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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 04:38 PM
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Well define cheap. They certainly didn't cost $350 a piece like rigid charges. They cost me $130 a per light. I will mainly use them during deer season to light up the back roads.
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by P-Kidd
Well define cheap. They certainly didn't cost $350 a piece like rigid charges. They cost me $130 a per light. I will mainly use them during deer season to light up the back roads.
By cheap, I meant some imported $20 unit from China that I could have built better with a chocolate milkshake and a quarter. But that doesn't seem too bad for what you're getting. I hope they serve you well. Be sure to get a good nighttime shot asap!
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 04:45 PM
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Yeah I certainly like them and they add a badass feel to the truck. So I think I got a good piece for the money. I just couldn't stand dropping $700 on lights from rigid
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 05:55 PM
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Nice! Want to do this now! Who makes them and where did you get them?
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 07:32 PM
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Very nice! One of the cleanest looking setups I've seen in a while.
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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Question. What made you decide to wire them on two separate switches as opposed to one? Or is one switch for something else?
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:08 PM
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Question. What made you decide to wire them on two separate switches as opposed to one? Or is one switch for something else?
One switch is to my raptor LEDs. The bars draw 3.1 amps a piece so I wired both to a single switch.


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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by P-Kidd
One switch is to my raptor LEDs. The bars draw 3.1 amps a piece so I wired both to a single switch.


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Then THAT begs the question, why did you opt to wire the raptors to a switch and not your parking lights, for example? Just didn't want them on all the time?
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:36 PM
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Well to be honest I didn't know how to/didn't want to fool with wiring them to my lights. So the switch works for me. Plus I like having extra switches in the cab. Makes me feel cool haha
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 08:50 PM
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Well to be honest I didn't know how to/didn't want to fool with wiring them to my lights. So the switch works for me. Plus I like having extra switches in the cab. Makes me feel cool haha
lol No worries, I was just curious. But for your informational purposes, all you would have to do is tap into the parking light (not turn signal), which you can find via a multimeter or test light by turning your parking lights on and testing each wire (three total). Only one should light up, and that's the one you want. I don't remember the color offhand. Then ground them to the truck or to the parking light ground. I know there's quite a few screws in the vicinity of the LEDs you can use. It's quite simple. Then, you have a switch free for something else.
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