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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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LED Cab lights

I noticed the ad on these forums talking about a strobable cab light. However, they wanted like $225 per five or maybe even one I think not including the harness.

So my question is if I go with a set from Pacer (smoke or clear I like best) with the harness I assume it would just be plug and play with the cab light option wired into my truck as all came that way.

Second is there a best kind to get smoke clear vs amber?

Lastly, I would assume that I could wire my lights with a strobable function with a flasher right? How would I go about actuating this flasher to transition from solid on to strobing?
 
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I don't know what you are trying to accomplish with strobing cab lights, but a true strobe lighting system takes special lights and a special high voltage box to drive them. You can make regular lights and led lights "blink" like turnsignals or christmas lights, but they won't be a true strobe light with the high power flash.

I doubt you will find a aftermarket harness that will just plug in to the Ford plug. I have heard there is a plug on the driver's side kickpanel area, but I could not find it on my truck, but the darkbrown wire is there, and you can just tie into that for the cab roof marker lights.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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It just looks cool and from seeing the strobing leds by Atomic who had an add here it made me think. However, from what I could tell it was about $50 for the harness and then it appeared $255 for a professional series strobing light (it didn't appear to be the package either). I anticipated if they could do it then so could I but I see what you are saying.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 02:52 PM
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No aftermarket cab lights will be a plug and play with your stock Ford ones. You will have to cut and splice.

As far as "strobing" cab lights, that is just lame and illegal
 
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