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DIY: "Raptor" Style Lights

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by m32, Sep 4, 2013.

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  1. Jun 22, 2016 at 10:55 AM
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    ok need a little help here i got my lights. now figuring out wiring. i understand tapping into the green wire the only problem is here they use so much salt on the roads it'll leach in and ruin the wire. i've been trying to find a safe place to install an add-a-fuse link into the panel. they only hold 2 10amp fuses and i need a keyed hot. the only safe placee i've found is the head light fuse that also does the fog lights the problem with that is it's only hot when you turn on your headlights. any suggestions welcome please
     
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  2. Jun 23, 2016 at 7:58 PM
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    i figured it out and all joints were soldered heat shrinked and wrapped. i did install quick connects to remove grill. the hardest thing i found was installing the actual lights trying to hold them while tightening the nuts.
     
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  3. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:00 PM
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    Glad it all worked out. Looks great. :)
     
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  4. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:04 PM
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    thanks! just for future info how are you supposed to hold the lights while you tighten the nuts i had to use pliers which messedof the finish up. i touched them up so no problem
     
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  5. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:06 PM
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    If you need to resort to pliers, you could use a couple strips of rubber to cushion them so they won't mar the finish of the lights.
     
    o0oSHADOWo0o, Jun 23, 2016
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  6. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:12 PM
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    like never let anybody tell you that you have too many lights the truck looks awesome it looks like it's on fire! what color is your truck actually?
     
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  7. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:13 PM
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  8. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:15 PM
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    thanks they're bright but not too bright i like it
     
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  9. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:15 PM
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    Thanks! :D

    It has slowly evolved into what you currently see with some minor changes to take place in the near future. Yes, I plan to add even more lights.

    My truck is NBM (Nautical Blue Metallic).
     
    o0oSHADOWo0o, Jun 23, 2016
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  10. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:18 PM
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    cool i'd never have guessed that for some reason i figured black i guess because of the shadow in your screen name truck looks cool as hell all lit up
     
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  11. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:22 PM
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    Yeah, the name might fit better if my truck was black or metallic gray but I like the blue better. Believe it or not, this is how it looks when I drive at night. And I have never been stopped.
     
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  12. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:26 PM
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    here in Va. and you've never been stopped? wow miracles never cease. i'll be suprised if i don't gt pulled over around here with the grill lights. although they've never pulled me in my other toy
     
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  13. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:31 PM
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    Nice! I like the flames. :thumbsup:

    I live in Virginia Beach where the cops are famous for giving out tickets. I guess they leave me alone because all of my lights are amber ( a legal color) and they aren't too different than extra marker lights like you see on tractor trailers. If I had under glow of any color I'm sure I would get stopped.
     
    o0oSHADOWo0o, Jun 23, 2016
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  14. Jun 23, 2016 at 8:31 PM
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    i'll have to keep you in mind when we have another get together it'd be not quite a 2 hour drive for you to louisa but it would be nice to meet
     
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    Just did this mod awesome write up thank you for the tips turned out bad ass!

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  16. Jun 26, 2016 at 5:41 PM
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    Did the rear raptor mod.

    But because I wanted to hid my rigid dust light

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  17. Jun 26, 2016 at 6:06 PM
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    Nice how did you do the back?
     
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  18. Jun 26, 2016 at 6:46 PM
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  19. Jun 26, 2016 at 6:56 PM
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    that's not fair
     
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  20. Jun 26, 2016 at 7:00 PM
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    Come on Help a brother out...is that the stock light with a clear lens. I bought a led third brake light had it a week and washed the truck today and it filled up with water. BS. The stock is back on now.
     
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