"Raptor" Led grill mod complete

just finished this mod, took about 2 hours.

 

Nice!

 

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-wired-bolts/miniature-led-license-plate-bolt/1685/

 

Looks good!

 

I removed the hood buldge first, its held in by 3 10mm bolts. On the bottom side of the hood there are 3 even spaced holes that the led's will fit it. I used the nut that came with them as a spacer and purchased a pack of matching nuts to secure them from the top of the hood. I wired the red+ wires together and ran them through the hood, out of a hole that is next to the hood springs and the grommet on the drivers side fire wall, and added a fuse and tapped into the "tail" circuit. I used a self-tapping screw and grounded the black-to a support brace behind the hood buldge.

 

Very cool.

 

Very cool is right!

 

Thanks for the detailed write up! Certainly an affordable mod that is relatively easy to do and has an awesome outcome!

 

yeah, pretty cheap mod and I think its a very cool look. Cost me less than 20 bucks, and that included the 6-pack I bought on the way home from autozone.

 

Haha can't beat that!

 

Clean looking mod

 

Im gonna do this, I like cheap and cool because it suits my personality.

Just ordered em

 

Yes God Bless all of our Veterans, " Life is great, Thank a Veteran "
Lookin Good Nor Cal, when my truck grows up It's going to have a sweet grill like that to.

 

Really interested in trying this mod. Just curious, why did you tap into the fuse that says "tail"? Would that be for your tail lights which would only come on with headlights or does it have continuous power? I would like them to be on at all times like the drl's. I suck with electrical stuff any way you can post a pic of how you did the power wire?

 

you could tap into the "AC" fuse, they would be on all the time.

 

Nice, thanks man. May try and use a "add-a-circuit" that I saw suggested on another site. What all supplies did you need to tackle this project? Extra red and black wire, the LED's, extra nuts are the obvious ones. I guess a regular heat shrink wire connector would work for connecting the 3 positives up to an extra piece of wire, but what did you use to tap into the fuse? Never done anything like that and unsure of the best way. The add-a-circuit seems legit and easy enough.

 

I used an add a fuse, ran it through the grommet in the firewall. also, I did use heatshrink on all of my connections. I had the mod done in less than an hour.

 

here's one after I installed my retro headlights.

 

Looks great! Thanks for the info!

Wonder If i could just quick splice em in to my drls or something else thats on all the time the truck is on and avoid running em all the way into the cab to the fuse box?

Anyone done it like this?

 

I don't see why not, the led's don't draw much power.

 

Nice, thanks for the info guys. Gonna try this mod real soon. Now to find a diagram of what my options are in the under hood fuse box. Seems like that would be the best option to keep em on all the time.

 

Nice, thanks for the info guys. Gonna try this mod real soon. Now to find a diagram of what my options are in the under hood fuse box. Seems like that would be the best option to keep em on all the time.

 

Sweet thanks man! That should make it pretty easy. Just ordered these hoping to get this done next week!

 

Thanks csuviper. If i use an add a fuse in the underhood fuse box should I connect to one that is "continuously powered" or "accesory key powered" in order for them to stay on at all times like my amber DRL's do? Not sure about other models but there isnt a way to turn the DRL's off on mine so Id like those plus LED's to always be on when the truck is on. According to the diagram there are 2 open spots but it doesnt list whether they are continuous or accesory.

Plan on doing a full write up on it to help others who are electrically challenged like myself, so trying to get as much info as possible before I start to make it easier.

 

Thanks for the info! Would the easiest method be to check them all first while the truck is off to find which empty ones are continuous and eliminate those. Then crank the truck up (does this power ALL of the "accessory" ones?) and find an empty one that has power then and use it? I'm guessing you were referring to the fuse box in the cab that has a few empty ones I can use? May just save some time if thats the case and try to quick splice the positive wire into my DRL's that are always on when the truck is on. Then again, if that is the case I'm not sure how I would find out which wire I need to splice into unless there is a way to find a diagram of it? Any ideas?