Installing Blue Ox tow plates
Just bought a tow plate assy for my 07 Pontiac G6, looking for someone in OK to install it under 500.00. That's what I'm getting quoted, which seems high.
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Wrong Lane wrote:
Willald:
The wireless lights cost $100.00 on sale. You can find them on e-bay and at many automotive shops. Cheap - no but only about the same cost as the Blue Ox bulb kit.
Each light takes 4 AA size rechargables. A charge is good for a couple of days. I got a recharger (Energizer) and 8 batteries on sale at Walmart for $19.99. So -- no big deal. I plan to buy 8 more rechargable batteries when I see them on sale next and then I will always have a set charged and ready to go.
Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I've seen those. Definitely something to be said for the simplicity of it, and not having to route any wires to them.
As I alluded to in my previous post, if they'd make a set of these that you could just connect directly to 12V power on your toad and forget completely about batteries, I could have been tempted. I do not want anything else that uses batteries, though. Already got waaaay too many things to deal with that require batteries. :)
Hmmm, those things take 4 AA batteries...Wonder if it needs 12 volts and gets that by connecting those 4 1.5V AA batteries all in series? If that was the case, you might could just hard-wire them up to 12V power from the toad like I said, and forget about batteries?
Of course, if you're wiring up to 12V on the toad, you might as well just run the 4 wires from the front and use the cheaper wired magnetic lights, haha.
Will
