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That's not a hotshot product, Meso Customs makes that mount for the Baja Designs S1. They just re-sell it (and no, we will NEVER sell a MESO product, lol, which is why it's not on our site)

How Bright is this set up? As much or more then the S1 puts out?
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How Bright is this set up? As much or more then the S1 puts out?
It's the same as an SSC1. It IS an SSC1 just slightly different
 
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For those who have received these from us your truck MIGHT think a trailer is connected. This a known issue by Diode Dynamics and they are fixing all future kits. It's a VERY simple fix if you already have your kit.

1) Remove the black tape on the trailer harness
2) There are 2 resistors. One resistor goes from BLACK to YELLOW and the 2nd resistor goes from BLACK to WHITE. Look for these
3) CUT the resistor wire (it's the exposed metal wire). I recommend cutting it FLUSH with the resistor/wire.
4) Re-tape your harness

That's it.

Basically Diode Dynamics installed 2 resistors on the harness which don't work on Ford vehicles, as the Ford trucks think a trailer is connected and will disable your cross-traffic alert system.

If you don't do this the Hitch Pod WILL still work, but your cross-traffic alert system will get disabled. So simply cut those 2 resistors and it'll fix the issue.

We tested this in-house AND Diode Dynamics tested this in-house also (they provided us the instructions to test on some additional Ford trucks like a Lightning).

Here is one of those resistors shown with the wire still sticking off (cut it flush)

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Anyone have a good option for installing these with that darn housing unit that is on the Bronco? I am having a hard time getting them to fit in the space provided without kinking it outside of the housing frame.
 
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Anyone have a good option for installing these with that darn housing unit that is on the Bronco? I am having a hard time getting them to fit in the space provided without kinking it outside of the housing frame.
Whatcha mean? Photos???
 

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Whatcha mean? Photos???
and it could be me, just not doing it correctly but not sure there’s room any other way
 
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and it could be me, just not doing it correctly but not sure there’s room any other way
Ahh yeah that could just be a Bronco thing. There's no "bumper" that the trailer connection is on. It's on it's own plate. So removing that 10mm bolt gets you access to the wire but you may need to have it sit sideways. I'd try having the harness come out towards the passenger side instead of driver to hide it a bit better behind the plate
 

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Ford Bronco NEW PRODUCT | Diode Dynamics HitchMount LED Pod Reverse Kit Screenshot_20221229_205852_Chrom

This was in the original post for these lights, I took it to mean it can be used with a 4-pin connector. Am i reading it wrong?
 
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This was in the original post for these lights, I took it to mean it can be used with a 4-pin connector. Am i reading it wrong?
I'd say you read it right but Diode Dynamics wasn't AS CLEAR as they should have been.

You'd need to get a 4-pin trailer harness and then cut the 7-pin diode harness and splice it into the 4-pin to get it all to work properly.

Not quite sure what "slight" modification they expected, but there's no other way I'd see it as an "easy" solution
 

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I'd say you read it right but Diode Dynamics wasn't AS CLEAR as they should have been.

You'd need to get a 4-pin trailer harness and then cut the 7-pin diode harness and splice it into the 4-pin to get it all to work properly.

Not quite sure what "slight" modification they expected, but there's no other way I'd see it as an "easy" solution
Yea that's not gonna happen. Thanks for the info.
 

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Ahh yeah that could just be a Bronco thing. There's no "bumper" that the trailer connection is on. It's on it's own plate. So removing that 10mm bolt gets you access to the wire but you may need to have it sit sideways. I'd try having the harness come out towards the passenger side instead of driver to hide it a bit better behind the plate
That’s the plan this evening
 
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I can't even test this for you. My Bronco has no trailer :(

I've been using a buddys truck to play with for testing purposes on the hitchpod
 

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I can't find a single backup light on Amazon that looks near this good. You think there's a chance they'll come up with a 4-pin harness?
 
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