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Old Mar 5, 2025 | 03:23 PM
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2024 side vent light

Installed these from f150leds. I have factory LED headlamps so I ordered the wiring harness for it too.

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Use trim tools to remove vent. I accidentally snapped part of the backing. See picture below with 2 arrows pointing to what broke. Youll see a bunch of melted plastic holding the layers of the black trim together. 2 of those melted parts snapped so i just threw on dollup of super glue to repair and its perfectly fine

I have dual batteries and this was 100% a PITA to install. Took me over a hour to remove the factory headlight harness. It unhooked but in the other attached pic with a red arrow you'll see a big wire that sits directly against the harness. I had to remove battery and tray but the tray is annoyingly attached to the coolant container. This gave me a tad more room but not enough. Finally managed to disconnect factory harness.

Trying to attach f150led harness to headlight was the next PITA. I could only get 2 fingers on it and trying to slide it in with that big wire in the way was ridiculous. Then, attaching the factory wire harness to the other end of f150led harness was the next PITA. If it were longer it would have helped loop it and connect it. Eventually got it together.

Went to connect the light to the 2 wires running off the f150led harness for power and ground, light didn't work. The other vent light worked.

F150led replies very quickly via email and is sending one light replacement. Product build and quality is fine but annoying one didn't work. It may be easier to remove the headlight but idk. All in all install one star, product 3 simply because the f150led harness needs to be longer and the light didn't work.

I'll update with pics once done and lit.

the strip on this light is longer than the metal at the bottom section as you can see and the top too. Idk if the other vent light is the same or not. No biggy.








Update 10 min later... second light now only one piece works. Wouldn't recommend these. Each section is too long for the metal it connects to on fender. It's causing the wire in between each section to bow which causes tension and pulls the light off the fender. Not strong enough adhesion and the tension from the wire is too much.



 
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Old Mar 5, 2025 | 06:46 PM
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Do you have pics at night and what other colors are there?
 
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Old Mar 5, 2025 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Chilling
Do you have pics at night and what other colors are there?
No. The one light didnt even light up and the second did but then only one section lit in the picture. They are sending me another kit so I will once it's on. I left the harness plugged in because it took forever connecting and wasn't screwing with it. So once they arrive all I have to do is connect and I'm done

Check their site but amber white and maybe one other
 
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Old Mar 10, 2025 | 07:50 AM
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Lights went in. Not huge fan of the fitment of the plastic vents, don't sit too snug against the fender so light gets through but ah well.






 
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Old Mar 11, 2025 | 12:39 AM
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Night illumination looks good. Side lights look factory with the cab lights.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2025 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mljh85
Lights went in. Not huge fan of the fitment of the plastic vents, don't sit too snug against the fender so light gets through but ah well.






I thought maybe I bent something because of the light coming out the front of the vent but I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one with it. Removing the vent badge is pretty darn difficult. I just knew I would break it.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2025 | 07:35 AM
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I thought maybe I bent something because of the light coming out the front of the vent but I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one with it. Removing the vent badge is pretty darn difficult. I just knew I would break it.
the only thing I broke was on both, the very bottom 2 pieces on the back shown in my picture. Some gel super glue worked perfectly
 
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Looks good, shame the quality is so poor.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2026 | 03:48 PM
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I just came here to say I could not agree more !!!
Installing on a 24 f350 complete PITA is right!
THEN I get all done (and shame on me for not checking first I guess) but only half the passenger one works and the bottom 2” of the driver doesn’t work!!! Already snapped all the badges back on. They also don’t fit good they’re too long and when you put the badge cover back on, you can see bright yellow through the side of the vent …… 100% do not recommend not impressed at all
 

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