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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 01:34 AM
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Any suggestions on good ways to make my truck more visible to other drivers/pedestrians and such, especially at night? I don't want to ruin my truck's looks though or spend to much money at the moment

Pics show what truck looks like now (sorry for kinda ratty appearance, but I just got it from dealer so haven't gotten to clean it up good and put on touch up paint yet)
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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Cab lights and driving lights up front and a light bar in back? Not sure what you could do about the sides
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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You could do amber running lights along the side underneath, an led tailgate bar. Or on the cheap you could mount reflectors on it instead of lights
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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could get some LED strips and put them on your brush gaurd. could get some 10 mm bolt LEDs from superbrightleds.com like i just ordered and do the raptor style markers in the grill. possible driving lights on the bar but you cant really use those while driving through the city or around other drivers. youd be asking for a ticket. cab lights are an option but i never liked the idea of drillling into the roof for those but i think they look nice. LED bar under the tailgate. If you had side steps like me you could make your own running board lights like this:



could mount some lights behind your grill:



i just took mine out though, they were too big. i made a custom light bar for my bed topper





hope these ideas help. if you end up going with driving lights, check your state laws. i got pulled over and slapped with a $200 ticket for having too many lights on at one time driving through the city. i had the hella 700s that were behind my grill on, the ones on my bullbar and my headlights and fog lights. they were aimed away fronm the other drivers but it was against the law. i do still use them driving out in the coutry though. Also if youre looking for better visiblity while driving, sylvania silverstar ultra headlight bulbs (9007) work wonders.
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