the other day i was at the mall and saw one of the cleanest f250 i have seen in a while. What caught my eye was the rear bumper. It had aux lights through the rear bumper.... nothing exagerated, looked stock. i have been looking for something similar here but have not found it. Anyone have any pics of something similar... unfortunately i did not have my camera that day!

 

may have been a Ranch hand

 

it's fairly easy to do. find a round fog/backup light you like. then find a hole saw that is about 1/4 to 1/2 bigger in diameter. then tape off the area and after measuring twice, cut out the area using the hole saw.

make sure to cover the new metal exposed.

you can do it with a rectangular also, but you need to drill out the edges of the rectangle and take a lot of time with a hack saw...but it can be done and look professional.

oh yeah, it also looks really nice when you get some black rubber moulding and line the edge of the hole...it's one of those little touches that make a huge difference

 

That sounds sweet but how would you adjust the angle of the beam if it mounted to the bumper rather than a bracket?

 

you'll still be using a mounting bracket. if you remove that plastic cladding on the top of the bumper, you can drill through the bumper and mount the light upside down. once installed, put that plastic piece back down and no-one will be the wiser

 

This is a mod I'd like to do. I'm a big fan of auxillery lighting. Someone on here put 3 or 4" diameter circle Aux Lights recessed in the actual chrome bumper. Looked neat!

 

Be even better if you could find a bezel to fit around the light and match up with the bumper. But I think that might be asking to much.

 

This guys did it..

https://www.f150online.com/galleries...952&anum=12999

 

That sounds like a pretty good idea, however, how do you protect the lights from hitting, or being hit doing stupid things like backing into a trailer tongue?

I would think you'd recess the lamp about a quarter to a half inch, and cover the hole with expanded steel. Do they make that stuff chromed?

 

I like that!

 

it was something similar to this.... still wish i had my camera!!!