the first day, i spend 6 hours working on the driver mirror in my house, and came up with there is no way possible to route a new wire for the parking/clearance light. plus i didnt want to have to run a new wire to the door, so u sacrificed the puddle lights. i rather have a clearance light than a puddle light. i found the puddle light wire under the driver and pass door seals and tapped that to the main headlight connector in the pin 5 wire, brown. that is the one that blinks with the parking lights at you lock and such.

so if you dont want to lose your puddle lights, then you might only get a turn signal.

i used these lights i got off ebay, shipped for only $16...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mini-...Q5fAccessories

here are a few pics to help those who want to do this. pics came from my blackberry so they are not the best. also, i didnt finsh getting all pics i wanted. phone died. i will get better night and day pics tomorrow with my wifes camera.

first, start by removing the top glass by inserting a screw driver from under the mirror to the tab you see below and twist. the glass will pop out at that corner so you can insert the screw driver further to release the other 3 tabs, 4 total.


now for the bottom spot mirror, tilt it up and outward. same tabs as the above glass.


now for the 5 torx 20 screws. im pointing to 2 in the top, and there is one more in the top left corner. 3 total in top


there are 2 more behind the lower mirror.

 

now you can spread the 2 halfs apart, but only this much!!


next, pop out the turn signal.


now it is time to measure and mark the location for the light. here i used a straight edge and traced out the 2 front groves of the mirror but stopped 3/4in from the vertical joint of the 2 halfs. connect the dots.


next i centered the light on the line and marked the screw holes and wire hole. remember, measure 2, drill once!!

 

drill holes, size depends on what u use to mount the light, but the wire hole, i used 1/4in bit.


feed wires in the middle hole and then mount the light.

 

ok, here is where i run out of pics, but it is pretty easy and straight forward.

need to pop out the puddle light. need to insert a lil screw driver on the side with the indention, while you take a long screw driver through the lower mirror hole to push the puddle light out. there are 2 wires on the puddle light and they do the same thing. cut the connector off, and cap one off. the other goes to the black wire of the new light. that is now the parking/clearance light. next, you tap into the turn signal wire. it has 2 also and the green/white stripe wire is the power that goes to the red wire of the new light for the turn signal and the other is black and it goes to the white wire of the new light for the ground.

ok, went out and got some pics today of where i found the puddle lights under the drivers and pass door seals and where i tapped into the parking light wire at the headlight switch.
driver:

pass:

headlight switch:


now test!!


if all works, put everything back in reverse order. while i was wiring, i charged my phone a lil and got a final shot with both working. not the best but i will get more tomorrow!!

 

here are a few daytime pics....






ill get some nitetime pics tonight with the better camera!!

 

Nice post, labman! TAC!

 

that is awesome! if i get some time i will give this a shot great write up

 

Is there any extra wind noise since they stick out a little bit?

 

I don't get it bud, what are these good for?

 

Here's mine
https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...nce-light.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...l-i-added.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...t-i-added.html

 

well, when towing at nite, they are extended past the sides of my camper which is 8ft wide. i dont want them to get hit. they now can be seen at nite.

 

i cant hear any difference!!!

 

did you use 4" LEDs with a black and white wire, or that only had 1 wire coming from it?...all i can find at Wal Mart are the 4" and 2" LEDs with black and white wire...

 

Are these the 3.750 by .750 leds?

 

Yes thats it, mine are 3/4 wide x 3 7/8 tall. I got mine off of Ebal a cpl years ago from a vendor called Saving Grace Supply. They are made in China but are imported by Heavy-duty lighting. WWW.Heavy-dutylighting.com.
They are 3 wire amber, part number HD40106Y-3

Ps get a cpl extra,after a cpl years the lights either burn out or the circuit board breaks