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- Badlands
The amber grille lights are by RPM. Seem to be the same as Mabett and came with a nicely made harness, especially for the price point of $45. I added additional wire loom to make it look consistent with the other wiring I had completed. The harness, as it comes from RPM, is wrapped in cloth automotive electrical tape.Looks good, I'm thinking of doing something similar.
1) What are the top amber lights in the grille ? SVP ? Custom made for 5 lights (as I only saw a 3 light kit for sale) ?
2) Is that the Putco lighted bronco lights with overlays or the Oracle ?
The black backlit Bronco letters are by Oracle. Required a lot of work IMO to bring it up to standard. Not sure I would recommend. End product looks cool, but I had to replace much of the cheap, low quality wiring and the B didn’t have any adhesive. Purchased from Radco. Also, some videos show this install with all the wiring married in the middle. It is cleaner if you splice the wiring together for each letter from B to O, end at the O, then add your longer wiring to connect to your Aux switch and the ground. You should test the wiring as you go with a battery charger or something similar. It’s a lot of tedious work and you don’t want to get it all done only to realize the lights are not working. You will need additional red and black wire, a spade or ring terminal for the ground, wire loom, and I recommend Wago lever nuts instead of butt connectors. I used “221-413 3 wire lever nuts conductor compact splicing connectors” at each letter. Example: connect the red wires of the B and R, then exit with another red wire to connect to the O. The next wire lever nut will have this wire, the O wire itself, and the next exit red wire… and so on. This makes it easier if something needs fixing. Be prepared to replace a lot of the Oracle cheap wire. $226. Another note on the backlit letters by Oracle: you will also want some marine grade adhesive to place in the drill holes on the back of the letters (similar to the same sealant you drill through to remove the original letters). Something like this: https://a.co/d/5QkTWNu
Common sense warning… do not apply until after you have married the wiring and tested all your letters. Cure 24-48 hours. Annoyed with the quality and the clean up required to bring it up to my standards, but looks cool now that it’s done, so there it is.
if you’re planning on getting the Diode Dynamics SS5 Grille Crosslink light bar I highly recommend getting it through 4x4TruckLeds.com. They have a good loyalty point program, military/medical/first responder discounts, good customer service, fast shipping, and make really nice harnesses.
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