Cab Lights.
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Thanks for the info.
Got all 5 of mine for $25 with factory wire harness. NEW in box. From a guy that bought them and then sold his truck and never installed the lights. I was originally looking for smoke. But ran across these.. Bought them in October/November and i remind myself i have them every time i sit at my desk. I kick the box.. Then i remember i need to mount these when the weather breaks.
Got all 5 of mine for $25 with factory wire harness. NEW in box. From a guy that bought them and then sold his truck and never installed the lights. I was originally looking for smoke. But ran across these.. Bought them in October/November and i remind myself i have them every time i sit at my desk. I kick the box.. Then i remember i need to mount these when the weather breaks.
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From: Knoxville, TN
Yes no splicing, as long as you get the right harness. There is a different harness for the models with the overhead console and the ones without. The plug is behind the passenger side kick panel.
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From: Hampton, Maryland.
You can check out one of my galleries. I have lots of pics on my install. You can also search and find the thread from when I did mine. There are a few issues that came up with the wiring because i had the harness for the trucks without the console, but i have the console. It wasn't hard to fix the issue though. I had my buddy do the drilling though. I couldn't bring myself to drill holes in the roof of my truck.
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From: Suffolk, VA
If you need the template I do have one I can send you. Has the measurements as to where to center the lights, and the template to mark the holes.
I couldn't drill sober though. I taped it up and marked it, measured about 5 times and went to drill and hesitated. Had to sit down with about 2 beers then I did it, lol. After the first hole the anxiety goes away.
As for the harness, I have the overhead console. Ran the wiring down the passenger A pillar and zip tied it to the existing harness. Found the plug in the passenger kick panel but didn't fit. I found the correct wire to turn the lights on with (it was in the plug but nothing attached to that specific terminal. I was about to cut the wire and just make a splice when Jim came over and stopped me. I removed the terminals out of the cab light harness plug (only 2, one + and one ground) and threw that plug away. Then I just simply put the new wires in the existing OE plug where they would have been if it was factory.
I couldn't drill sober though. I taped it up and marked it, measured about 5 times and went to drill and hesitated. Had to sit down with about 2 beers then I did it, lol. After the first hole the anxiety goes away.
As for the harness, I have the overhead console. Ran the wiring down the passenger A pillar and zip tied it to the existing harness. Found the plug in the passenger kick panel but didn't fit. I found the correct wire to turn the lights on with (it was in the plug but nothing attached to that specific terminal. I was about to cut the wire and just make a splice when Jim came over and stopped me. I removed the terminals out of the cab light harness plug (only 2, one + and one ground) and threw that plug away. Then I just simply put the new wires in the existing OE plug where they would have been if it was factory.
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Jason. I checked out your your pictures.. Awsome. Looks easy enough. Didn't look like you pulled you head liner out.. that is the scary part. I will have to look at how they come out. Snap.Clips?
Thanks for the info Keith. I don't think i will need template. I will wing it..
My harness has the plug on the end. I hope it works and I also hope my truck has a connector. that would be sweet to have the plug behind the kick panel and my lights just plug in. No center overhead console.
Roger.. I go the lights off a guy that bought everything separate. So i don't know if it was a kit or not or were he purchased them from. I would suspect he got everything from ford.
Harness Number 1C3T-15A404-AA x1 ford
Light Number 8C3Z-15442-C Amber x5 ford
Also Bumped into this from springerpop. Mind's Cab Light Installation
Thanks for the info Keith. I don't think i will need template. I will wing it..
My harness has the plug on the end. I hope it works and I also hope my truck has a connector. that would be sweet to have the plug behind the kick panel and my lights just plug in. No center overhead console.
Roger.. I go the lights off a guy that bought everything separate. So i don't know if it was a kit or not or were he purchased them from. I would suspect he got everything from ford.
Harness Number 1C3T-15A404-AA x1 ford
Light Number 8C3Z-15442-C Amber x5 ford
Also Bumped into this from springerpop. Mind's Cab Light Installation
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You can check out one of my galleries. I have lots of pics on my install. You can also search and find the thread from when I did mine. There are a few issues that came up with the wiring because i had the harness for the trucks without the console, but i have the console. It wasn't hard to fix the issue though. I had my buddy do the drilling though. I couldn't bring myself to drill holes in the roof of my truck.
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From: La La Land
Same kit with and without overhead lie-o-meter.
I noticed some slight variations between the part numbers Danskool has and the ones Mind gave me for publication of his install. Can anyone verify?
Mine came with 'em already, so all I did was verify dimensions were correct.
I prefer the clear lenses with amber bulbs, but mine is a white truck.
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I noticed some slight variations between the part numbers Danskool has and the ones Mind gave me for publication of his install. Can anyone verify?
Mine came with 'em already, so all I did was verify dimensions were correct.
I prefer the clear lenses with amber bulbs, but mine is a white truck.
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From: Slatington, PA
The plug is a standard thing on all the trucks. They don't know if that harness is going in a truck that has cab lights or an overhead console so everybody gets one just in case.
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From: Rochdale MA
If you need the template I do have one I can send you. Has the measurements as to where to center the lights, and the template to mark the holes.
I couldn't drill sober though. I taped it up and marked it, measured about 5 times and went to drill and hesitated. Had to sit down with about 2 beers then I did it, lol. After the first hole the anxiety goes away.
As for the harness, I have the overhead console. Ran the wiring down the passenger A pillar and zip tied it to the existing harness. Found the plug in the passenger kick panel but didn't fit. I found the correct wire to turn the lights on with (it was in the plug but nothing attached to that specific terminal. I was about to cut the wire and just make a splice when Jim came over and stopped me. I removed the terminals out of the cab light harness plug (only 2, one + and one ground) and threw that plug away. Then I just simply put the new wires in the existing OE plug where they would have been if it was factory.
I couldn't drill sober though. I taped it up and marked it, measured about 5 times and went to drill and hesitated. Had to sit down with about 2 beers then I did it, lol. After the first hole the anxiety goes away.
As for the harness, I have the overhead console. Ran the wiring down the passenger A pillar and zip tied it to the existing harness. Found the plug in the passenger kick panel but didn't fit. I found the correct wire to turn the lights on with (it was in the plug but nothing attached to that specific terminal. I was about to cut the wire and just make a splice when Jim came over and stopped me. I removed the terminals out of the cab light harness plug (only 2, one + and one ground) and threw that plug away. Then I just simply put the new wires in the existing OE plug where they would have been if it was factory.
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