Emerency lights / Equipment
I have done minimal to my Nitro Emergency response-wise. This is mostly because it just doesn't have the space my last two vehicles have had. I only need the emergency equipment in extreme circumstances as I have a response/command vehicle already assigned to me. (Murphey's law though: the farther you are away from your response vehicle the greater the likelihood you'll have to respond back for it).
I have a headliner LED mini lightbar inside the windshield above the mirror and I have a strobe pack that I put into the tail lights and head lights. It was a bit tricky wiring past the side curtain airbags on the A-post but was no problem. I'd just suggest disconnecting the battery first to avoid accidental deployment.
The strobe pack was tough to figure out because I didn't want everybody to look into the clear headlights and see the strobe bulb in there. I eventually chose to put them on the inside edge of the headlights. As for the tail lights, this was a bit tricky for a couple of reasons. Although the tail lights come right out, the inner molding of the housing for the 3 different lights makes it tough to find just the right location to drill through. I chose the top of the center molding and removed the inner light bulb bar when I did the install then replaced when done. I placed the strobe pack under my driver's seat.
The only other equipment I have added is a Quad band radio and 3 watt cell phone booster mounted under the passenger seat. the control head for the radio I mounted to the inside of the center shelf on top of the dash. I removed the rubber mounting cup and did my drill there then replaced it so it's asethetically pleasing. I also mounted an external speaker down by my lower switches on the center console.
Hope this information helps. I mostly went with the equipment I had on hand instead of doing a whole new purchase. Had I chose to purchase all new equipment, I would have definately gone all LED like I have on my command car.
I have done minimal to my Nitro Emergency response-wise. This is mostly because it just doesn't have the space my last two vehicles have had. I only need the emergency equipment in extreme circumstances as I have a response/command vehicle already assigned to me. (Murphey's law though: the farther you are away from your response vehicle the greater the likelihood you'll have to respond back for it).
I have a headliner LED mini lightbar inside the windshield above the mirror and I have a strobe pack that I put into the tail lights and head lights. It was a bit tricky wiring past the side curtain airbags on the A-post but was no problem. I'd just suggest disconnecting the battery first to avoid accidental deployment.
The strobe pack was tough to figure out because I didn't want everybody to look into the clear headlights and see the strobe bulb in there. I eventually chose to put them on the inside edge of the headlights. As for the tail lights, this was a bit tricky for a couple of reasons. Although the tail lights come right out, the inner molding of the housing for the 3 different lights makes it tough to find just the right location to drill through. I chose the top of the center molding and removed the inner light bulb bar when I did the install then replaced when done. I placed the strobe pack under my driver's seat.
The only other equipment I have added is a Quad band radio and 3 watt cell phone booster mounted under the passenger seat. the control head for the radio I mounted to the inside of the center shelf on top of the dash. I removed the rubber mounting cup and did my drill there then replaced it so it's asethetically pleasing. I also mounted an external speaker down by my lower switches on the center console.
Hope this information helps. I mostly went with the equipment I had on hand instead of doing a whole new purchase. Had I chose to purchase all new equipment, I would have definately gone all LED like I have on my command car.
