{"id":710,"date":"2024-04-12T02:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T02:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=710"},"modified":"2024-04-12T02:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T02:49:47","slug":"replacing-the-front-blinkers-with-kc-rock-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/replacing-the-front-blinkers-with-kc-rock-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Front Blinkers with KC Rock Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After replacing my rear turn signals <a href=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/installing-kc-cyclone-led-flush-mounts\/\">with KC Rock Lights <\/a> the front indicators looked so\u2026 weak. Being seen is being safe, so I ordered another set of KC Cyclone V2 Rock Lights with yellow covers. I was able to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/03\/28\/blinker-upgrade-kc-hilites-rock-lights\/\">surface mounts from when I first installed<\/a> the rear lights to mount them on the front.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These little lights were from the parts store for a trailer I suspect. I\u2019m sure they were ok when installed, but the sure seem dim to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2631-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First I just eyed it up to see if I would like the way it looked. Yup, I do..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2543-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old lights were held on with 4 pounds of silicone. And some jankety wiring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2632-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2640-edited-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The new lights installed super easy. I mounted over the old holes and only drilled two new small holes for the surface mounts. They look good and are crazy bright. What more could you ask for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2647-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I highly recommend this set up if you need to upgrade your blinkers. At $64 for the lights and $15 for the mounts they are not cheap, but honestly not that expensive either. Thinking of when I owned the Vanagon it seems cheap comparatively speaking.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KC HiLites Surface Mount Adapters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kchilites.com\/cyclone-v2-led-light-adapter-mount-surface-single-1371.html\">https:\/\/www.kchilites.com\/cyclone-v2-led-light-adapter-mount-surface-single-1371.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KC HiLites Cyclone V2 Amber LED Rock Lights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kchilites.com\/cyclone-v2-addon-kit-amber.html\">https:\/\/www.kchilites.com\/cyclone-v2-addon-kit-amber.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After replacing my rear turn signals with KC Rock Lights the front indicators looked so\u2026 weak. Being seen is being safe, so I ordered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}