Learn how to install LED strip lights in the bed of your truck or under the hood of your car for less than $30. I show you how to wire the white LED strip lights with a push button switch and a magnetic switch so when you open the tailgate the lights come on automatically and illuminate the inside of the truck bed.
You can also install the LED lights under the hood of your car so when you open your hood, the lights turn on automatically or with the push of a button. In this case we are working on a Ford Raptor pickup truck but the LED light installation process is the same on any vehicle.
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Hey @ChrisFix! I just want to say thanks SO MUCH for your videos! I'm an 18 year old girl who knows absolutely nothing about cars and I've always been too scared to buy one, but with your videos I just got an amazing deal on my first car and it's in great shape! You also helped me prove my boyfriend wrong haha because I changed some brake pads, rotors, and did an oil change all by myself which was the coolest thing ever! So keep doing what you do because it's helping millions!! 🙂
Question—is there any particular reason to not wire it so the switch can be a true on/off switch but also with the magnet switch. In other words I would like the option of being able on some rare occasion to 'override' and turn on the bed light with the tailgate closed.
1:03 if someone slam my door like that.. I kick his a** out
Less than R 30
Creo que la forma más correcta de conectar el interruptor es en el cable de alimentación y no en la masa.
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Hey @ChrisFix, I own a 2017 Ford F150 that came with an LED light switch located at the driver side by the tail gate. Unfortunately the LED lights are located at each corner by the tailgate and does not light up the bed very well because I also have the Ford foldable bed extender. If I were to use the 16' LED strip, can I hook it up the the existing OEM LED switch?
It's really called a uni-bit or a stepper bit I'm pretty sure if you went to a store and asked for a Christmas tree bit they would want to know if you was ok
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Lights everywhere now. Lol jk jk. Sensible places.
To add a comment, the magnetic switch that is used, is a normally open switch. Do not get a normally closed switch for an application like this. A normally closed switch will work, but it will need to be set up differently.
Chris, great info thanks. I'll be installing these on my friends truck soon.
done, custom wired 2 set of leds under a Diamond Back cover using this set up. quick disconects from the auto parts store were the ticket. Thanks @chrisfix
Put these led lights under the car 😅 it's gona be fun
Lol blinker fluid
Thanks. I had a camper shell put on my GMC Sierra and the factory LED by the lift gate is lousy. I’m going to add strip lights to the inside of the shell but I want to button switch to light up. I wish you would’ve shown how to wire that up too.
A raptor with a plastic slip in bedliner? Poor raptor
Chris that looks so clutch man & simple
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Can i use it for underglow? Lol
Not sure what kind of amps the lights are pulling, but there’s always sources of power closer to the install. IE taillights, trailer connectors. Lots of other places to pick up a constant hot vs running a whole new circuit. Just make sure the maximum power usage is still under the stock fuse and wire size for the whole circuit. Just what I’d do on my own car not advice on yours.
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awsome i would like to do that to my 03 baja
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Wow this was just before the Canada lock down 😳
Cant wait to do this to my truck! But i have a question will this draw power from the battery even when everything is off? ive been expeirencing some power issuses with my truck just a little but not much
i would never expect to see thestraightpipes come out of the truck lol
What a horrible ground
Don't forget to add locktite on those LEDs!
Thank you for all your effort. You're really a genius!
LMFAO gallon of Blinker Fluid awesome.
Hi @chrisfix. Why do you have a tank of NOS in your tuck hook up?
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The switch I ordered from the list came without a wiring diagram and has red, white, black, brown and blue wires. Also, does a tailgate assist interfere with placing the magnetic switch?
I just recently started watching your videos and I don't even have a car. But when I do I know where to look when I need help 🙂 your videos are super entertaining !