Raptor center grill lights on an FX4?

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Old 02-11-2012, 09:24 PM
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LEDs can have hotspots too. my cluster is a great example of it. improper optics. IIRC the ones on the Raptor have a wide 50*+ viewing angle. on the ones pictured above, some seem brighter than others, either meaning they arent aligned, have weird optics, or just suck.

Take is as you want. If you're happy with $20, congratulations. I'd rather pay more and get the quality stuff, the difference shows.
A single LED can't have a hotspot... which is what 90% of these guys are using.

The difference in light output is how they're mounted and the angle.

Here's some real Raptor lights for reference




Looks like more glare than this guy...



 
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That's not entirely "glare". The Raptor has a much wider beam spread (hence why all of them have the same candlepower) and looks more uniform- no matter what angle you view it from. Those aftermarket ones look like tiny dots- they probably have a very narrow beam spread, and even with that they wouldn't have the candlepower the Raptor lights use. Are you saying the Raptors lights are sub-par to the aftermarket ones pictured above?
 
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Old 02-11-2012, 11:02 PM
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I'm not a big fan of the single LEDs in the grill. The ones I got are small circular rectangles approx 1"x 2" with 2 LEDs in each. If they don't look right I wont use them and try to find the actual Raptor ones.
 
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Originally Posted by bankrpt
Honestly I don't know why they have the lights it would be different if it was as wide as a dually lol.
Raptor's are pretty close to being as wide as a dually...
 
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Raptor's are pretty close to being as wide as a dually...
This. The F-150 Raptor is wider than a H1 and just 1.1" narrower than the outboard duallies on F-350s+. The marker lights are there for a reason. And because they are federally mandated, they have to have so much candlepower. That's why Ford uses PLCC2-E3s and not these $20 VatoZone specials everyone is buying up.
 
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Old 02-15-2012, 05:10 PM
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I like all the extra lights the raptor has. Including the ones around the rear too.
 
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link?

Originally Posted by BowhunterD
This kit is on e bay
any chance you have a link or vendor name?

I have one of the new raptor style grills and have been trying to find good lights for it.

thanks
 
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Not feeling any of these at all, JMHO.
 
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Just did mine

I spent my weekend adding the grill lights plus some new lights on my side mirrors.
 
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here are the new mirror lights

 
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Originally Posted by ak_cowboy
A single LED can't have a hotspot... which is what 90% of these guys are using.

The difference in light output is how they're mounted and the angle.

Here's some real Raptor lights for reference




Looks like more glare than this guy...



Where did you get those lights? I've been looking into getting some and those look really good
 



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