Connecting to existing wiring.
The backup lights on my 2017 F-150 are deplorable. I am going to add a tailgate light bar and hook it to the reverse light wire of my truck to get adequate light. I know that the ScotchLock connectors...
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JaxDad wrote:Bobbo wrote:
For the third time:Bobbo wrote:
My tail lights are a sealed unit. I can’t replace the reverse bulbs. If one of the bulbs dies, I have to replace the entire tail light unit.
I can not replace a bulb. I can only replace the entire tail light assembly. THESE BULBS ARE NOT REMOVABLE.
Are you quite sure about that?
We have several 2017 F150’s in the fleet, one is a ‘beer can’ mechanics truck without the fancy lighting package. The mechanic that drives it swapped out ALL the marker / reverse / brake / signal bulbs for better visibility while stopped on the side of a dark road.
Lots of auto parts places show listings for the reverse light bulb and there’s several YouTube videos on how to swap them out.
Other than those sealed lights that snap into the rubber boot / grommets on semi’s I’ve never heard of a bulb that couldn’t be replaced.
My F-150 has BLIS. All BLIS tail light assemblies are fully LED and sealed units. I am willing to bet that your fleet trucks don't have BLIS. (I do have LED head lights (high and low) and LED fog lights coming, but this thread is about the LED tailgate light bar I am installing to augment the reverse lights. (I am not going to wire in the tail/brake/turn signal lights, just the reverse lights.)) The F-150 trucks without BLIS do have removable bulbs.
