Wanting to put the raptor 3rd brake light on my 2011 limited not sure what has to be done or if they make a harness to allow it to work . Has anybody done it to there truck and what did it take to do it ??? I just like the running light it has kinda cool

 

Does anyone have an idea?

 

I installed the Raptor 3rd brake light on my '13 FX4.

I ordered my parts from Tasca Ford. I bought both the light itself and the wiring harness. You do NOT need to buy the wiring harness as the light comes with one, so I have a spare now.

Here's a picture of the factory harness after removing the lamp.


Reaching inside the cab between the two layers of steel, the lamp harness runs into the cab between the inner sheet metal and the headliner.


I pulled the plastic push pins that hold the rear of the headliner in place


And with the rear window open and working from inside the bed, I was able to pull the headliner out of the way just far enough that I could see the connector.


Unfortuneatly, I was pressed for time and forgot to take any pictures of the wire I needed to run. I had read a lot of reports that the '13 MY trucks were a plug and play affair, but mine was not. The brake and cargo lights worked, but I didn't have the running light capability. I ran a single wire above the headliner, down the passenger side of the vehicle through the door sill plates and into the fuse at the passenger kick plate. I don't remember which fuse I tapped, but I'll try to get the fuse number and post it later. To make the clearance lights work, I just used a 3M wire tap in the lamps harness (I should have soldered, but was rushed and I do have a second harness if this one is ruined), and used a fuse splitter in the fuse box. The problem is that the truck uses the low profile mini ATC fuses and I can only find a stanard mini ATC fuse tap, so the fuse box cover wouldn't go back on. It's currently riding around in my glove box.

Pictures of the finished product; all pictures are of the running lights only since I didn't have anybody around to hit the brakes for me, but they do get a lot brighter when indicating a braking procedure.






I did it to match the fake Raptor lights in the grill.

 

Looks sweet . Good info but that is gonna be something I will have to leave for someone else to install . So no harness needed ? Thanks I will look into it . How much was the light from tasca?

 

A different harness is needed, but it came with the light; instead of 3 bulbs, there are only 2 bulbs for the cargo light and then a connector to plug into the main light to power the LED board for the 3 LEDs. The lamp housing was around $95. It's really not a hard install. Even with running a new wire, it took me about an hour of actual work (I had to work on it twice since I didn't have the fuse tap to begin with).

Here's the link for the parts:
http://tascaparts.com/parts/2013/FOR...iagram=MA10715

 

How can it be plug and play on 2013 models? Mine got only 3 wires.

 

Some people have been reporting that their trucks are factory wired with 4 wires to the plug above the headliner, and that by switching 3rd brake lights out, the running lights are plug and play. I wasn't that lucky either.

 

I am just afraid I can't pull everything apart without damage to lay a wire.

 

I took my light off and my truck only had the 3 wire but still wanting to get the raptor light installed thanks for all the info guys .👍