Halogens on Platinum
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Yukon Joe
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I went with these for the reverse bulb. 2000 lumens. I have them on the Raptor, and they make a nice bright area for backing up. Clearly see the difference on the reverse camera.I ordered these last night. 1,700 lumen reverse lights! Hope they don’t melt the housing.
Decided to grab matching license plate lights.
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JDM ASTAR Extremely Bright 2000 Lumens Error Free 921 912 3035 Chips LED Bulbs For Backup Reverse Lights, Xenon White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CRGU91Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_NlTFBbQ7M1C2B
How easy (hard) is it to pull the housing?
@Yukon Joe
Easy.
Gently pull off the trim from below the hatch strut. Then remove two 10mm bolts.
Then you need to gently giggle it until it comes out.
I’ll make a video when my bulbs come in.
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Gently pull off the trim from below the hatch strut. Then remove two 10mm bolts.
Then you need to gently giggle it until it comes out.
I’ll make a video when my bulbs come in.
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Meeker
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If we can hear you giggle on the video while pulling the bulbs out, I'll buy you lunch!
Haha, probably not.
Maybe I’ll get my 3 old to do it.
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Tonight I replaced my puddle lights with the ones linked earlier from DaytimeBrightLites.com. I'm pretty happy with them. They're MUCH brighter than stock. The color temperature according to the box (the website did not specify) is 5500k and the color looks to be a good match for the LED DRLs. The bulbs were well packaged and installation was a cinch. See below photos for before/after. Sorry for crappy cell phone quality...didn't feel like breaking out the real camera. 
I am less stoked about the included license plate lights. They are flat on top like a T, where the stem of the T goes into the receptacle which is oriented left-to-right in the housing, parallel to the ground, and the LEDs are a flat plate perpendicular to that and parallel to the side of the vehicle when installed. The problem is the license plate bulb housing does not seem to have any reflective material in it, and both are oriented the same direction. So the beam of light cast by these bulbs/housings once installed is angled to the right. See the photo.
There doesn't appear to be a way to reverse the passenger side housing as it is keyed to accept the retention clip on the right side of the opening.
Bottom line if these were designed to stick out farther from the recepticle and shoot light down rather than to the side, the light pattern would look a lot better. As it is I'll be exploring other options.
The color temp seemed a little too cool but the brightness was spot on; same as OEM or maybe a tad dimmer.
There doesn't appear to be a way to reverse the passenger side housing as it is keyed to accept the retention clip on the right side of the opening.
Bottom line if these were designed to stick out farther from the recepticle and shoot light down rather than to the side, the light pattern would look a lot better. As it is I'll be exploring other options.
The color temp seemed a little too cool but the brightness was spot on; same as OEM or maybe a tad dimmer.
aggiegrad05
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Tonight I replaced my puddle lights with the ones linked earlier from DaytimeBrightLites.com. I'm pretty happy with them. They're MUCH brighter than stock. The color temperature according to the box (the website did not specify) is 5500k and the color looks to be a good match for the LED DRLs. The bulbs were well packaged and installation was a cinch. See below photos for before/after. Sorry for crappy cell phone quality...didn't feel like breaking out the real camera.
What wheels are those? ...cuz they ain’t platinum wheels.
And I agree. The stock puddles are a joke. The upgraded ones are as bright as they should have been from the factory and match the light temp of the rest of the vehicle. I like mine too. [emoji6]
