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I put some lights in my grill. I actually stole the idea from someone else, but I like them especially when it only cost like $50. I also put on the cab lights myself. At least mine will stand out a little more than every other one out there.
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I got all parts from etrailer. I went and got three of these Sealed, Miro-Flex, Mini Thin Line, LED Marker, Clearance or ID Light, 3 Diode - Amber Optronics Trailer Lights AL191CAB. They are clear trailer marker lights with amber LED's. What's nice is during the day, they look like the grill, almost same width and everything.
On the bottom of the page I also got 3 black plastic mount brackets and 3 two wire pigtails for the above lights. I went with the 18" pigtails, glad I did. Then I went to Lowes and found some metal brackets about 2" x 8" and cut them to about 4" or so. These brackets go behind the grill and the black plastic mount brackets go in front and they bolt together.The pigtails just snap into the lights and lights snap into the brackets. I ran all the positive wires together and tapped into the headlight switch. The other wire is the ground.
I thought about hooking these into an up lifter switch, but decided to go this route instead.
Original thread can be found here
LED clearance grill lights (Raptor Look) - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
On the bottom of the page I also got 3 black plastic mount brackets and 3 two wire pigtails for the above lights. I went with the 18" pigtails, glad I did. Then I went to Lowes and found some metal brackets about 2" x 8" and cut them to about 4" or so. These brackets go behind the grill and the black plastic mount brackets go in front and they bolt together.The pigtails just snap into the lights and lights snap into the brackets. I ran all the positive wires together and tapped into the headlight switch. The other wire is the ground.
I thought about hooking these into an up lifter switch, but decided to go this route instead.
Original thread can be found here
LED clearance grill lights (Raptor Look) - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
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Raptor lights!
That looks awesome, I looked up the actual raptor lights on ebay , but they were crazy $$$
That looks awesome, I looked up the actual raptor lights on ebay , but they were crazy $$$
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added some myself.... 
what i would be interested in still adding tho is the rear 3 lights that the 350 dually and 450 have.... the 3 that are in on the back of the truck between the tailgate and the bumper. and of course id like em to be as close to the factory install as possible. anyone know if the wiring is already in place?
what i would be interested in still adding tho is the rear 3 lights that the 350 dually and 450 have.... the 3 that are in on the back of the truck between the tailgate and the bumper. and of course id like em to be as close to the factory install as possible. anyone know if the wiring is already in place?
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I got all parts from etrailer. I went and got three of these Sealed, Miro-Flex, Mini Thin Line, LED Marker, Clearance or ID Light, 3 Diode - Amber Optronics Trailer Lights AL191CAB. They are clear trailer marker lights with amber LED's. What's nice is during the day, they look like the grill, almost same width and everything.
On the bottom of the page I also got 3 black plastic mount brackets and 3 two wire pigtails for the above lights. I went with the 18" pigtails, glad I did. Then I went to Lowes and found some metal brackets about 2" x 8" and cut them to about 4" or so. These brackets go behind the grill and the black plastic mount brackets go in front and they bolt together.The pigtails just snap into the lights and lights snap into the brackets. I ran all the positive wires together and tapped into the headlight switch. The other wire is the ground.
I thought about hooking these into an up lifter switch, but decided to go this route instead.
Original thread can be found here
LED clearance grill lights (Raptor Look) - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
On the bottom of the page I also got 3 black plastic mount brackets and 3 two wire pigtails for the above lights. I went with the 18" pigtails, glad I did. Then I went to Lowes and found some metal brackets about 2" x 8" and cut them to about 4" or so. These brackets go behind the grill and the black plastic mount brackets go in front and they bolt together.The pigtails just snap into the lights and lights snap into the brackets. I ran all the positive wires together and tapped into the headlight switch. The other wire is the ground.
I thought about hooking these into an up lifter switch, but decided to go this route instead.
Original thread can be found here
LED clearance grill lights (Raptor Look) - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
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This is the best pic I could get of them in the grille. You can see the bracket is just big enough to catch the back side of the grille. I also painted them black to help blend.
These are what I got from Lowes. I cut them where the black marks are, filed down rough edges, painted black and drilled holes for mounting to the plastic light mount brackets. I also drilled a hole to run the wires through. These pieces are pretty thin but did the job. Its not like they are a structural bracket anyways.
Hope this helps anyone trying to steal my stolen idea.
These are what I got from Lowes. I cut them where the black marks are, filed down rough edges, painted black and drilled holes for mounting to the plastic light mount brackets. I also drilled a hole to run the wires through. These pieces are pretty thin but did the job. Its not like they are a structural bracket anyways.
Hope this helps anyone trying to steal my stolen idea.