Led tailgate bars
It's not about her step dad or real dad being cool or not. I think her step dad is just being very cautious and caring parent and you can't blame him for wanting to protect her.
Our trucks are not very visible at night with stock tail lights so tinting them only makes the problem worse. I ride motorcycles and one of my concerns is getting rear ended, especially at night so I have extra brake lights that blink when initially engaged. I was driving behind my friend with a '11 F150 at night and noticed that the truck was barely visible on the highway at more than 50' behind him. I didn't want to be rear ended in my truck so I ordered a LED tailgate bar for more visibility. They work as running lights, turn signals, brake and reverse lights. Highly recommend it.
Our trucks are not very visible at night with stock tail lights so tinting them only makes the problem worse. I ride motorcycles and one of my concerns is getting rear ended, especially at night so I have extra brake lights that blink when initially engaged. I was driving behind my friend with a '11 F150 at night and noticed that the truck was barely visible on the highway at more than 50' behind him. I didn't want to be rear ended in my truck so I ordered a LED tailgate bar for more visibility. They work as running lights, turn signals, brake and reverse lights. Highly recommend it.
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So you are going to modify your truck based on your girlfriends step-dad LOL .....thats a first man... she must be out of this world smoking hot.....how about a pic to justify something that ridiculous.....to the OP a light bar for 100 will fix your dilemma
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Originally Posted by platinum28
So you are going to modify your truck based on your girlfriends step-dad LOL .....thats a first man... she must be out of this world smoking hot.....how about a pic to justify something that ridiculous.....to the OP a light bar for 100 will fix your dilemma
Edit: here is a pic of the both of us
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Dude get a tailgate light strip I just got one and its ****ing bright and should solve all your problems.... I have smoked recon tails and the strip is crazy bright .....$120
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Originally Posted by platinum28
Dude get a tailgate light strip I just got one and its ****ing bright and should solve all your problems.... I have smoked recon tails and the strip is crazy bright .....$120
Edit: this is why I don't need the reverse function in these pics and right now those make all other normal lights turn red
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Well I now have to remove the tint according to my mom an hour after she told me I'm not allowed to add any more lights to the back off the truck and that I wouldn't be taking off the tint. And I started thinking about what I'll do and I have decided I will keep most of the tint on but will tape off 2 squares over the actual lights with the reverse light and sides of the light taped off. And remove the 9 coats of paint I have on those areas then either leave it with those 2 red squares on each taillight or I will add one light coat on those spots so it appears still tinted but the light shines thought like stock. What do y'all think