Military Jeep Map Light

Stormtrooper · 11-06-2005, 05:38 PM

I did an interior lighting mod using a mil spec cockpit light. Works pretty good. Here's the write-up
Jeep Map Light

Saltine · 11-06-2005, 05:47 PM

Me likey

JBXdudeTJ · 11-08-2005, 09:45 AM

man that thing is awesome, if I werent going through shelling out cash for a lift and wheels and tires, i'd be doing something fun like that...maybe in a few months!

**Jerry Bransford** · 11-08-2005, 10:28 AM

Hey that light is awesome, where did you find yours! I looked on eBay but didn't find one quite like yours.

Edit: I did find a few but they were all over $100. Hmmm....

Stormtrooper · 11-08-2005, 01:02 PM

I couldn't find it for less that $109. Here's the link to where you can get it online though Link

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Geeps · 11-08-2005, 01:12 PM

That's a nice light

**Jerry Bransford** · 11-08-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormtrooper

I couldn't find it for less that $109. Here's the link to where you can get it online though Link

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That's one of the ones I found. Though I'm a pilot and think it'd be cool to have one in my TJ, I'm not sure I (my wife!) is ready to spend that much for a light, as cool as that one is. Dang, I'll keep my eyes open for a good used one. Thanks, you sure planted the bug to get one of those... maybe I'll just buy one and plead for forgiveness.

erickpl · 11-08-2005, 01:26 PM

So it has red and white lighting?

Is it powered by the vehicle or by batteries?

erickpl · 11-08-2005, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerry Bransford

That's one of the ones I found. Though I'm a pilot and think it'd be cool to have one in my TJ, I'm not sure I (my wife!) is ready to spend that much for a light, as cool as that one is. Dang, I'll keep my eyes open for a good used one. Thanks, you sure planted the bug to get one of those... maybe I'll just buy one and plead for forgiveness.

Or save your milk money for a few weeks.

Stormtrooper · 11-08-2005, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerry Bransford

That's one of the ones I found. Though I'm a pilot and think it'd be cool to have one in my TJ, I'm not sure I (my wife!) is ready to spend that much for a light, as cool as that one is. Dang, I'll keep my eyes open for a good used one. Thanks, you sure planted the bug to get one of those... maybe I'll just buy one and plead for forgiveness.

Jerry, that's exactly what I did. My wife just shook her head in disbelief. The light source is a white bulb. A red lense moves into position to provide the red lighting. I wired it up to the non switched auxiliary circuit.

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opiv · 11-08-2005, 03:08 PM

Maybe I am missing something but what is the big advantage of that versus an ordinary map light?

98JEEPTJ · 11-08-2005, 03:43 PM

Well whe your driving it doesn't light up the entire jeep so you can read maps kindof like the name emplies. It projects a beam of light downward and you can adjust the pattern and it has a red lens to slide into place...

opiv · 11-08-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 98JEEPTJ

Well whe your driving it doesn't light up the entire jeep so you can read maps kindof like the name emplies. It projects a beam of light downward and you can adjust the pattern and it has a red lens to slide into place...

Ineresting - I was just wondering what makes it better than the cheapo $5 map lights you can buy in Autozone. It sounds like it probably would last more than a week too.

**FmrVette** · 11-08-2005, 05:46 PM

Jerry,

Looks like the map light out of an OV-1B Mohawk. Maybe the Army is parting them out? <g>.

Stormtrooper · 11-08-2005, 06:10 PM

The difference is that it has a mil spec number, cage code, wrinkle paint finish and above all else-nobody has one that I know of.
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