Greetings,
I'm fairly new to the group and hope to be a contributor on the technical side of things. As an engineer, I'm always into finding better solutions and working around problems. Been working on cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and woodworking my entire life so fairly handy. Plus, we own the Texas Urban Sawmill down here and do quite a bit of very high-end custom furniture work and installs. So addressing any type of interior woodwork is a piece of cake.
We recently brought back our 1999 Marquis Jasper from Florida. Basically owned by a single owner its entire life with a long list of maintenance records. So I have no major "repair" work other than located a few potential leaks and eventually replacing the slide seals.
Right now, I'm trying to do a complete LED conversation across both the interior and exterior lighting. The previous owner, addressed probably 80% of the interior lights already. So my immediate focus is all the exterior lighting. I'm also redoing all the lap seams which includes re-sealing all the rear upper red running lights so it is a roof and exterior lighting effort.
Does anyone know of a reference document or thread(s) that discuss all the exterior lights? I'm not sure when the headlights and rear lights changed but I would like to create an excel sheet that is easy for people to reference.
I'm good on the front low & head beams (1A1 and 2A1 enclosure type).
1) I'm having a hard time identifying the side docking lights. The exposed light physically measures 5.5" long x 3.25" tall. I have found the Grote Mini LED work lights (#63610) but this includes the cover plate. This weekend I will try to pull out the docking lights to see if I can find an original part #. Thought I would ask here 1st.
https://www.grote.com/white-light/work-lighting/trilliant-mini-led-whitelight-work-lights/63610/2) Are new lenses or enclosures available for our rear turn and brake lights?
3) Are new lenses or enclosures available for the front left & right amber turn signals? Again, I'm hoping to convert them to more modern LEDs with enclosures that might be a better cosmetic match for the front 1A1 and 2A1 LED headlights that I'm retrofitting.
4) Fog lights. I've measured the recessed molded enclosure on the front bumper. Looks like 7-1/2" wide x 4-3/4" tall is the absolute maximum size to retrofit LED fog lights. If anyone has done this and has suggested or references to their replacement fog lights, much appreciate if you can provide.
End of day, I love the big rigs that are all LED-d out on the highways. Not to mention the added safety factor of being highly visible and having front beams that REALLY provide excellent visibility. Oh and I'm definitely adding relays to the Hi and Low beam circuits to ensure that see the full 12V.
I'm putting all of this in a master LED spread sheet that I will share the club. Take me a few more weeks to compile everything as I go from light to light.....
