Under Hood Light
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From: Ohio
Originally Posted by njstevens
Go with the open hood. I am suprised to hear that not all Ex's came with a hood light.
Thats what i would do to. It would be a PIA to flip that swtich everytime u opend the truck. Two step processes suck lol. Anyways, i didnt kno that either NJ, I thought it was only a certain model years didnt come with the heat shield installed under the hood.
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Originally Posted by njstevens
Go with the open hood. I am suprised to hear that not all Ex's came with a hood light.
Putting a light under the hood should be an easy mod right? I'm thinking one would just need everything from the older Excursions that came with a light.
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From: Ohio
Originally Posted by aortizexcursion
Ford stopped putting them on in 2004, so 05's and 04's do not have a light under the hood. I guess they figured this would save them money by not putting those lights in just like they how they did away with the rear center armrest cupholders, rear center air vent the glove compartment light and the courtesy light in the front doors, am I missing anything else? They wanted to profit just a bit more on an already highly profitable vehicle.
Putting a light under the hood should be an easy mod right? I'm thinking one would just need everything from the older Excursions that came with a light.
Putting a light under the hood should be an easy mod right? I'm thinking one would just need everything from the older Excursions that came with a light.
Anyways, the only thing that has got me thinking, is how do u get the light to turn on when u open the hood?
Master of Strokes
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From: CA
I think its crap. My 01 has the hood blanket and light but my 04 doesn't its like what was ford thinking when they mad the 03 and up trucks
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Originally Posted by i eat hybrids
Ya to bad the vehicle didnt last much longer Anyways, the only thing that has got me thinking, is how do u get the light to turn on when u open the hood?
Anyways, the only thing that has got me thinking, is how do u get the light to turn on when u open the hood?FTE Stories
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Originally Posted by i eat hybrids
Ya to bad the vehicle didnt last much longer
Fleet Mechanic
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Easy to add!
Go to a dealer and get the underhood lite kit for a pre 04 X or superduty. You will get a lite fixture with bulb, wire harness and connector for about $20. The harness snaps right in to the pre drilled hood under the balnket. Then cut off the connector and run it to the battery. I did this on mine and it works great.
OBTW - I went to Ford and wanted to get the lite kit for my X. They actually listed a kit. The dealer told me, are you ready for this, the lite kit with required engine harness to plug the lite connector in to was $750. Yup, thats right. Saw it with my own eyes.
DSMMH
OBTW - I went to Ford and wanted to get the lite kit for my X. They actually listed a kit. The dealer told me, are you ready for this, the lite kit with required engine harness to plug the lite connector in to was $750. Yup, thats right. Saw it with my own eyes.
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Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Mount Royal, NJ
I made my own harness for the underhood light and hooked it into my fog light harness that I had to install to get fogs.
You can see a pic of the wire installation CLICK HERE
Had to install a underhood blanket and rubber wind shields too. There were no lights in the doors, either. Had to add them.
Added a lock switch to the rear interior quarter panel so I could lock the doors from the rear hatch like on my wifes Mountaineer.
They left too many things off of the 05's.
You can see a pic of the wire installation CLICK HERE
Had to install a underhood blanket and rubber wind shields too. There were no lights in the doors, either. Had to add them.
Added a lock switch to the rear interior quarter panel so I could lock the doors from the rear hatch like on my wifes Mountaineer.
They left too many things off of the 05's.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: SE PA
It annoyed me that my truck did not have the light and blanket under hood. I too bought the light unit and hooked it up. (I also added the hood blanket.) This switch has a mechanism that turns it on when the hood is tilted. It had a clip that attached it to the underside of the hood. Since I had installed fog lights too, I tied the underhood light to the fog light circuit...the parking lights need to be on for the underhood light to work.
EDIT...Housedad beat me to it...I did the same thing for wiring.
DSMMH... I assume that you are speaking about a $700 for light package? I got mine from the dealer in 2005 for around $300 if memory serves. Ebay was even cheaper.
EDIT...Housedad beat me to it...I did the same thing for wiring.
DSMMH... I assume that you are speaking about a $700 for light package? I got mine from the dealer in 2005 for around $300 if memory serves. Ebay was even cheaper.
Cargo Master
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From: Mount Royal, NJ
Originally Posted by Matt M, PA
I tied the underhood light to the fog light circuit...the parking lights need to be on for the underhood light to work.
I tied mine into the power feed from the battery that I installed for the fogs. It will stay on indefinately. It will not turn off when the lighting timer resets.
edit: It will turn off when the hood closes,though!!1
