Tailgate LED light bar for lariat with bliss

[wax87]

i am wanting to add a led bar to add more break lights so some dumbass doesn't rearend me and they total my truck.

looking on ebay and i see a bunch that are 60 inch and i measures my tailgate and nor even close. Not sure how they advertise it for a maverick

what size has people used ? types ? brands? and is there away to NOT attach to the trailer as this turns off bliss

thanks so much for your help

dave

How about this as well?

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[Bobby Chapman]

How about this as well?

Where did you get the chrome accent for the tailgate? Love this. CARiD ?

 

[wax87]

Where did you get the chrome accent for the tailgate? Love this. CARiD ?

yes I just did a google search for Chrome lettering Ford Maverick,

My son bought me a set, he said they were chrome but they are white.

 

[4sambos]

I added the OPT7 harness to my 24 Lariat last month, even though it says without BLIS, my BLIS and CoPilot 360 options work as intended. It was very easy plug and play, the hardest part was removing the cover part on the bottom of the rear passenger side to run that sides harness up to the tail lights and that wasn't really hard just a PIA.

I have this current lightbar installed and works great.
Nilight 48”/49” LED Tailgate Light Strip 90 LED Red/White for Running Light Brake / Turn Signal / Reverse Light，2 Years Warranty
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0841K5FJB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Hope this helps.

James

Hi so if you plug this into the trailer socket it probably believes you have a trailer hooked up thus creating issues? I’ve read where to eliminate all this I’d have to cut the wiring and hard wire it? Not sure if that’s all work it just for an LED light bar?

 

[umpkey]

Hi so if you plug this into the trailer socket it probably believes you have a trailer hooked up thus creating issues? I’ve read where to eliminate all this I’d have to cut the wiring and hard wire it? Not sure if that’s all work it just for an LED light bar?

Correct if you hook up to the factory trailer wiring harness. If you get the OPT7 harness I listed above there is no cutting/splicing at all. The harness is a plug and play. you get a T connection on both sides, you unplug the taillight harness, plug the adapter into the wires going to the truck and then plug the other end into the wires coming out of the taillight and you then have a 4 flat that does not affect the trailer wiring, and also does not affect the stop/tail lights and you can plug the led light bar with a 4 flat directly into the 4 flat on the other end of the harness. It was very easy to hook up and over a month installed still working great.

 

[Aherpa]

My experience is with the OPT7 triple row 48" tail light bar with the wiring harness for the Maverick. I am also using the Sylvania red LED bulbs (I had to trim the plastic tabs off).

The light bar functions fine on my 2022 Lariat hybrid but the turn signal indicators on the dash flash faster than they did. The light bar functions as it should, including the sequential turn signals which keep time with the original signals. That is, they start and complete their sequence with the turn signals which makes a more harmonious look.

The backup light is awesome.

if you can take the dash turn signal flashing and it's 'tick tocking' noise being about twice as fast, it works.

Since it is a triple row, I had to mount the bar as low it would go which means it touches the top of the plastic bumper shroud behind the tailgate. Otherwise, not all three rows of lights clear the bottom of the tailgate. I also mounted it using the magnet kit OPT7 sells.

The OPT7 double row light introduced malfunctions like the left tail light stopped working and the light bar had half the lights not working.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HUJY0AO?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYCCD5BD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKKZ4ZHT?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A77RU5I?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

Good luck.

UPDATE:
I was able to get rid of the rapid dash indicators by disabling 'stop bulb outage' and 'rear turn bulb outage' in the BCM using FORSCAN. Just search for 'bulb' and they will pop up.
There is also a 'front turn bulb outage' option which I left enabled because it was not causing me a problem, even though I am running LEDs in those fixtures as well.

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