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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Gdetrailer wrote:Bobbo wrote:
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.
Your FIRST POST should INCLUDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION LIKE THIS.
BLIS IS AN OPTION that comes in SPECIFIC "PACKAGES" of options, sometimes only offered in HIGHER TRIM LEVELS, it does not automatically come with all vehicles or trim levels..
I INTENTIONALLY WILL SKIP OPTIONAL PACKAGES THAT INCLUDE THIS KIND OF GARBAGE WHEN BUYING VEHICLES.
It is also why I am not a fan of ANY factory LED lights, when a LED fixture goes out, gets broken or damaged you end up spending $400-$1200 just for that fixture.
Sometimes you just can't beat the old school methods for cost effectiveness.
Now that you KNOW that the LED OEM backup lights are not all what they are cracked up to be, make sure your next vehicle doesn't have them or the BLIS..
The named BLIS half correct, we have a whole new generation of folks driving around even more "BLISfull" than ever.. Totally relying on electronics to babysit them while on their smartphone texting..
My first post had all of the pertinent information needed to answer my question. My second post had all the pertinent information for those who just HAD to read more into the question than was there. Everything else in this quote is just noise. I really don't care what you skip or don't skip. I really don't care about your evaluation of OEM packages. I really don't care what you think about people who put too much trust in the electronics. I just wanted to better way to connect to my wiring harness than ScotchLocks. I have it. Cut the wires and use heat shrink butt connectors, covered with heat shrink tubing.
And, I really, really don't care if you got your nose bent out of shape because I explained 3 times that my bulbs were not replaceable. Once, I could understand. The second time, the poster came back and admitted that he missed that point, that was fine, no harm, no foul. The third time was a bit much. Then to come back with this attitude..........
