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Finally got my Raptor style grille and installed! Only thing, of course from buying on ebay, it's not as durable as the factory feels. Otherwise it installed and wired just perfect. The color of the amber LED matches well with the factory parking lights too.
However, I do have to recheck and rewire the lights as it comes ON when the truck is "Auto Started" or the headlights is turned "ON". When I put the gear in DRIVE MODE, it turns off (DRL stays on though).
Anyone know which wire I have to tap to leave the lights ON all the time (day or night and when the headlights turns on)?
Finally got my Raptor style grille and installed! Only thing, of course from buying on ebay, it's not as durable as the factory feels. Otherwise it installed and wired just perfect. The color of the amber LED matches well with the factory parking lights too.
However, I do have to recheck and rewire the lights as it comes ON when the truck is "Auto Started" or the headlights is turned "ON". When I put the gear in DRIVE MODE, it turns off (DRL stays on though).
Anyone know which wire I have to tap to leave the lights ON all the time (day or night and when the headlights turns on)?
Before..SE Grille After.... After.....
Can’t help with the wiring issue but it looks like you have a 502A SE? Did you just end up eliminating the front camera or did you work it into the raptor grille?
Can’t help with the wiring issue but it looks like you have a 502A SE? Did you just end up eliminating the front camera or did you work it into the raptor grille?
Yeah just disconnected it. Im gonna try and incorporate it in somehow if I can.
Call whomever your buying the grille from and use the VIN 1FTEW1EG5JFC26291
It's from this truck. Using a VIN from a truck that's already built is the best way to make sure you get the right part.
Not sure if Autonation White Bear lake ships to Canada but they have good prices and I've found their shipping to be a little less Tasca and the prices are maybe a little less too unless you have a discount code from Tasca.
Mike
Autonation is a great source. I live in Canada near the border and always have them ship to my US box address. They are worth it. Great guys.
I just purchased the 2018 Lariat/appearance package...
I don't like the grille so i'm going to order the SE grille and swap it out.
Part No. JL3Z-8200-SH
Not sure if the ford emblem is swappable or not but mine has the camera. Actually i just compared the emblem part no. from the stock grille and the new grille and the emblem is the same. Woohoo!
Autonation is a great source. I live in Canada near the border and always have them ship to my US box address. They are worth it. Great guys.
I just purchased the 2018 Lariat/appearance package...
I don't like the grille so i'm going to order the SE grille and swap it out.
Part No. JL3Z-8200-SH
Not sure if the ford emblem is swappable or not but mine has the camera. Actually i just compared the emblem part no. from the stock grille and the new grille and the emblem is the same. Woohoo!
Good choice... You will love it. That truck and SE grille looks familiar, wonder why lol...
I still love it today just as much as when I installed it...
Thanks it's going to my 6th F150 in about 30 years lol.
My dog and I have been enduring a 2017 Escape, which is great on gas etc, but whenever it's time to go for a drive, I can see the disdain in his eyes when i tell him to hop in. He misses the cavernous back seat of the supercrew.
The new one comes with the B&O stereo but no more sub in the back seat as in my '14 so he won't have that to stand on and stare out the window. We'll figure something out
Since the SE grille is not made by the factory in Platinum White, and I don't want to paint it, how would it look on my white Platinum all black??? My stock Platinum grille is getting messed up by road debris, and no way to touch it up. And don't like it either. But would like being able to just swap the Ford emblem with the camera/washer. Is it possible? Would like to see an all black grille on my white Platinum first, even if photoshopped. It might look like crap. Ha ha. Thanks gang.
Autonation is a great source. I live in Canada near the border and always have them ship to my US box address. They are worth it. Great guys.
I just purchased the 2018 Lariat/appearance package...
I don't like the grille so i'm going to order the SE grille and swap it out.
Part No. JL3Z-8200-SH
Not sure if the ford emblem is swappable or not but mine has the camera. Actually i just compared the emblem part no. from the stock grille and the new grille and the emblem is the same. Woohoo!
I like the original better, but on this forum seems every one likes the plain Jane STX grill better, to each his own I guess.
I like the original better, but on this forum seems every one likes the plain Jane STX grill better, to each his own I guess.
I didn't like the "plain Jane" STX grille at first either, but it kinda grew on me. Possibly because the mesh part reminds me of a Focus/Fiesta ST grille.
05-06-2019, 06:52 PM
