Grill Offroad lights

[DJCloz]

I have been asked by a few guys about the amber LED grill lights I have and figured I should do a quick right up. Some people call them “raptor lights” others TRD pro 4runner lights. Either way, it adds a nice little bit of flare to the front end and is always a hit.

all you need is a couple Amber LEDS of your choice. Below is a link for the ones I like to use. A few zip ties. A drill. A some 12 or 14 gauge wire. And little bit of patience.

GG Grand General 77650 Amber Thin Line 6-LED Marker and Clearance Sealed Light, Amber/Amber Amazon product ASIN B00ECTQNF6

 

[DJCloz]

Step 1
is to remove the grill. In this case I was swapping back to the stock grill from the mesh style grill. I like the mesh style grill, but I think it was messing with my cruise control radar so I decided to switch it back.

step 2
is to drill a new hole on the LED light to be able to mount it on its bottom instead of its back.

step 3
once the lights all have these new holes adjacent to the existing Mounting holes get some blue tape and mock up the amber light location.
I typically like to do 3 lights in the upper quarter of the grill, but I have also seen people do only 2 or even 4 across.

Step 4.
Once you have your location. Drill a couple holes in the locations needed to line up with the LED light mounting holes and run a zip tie through for mounting.

Step 5
Wire it up! Easiest way is to tie into the parking lamps, but I like to tie them to an ignition source so that they are always on when the car is on day or night.

 

[DJCloz]

this is my first “write up”. So bare with me If I left any info out. I am constantly doing things to my trucks, but usually moving too fast to document things in an ideal fashion. Feel free to ask any questions or DM. Here’s a few more pics.

 

[BrownDog09]

The 3 amber lights is a Raptor thing. I see 4Runner posers all around with that and cringe when I see it. I think it lame and would avoid it. My 2 cents.

 

[scott johnson]

The reason you see them on the raptor is the width of the truck. Anything wider than a certain width has to have the amber lights per DOT.

 

[SSG]

Great write up and thanks for the details. I really like the three amber grill lights. I had this on my Gx460 and going to add to my 200 as well.

 

[hblx570]

thanks for sharing! Great work Carlos!

 

[sleepycruiser]

Step 1
is to remove the grill. In this case I was swapping back to the stock grill from the mesh style grill. I like the mesh style grill, but I think it was messing with my cruise control radar so I decided to switch it back.

step 2
is to drill a new hole on the LED light to be able to mount it on its bottom instead of its back.

step 3
once the lights all have these new holes adjacent to the existing Mounting holes get some blue tape and mock up the amber light location.
I typically like to do 3 lights in the upper quarter of the grill, but I have also seen people do only 2 or even 4 across.

Step 4.
Once you have your location. Drill a couple holes in the locations needed to line up with the LED light mounting holes and run a zip tie through for mounting.

Step 5
Wire it up! Easiest way is to tie into the parking lamps, but I like to tie them to an ignition source so that they are always on when the car is on day or night.

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How are those lights holding up? Do you have a picture of how you tied them into the parking lights? Or I guess I could run them to an ignition on fuse.

 

[DJCloz]

How are those lights holding up? Do you have a picture of how you tied them into the parking lights? Or I guess I could run them to an ignition on fuse.

Still good. No issues. Yeah I think I yied
Into an ignition wire because I like them on percent of
The time. Not just when the parking lights are on.