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Old 07-10-2012, 08:28 AM
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Beauty of a truck man. Love the grille lights, might steal your idea haha. Do you have them wired up to a switch? Or do they just come on with the truck? I'm thinking they might be a little illegal if on during driving.

And to address your concern of HID's you are absolutely correct. An HID bulb in a stock housing sends stray light all over the place, resulting in lost output for you as well as (and more importantly) insane glare for other drivers on the road. If you want to do HID, I would suggest a retrofit service. There are a couple dudes on the forum who do it, but I like Bilinvic's work the best from what I've seen. if you have any questions feel free to ask
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Originally Posted by clpeller
Beauty of a truck man. Love the grille lights, might steal your idea haha. Do you have them wired up to a switch? Or do they just come on with the truck? I'm thinking they might be a little illegal if on during driving.
there taped into the fog lights so they come on when the fogs are on

and why would you think they are illegal?
they do not blind oncoming and they are actualy a soft effect as you don't see the actural LED just the effect off the interior of the engine bay.

that and i drove behind a cop yesterday for a good 2 -5 km lol :P

please tell me more about the HID retrofits!
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Originally Posted by fordgru
there taped into the fog lights so they come on when the fogs are on

and why would you think they are illegal?
they do not blind oncoming and they are actualy a soft effect as you don't see the actural LED just the effect off the interior of the engine bay.

that and i drove behind a cop yesterday for a good 2 -5 km lol :P

please tell me more about the HID retrofits!

They would definitely be illegal in the U.S. as you can not have blue lights on a non emergency vehicle while its in motion.
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Originally Posted by SVT N8

They would definitely be illegal in the U.S. as you can not have blue lights on a non emergency vehicle while its in motion.
Oh thats what u meant its not actually blue the camera make it look like that. Its a natural white LEDS
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Originally Posted by fordgru
Oh thats what u meant its not actually blue the camera make it look like that. Its a natural white LEDS

Ahhh yeah that should be ok then. LEDS can be tricky to photograph.
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Originally Posted by SVT N8

Ahhh yeah that should be ok then. LEDS can be tricky to photograph.
Yaa its weird i just relized now it looks blue in the picture lol


I hope a cop doesn't mistake it now too but its not on all the time so its good
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Which tonneau is that in the pics?
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Which tonneau is that in the pics?

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ill post some more pictures if you want! its an amazing cover very happy with it! its a low profile one and is complely removable if you need full bed access!
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Thanks. I'm trying to decide between the new Roll X and the F1 or Fibermax. Pretty tough decision. BTW, your truck looks great!
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That's a very good looking truck! I really like that new fx4 package.
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