i don't have the truck with me right now because its at my dads so i was wondering is there enough room under the tailget to put a light bar that is nicely visable from behind? also would i need the 49" or 60" light bar?

 

The gap measures 1.5" between tailgate and bumper and 67" wide atleast on my truck it does

 

2X ditto

 

Dont bother, I had them on 2 of my trucks and each time in about 6 months LED's started dieing out on them, after a year it was almost completely burnt out.

 

Yep, I see tons of trucks running around with only half of the strip lit up. My opinion is that they are junk.

 

You need the 60" but be very careful with your placement when you install it. There is a very fine line between high enough to be visible and low enough to avoid the lower lip of the tailgate when it closes. And I don't mean when it's closed, I mean as it's being closed. At least it was with my aftermarket bumper, although all rear bumpers were aftermarket...

 

Not all rear bumpers are aftermatket. There are a few that are OEM Ford.

He makes a good point though about tailgate interference.

 

60 inch light bar you need, if your gonna buy one dont cheap out, get a recon line of fire. All the rest burn out their junk. ive had mine 2 years, not one light out. my dads is from 2005 and still perfect also. Heres a pic of mine today

 

What is that for a tailgate lip/spoiler thing.
That would be cool on my 77 reg cab sb.

 

I believe that's yet another product from Lund that they no longer make since being bought out.

 

Ya it's a Lund tailgate spoiler. Pretty sure there still on ebay

 

Yea theres one that I know of, well two but this one is for 86-96 trucks, the other says 93-05

87-96 Ford F-150 Truck Lund Backdraft Tailgate Spoiler | eBay

 

Wonder if the line of fires would cause trans issues because of the LEDs... But since they are used WITH the tail lights they shouldn't.. Hmmmm

Ive been wanting one.

I like your backdraft too. I kinda want one but if I put my tonneau cover back on it wouldn't fit..

 

Led trans issues? Seriously.

I had my tonneau cover on my truck last winter. It buts right up perfectly

 

I love my tailgate strip its a 60" streetglow one. I bought it at advance auto parts I've had it for 3 years now.