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CYA...you'll have get past this before you can touch me...works great as a step too...
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Great looking truck Sid! I just ordered this step and like the way it contours with the bumpers step. People here just love to tailgate and this will add another level of protection.
 
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Great looking truck Sid! I just ordered this step and like the way it contours with the bumpers step. People here just love to tailgate and this will add another level of protection.
Thanks Dave! This step/bumper is very high quality...it also appears not to depreciate your rear approach angel...you'll love it:like:
 

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The LEDs were wired together in parallel and the positive tied into the top left lead (yellow/green) which are switched on/off with the marker lights. The negative tied to any ground bolt under the hood.
Question for you about those LEDs you put in the grille. You said you tied them into the marker lights, so when are those LEDs on? Also any lighting for the rear?
 
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Question for you about those LEDs you put in the grille. You said you tied them into the marker lights, so when are those LEDs on? Also any lighting for the rear?
My LEDs are on when the marker lights are on. Lighting for the rear? You mean the back end of the truck, not yet. I thought about mounting the same LEDs in red in the rear below the tailgate but haven't decided to do that or use Putco LED strip...
 


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Did you ever remove the other crash bar? Or were you good with just removing the front?
 
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Crappy pic but the results of the tail markers are outstanding in real life:like::clap: Will post better pics and close up later...time for that well deserved glass of Cab...
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Did you ever remove the other crash bar? Or were you good with just removing the front?
Yes, both front and rear were removed...
 

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would love to see how you got those mounted, i bought a putco bar only to find out it pinches between the bed when lowered
 
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Ok better close ups...I used an 1" x 1" aluminum extrusion cut to 23" length and angled the ends facing back to match the bumper cut out for license...then it was a matter of spacing the 3 lights equal distance, one center two other at the end...the extrusion was sanded, degreased, primered and painted flat black...the lights are wired in parallel same as the front and then tied into the license plate lighting wire so it comes on when the whole set of marker lights are turned on...my apologies for not taking pictures step by step but once I got going, I forgot to document:facepalm:
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Ya I'm not the one to worry about the whole world having my plate ID lol...I think it's stupid paranoid practice to blur your plate as it's public information Duh:)
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And BTW, there's no contact when I lower the gate:like:
View from top side...
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Specs to date August 2020 :

Drive train:
  1. AFE intake charge tubes
  2. K&N filter
  3. MBRP 3" cat back exhaust, black
  4. GFB bypass valve
  5. Velossa Tech Ram Intake
  6. Brand new transmission...because the 10R80 had reached it's designed life span at 95K

Exterior:
  1. Custom matte black graphics
  2. Raptor knock off grill
  3. Magnetic Ford grill inlay
  4. Diamondback SE armor bed cover
  5. Bushwacker rocker Armor
  6. Front Runner rack mount
  7. Diamondback folding bed cover
  8. Tyger hitch step, bumper extension
  9. Shrock rock sliders
  10. EGR cab spoiler
  11. Shorty antenna
  12. Air Design fender flare extensions
  13. 5150 4' whips
  14. Quick Fist mounts for extraction shovel
  15. Tremor black front skid plate from @M SPEC

Lighting:
  1. Ford Ranger Lift ditch brackets
  2. CB+ SW antennas
  3. Rigid D2 LED high mount spots,
  4. Baja S1 ditch flood
  5. Rigid D2 LED 2 spot/2flood in grill
  6. Diode Dynamics SS3 amber fog light + SS3 combo
  7. TSSM fog light bracket
  8. JDM 12k lumen high/low beam
  9. Baja S2 LED flood rear bumper mounted
  10. Grill custom amber LED x 3
  11. Center rear marker red LED x 3
  12. Quad LED side camp lights mounted on FR rack
  13. Trigger 3001 auxiliary power system
  14. 11-Lux Lighting System rock lights x 8
  15. Custom underhood LED task light
  16. Dual 8" LED DRL light bars in lower Raptor grill slots
  17. Nilight 1" x 6 amber rock slider/step LEDs
  18. Custom Nilight fender vent turn repeaters

Suspension:
  1. 285/70-17 Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT tires
  2. Fuel Shok Anthracite, 17x9 +20offset wheels
  3. Eibach Pro Truck lift kit, 2.5" lift front, 1" lift rear
  4. USWheelAdapters 1.25" spacers

Interior:
  1. Custom Ram mount Ipod Mini
  2. Ram mount Iphone
  3. Uniden CB
  4. Baolfeng radio GMRS/SW
  5. Trigger 3001 RF six shooter accessory control
  6. Garmin 55 Dash Cam
  7. Sound Alert PA/Siren/Cop horn 100 watt system
  8. QYT Dual Band GMRS/SW
  9. Iceco 20 liter dual zone fridge
  10. Dual 250w Energizer LifPo power banks
 
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Looks amazing! I'm going to try and rig up something like that but longer and get that bar on after all!
 
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Looks amazing! I'm going to try and rig up something like that but longer and get that bar on after all!
Thanks! What bar?
 

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i had a putco tailgate bar but it wouldn't work on my truck it pinched when i lowered the tailgate but I'm hoping i can mount it up out of the way with something like your setup
 
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i had a putco tailgate bar but it wouldn't work on my truck it pinched when i lowered the tailgate but I'm hoping i can mount it up out of the way with something like your setup
From what I've seen, the Putco bar is very thin like my LEDs. So if you were to use a full length 1"x1" aluminum extrusion (painted black) and mounted it like mine, it should work. You can see in my photos that the LEDs clear the tailgate lip (swings under) and I thought they were touching but they're not. I accidentally dropped my tailgate and still it didn't make contact:whew:
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