Engine Bay Light by F150 LEDs

[BadsquatchNV]

2021-2024 BRONCO LED AUTOMATIC ENGINE BAY HOOD LIGHT KIT: https://www.f150leds.com/products/2021-2023-bronco-led-automatic-engine-bay-hood-light-kit?_pos=11&_sid=a7a876f4e&_ss=r

2 LED strip lights for the engine bay. Seems solid and high quality for what it is. Easy install. Only difference is I think the auto/pressure switch works better where I placed it vs where it was recommended in the install video. My rig is 2024 tho, so possibly that is the difference. To install the switch where I did you need to deconstruct the heat shrink along the wiring and the loom, the wiring insulation, etc. Then once you have the wire length you actually need you need to reapply heat shrink tubing, look, etc. It’s a bit annoying because the wiring harness was done very nicely, I just needed about 6 more inches of black wire outside of the heat shrink tubing and I had A LOT of extra wire within the loom… I’m talking several feet. F150 LEDs, if you’re reading please adjust this small aspect in the wiring harness so people have more freedom of where to place the auto/pressure switch.

If you have the right size wire on hand you could also cut it and add more with a butt connector. I just didn’t have any 20 or 22 gauge wire on hand.

Very clean install if you have hood insulation and can hide the wiring behind it.

Requires a very small hole to be drilled into your rig so if you aren’t comfortable with this, either do not use the switch or do not purchase. Nice to have lighting for the air compressor for early am and later evenings, and just to have it for the engine bay.

The crosslink grille lights are just showing off. I self installed those too. All the lights actually.

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[Brian_B]

Which hood liner is that? Looks good

 

[Badlandsjoe]

Did mine a different way take a look at my review from f150leds website. I also had an issue with the provided switch I ended up using a taller one I had laying in my tool box works well I also use a clothespin on the switch when I'm working under the hood for extended periods.

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JOE M.VERIFIED BUYER
1 month ago


SUPERIOR LIGHT WITH MY TAKE AWAYS
Super easy to install and wire. I choose a different mounting location and wiring method. As you can see in the photo I chose to mount the strips on the sides rather than front and rear, There were 2 reasons for this 1. It looked like I could get more light focused on the entire engine bay and 2. I'm very picky on how things are done I didn't want to drape the wire under the hood insulation from one side to the other not that there is anything wrong with it's just not for me. As you can see in the photo I positioned the ends of the strip with the wire (blue circle ) above pre existing holes in the hood using the 3m adhesive strips that are pre installed on the led strips and fed it down to a channel that goes across the hood ( in yellow ) and both down to one more hole at bottom of hood near the hinge where I cut the pre terminated wires to length and made all my connections with marine grade heat shrink butt connectors then along the inside fender to a pre existing hole ( in red ) for the provided pin switch and to a unused 5 amp fuse for power. People are amazed at how bright it is at night and how clean the install looks. I hope this help some folks out and gives a different perspective of how to mount and wire these super bright led lights.

 

[swamp2]

I'm stoked with the quality of the entire system , including the switch in my kit from Yota Nation.

Maybe its just the picture but the lights in the OP do not look very bright.

My full review here.

 

[BroncoDave24]

Got my kit today from F150LEDS.com. Out of the box I was very disappointed.

1. The positive wire that hooks directly to the battery has no fuse in line. The fuse is in the negative lead before it connects to the grounding switch (more on that later). This would not provide the wiring coming from the battery any protection if it were to get shorted to ground anywhere along its path. Anything connected straight to the battery needs a fuse as close as possible to the battery connection.

2. The Switch is advertised as an " Integrated Auto IP69 On/Off Switch". There is no way this switch is IP69 or even IP68 rated. The contacts are fully exposed to the elements with no protection whatsoever. It also looks like they are made of a pot metal that will corrode easily.

3. Its usually a bad sign when there are common words misspelled on the box like "Incline Fuse" and "Descrete Installation". I must say, It's a very nicely printed box.

Yes, I could fuse the positive lead and find a better switch, but why should I? The switch was the deal killer for me. I am returning mine ASAP.

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