Recon cab lights install
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Recon cab lights install
Finally received my lights from Recon. I was going to pay a place to install the cab lights but figured it can't be that hard. For $245 labor they want, I might as well give er' a try.
How difficult is it?
My main question is: I have a moon roof so anything that I need to be extra careful of??
Any direction of another post with step by step and possibly pictures would be awesome!
Thanks in advance and I'll be posting pics up pretty soon as I have all the other lights installed already.
How difficult is it?
My main question is: I have a moon roof so anything that I need to be extra careful of??
Any direction of another post with step by step and possibly pictures would be awesome!
Thanks in advance and I'll be posting pics up pretty soon as I have all the other lights installed already.
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From: Door Cty/Florida
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From: Door Cty/Florida
I had one more thought. If you went the recon route, you might be looking for the smoke light look. For me, I would use the factory wiring and factory lights and replace the factory lens with the smoked lens. Factory wiring is great and plug and play. Very professional, high quality job when done. It's how the factory did it. Just something to think about. After reading here on FTE about Recon, I worry about quality and customer service from them. Just my opinion, take it for what it's worth.
Ebay link to smoke lens covers
Ebay link to smoke lens covers
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I had one more thought. If you went the recon route, you might be looking for the smoke light look. For me, I would use the factory wiring and factory lights and replace the factory lens with the smoked lens. Factory wiring is great and plug and play. Very professional, high quality job when done. It's how the factory did it. Just something to think about. After reading here on FTE about Recon, I worry about quality and customer service from them. Just my opinion, take it for what it's worth.
Ebay link to smoke lens covers
Ebay link to smoke lens covers
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I have installed Recon smoked cab lights on 6 trucks that did not come with factory lights.I just lowered the head liner enough to give me room to work.Run a true hot and and true ground wire to each light.You could probably get by with grounding the wire under one of the install screws if you like.I used 14 gauge wire.Coupled the wires with the double wire connectors on both the hot and the ground that went to each light.I grounded the - wire to - side of one battery.I hooked the hot wire to the passenger side park light wire instead of taking the plastic head light switch out and messing something else up doing that.Tying into the park light wire will get your cab lights on when the switch is on par lights or head lights.
Good luck and do not fret when drilling the holes
Use stainless screws to mount the lights,the recon kit screws and not s/s
Good luck and do not fret when drilling the holes
Use stainless screws to mount the lights,the recon kit screws and not s/s
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