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2 hours ago, Crstfr said:

man i haven't .. .. just not sure they are going to look right in that space... just so close together... .i also thought about putting 2 in where the tow hooks are.. but just havent made up my mind!

 

i played around with some lights in the tow hook area... but haven't done anything yet

 

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Just got mine done. No drilling or cutting required. Hooked them up to the trailer fuse #15 in the X50a fuse box with an add a circuit. Very happy! 

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That looks awesome Tech510. I’m always trying to do a Close Encounters of the Third Kind with my vehicles. My camaro had grille, trunk and footwell lights. There’s a lot you can do with a truck. On my

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Here's mine, had installed mine about 2.5 years ago. Also added side mirror clearance/running leds.

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i like the white.. that doesn't look bad in the tow hooks!

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2 hours ago, bc-chris said:

i played around with some lights in the tow hook area... but haven't done anything yet

 

blue:

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white:

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The white looks great! How did you do it?

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2 hours ago, bc-chris said:

i played around with some lights in the tow hook area... but haven't done anything yet

 

blue:

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white:

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Tow --Light's look good . so are they the 10mm or 12mm ? same one's you used on the grill ?  Thanks

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28 minutes ago, jlozan2 said:

The white looks great! How did you do it?

 

those are just a couple of led 'bolts' hooked up to a 12v battery (link the light lights below) - you can sorta see the battery sitting on the ground under the truck in the 'white' pic.

 

i haven't done this yet.... but it's on the list... waaaaay down the list, but on the list none the less!   :)
 

22 minutes ago, slj2008 said:

Tow --Light's look good . so are they the 10mm or 12mm ? same one's you used on the grill ?  Thanks

 

the tow lights were just a couple of these hooked up to a 12v battery to see if i liked the look:  led bolts - 6mm

 

i haven't done grill lights (yet), but i did use the same 6mm bolts on the back of my truck.  i put 3 red ones above the plate/below the tailgate....

 

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32 minutes ago, bc-chris said:

 

those are just a couple of led 'bolts' hooked up to a 12v battery (link the light lights below) - you can sorta see the battery sitting on the ground under the truck in the 'white' pic.

 

i haven't done this yet.... but it's on the list... waaaaay down the list, but on the list none the less!   :)
 

 

the tow lights were just a couple of these hooked up to a 12v battery to see if i liked the look:  led bolts - 6mm

 

i haven't done grill lights (yet), but i did use the same 6mm bolts on the back of my truck.  i put 3 red ones above the plate/below the tailgate....

 

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thank you .  So did you used the 6mm on the grill ??

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3 hours ago, slj2008 said:

thank you .  So did you used the 6mm on the grill ??

 

no - i haven't put any lights in my grill....  yet!!

 

when i do do my grill, i'm planning 5 amber 6mm bolts (one in each opening at the top of the grill)

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11 hours ago, bc-chris said:

 

no - i haven't put any lights in my grill....  yet!!

 

when i do do my grill, i'm planning 5 amber 6mm bolts (one in each opening at the top of the grill)

thank you.  someone talk about 10mm in there grill on this site ???

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3 hours ago, slj2008 said:

thank you.  someone talk about 10mm in there grill on this site ???

 

very possibly.

 

after seeing how bright the 6mm red bolts are i think that will be plenty bright for me using amber in the grill

 

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2 hours ago, bc-chris said:

 

very possibly.

 

after seeing how bright the 6mm red bolts are i think that will be plenty bright for me using amber in the grill

 

Thank You -  scan back to page 1 , BlueTopaz14 - used 10mm on his grill . something to look at.

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Hey, I really need some help. I'm wanting to use at least 4 of cyclone lights to put in my 2014 Sierra. I'm fine with mounting them and everything I can figure that out. But I really, REALLY need help with wiring. I saw the fuse box thing and i like that but i really need some help. If there is a wiring harness or something people know of I would really like it......

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Buy a pre made relay kit off of amazon. Wire power and ground then use the parking, headlight, or fog light signal to trigger the relay. Or you can use a three position switch to also manually operate them at will. 

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I bought an led kit from www.f150leds.com. Spendy, but a nice kit. They were really  white when off so I put some window tint on them. Now their almost invisible when off but still fairly bright when on. Wired them into drl's. They attach with 2 sided tape. The spacing is 6.5" center to center when centered in grill opening 

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I bought an led kit from www.f150leds.com. Spendy, but a nice kit. They were really  white when off so I put some window tint on them. Now their almost invisible when off but still fairly bright when on. Wired them into drl's. They attach with 2 sided tape. The spacing is 6.5" center to center when centered in grill opening 
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My dad has this kit on his f150, had to replace it once already but the guy that runs f150leds is really friendly and has no problem swapping out things if you have issues. Pretty sure he’s a one man shop.


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