Strobe/headlight help

So I bought my truck (used) with a mysterious switch already installed in the dash. Turns out the last owner had white police-style strobes installed as extra hazard flashers. I like having them, but of course never to be used in any way other than warning lights.

My dilemma now is that I need to replace the headlight housing due to age/weather related cracking. Anyone have any experience with drilling/mounting auxiliary lighting like this? Here are photos of the setup (look closely for the cracking/aging headlight plastic and the strobe bulb)
You can see the huge mess of black caulk sealing the hole for the strobe light. Any ideas?

 

They're called Hide-a-Way (HAW) warning lights and can either be Strobe (older) or LED (newer) style. They both require a 3/4" hole to be drilled in the light housing and a reasonable amount of RTV to seal them up and prevent water intrusion. The strobe style requires a Power Supply that's usually mounted inside the cab somewhere. The bulb is actually a Strobe Tube and is generally a curly cue shape. From you picture, it sort of looks like that's what you have. The LED style doesn't require a separate power supply and generally has a number of Diodes arrayed around the center. With either style, proper placement is critical to achieve maximum effect / brightness. BTW, when drilling, be careful not to fill the housing with chips / debris. Vacuum carefully when done.

I should note that running the ones in the headlights - assuming they're white - while under way is illegal in most states. Lots of guys around here run them in their plow trucks. As long as they're on private property, they can run whatever color they want.

 

If you have the money theres a few retrofit vendors here on tacoma world...
If thats too expensive you can risk buying aftermarket headlights with extra lights (not sure about strobes..)
Or (&what id do)..you could buy new oem and bake them in the oven following some of tacomaworlds great bhlm/retrofit write ups..

Check out all your options..
Have you looked into demon eyes or halo lights? If you dont like the look of those and still want strobes... you can follow The same write ups on here...and follow how they ran the halo or demon eye wiring out of the housing...then run your strobe wiring the same way.

 

I had strobes in my old Ranger, installed just like what you have. After having done that, if I were to do it again today I'd install stand alone LED pods in the color of my choosing (local laws vary). The fewer the holes in your housings the better.

 

Thanks. Yeah, I've checked in the whole legality thing. No impersonation happening here. It's definitely a tube-type strobe. Thanks for the beta. Probably gonna try to get new aftermarkets and drill new holes. The strobe system is already hard wired, with the power controller in the cab. Thanks again!