Hey, guys. So, today, we're checking out these Skyline LED headlights fitting all 2018 and
newer JL Wranglers. So, if you're not a fan of the factory halogen lights that your Jeep came
with out of the factory and you're looking for an upgrade in not only styling but also lighting
performance, this set is going to be a great choice to take a look into. Now, this is going
to be great for the JL owner who is a fan of the LED package that comes right out of the factory.
These headlights are going to be a great replica for the LED package for the LED headlights.
Now, these are going to have really the same styling and the same functionality, however,
this is gonna have a little bit more than the factory style LED package. Now,
this will obviously have that LED projector lens right in the middle that's going to help you out
with visibility at night if you seem to be lacking that. This is also going to create a more uniform
light pattern and a brighter, more modernized beam. Now, you're also getting the running light,
this is going to have a halo on the outside that's going to act as a daytime running light,
perfect if you want to add a little bit of styling to the front end of the Jeep,
and you want to be a little bit more noticeable on the road to other drivers.
Now, what I really like about this option and what switches it up and makes it a little bit different
than the factory LED package is the fact that these halos are going to have a switchback feature
that will connect to your turn signal. So, once you actuate your right or left turn signal,
or even your hazards, this halo is going to illuminate amber, and you're going to have that
function there. Now, again, that's just gonna make you that much more noticeable to other drivers on
the road and it's also going to do a great job at creating some very custom and unique styling.
Now, that being said, these are gonna come in at roughly $750 for the set. And I personally
think with a quality set of headlights like this and the functionality that it brings to the table
that that's a great price point. Now, some other options on the page are not usually going to have
those choices when it comes to the headlight itself. They may not have a halo or they
may not have the switchback feature. And some other choices may not even be for a projector
light. However, they are going to be a little bit less expensive than this option is. Now,
I personally think again, if you are a big fan of that LED package from the factory,
but unfortunately, you do not get that on your JL and you're looking for an upgrade in
the styling and lighting performance that this is going to be right up your alley.
So, install is going to be pretty easy. I'm going to give it a one out of three
wrenches on the difficulty meter. This is going to be mostly plug and play. However,
there is a little bit of wiring in order to get the halos installed and booted up. So,
I am going to give that a one out of three, but it's nothing you can't do
in your driveway with some very basic hand tools in about an hour. So, speaking of the install,
let's jump into that now. The tools that I used for my install were an electric ratchet,
a trim removal tool, a pair of pliers, a 10 and an 8-millimeter socket, and an impact wrench.
So, the first step to swapping out our headlights is to open up our hood and take
off our grille. You will need a trim removal tool or a flat-head screwdriver for this step.
So, there going to be six clips up on the top of the grille we're just going to pry off.
Once the clips are out, we can lift up on each corner and remove that pin that's
kind of aligning everything up at the top. We can give a good pull on
our grille and completely remove it. Next, we can remove the three bolts that
are holding in our headlight. I'm going to use a 10-millimeter socket in order to take those out.
Now, we will be reusing these. So, put these in a safe spot for right now, and we can pull out our
headlight, press down on this tab, disconnect the wiring harness, and grab our new one.
So, on the back of our new headlight, we're going to have a couple of different wires. And we're
also going to have a factory style connection. Now, because we're using this on a Jeep that does
not have the LED package right out of the factory, that's why we have a couple of extra wires here.
Now, this is going to just have that OEM factory plug, plug right into it. Then
we have two leads here. Now, you're going to have a wiring harness that's provided.
There is going to be a plug for each headlight. Then we're going to have a
lead that comes out of the harness and it's also going to have an inline fuse,
and this is going to go into our running light. So, we're going to plug in the one side,
that's connected a little bit closer to the shorter black wire. Now, you can take this
independent wire and run this into your fuse box. I personally don't like to do that, I do like to
directly wire it in, and I'm going to a wire this into the running light in our fender. Now
the other wire, that's going to go into our turn signal and that's going to actuate our turn signal
function, or the switchback once the turn signal is actuated in the Jeep. And it's going to come up
in the halo as an amber color. Now, this is just going to be an independent lead off of the back of
the headlight, and we're going to independently wire that into the turn signal in the fender
as well. So, for the daytime running light, we only have one lead. On each of the back of the
headlight, we have one each for that switchback. So, what I'm going to do is plug this in.
So once that's clipped in, what we can do is take
these two wires together because they have to go to the same spot.
And I'm going to run them inside the inner fender well. So, we're going to peel back
the inner fender liner in a second to wire these in. But for right now, I'm just going to drop them
down so we have access to them once we get to that step. It doesn't have to be super clean right now.
Now, for the other side, we didn't do this headlight yet, but before the other side,
I am going to just run this behind where the grille is gonna sit. You want to make
sure that this is not on anything moving or hot but we could actually run it above and
down behind, over there. So, what I'm actually gonna do is pass this up through here.
And we're going to move that over that way. And then we'll clean this up at once everything is
connected and we make sure that everything is working properly. But for the time being,
we're just going to try to clean this up as best as we can, get those wires down there.
So, we can take our factory wiring harness and plug that into the back of the light,
making sure that you hear a click. And
we can line this up, make sure our alignment pins are in place. We can take our factory hardware
and thread that in place. I'm gonna tighten those up with that 10-millimeter socket.
And then we can wire up our daytime running light and our turn signal.
So, what I'm gonna do is peel off the front part of this liner. We have a couple of bolts. There's
two 8-millimeter screws, there's one 10 millimeter bolt, and then there are a couple of pins or push
pins that are in here. So, I'm going to start with those clips or the pins. I'm going to take a panel
removal tool or a trim removal tool that we took to the top of the grille for those clips and just
remove these. There's gonna be one on the side, there's gonna be one on this inner corner here.
Then there's also gonna be two up in front of these rivets.
Next, we can remove the two 8-millimeter screws. I'm gonna use an 8-millimeter socket. And
then last but not least, we can remove that 10-millimeter bolt
up at the top. Maybe a little bit difficult to see, but it's right up in the front
there. So, once that's out, we'll be able to take our inner fender liner and pull it back.
And we'll be able to expose the wiring harness for our light in our fender. So, once we peel the
inner fender liner back, you're going to notice that there is a small wiring harness going into
the back of the fender. That's gonna be our light on the fender. Now, the white wire with the brown
trace, that's going to be our running light and the white wire with the green trace is going to
be our turn signal. So, what we want to do is take the clips that are provided in the kit,
you can put them around each wire, these are just a small vampire clip and makes it very easy
to wire in. If you want to directly splice into these, you can. But I'm just going to
take a pair of pliers, make sure that that is clamped and clipped.
So, for that running light, we're going to take that white wire with the inline fuse
and put that in back here.
Tighten that down with a pair of pliers. Make sure that's clipped and has a good connection,
and we'll be able to test this out in just a second. And then we can do the same thing
for the turn signal. Now, on the other time, we're gonna do the same exact thing. However,
we don't have to wire in the running lights, we just have to wire in the turn signal.
So, on the other side, same thing goes with this green wire or the white wire with a green trace.
Clip that down, give it a little light tug, make sure that
they're connected. And then before we go ahead and do anything else, clean up this wiring. We want to
make sure that it works. So, at this point, you want to make sure that your headlight is having
the daytime running light come out, the white halo, and then it also actuates with
the turn signal in an amber color. Then what we wanted to do is just clean up the wiring.
I just have a couple zip ties here, and there's also a zip ties included in the kit.
Once that's in place, what we can do is put our inner fender liner back together.
Let's start with our clips, get everything lined up. Then we can grab our 8-millimeter screws,
put those into the front.
Tighten those up with our 8-millimeter socket.
Grab our 10-millimeter bolt and tighten that up with a 10-millimeter socket.
Then we can repeat that process on the other side.
So, before we install our second headlight, I did want to stop down and tell you guys
a little bit more about this new setup, some of the similarities and differences
compared to our factory setup. So, overall, this is going to be a big upgrade in not only
aesthetics but also lighting performance. And it's going to have a couple of functions that our
factory one doesn't have and even some functions that the factory LED package does not have. So,
just as a brief overview of our factory headlight here on the table, I have the halogen bulb or the
halogen headlight out of the standard JL. Now, there are options where you can get
the LED package. However, we're going to stick with the base model as far as this video goes.
This is going to be just a standard setup, so we have a plastic housing, classic lens, you're going
to have a standard chrome reflector in there, and a standard halogen bulb. Now, that is great
for stock applications, however, it's not going to give out the best lighting performance. Also that
halogen bulb is also going to have a more amberish or yellow hue to it in comparison to an LED.
Now, speaking of LED, this is going to be incredibly bright LED technology included inside.
This will actually be a projector LED, so not only is it going to be just as bright as an LED,
but that projector lens is going to help it out as far as distance and uniform light patterns are
concerned. So, this is going to be incredibly bright in comparison to the halogen bulb. And
again, this is going to come with a couple of different features. Now, it's going to come with
that standard halo, it's going to act as a daytime running light, and you're also going to get a
switchback function or the turn signals so that halo will illuminate in an amber color whenever
you actuate your left or your right turn signals or your hazards. So, that's something that the
factory one does not have, the factory LED package does not have. However, this is really just going
to simulate the factory LED package. So if you're not a fan of the halogen from the factory and
you are a fan of the look, the function, and the feel of the LED package from the factory,
this is going to be a great replica for that. Now, again, as you guys saw, I do really like the
fact that this is mostly plug and play. There is a little bit of wiring, but that is pretty standard
when it comes to a halo, and also a halo that has a switchback function. So, overall, it is a pretty
easy install. We're gonna install the other side. So, speaking of that, let's go ahead and do that.
So, at this point, once we have installed our headlights, wired everything in, making sure
that everything is working and our beam pattern is on point, what we can do is reinstall our grille.
Give it a good tap. So, once our grille's in place, we can just pop our clips back in.
Then we can close up our hood and we'll be all set to go.
So, that's gonna wrap it up for my review and install. Make sure you like and subscribe.
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