Side mirror accent lighting
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gixer2000
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You need to pop the housing out by pushing the clips inside those holes with a small screwdriver. Then you need to carefully pry the lense away from the housing because it's technically a sealed unit. Unfortunately I don't remember the bulb size I used
bloodhound
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These guys sell a plug and play replacement
http://drivebright.com/home/shop/v4-extreme-led-puddle-light-pack-brightest/
http://drivebright.com/home/shop/v4-extreme-led-puddle-light-pack-brightest/
ExpeditionAndy
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Thanks Bloodhound. I am going to order a set of those for my 17.
USMCBuckWild
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I got these and to be honest; not all that impressed. $54 for a set of eBay LEDs hot glued into oem housings. I could have made these myself for almost no cost.
Just my $0.02
If I had extra housings laying around I'd try to cut into housing myself and change the festoon bulb myself.
ExpeditionAndy
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After these come in, I'll have a spare set to play around with.
fuzzmanmatt
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I followed some guides on replacing them, took my Dremel and cut the black plastic back all the way to the clear lens all the way around, they popped apart no problems. Put the LED in, checked polarity on the truck, and siliconed them back together. Works great, a ton brighter than the incandescent bulbs. They're the same housings on most of this generation of Ford's, so YouTube is full of tutorials.
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USMCBuckWild
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It will literally take you 10 minutes to mod your stock ones. You can use much more powerful LEDs and actually orient them so they illuminate more than just at the base of the door. Their “extreme” LED is 3 watt. I have 9 watt bolt style LEDs I paid $11 for 10 of them. The difference in illumination pool is impressive. I plan on modding the LED set in my mirrors in the near future.
You can also go with a larger more robust LED if you install yourself. The only actual pain in the ass is verifying polarity (its stupid simple).
USMCBuckWild
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See. This guy knows
ExpeditionAndy
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I just didn't want to bother taking them a part at least right now. This way I'll have a second set if I ever want to play with them. The dealer price on the Ford puddle lamps are $73 each.
And you had the perfect excuse to get Tow Mirrors, spousal-complaint-proof...
JExpedition07
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I kind of want to replace my puddle lights as well the incandescent is dim. My driver side puddle works about half the time, the passenger one always works at night. What's weird is my driver side puddle light turns on every time I open the truck even in daylight, when it shouldn't, and at night, it turns on half the time. The one day I checked every time I unlocked the truck the driver side lamp was on and the passenger side wasn't, come night time the passanger always runs and the driver side won't a lot of the time. I don't know why that bulb runs in the day ignoring the photocell and then decides to not run at night when it should. It all runs off the same darn one on the dash it's like wtf. But when it all does work it looks good. Do any of you run your autolamp delay? I have mine set for 30 sec so I can see where I'm walking after I get out it's kind of nice.
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