Custom Lightning-style LED light bar strip added to Maverick grille

[sarduyjorge]

Nicely done

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[tmoney20g]

I ended up cracking the plastic piece when cutting it to make it shorter. I added super glue to try to keep it from splitting further.

I figured that would happen so i used my mutli-tool with the wood plunge-cut blade instead of trying some sort of scissor-type tool, worked perfectly and allowed me to shave a little off each time till i got it just right.

 

[GaMaverick]

Update again, finally received the LED bar and strip a few days ago. So be patient if you have been waiting.

 

[Hdang1980]

Mines arriving today, 2 days earlier than originally reported by usps. So excited to install it tomorrow on my birthday.

 

[Hdang1980]

Okay, so I installed them on my lariat. Tapped into the white wire only to find out they don't shut off with the factory drl. They stay lit for like 20 minutes after exiting vehicle before the truck stops providing power to everything. Anybody have a solution to this? Although LEDs require minimal power, I still have a fear of battery drain.

 

[Hdang1980]

I figured that would happen so i used my mutli-tool with the wood plunge-cut blade instead of trying some sort of scissor-type tool, worked perfectly and allowed me to shave a little of each time till i got it just right.

I used a specialized tool to trim off some of the plastic.

 

[tmoney20g]

you should have tapped the DRL wire on your lariat so they come on/off with your factory DRL

 

[Hdang1980]

you should have tapped the DRL wire on your lariat so they come on/off with your factory DRL

I followed the instructional youtube video to tap into the white wire. I read in the comments from the creator who acknowledges the situation, but no solution.

Unless he is wrong, and it's another wire.

 

[tmoney20g]

if the drls go off and your new light doesn't, sounds like it's not the same wire

 

[Hdang1980]

if the drls go off and your new light doesn't, sounds like it's not the same wire

Im thinking it's that or could it be within the head light housing, there's some sort of mechanism controlling the DRLs.

 

[Hdang1980]

Well after observing that the light strip is too thin to be noticeable as a DRL during the day, I decided to tap into the lowbeam wire (brown). Oddly enough, the led strip turns off in conjuction with the low beams just fine.

 

[tmoney20g]

from what I've played with in forscan, I think the drls have their own lead on the lariats. if I activate the DRL in my xlt it returns an open circuit malfunction.

 

[Hdang1980]

from what I've played with in forscan, I think the drls have their own lead on the lariats. if I activate the DRL in my xlt it returns an open circuit malfunction.

Im not the most technically savvy when it comes to these things. What's that mean in layman's terms?

 

[tmoney20g]

it means the DRLs are their own circuit, therefore have their own lead (wire) coming from th ecu. so the lariats should have an extra dedicated wire just for the DRL.

 

[Hdang1980]

it means the DRLs are their own circuit, therefore have their own lead (wire) coming from th ecu. so the lariats should have an extra dedicated wire just for the DRL.

Then I am perplexed. I tapped into every wire.

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