What have you done to your square lately??

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Dejure

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Hmm. Was wondering what I should do with the ash tray slot. It might be a good place to put a tire pressure readout AND USB ports. . . . Actually a pretty simple 3-D print.

SIDE NOTE: May try some ASA filament. Got in the truck yesterday and noted the prototype PLA prints were molding themselves to the seat belt via the rolled up windows in the 100 degree heat.

hmm....be nice to put some digital displays in there for other sensors to display. I've got a small analog tach in there now. Sorry, thinking outside of the box.
 

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good time to put the relay harness on your headlights as well.
Is that a common mod? I'm running 5x7 leds for a few years now but I haven't had any issues until now re routing that red wire fixed the problem I had a similar thing with the alternator sensing wire rerouted it to the battery better than digging through that 40 year old harness lol plus makes it easier to repair
 

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Is that a common mod? I'm running 5x7 leds for a few years now but I haven't had any issues until now re routing that red wire fixed the problem I had a similar thing with the alternator sensing wire rerouted it to the battery better than digging through that 40 year old harness lol plus makes it easier to repair
yes it is. The lights will draw power directly from the battery and not the trucks harness. You current power to your lights would then be a signal to the relays. Less power through your trucks aging wiring. Higher voltage directly from battery compared to old harness.

My truck was dropping about 2 volts to the headlights. Brighter lights for sure.
 

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yes it is. The lights will draw power directly from the battery and not the trucks harness. You current power to your lights would then be a signal to the relays. Less power through your trucks aging wiring. Higher voltage directly from battery compared to old harness.

My truck was dropping about 2 volts to the headlights. Brighter lights for sure.
I have plans to add a fuse/relay box for all my other lights so I'll add that in then
 

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