Getting rid of the old truck & putting the F150 to work on the right of way. I’ve used magnetic warning lights for years but magnets + aluminum don’t play well together. Looking for suggestions as to what you guys are using to keep the idiots from hitting your trucks. Thanks.

 

This looks pretty good:

 

I bought an Acari mount for my 2016 f150 to mount my magnetic light. Sorry no pics I took it off until the snow. From my research I think the Acari has the best mounting system.

 

Ignoring the whackeriffic intro in that video, the install is actually pretty decent. Depending on how fancy or overt you want to be, he's got a good system going.

Stay away from:
Speed Turtle and equivalent OBD stuff - great way to toast a BCM
Cheap lights off Amazon, SpeedTechLights, ETD, etc.

I personally wouldn't add anything into the OEM light housings, if you even can (the LED tails don't have that option). You'll get far better performance from a dedicated lighthead. I'm a big fan of the Sound Off Signal mPower silicone lens lights for lower-profile installs - they fit just about anywhere, like under the tailgate.

Personally, I run a complete Sound Off Blueprint system with an interior lightbar to the front, an exterior bar to the rear, a total of 18 lightheads on the perimeter, and a dual-voice siren, all in tri-color (red/blue/white, red/amber/white, blue/amber/white)... but that's probably overkill for you.

 

that is awesome.

 

Oh, and if you're stopping on the side of the road, for fsck sake, stay away from uber fast flash patterns and anything white. Also, sync the lights. You want large lightheads with slow, sedate, boring, synchronized patterns that warn the public but don't blind them. The theory (which many modern fire apparatus manufacturers have... looking at you Pierce) that the more uber-fast random retina-burning lights you can install is good... is not good at all.

 

I’m with ya there. I hate rolling up on fire/ems/police anymore. Lights are so bright I’m surprised they don’t cause more wrecks. I like that Acari mount mentioned above. I’m just trying not to get my truck hit.

 

I am busily working on that with my department. Our new heavy brush has slow, synced lights. My POV runs a smart control system (Sound Off Blueprint) where I can run different flash patterns based on what buttons are selected, vehicle states derived from an OBD interface, and more. In the not too distant future, there will be a new edition of NFPA 1901 that will start putting the kibosh on some of these stupid lighting configurations - at least where fire is concerned.