Wired up my side vent ambient lighting LED (proper wiring colors inside)

[Tremoring4fun]

I like the grill lights as well!! Thinking about adding those as well. Did you connect those also to the headlights or did you wire them to the auxiliary switches?

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[DEEPDOWN]

Just wired up my ambient side vent lighting. Terrible instructions for F150Leds, they had no instructions for the led headlamp wiring. Thankfully I found a guy on here with the proper wiring colors. See attached.

Love it; does it look OEM? I'm thinking of this too. did you stick leds on outside (per F150LED instruction), or behind, requiring removal of vent? Edit: I see you replied elsewhere, that you installed inside vent. Any difficulty removing them?

 

[garagegymgoon]

Yours look much brighter than mine. I was so annoyed with this install. The 3M tape would not stick at all and the silicone was an absolute mess. I figured a 25min job...ended up fighting in longer than I care to admit.

OH and then the wiring not being accurate on top of it...you go to their website and download the specific instructions for LEDs and it isnt right either. Overall a very dumb experience for something so simple haha but I ended up getting it all to work...just doesnt seem bright at all IMO...you have to be right next to the truck to notice it.

 

[cghall77]

I have the 5 pod amber grill lights, spartan reverse lights and the vent strips from F150led. Have not installed the vent lights yet as I was having a hard time figuring out if you have have the strips come on with headlights as well as act as turn signals. I haven't had time to really look into it or talk to f150led.

 

[Tremoring4fun]

Misery loves company, guess several of us had issues with this install, lmao. It's simple they said, it's fun they said....hahaha. Just glad everyone is getting thru these installs.

 

[Overboost]

I've been debating on these as well. OP, they look great! I think they'd compliment the Raptor-style grille lights nicely.

 

[Bowhunter3D]

FOR TRUCKS WITH HALOGEN AND LED HEADLIGHTS 9NOT THE DYNAMIC BENDING CAN USE THIS MUCH CLEANER PLUG & PLAY

 

[Buddy]

I am dying to do this but reluctant to tap into any wire. There are adapters, but they say (F150LEDS) that I can't connect both sides in line with one adapter to one side, I'll have to connect each vent's light to its correspondent head light and I refuse to pay for two adapters. Don't understand why I cannot connect both of them in line to just one head light with one adapter.

The adaptors are just plastic clips that clamp into the wires without stripping or cutting any wire. However, they are very cheap adaptors / clips. I stripped a small piece of insulation and soldiered the wires together so that won't short out. Yes, you have to do each side - not THAT big of a deal.

 

[Walkbig]

The lights look great. I'm in the process of doing the same but I have a question or two.
1. Has anyone had any lighting issues after installing the side vent lights?
2. I have a 2022 Plat Powerboost with led headlights. All lights are contained in one assembly. There is an amber side marker on each assembly that doesn't light up on either side and I was wondering if this is by design or if yours light up.

 

[volfaninaf]

I have the 21 PB and was wondering if anyone has tried a fuse tap to install lighting. Is there an ACC fuse in the box under the hood to tap into?

 

[Tremoring4fun]

The lights look great. I'm in the process of doing the same but I have a question or two.
1. Has anyone had any lighting issues after installing the side vent lights?
2. I have a 2022 Plat Powerboost with led headlights. All lights are contained in one assembly. There is an amber side marker on each assembly that doesn't light up on either side and I was wondering if this is by design or if yours light up.

I have had no issues whatsoever since installing my side vent lights. Definitely use higher grade connectors than what come with the kit.

 

[M_trumble]

For those of you that installed their side vent lights according to the instructions from f150leds, do your vent lights stay on all the time or only at night? I was hoping to wire them so they only come on in the dark with the lights

 

[Tremoring4fun]

Mine are wired off the led lights, so they are on all the time. I have a Tremor and almost wired them into one of the aux switches so I could turn them on and off, but it was so easy to just splice them into the led lights that I just went that direction.

 

[cghall77]

For those of you that installed their side vent lights according to the instructions from f150leds, do your vent lights stay on all the time or only at night? I was hoping to wire them so they only come on in the dark with the lights

I just followed the instructions so they are on all the time. Maybe check available fuses and tap into one of them? 100/101 are headlamps, not sure if that would include drl, would have to test

https://fuse-box.info/ford/ford-f-150-2021-2022-fuses/amp

 

[Buddy]

I am dying to do this but reluctant to tap into any wire. There are adapters, but they say (F150LEDS) that I can't connect both sides in line with one adapter to one side, I'll have to connect each vent's light to its correspondent head light and I refuse to pay for two adapters. Don't understand why I cannot connect both of them in line to just one head light with one adapter.

Hummm, you're "dying to do this" but only want to do it with one adaptor? The adaptors (both of them) come with the lights so I'm not sure what the problem is. You're not paying for two adaptors. Just do both sides and you'll be happy. If you can do one side, you can do the other. It's not hard and not any more expensive.

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