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Oct 28, 2017 | 07:07 AM

#16

NorEasterMA

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I'm going to stick with the front and rear bracket for now and see how it looks with just two on the side. I'm used to 3, but I think 4 would be too many for my liking. I bought stainless steel 3W Amber "LED Bolts" 11mm wide from Oznium.com. Totally encapsulated, 3' pigtail, and they're bright as heck. But pricier though at 10.99 each

Oct 28, 2017 | 08:37 AM

#17

KWDAILYD

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Originally Posted by NorEasterMA

i checked out those lights, they look to be nice. Those have a lot of uses. There is a dually running around town here that has 4 markers on each side and I think it looks pretty good. I'm going to continue my search for another pair of brackets and see how I like it. They are too expensive to buy from Ford. I could make something to hold the 4th light but I would rather have all the brackets look the same.
Two lights will probably look good also. I'm just trying to reach the right balance for my tastes. Too many lights can be over kill also.

Oct 28, 2017 | 09:57 AM

#18

Wes Hightower

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I went with the Ford OEM 3 light bar from Tasca. Used posi-taps to tap into the passenger side license plate light. The blue/orange wire was the hot one. I use the daytime running lights and these 3 lights stay on which I was surprised and pleased to see.

Oct 28, 2017 | 01:29 PM

#19

KWDAILYD

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Here is a list of which wires go with which Upfitter Switches.

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Oct 28, 2017 | 11:15 PM

#20

sledr900

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Originally Posted by KWDAILYD

No pictures. The 3 Raptor lights in the grill are wired to a key on hot under the hood in the upfitter bundle, solid brown wire I believe. That way they are used as daytime running lights also.

The side marker lights on the running board brackets and the rear light bar are all wired into the passenger tail light. They are all on when the lights are on.

Wish I could find two more running board brackets to fill in the gap and add another light on each side so the spacing would be equal

Do you remember the color of the wires you tied into on the passenger tail light? I assume you tapped into the wires in front of the connector that plugs into the tail light. I am trying to wire in my running lights on my sled deck.

Nov 22, 2017 | 05:26 PM

#21

K-tung

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From: San Antonio

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Originally Posted by Wes Hightower

Hey Wes, did you have enough green wire from the light bar to reach over to the blue/orange wire on the license plate light or did you have to add wiring? Or did you tap into the blue/orange wire from another bundle of wires?

Thanks in advance. Nice looking truck!