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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:43 AM
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:47 AM
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Well, that's not what I wanted to do.

Let's try this...





 
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by n4aof
Well, that's not what I wanted to do.

Let's try this...
That's the one I put on mine a while back, works great and looks dang good too!
 
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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That's the one I put on mine a while back, works great and looks dang good too!
Looks a lot better than the pictures manage to show!
 
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Furian,
Here are the photos if the Recon Lights Daytime...
Running Lights - Brake Lights - Reverse Lights

[IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/My%20Documents/Recon%20Lites/Recon%20Lites%20003.jpg[/IMG]
 
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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Furian,
Here are the photos if the Recon Lights Nightime...
Running Lights - Brake Lights - Reverse Lights
 
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 06:02 AM
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From one NRA brother to another, those are sweet Cass! How did they wire up?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Recon Lights

Rob,
The light has a fairly long cord coming out of one end with the wires for each function. The cord was long enough that we had to cut it off to length. A friend and I tied them into the wiring harness before the 4 & 7 Pin trailer light plugs.

We soldered them and wrapped with electrical tape and covered with Convoluted Tubing (Harbor Freight) and plastic cable tied them.

Here are 3 photo's of it. The first one shows it from under the truck. The second shows the wire coming out the end of the light and covered with the convoluted tubing. The third shows the wiring covered, bundled, and cable tied back up with the rest of the wiring harness.

You may also want to check out their Big Rig LED Lights for the sides of the truck.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Excellent pics Cass! Thank you for taking the time to post those pics. That's a really nice setup and I may have to go that route considering the light bar provides additional backup lights and is a 3rd brake light. I assume that the LED's are replaceable it one fails?

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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Furian,
Glad you re-upped!

Sorry, the LED's are not individually replaceable.

They are supposed to have a long life span. I have had mine for over a year and no problems so far.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 12:40 PM
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I have seen a bunch of these out on the road. However most of the ones I see have burned out bulbs or sections. Not being able to repair them is a major turnoff to me.
 
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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I have too, but I suspect that's due to the fact that they're cheap. Think about it, a good LED truck brake light goes for $20-$20, yet them cheap undertailgate lights are around $40. They're cheap, made in china, water gets into them, and they dont last. One of those "you get what you pay for" type of things. I've seen less and less of those line of fire things, seems the novelty is wearing off, kinda like the lighted grille emblems...
 
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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I think that I'll stick with the OEM design. I had planned to install back-up lights anyway...
 
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Same here, for reliability and ease of bulb changing I am thinking of sticking with OEM.
 
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Ford part number to order from me is.

F81Z15444AA

Ordered and it arrived from you today, just installed it in about 10 minutes with snow and ice on the ground. Looks great thanks.
 
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