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Bully L.E.D. Tailgate Fire Strip
The Tailgate LED Light Strip enhances safety by providing additional running, brake, turn and hazard lights. LEDs are brighter, which makes them easier to see, and also light up quicker than normal incandescent bulbs.
Video of Universal LED Tailgate Fire Strip Brake, Tail and Turn Lights - 48" or 60"
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Today on this 2008 Ford F-150 we will be showing you how to install the Bully LED tailgate fire strip part number TLB-001. The tailgate fire strip installs at the back of the bed in between the tailgate and the bumper. The fire strip installs to that area using a double sided adhesive tape so we will need to clean that area out before we can install it. For video purposes I am actually going to remove the tailgate. That will make it a lot easier. With the tailgate removed we can test fit the fire strip. The kit comes preassembled with the two longer pieces together which for some vehicles will be enough. There is a 24 inch extension piece that can go directly in the middle for vehicles that are a little bit wider. Just give it a test fit to see if you are going to need that extension piece or not. 00:44
What we have decided for this F-150 is to leave out the middle section. The vehicle is wide enough for it, however if we do use the the middle 24 inch piece this adhesive piece will be pushed out onto this angled section that is coming out here on the back side of the bed. So to alleviate that we are going to leave the middle piece out. Next what you want to do is determine how high or low you want the fire strip to go up. I am going to rest it on the bottom lip of the bed. We want to next clean this area off really well and we also want to clean the holders for the adhesive strips on the back of the fire strip as well. We can apply our adhesive strips to the fire strip itself. Then before we adhere it to the vehicle we want to do a quick test run just to make sure that both units are functioning. 01:55
Just take the 4-pole end with my two pieces clipped together. Plug it in to the vehicles 4-pole and you can see both sections are working. Then from there we can set these up and figure out where to place them on the vehicle. You can just spread them out like so or you can run them close together and use the zip ties that are provided with the installation kit to tie this together. Once you have got that figured out you can remove the adhesive strips off the back of the fire strip and install it on the vehicle. Then you just want to go in your vehicle and first test the running lights to make sure they are working and then try your turn signals and lastly the brake lights. Once we have insured that all of the functions are working properly we want to again just test fit our fire strip on to the vehicle. Determine how you want to mount it. You can either space them apart or you can bring them together. Once you determine that you can remove the adhesive strips off of the fire strip and adhere it to the vehicle. What I want to do next is just take the connection point and feed it below. We are going to use the cable ties and tie that together. We also want to take our 4-pole and route it between the bed and the bumper and plug it into our 4-pole. From there we can take the remaining cable ties and tie up our extra wire at our 4-pole. I am going to put my tailgate back on and our installation will be complete. That will conclude the installation of the Bully LED tailgate fire strip part number TLB-001 on a 2008 Ford F-150.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (9 Customer Reviews)
by: Cossack07/27/2012
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Product arrived in 3 days. Easy to install. I changed the spacing of one sticky pad and was able to use all three strips across entire back of F150. Cool product. 49623
by: Kevin M.04/18/2011
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I installed the Light Bar on the carrier using ties. The trick was positioning it so it would be visible when up or flat. In the up position I didn't want to obscure the licence plate so on the outside edge was the best choice. It works well up or down.11921
by: Texas Todd trapped in Colorado12/21/2009
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Functional and Eye Appealing The stop/turm/tail light fire stick is easy to install and looks really nice on my 2006 F-150 King Ranch! It can be mounted bumper flush or a 1/4" above bumper level with the adhesive tape. etrailer customer service is second to none, its just like the mom-n-pops stores back in my TX hometown of 4000! These people can't be beat. They ship almost BEFORE you place your order! Customer service orientated owners, knowledgeable tech support staff and shipping almost as fast as being "beamed up" to the Starship Enterprise by Scotty! I just placed my 3rd order tonight, my order may already be in my mailbox!!! Thanks etrailer for hometown service! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!2602
by: Bruce E06/13/2012
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installed it just as shown worked great until it rained and then no more running light on right hand side. checked ever thing I could think of. The plastic that the LEDS are in is full of moisture suspect this is the problem.44058
by: Jonathan W.02/23/2012
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My truck (2003 F-150) has a C-channel in the area where this would be mounted. I mounted it there only to find that the tailgate hit it (but just barely - but enough to knock one of the adhesive mounts off) as it opened/closed. I probably could have just removed the little tabs on the product to gain an extra quarter inch which may have eliminated the interference, but instead I simply removed the entire mounting flange using my bandsaw and taped the light bar directly to the bumper below the tailgate using double sided mounting tape below. This provides a lower mounting point than in the C-channel so someone behind you but sitting higher up can see it better anyway. It looks great and is much brighter than many others I have seen. I originally bought the wrong product for my truck (I got the 60 inch version), but eTrailer customer service is awesome and I had no trouble returning it and getting the 48/60 in version.32277
by: Dennis B02/09/2012
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Installed easily - looks good - very helpful and secure on foggy mornings31364
by: Ronald Schaffer11/13/2011
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Installed on a 2006 Ford 150 XLT Supercrew in only 30 minutes without taking the tail gate off. Cleaned all surfaces off and it looks great day or night. Thanks Ron 26876
by: John B08/25/2011
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I bought these lights for my car carrier that i also bought at e-trailer. You have to use at least 2 of the 24" pieces to work right. They are bright enough for daylight and work very well.22789
by: megawatts11312/05/2009
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A real nice product, Cool lite bar!Be sure to mount it it to the top of your bumper.Top being the horizontal area of the bumper. Flush the back of the light strip with the back of the plastic cover on your bumper, towards the edge of the end of the bed. Disregard the 3" plastic tabs that come with the kit, they are useless in mounting this light kit on a 2006 Ford F-150. Don't use the adhesive strips at the width that they come in. Split them longways. This will allow you much more surface area coverage with the adhesive strips and I think you need this. Space the 2" strips about 2" apart and space the area between the ends of the strips about a 1/2". Stay about 2" away from the end of the light strips where the wiring comes out of the strips. The little wiring makes the adhesive pop up so use the 2" rule. These lights are COOL!! They look great oon my 2006 F-150! These guys ship REALLY FAST!!!! An AWESOME company to deal with!! KUDO'S to etrailer.com!! Todd, A satisfied customer!! 2575
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