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I just did the amber pod lights on my 02 2500hd.  The kit came with 4 pods but only used 3 to space it out some.  As far as brightness, they are pretty bright at night.  I may put a yellow tint film/protector over them just to tone them down.  I wired them directly to existing wiring for LED lights I have inside the cab that switch on/off with a cigarette lighter switch.

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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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On 3/7/2019 at 7:46 PM, Tech510 said:

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That be a lot of lights! Cool!

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Thanks RoarinRow, I also have the led foglights. . from headlightrevolution.com.. highly recommend them.. 

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3 minutes ago, Tech510 said:

Thanks RoarinRow, I also have the led foglights. . from headlightrevolution.com.. highly recommend them.. 

What are those lights that you used in the grille? Great looking rig.

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Thanks Farmerman, they are f150 lights from f150leds.com.. they are super easy to install.. 90 bucks, they arent the round ones, they are like a rectangle light.. double sided tape, super strong.. and you can make them close together or spread them apart.. comes with 2 connectors to splice them in power and ground wire.. I just wanted something easy to install, so I went with these..

 My grill is updated too, ill take pics in the daytime so it'll be better to look at..

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On 3/13/2019 at 9:46 AM, Sean006 said:

Did you ever mount these in that spot ? 

If so can you post pics ?

man i never got around to it.. still sitting in a box! lol.. .. .ended up getting into RC cars..lol

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On 3/13/2019 at 3:49 PM, Tech510 said:

Thanks RoarinRow, I also have the led foglights. . from headlightrevolution.com.. highly recommend them.. 

Very cool.  Yeah my fogs are HIDs to match my low beam HIDs.  I did however put LED in the high beams because when I need to flash someone I don't want to have to wait for the beams to be fully ignited lol.

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On 3/13/2019 at 3:53 PM, Farmerman1379 said:

What are those lights that you used in the grille? Great looking rig.

I got them from Amazon here. I figured I give them a try.  They had good reviews and the quality was better than what I expected. Just note the wiring in the back of the pods are not flat with the base.  So you can't really put them on a flat surface and have the wire come off to the side without modding the rubber base.

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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 initial install I set off the computer in my Silverado because the light strip interfered with the grille vent closure mechanism so I had to adjust and reset the computer. I got my light strip from diodedynamics and fixed it to the back of an aluminum channel I got from homedepot and slid it behind the grille then fastened it. I wired it to the fog light fuse so that it only comes on when I hit the fogs. I also placed a couple of strips on the roll rack and have two red strips wired behind the rack which I may just hook to the tail light running wire. 

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On 3/20/2019 at 10:05 AM, Ravenvoyager said:

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 initial install I set off the computer in my Silverado because the light strip interfered with the grille vent closure mechanism so I had to adjust and reset the computer. I got my light strip from diodedynamics and fixed it to the back of an aluminum channel I got from homedepot and slid it behind the grille then fastened it. I wired it to the fog light fuse so that it only comes on when I hit the fogs. I also placed a couple of strips on the roll rack and have two red strips wired behind the rack which I may just hook to the tail light running wire. 

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Sweet truck Ravenvoyager!!! Looks mean! 

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Installed this tonight.. 50" single row roughcountry black series lightbar..

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Oh yeah!!! I’d say you pegged it. I like how you blended everything. You have your ambers line a crossed at the top and your whites lined along the bottom. That is a sweet looking truck!

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5 hours ago, Ravenvoyager said:

Oh yeah!!! I’d say you pegged it. I like how you blended everything. You have your ambers line a crossed at the top and your whites lined along the bottom. That is a sweet looking truck!

Look's Good - Any Day Photo's ?? Is that mounted on top of the bumper ?

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That looks sick!! How did you add the mirror clearance lights and do you have any close up pictures of them too?


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Would love to know how you mounted the grill lights. I have that same grill and have not got around to figuring it out.

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