to promptly tear them off. While this wasn't really that big of a deal, it did get me wondering if there was a way to at least install some kind of turn signals back on. Certainly, I'm sure that on coming traffic would appreciate knowing what we were doing and so, here's what I came up with.

Can you see them?
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How about now?
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Wait, I'll go in even closer...
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If you still couldn't see them, that's what I really like about them. These lights are small and virtually disappear in the blackness of the fenders.
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As you can see, I simply bolted them onto the old fender support bracket.
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Now that I know these work and in this location, I'll most likely clean things up a bit by painting all the white body supports black. Or at least, when it starts to warm up a bit.
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Yes, I had thought about using the upper bracket but was concerned that it'd be harder for people to see and as much as this wasn't a perfect solution, mounting them up higher looked kinda off to me. I don't know, I'll have to give it a bit more thought.
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So, what's really cool about these things is that in addition to providing a nice bright amber light for turn signals, they also serve as DRLs!
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Surprisingly, the white light they put out is pretty damn bright. Definitely brighter than the halos in the headlights.
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Here are some closer shots...
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I should note that I do have them slightly angled back to follow the leading edge of the fender and that helps people looking from the side to see it a bit too.
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Here's what the ambers look like when the turn signals are on.
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Shot further back and with the hazards on. Pics really don't do them justice but these were made for motorcycles and the blinking really is quite visible, even from a much greater distance.
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The best part about these DRLs is that they only cost $20 and installation was a snap!

Anyway, I hope this thread will be helpful to give other people ideas as to what they can do. :cool:
 
First few pics I definitely was thinking you were messing with us as I couldn’t see shit lol. But they look good, nice and small but get the job done
 
Super cool addition, love how you can't see them until... you can! So they just wire up to the factory turn signal/DRL harness I assume?
 
Little fuckers sure are cute
LOL - too funny but yeah, I think so :ROFLMAO:
First few pics I definitely was thinking you were messing with us as I couldn’t see shit lol. But they look good, nice and small but get the job done
LOL - thanks! I'll be honest and say that I wasn't sure if I'd like them but not having turn signals was bothering me. Always annoys me when people don't use there's and I at least wanted to try. So far, I actually like how they look and they work surprisingly well. I also like how they are DRLs too.
Super cool addition, love how you can't see them until... you can! So they just wire up to the factory turn signal/DRL harness I assume?
I reused my old factory plug and spliced the wires that come on these DRLs on to them.
 
Glad I saw this after I got my Quake LED fender chop lights in 🤦‍♂️
LOL - to be honest, I would prefer something like the Quakes but that's what I had on, the Rugged Ridge and they just got torn out. But, for $20, I think these will work fine :)
 
Similar to what I was thinking. I was going to gut my stock rubi fenders for the 40’s and put a strip of these (or the like) across the front

 
The driver side tire is definitely just catching the back side of the fender bracket at a full flex but not enough to be a problem. I can just barely see a bit of rubbing on it. So, I think these should be safe... 🤪
 
The driver side tire is definitely just catching the back side of the fender bracket at a full flex but not enough to be a problem. I can just barely see a bit of rubbing on it. So, I think these should be safe... 🤪
"I think these should be safe" That is what we all say - Silent whisper under our Breath "i hope"
 
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