My Lighting Mods

[jgruberman]

So I ordered some LED square pods for the rear bumper and some strobe lights/emergency flashers for the tail lights(I'm a disaster responder for the Red Cross).

LED Pods: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y2CJ95O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_PilDxbXX4Z8ED

Strobe Flashers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CIG9E9Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BjlDxbNHTJGT1

I went with the off name brand as opposed to Feniex for cost and trial purposes. Plus I'm an Amazon Prime member so I ordered them Tuesday morning and they came Wednesday morning for $3 shipping.

I followed a DIY loosely in the DIY thread about putting the lights in the bumper... its pretty self-explanatory... cut a square hole in the bumper and stick them in.





I disconnected my existing reverse lights and wired them to these LED pods, you'll see why soon.





They're pretty bright, actually causes some lens flare when backing up, but I can see behind me much better.
I ALSO wired the positive wire together behind the bumper and spliced a LONG wire from that to inside the cab to a switch panel so the lights will come on when I reverse OR when I toggle the switch inside... give myself some options.

Back to the rear of the truck, I removed the bulbs from the reverse lights in my LED taillights and installed the flashers in the housing where the reverse lights USED to be. I ran those lights to a power wire inside the cab and connected the sync and ground behind the bumper also.



So I ran both devices to a new switch panel inside the cab and they are connected to the cigarette lighter circuit so are active when the accessory is on. I think I'm going to wire it to the battery with a fuse in line because I want them . be usable without the key in the ignition.



Other than that, that's it for now....small project but I'm happy with the functions of both and the light output of both considering how cheap it all was.

https://vimeo.com/172852971

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[Mbrp.Ram]

Dude

That's badass, I should do that for crappy northwest indiana winters. I pulled out so many cars and trucks. 2 semis was the highlight of the season, think I need to invest in a lightbar as well.

 

[jgruberman]

Since the topic of the thread was "my Lighting mods" then I guess I can include that here also... I put mine on the front bumper because I didn't want to reduce clearance height wise anymore... some of the parking garages around here are pretty short. Decent light output at that height too...

And here's one with the HID headlights and fogs with the bar on.

And then I upgraded to black projector headlights

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[jgruberman]

That's badass, I should do that for crappy northwest indiana winters. I pulled out so many cars and trucks. 2 semis was the highlight of the season, think I need to invest in a lightbar as well.

interesting you say that... I had an opportunity to help pull a semi loose tonight but he said he had 40k lb load so I didn't even try, lest I drive away without a rear to my truck lol

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[jgruberman]

Oh and one more lighting mod.... white/amber flashers in the front at the top of the windshield with the control box under the radio tucked in that pocket

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[miraj]

Love what you did to the top there .
Can we get a photo from inside while lights are on ?

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[jgruberman]

Love what you did to the top there .
Can we get a photo from inside while lights are on ?

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Sure, I'll do that tonight when it gets dark and you can see better. You'd barely know it's on during the daytime.

 

[Road King]

Very nice. I installed reverse lighting pods in my bumper too, but I never even thought to REPLACE my stock reverse lights for flashers!!

I did the hide-away flashers inside the rear tail lights. Have never been real happy about the light output of those little hide-aways during the day though (at night they are fine). I'll have to think about just swapping out the reverse lights completely like you did. Love the idea.

 

[jgruberman]

Very nice. I installed reverse lighting pods in my bumper too, but I never even thought to REPLACE my stock reverse lights for flashers!!

I did the hide-away flashers inside the rear tail lights. Have never been real happy about the light output of those little hide-aways during the day though (at night they are fine). I'll have to think about just swapping out the reverse lights completely like you did. Love the idea.

Thanks! With those strobes in the front, I wanted to do something in the back too. I was limited for space especially since I have LED tails, so just seemed like replacing the factory bulb and using the reflector in the reverse light housing the same way the factory lighting did made the most sense.

I want to put another set of flashers in the fog housing or headlight housing and sync them all together, but haven't decided where to put them yet that gives the best visibility.

 

[Road King]

Thanks! With those strobes in the front, I wanted to do something in the back too. I was limited for space especially since I have LED tails, so just seemed like replacing the factory bulb and using the reflector in the reverse light housing the same way the factory lighting did made the most sense.

I want to put another set of flashers in the fog housing or headlight housing and sync them all together, but haven't decided where to put them yet that gives the best visibility.

I had installed hide-aways mounted in the fog housing a while ago, but the flashers DID NOT work when the fog lights were on. You have to turn the fogs off in order to get the flashers to work - otherwise, just you just get constant light.

Plus, I could NOT keep them waterproof. Every time it rained, they filled up with water and blew the bulb. Ended up having to replace the whole fog light housing and mounted a set of these behind the grill instead (amber color). Very happy with the flashers behind the grill. Hidden but very bright... and they reflect off the chrome grill

So yeah, learn from my fog light housing mistake, heh.

 

[jgruberman]

I had installed hide-aways mounted in the fog housing a while ago, but the flashers DID NOT work when the fog lights were on. You have to turn the fogs off in order to get the flashers to work - otherwise, just you just get constant light.

Plus, I could NOT keep them waterproof. Every time it rained, they filled up with water and blew the bulb. Ended up having to replace the whole fog light housing and mounted a set of these behind the grill instead (amber color). Very happy with the flashers behind the grill. Hidden but very bright... and they reflect off the chrome grill

So yeah, learn from my fog light housing mistake, heh.

I may look into those also... that's another good spot to mount. I mean, I have the ones on the windshield in the front but they're not synced with the others [emoji48]

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[jgruberman]

Some daytime pics...(lights are illuminated in the first pic)

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[Mbrp.Ram]

What tires do you have? Off topic I know. Grabber at2's?

 

[jgruberman]

What tires do you have? Off topic I know. Grabber at2's?

BFG A/T KO2 285/65R20. Stock wheels.

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[jgruberman]

BFG A/T KO2 285/65R20. Stock wheels.

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it's easier to upgrade the tires and NOT the wheels without my girlfriend realizing [emoji48]

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[Mbrp.Ram]

Your tread pattern looked almost like mine

 

[BlownGP]

Some daytime pics...(lights are illuminated in the first pic)

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Those lights are only for emergency's?

I think it would be cool to hook them up as DRLs and turn signals.
Where did you get them from? Looks cool.

 

[jgruberman]

Those lights are only for emergency's?

I think it would be cool to hook them up as DRLs and turn signals.
Where did you get them from? Looks cool.

I usually shop Amazon or nothing at all

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MN9DNNW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3xvDxbBJN1QRF

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[BlownGP]

I usually shop Amazon or nothing at all

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MN9DNNW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3xvDxbBJN1QRF

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Right, amazon prime here too. I love it. Have stuff coming today, tomorrow and Saturday for me. hahaha
Thanks man

 

[jgruberman]

Getting a reverse light bulb out message. I know I need to wire something to the reverse lights wires, just not sure what.

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