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Guys, illuminated side emblems (these) or no? I'd wire them in to the puddle lamps on the mirror so they'd turn on when I hit the unlock button and I'd most likely wire them to a switch as well to turn them on when I'd like.
They look cool, the reviews on them have actually gotten better than when I first saw them. I'd try it, worst case you pull them back off and put the old ones back on.
Decided I'm going to go with the Method 309 wheels. I'd like to get them in 20" but need to find a tire that will fit that has a good blend of sidewall and meat on it.
Anyway, I got to thinking about the emblems. I'll most likely end up pulling the LIMITED off the bed sides. Also, that 6.2L emblem on the doors, did those come on the Limiteds from the factory? I've not seen any in pictures on any of them. I'll pull them off if they aren't stock
I was also thinking of getting new front and rear Ford oval emblems where the blue oval part is matte black and the "FORD" script is gloss black. Or maybe a matte black oval with gloss white script. Not sure which I'm going to do yet. But the chrome is starting to peel on them now so I'd like those to be my next purchase.
Got around to swapping the LEDs in the switch. Can't really compare them as I only bought one switch so far. Had to solder a piece of copper wire to the LED lead from a strand out of an 18 gauge wire to lengthen it. I used a pair of crafting pliers to help me get nice rounded bends on the LED leads.
Top LED is the new one I was bending to fit the switch. Bottom LED is the one I pulled out of the switch I'm trying to match. And those are the pliers I used to help me bend the LED leads. They helped immensely.
I've also decided to keep the 6.2L emblems on the doors and just plastidip them black.
Coming up, I have a smoked Recon third brake light on its way as the stock one had what looked like mold in it. Also going to buy the Spyder headlights with an HID upgrade coming soon.
02-17-2017, 08:34 AM
