Replacement license plate lights
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Replacement license plate lights
So when I bought my truck it had 1 1/4" round "universal" license plate lights in it. The kind you can't take apart so when they blow you toss the entire thing and buy a new one. Well I'm on the third one in less than a year...
Amazon shows this as fitting my truck:
However, I don't see that part on the Ford Parts website. Does anyone know the correct part, and if so does it have a replaceable bulb? I want a replaceable bulb so I can replace it with an LED! I'm gradually replacing every incan bulb that I own with an LED, including every last bulb on my truck and although I've found the universal 1 1/4" round license/utility lights in LED, those don't exactly fit all that well in the stock openings.
If I can't find them, I'm welding the holes closed and then I'll bore new ones at 1 1/4" round and use the LED universals!
Amazon shows this as fitting my truck:
However, I don't see that part on the Ford Parts website. Does anyone know the correct part, and if so does it have a replaceable bulb? I want a replaceable bulb so I can replace it with an LED! I'm gradually replacing every incan bulb that I own with an LED, including every last bulb on my truck and although I've found the universal 1 1/4" round license/utility lights in LED, those don't exactly fit all that well in the stock openings.
If I can't find them, I'm welding the holes closed and then I'll bore new ones at 1 1/4" round and use the LED universals!
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yes, those black ones you showed the link to are what fits your Stock bumper. I am not quite sure how those chicy aftermarket lights even stayed in the bumper
Here is a chrome aftermarket OE one
Dorman License Plate Light Assembly 68153 | eBay
And here is the pigtail that fits for an ASTRONOMICAL amount(194 bulb is what fits) just go junk yard shopping to get the correct harness and lens that plug right in
BWD Automotive PT5603 License Plate Light Socket | eBay
Here is a chrome aftermarket OE one
Dorman License Plate Light Assembly 68153 | eBay
And here is the pigtail that fits for an ASTRONOMICAL amount(194 bulb is what fits) just go junk yard shopping to get the correct harness and lens that plug right in
BWD Automotive PT5603 License Plate Light Socket | eBay
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the help. 
Yeah the cheap aftermarket ones won't stay put unless I bend the crap out of the retainer fingers. That, along with them failing so often, is why I went looking for the right ones.
Yeah the cheap aftermarket ones won't stay put unless I bend the crap out of the retainer fingers. That, along with them failing so often, is why I went looking for the right ones.
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