Exterior lights - what are you running?

[The_Auto_Tech]

Been a bit since I've looked into the latest offerings or upgrades available to the 21+ trucks. I currently am waiting for my Diode Dynamics Elite headlights to arrive, but have the Diode Dynamics Elite fog lights sitting here ready to install to go with them. I really hope they're worth the hold out over the Morimoto headlights, because I have those on my Gen 1 Raptor and love them. I also have the Morimoto red tail lights (I didn't really like the white strip on the smoked version), Morimoto third brake light, and Morimoto license plate lights. Trying to stick to the "street truck" look, so probably won't add any grille or off road style lighting. Would like to swap mirrors so I can run the courtesy lights, and also add some sort of bed lighting. What are you guys running?

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[SpaceWhiteF150]

The morimoto headlights look great man. They also updated the smoked tails for a darker light tube! Here’s the DD heads on my buddies truck!

Then he modified my grille bracket for extra lights in the center of the bumper!!

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

Then on my personal truck I’m running AlphaRex headlights and tons of diode dynamics SS3 pods!

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

The morimoto headlights look great man. They also updated the smoked tails for a darker light tube! Here’s the DD heads on my buddies truck!

Then he modified my grille bracket for extra lights in the center of the bumper!!

Any ideas when they updated to the darker light tube? Those are much better than the originals that had the basically "white" tube. That's the large reason I went with the smoked red tails, but I'm debating now maybe selling the red ones and getting the black ones. lol

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

Any ideas when they updated to the darker light tube? Those are much better than the originals that had the basically "white" tube. That's the large reason I went with the smoked red tails, but I'm debating now maybe selling the red ones and getting the black ones. lol

It was very recent, if you need a set shoot me a pm! Also can take the red ones off your hands!

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

It was very recent, if you need a set shoot me a pm! Also can take the red ones off your hands!

The red ones I have currently have a warranty issue I need to get with Morimoto about. It looks like one of the LED's in the "DRL tube" is burnt out as it's got a dim spot in it. Depending on what happens with that I'll definitely get ahold of ya! Hoping my DD headlights show up soon.

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

All my buddies have them now! When did you order?

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

All my buddies have them now! When did you order?

Earlier this year, so they should be under warranty still.

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

Earlier this year, so they should be under warranty still.

Naw man the DD heads!

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

Naw man the DD heads!

December last year. The fog lights showed up randomly like 6 months ago, but no headlights.

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

December last year. The fog lights showed up randomly like 6 months ago, but no headlights.

Ahhh, that would drive me crazy

 

[amschind]

I have Diode Dynamics 3 flush mounted pods on the sides of my front and rear pipe bumpers as well as a set of tilting rectangle pods mounted on the rear bed lips facing in (I have a topper, so this is to illuminate the bed as a work area when needed....the ARE overhead light is kind of anemic). I am also working on putting a set of flush pods facing the trailer hitch, but it is a pain to get to the angle grinder in there without melting the trailer connector.

 

[HammaMan]

I have Diode Dynamics 3 flush mounted pods on the sides of my front and rear pipe bumpers as well as a set of tilting rectangle pods mounted on the rear bed lips facing in (I have a topper, so this is to illuminate the bed as a work area when needed....the ARE overhead light is kind of anemic). I am also working on putting a set of flush pods facing the trailer hitch, but it is a pain to get to the angle grinder in there without melting the trailer connector.

Where's the pics of your truck's evolution? I thought I was bad with pics

 

[amschind]

Where's the pics of your truck's evolution? I thought I was bad with pics

I kept messing with stuff. I'll post pics of the exhaust because that's done. The lights I still need to get the overhead switches and tailgate lights installed. My time is getting chewed up diving around to get ag equipment for my vineyard/hobby farm. The issue if that if you're cutting hay on 11 acres, a $35k round baler isn't reasonable unless you've got FU money. So I get to take my chances on road trips to rural Arkansas.

I am gonna try to finish up in late October.

 

[HammaMan]

I kept messing with stuff. I'll post pics of the exhaust because that's done. The lights I still need to get the overhead switches and tailgate lights installed. My time is getting chewed up diving around to get ag equipment for my vineyard/hobby farm. The issue if that if you're cutting hay on 11 acres, a $35k round baler isn't reasonable unless you've got FU money. So I get to take my chances on road trips to rural Arkansas.

I am gonna try to finish up in late October.

Been there, done that. Enjoy. Bought the place overgrown, turned it into a beautiful multi-home farm and still own a small part of it. It's now 4 separate parcels and the bulk is overgrown. Bought a 12 ton track loader to clear the forests (after selective foresting) into easily traversed areas that are just overgrown again (yearly hogging was more than enough to keep it inline, outside of the trails I cut and regularly rode on). High tensile steel wire with high voltage was quite effective fencing and easy to make 'pretty' with machines (cutters ride under the wire without snagging it unlike barbed wire). Had a neighbor's horse get loose and run into one of the fences at a pretty good gallop and it flipped it over backwards onto its back -- fence and posts were unphased.

Made massive vegetation piles and burnt them the following years with the track loader. 2 parts motor oil to 1 part gasoline was my burn juice. Multi-year vegetation killer is your friend for specific areas like fence posts / garden fences. Needs to touch the soil, water it down and use dish soap for general vegetation killing. 1g diluted to 75g of product was like magic for 'vegetation can't grow' (not to be confused for glyphosate which doesn't last 1yr+).

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