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[MrRisk]

Due to my super exciting contact with a rock I will be making some new LED fog lamps. I understand I’m not reinventing the wheel here, but I am excited to see what I am able to come up with.

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[jmw0404]

Due to my super exciting contact with a rock I will be making some new LED fog lamps. I understand I’m not reinventing the wheel here, but I am excited to see what I am able to come up with.

Did you see that Baja has a drop in replacement now? https://www.bajadesigns.com/Products/Ford-Ranger-2019-Fog-Pocket-Kits.asp

 

[MrRisk]

Did you see that Baja has a drop in replacement now? https://www.bajadesigns.com/Products/Ford-Ranger-2019-Fog-Pocket-Kits.asp

I did see that, I am going to build my own at about 20% the price.

 

[MrRisk]

Ok hopefully going to be able to get these lights mocked up this week.

I love when the truck is freshly washed. The black paint is unlike any other black I’ve seen.

 

[MrRisk]

Ok so after driving around with a shattered fog lamp for 2 weeks I finally made some time to retro fit some LEDs. I scowered the market looking for available kits that I liked and I found a few but, I really didn’t like the price. I know how much it cost to actually make these kits and was not going to spend $300+ on two LED pods with some extremely simple brackets.

Ok now to the good part. I found some pods I liked and ordered four in the case I couldn’t make them fit with the OEM housing, if that were the case I would have installed two pods per side. I was in fact able to adapt the OEM housing and I couldn’t be more satisfied with the outcome.


First step was to get my truck up on the lift and expose the fog lamp bracket to see what excitement I had ahead of me for the evening.

Second step was remove the destroyed OEM fog lamp and place it in its new permanent location.

Here is a side by side comparison of the original with the new LED pod.

At this point I could tell I was going to have to modify the bracket to a very minimal extent. After about five minutes and two small notch cuts later I saw my first glimps of the pod instillation.

The instillation and modifications on the first side took about 30 minutes and about 15 for the driver side. In less than an hour I had new functioning LED fog lamps for less than $50.

I am extremely pleased with the fit and finish as well as the function, and at such low cost I would recommend this to any and all of you.


Here are some more photos to give you guys a better idea of how it looks and how bright they are.

 

[MrRisk]

Next step is a spray in bed liner and I’ll hopefully buy a tuner.

 

[MrRisk]

Some night shots with the new LEDs.

The light from the LED bulbs is so much cleaner than the factory halogen.

 

[MrRisk]

I need to get out and take some more off road photos.

 

[Deeets]

Love everything about this build, when I get my Ranger I hope to achieve that stance!

 

[MrRisk]

Love everything about this build, when I get my Ranger I hope to achieve that stance!

Thank you

 

[MrRisk]

Meguiars was nice enough to take my truck in and give it a complete detail.

 

[earsmccoy]

Some night shots with the new LEDs.

The light from the LED bulbs is so much cleaner than the factory halogen.

Are you running the headlights without dust covers? I am thinking about doing the same thing but I am a little worried about not having the dust covers on. I assume that with the bulbs in place the actual headlamp housing will be sealed. Thanks for all your posts by the way. We have all picked up a lot of tips and ideas from you.

 

[MrRisk]

Are you running the headlights without dust covers? I am thinking about doing the same thing but I am a little worried about not having the dust covers on. I assume that with the bulbs in place the actual headlamp housing will be sealed. Thanks for all your posts by the way. We have all picked up a lot of tips and ideas from you.

Unfortunately the dust cover did not quite clip in but it’s doing its job about 90%. So far so good.

 

[earsmccoy]

Unfortunately the dust cover did not quite clip in but it’s doing its job about 90%. So far so good.

What headlamp bulbs did you go with? Do you have the dust covers on partially or not at all? Sorry for all the questions but I can't stand the halogen bulbs but really don't like the idea of running LED's without the covers. Just trying to see what others are doing. Thanks for the info!

 

[Jrye22]

What headlamp bulbs did you go with? Do you have the dust covers on partially or not at all? Sorry for all the questions but I can't stand the halogen bulbs but really don't like the idea of running LED's without the covers. Just trying to see what others are doing. Thanks for the info!

I have a lariat so idk what the covers look like on the XL and XLT but on my escape I just drilled a tiny hole to feed the wire trough for the dust caps to stay in place

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