Jeep Wrangler LED Lighting Upgrade – JW Speaker All the Way Around

By | March 6, 2023

howdy I'm Jason Lewis and today on the Auto edits 
Jeep I'm gonna show you the right light upgrade to   start with on your Jeep now the first thing people 
always want to do is just throw a light bar on the   top of their Jeep now that's cool don't get me 
wrong I think the light bars look cool on Jeeps   but there's a lot of reasons why I'm not starting 
with that and I'm gonna explain them to you in   this video we are gonna start with the JW speaker 
8700 j2 headlights now that to me is the most   important light upgrade you're gonna do to your 
Jeep first the stock headlights in my JK are just   like me they get the job done but are not very 
bright these JW speaker evolution j2s on the other   hand are overachievers in all categories they are 
one of the only actual plug-and-play LED upgrades   for the Jeep and have the anti flicker unit built 
right into the high quality housing the 8700   j2 also offers this brilliant dual burn feature 
which keeps the low beam on during high beam usage   to add a ton of extra fill to the light spread you 
can order them in black or with this unique carbon   fiber print and are made right here in the USA the 
second most important yet simple light upgrades I   think are the fog lights so these 6145 j2 series 
LEDs are being put into duty again no extra anti   flicker harness is needed they are street legal 
and offer more than double the light output than   the stock units I'm also installing a set of the 
famous JW speaker 279 J Series tail lights for   the JK I absolutely love the ultra high-end look 
of the light blades in these things and just to   show off we're gonna do the JW speaker LED front 
turn signal replacements just because these are   the new J 2 Series LED turn lights they have both 
the anti flicker and load resistors built in so   they are another legit plug-and-play install and 
will complete the fresh looking front end of the   Jeep so now before we dig in to this what I would 
rate as a very easy upgrade anybody could do this   we're literally going to use it I think it's 
a t 15 a Philips head and a bladed screwdriver   handled so this is something that every skill 
level should feel comfortable trying but the   important thing here is I want to explain to you 
why Oh just slapping a light bar to the top your   Jeep is not the best or the easiest upgrade to the 
lighting system on your vehicle here are some of   the things you don't think about when you put 
a light bar up there first off when you have a   Jeep and you bolt a light bar up there it's noisy 
down the freeway it just whistles and howls and   makes a lot of noise down the freeway so for your 
90% 80% driving you have that thing up there just   catching the win being and being kind of just 
an added nuisance to the drive another thing   those cheaper light bars that you may just 
go and put up there for a hundred bucks or   two hundred bucks up there you'll you get what 
you pay for for those yes they throw a lot of   floodlight off the front of your Jeep and that's 
fine but if you are lucky to be going in a group   you'll find that those cheaper light bars soon 
as there's any dust particles like if you're   in a row of Jeeps all they do is eliminate those 
dust particles so if you've ever been in the dust   or a fog you're just it's there almost useless 
also when you put a life up there they tend to   the cheaper ones just illuminate your hood so you 
never get or you sometimes are just impeded by the   fact that you have your hood completely lit by 
this and glaring into your eyes and so there's   a lot of things why the light bar is not just 
the easiest thing to do and by just upgrading   these lights here the lights that you use all the 
time every day when you drive if you just add I'm   not gonna bore you with how many more lumens 
you know that's the light metering thing the   JW speaker has overstock I have experience out 
in the wild with these things that there's just   let's just boil it down this way there's a crap 
ton more lumens coming out of the hose then there   are coming out of this and I'm gonna explain and 
show you once we get those installs now yes I will   be adding auxilary lights to this thing eventually 
but hopefully that makes sense to you why I took   my time I got the product that I've been wanting 
you know yes these are top tier they cost more but   they are by far the best product on the market so 
and that's the reason why I went this way until I   took the time to the research went wheeling and 
figured out what I think is gonna work best for   me for now so let's get started and the first 
thing is well just get the hood up I'll get   the grill out and that is just a bunch of tabs 
here that you just literally get your little   screwdriver pop this town up and then just pull 
but that's how that works so you just pull that   lift that up it makes that pull out so we'll go 
ahead and go across the grill here and get those   out enter the dogs over there helping out state 
by chasing bugs on the lawn which is always cute   so that we have our clips here let's see how the 
grill is kind of loose there's just one more clip   down here and you just pull that loose pull that 
loose over here so you're just gonna reach behind   and just quarter turn the light and pull that 
out and then we can just see about the pull on   this grill out but because my winch is mounted 
low and close to the grill the bottom clip won't   release so ya rather than break the grill I think 
I'm just gonna go ahead there's plenty of room to   get at the light right here so I'm gonna go ahead 
and do that press the two tabs on the back of the   turn signal housing and that unit will flop right 
out so we've got a 215 on this little bit here and   we'll just take those out to get our retaining 
ring off and that's it to get this headlight out   so now this connector is just as simple as slide 
the red tab backwards a little bit and then just   hold it hit the tab and then just pull that right 
off in there and that's just how that comes off   that easy and this comes off and the only piece 
that you're going to reuse here is this is the   the bezel or attachment ring here because that's 
where all our screws came from now literally just   plug the 8700 j2 light into the stock harness 
the headlight housing is designed to fit only one   way into the bucket leaving the only thing left 
reattach the four screws on the trim ring to hold   this all in place and that is it for the headlight 
install we're gonna do that one more time over   there but you can see what I mean why this is 
so easy and why it's good that you get what you   pay for here that it just literally plug-and-play 
bolts right in now there's adjustments up and down   if you need that but if your headlights were good 
beforehand you should be fine if not there's just   a quick adjuster here that adjuster headlight 
up or down or in turn out that's a pretty easy   dialing if you need that but you see this this is 
awesome now the LED turn signal is literally just   showing off I mean it's just mostly because it's 
gonna be brighter it looks greatest I'm gonna be   just honest with you because by the time they get 
that the turn signal and the drive the fog light   and it's just gonna look awesome and I just 
what I want so far I've been very fortunate   on this Jeep to have everything top-tier on this 
everything on here is something that is as good   or it's it's the part that I want I didn't 
cut any corners yet so this just goes along   with that so this will go in the front just like 
the stock one would and then it just you can see   it just kind of slots in there and then there's 
this little doohickey here that has an RH and a   LH side to it and since we're on the passenger 
or the right-hand side of the vehicle you just   make sure that that is sticking out we'll put 
our ten millimeter bolt in to capture that I love installs like this so easy everything's 
going on purpose so far and then we just plug   this into here until you hear that click and push 
your red capturing tab back down and I'll tuck   that in where it belongs and that's it for this 
Wow I can't wait to show you this all finished up all right so the fog light goes a lot the same 
direction we're gonna just unplug it first and   that's simple as pressing the tab and unplugging 
it then there are four screws there it's nice to   have these giant 37 inch tires to rest on while 
you work on your job and stock fog light comes   out now this thing I've already told you is 
light ears better you could actually just feel   it just feels so much more substantial than the 
other light and another great thing is that it   comes with this housing to fit into your stock 
hole or many of the aftermarket bumpers like   this metal cloak one here actually has the 
accommodations to run the stock lights so   it's just nice to have that kind of industry 
standard to go with so that way to kind of   keep with the theme of plug-in play and ease of 
upgrade you see it this will go right back in   since this light fits all JK's it comes with 
an adapter for that early model pigtail once   plugged in zip tie for neatness and then handle 
your business on the other side of the Jeep don't forget to take care of your 
helper oh good snag come on girl   we've got to finish up the taillights on 
this thing but ooh you got to see what I   see let's turn them on and see what it looks like   with the front end buttoned up and looking 
exceptional it was time to put the cherry on   top of this LED light sundae and install the tail 
lights first up attach the load resistor and clips   to the included mounting plate again super simple 
stuff here folks now the back is even easier if   you can imagine that to do this install now I 
have these other brand taillights that you might   have seen me install a while back as a pretty fun 
upgrade and I'm not replacing them because I don't   like them it's just because I just want all JW on 
this thing unplug let me take that out and that's   our stock plug and then this one because it's LED 
had a ballast resistor in there as well to keep it   from hyper flashing here's a good example you know 
it's just this is definitely a higher-end unit by   a lot you know by a noticeable amount what we'll 
do is instead of using two-way tape to attach the   the resistor here you just use the little clips 
that you put on a moment ago and attach that to   the sheet metal and they recommend that you have 
it facing forward so it goes like that alright   so then we'll just route our wires through and 
pitch puppy alright play I know very tight and   that just kind of slides into place like that 
we'll put top screw in get that started bottom   screw in get that one started and putting it down 
it's pretty easy now remember this is plastic so   you don't got a monster that down too tight and 
just give a quick cleanup around the edge here   look at that thing that is a very very 
good-looking taillight let's get the other   side on and light this thing up so you can see 
what this looks like well it looks really really   good yeah your girl's ball you know what you're 
doing over there this is exactly what I hoped   for this Jeep fit and finish is top-notch but 
I expected that now let's go for a quick night   drive and I'll show you just how huge of an 
improvement we made to this thing here is a   drive down a dark road with the stock lights on 
high being compared that to a dark road drive   with the JW speaker LEDs on low-beam with the fog 
lights on and you'll start to get the picture way   more light people so here's an example of just 
low beams and then adding the fog lights now   we'll hit this dirt hill and go from low beam 
to high and show just how much coverage you get   I'm definitely going to figure out how to keep the 
fog lights on manual control since they are truly   remarkable do you think I'm happy uh yeah I'm 
run out in front of the Jeep and celebrate happy so there it is the full JW speaker upgrade 
for the Jeep now this thing is dialed no   don't worry I'm gonna add more lights but 
let's just go do the next few adventures   like this and then we'll see exactly 
where I'll need to add that stuff I'm   thinking some rock lights and some pillar 
lights but for now we've made a huge stride   of lights that I could use everyday that are 
practical so until next time enjoy your drive

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