Hidden Strobe Lights
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Hidden Strobe Lights
Since I don't know where to ask this I suppose I'll ask it here. Does anyone have hidden flashing lights on their truck. I want to put some on my truck for the fire department. I already have the go ahead I just don't know how to hook up the strobes or where to put the lights. I need a 360 degree field so anyone stand at any direction to the truck can see strobes. What do you all run and what is the best spot to put them. Thank you for any input. The truck is a 1995 F-250 Extended cab.
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Look at your local undercover cop car for mounting ideas.
most mount with a small hole, they will need a switch in the cab and a relay to run them would not be a bad idea.
Make sure you use the approved colors....nothing worse than a whacker with christmas tree lights all over his vehicle.
most mount with a small hole, they will need a switch in the cab and a relay to run them would not be a bad idea.
Make sure you use the approved colors....nothing worse than a whacker with christmas tree lights all over his vehicle.
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I'm not really looking for what I can and can't do I'm just looking for the ideas for where to put them and I want to see if anyone has pictures.
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You can install strobes in the reverse lamps. Replacing your tail lights with the 87-? with the wrap-around clear reverse lamp would be of benefit. The front could go behind the grille, between the grille bars or as I have done, in the clear corner light beside the headlight, and you can do inside windshield and back glass lighting. An amber traffic director looks good in the back window and big time bright. Being a SuperCab the back side glasses will allow lighting there too.I may can help you out with the blue as here in NC blue will get you jacked in a minute, police only. I have quite a few different lights and lenses so I'd have to look and see what I can put together. I work for an emergency lighting dealer so I buy most all of the obsolete/slow moving inventory that we cannot return to the manufacturer. Red/amber/white I have no trouble selling local but blue has to sold to someone whose FD allows blue. Headlight wig-wags are a no-no here except on Gov't owned vehicles but if you're allowed them I might have a module. You say no lightbars, does that mean no roof mounted lights? PM me your email if you're interested and I'll try and see what I have this weekend and send you pics.
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Yea by light bars I mean I don't want anything that sticks out. I can run wig wags in the headlights. If I want to get a permit for the county commissioner here I can run read but I'm not really to big on red since my truck is blue. I mainly wanna run blue and white and may run white and amber on the back.
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I know a guy had strobes on his 81. It was a small bulb( LED i think) that he drilled holes in the back of his lights.( I wanna say reverse rear and turn Sig front) . . jus watch out how its done, somehow the genius managed to leave them on at a fire and melted his light housing due to the heat off them.
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Hey mudrat I'm a firefighter from south Carolina. We are only allowed red and clear here. When I put lights on my truck I'm gonna order a few of the led strobe kits amazon or ebay. They are like 40 bucks. We actually did this to my brothers truck.we put 6 in the widshield, 6 in the back glass, 4 in each side window he also put 4 in the grill and 4 under the tailgate. I will probably do something similar on my 89 f350. Here is what we used. Hope this helps. These are red clear but they have them in blue http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004SX...6UL&ref=plSrch
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personially when I was in the FD my self (we ran red and white/amber) I operated the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principal on my lighting set up and did the minimum to satisfy the requirements of the state, which I used a single light bar and a single forward facing LED strobe, I know you don't want a light bar which is fine but still work under the KISS way, it will save you time and headaches, I would also suggest sticking to the Whelen, or other similar brands as those are approved lighting that meet DOT regulations, the cheap Ebay lights (and possibly the ones linked) I can say with very good certainty will not or do not meet DOT regulations and if your ever involved in an accident of any type while running any type of lights that (IIRC) will most likely be the first thing looked at to see if the lighting system meets DOT regs.
I am not trying to stop you but just wanted to give you a heads up to be careful and at least have one or two lights that will be DOT regulation just to be safe. as for your kit listed it should work from the looks of it, I also have some sites you can go to for good lighting thats still good price for any budget. let me know if you want them and ill send what I can find your way!
I am not trying to stop you but just wanted to give you a heads up to be careful and at least have one or two lights that will be DOT regulation just to be safe. as for your kit listed it should work from the looks of it, I also have some sites you can go to for good lighting thats still good price for any budget. let me know if you want them and ill send what I can find your way!
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