New guy to this forum with 2000 f150

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    I thought about putting them down there, but I'm not sure if they will fit. I also thought about putting them somewhere under the truck in the rear to use as reverse lights. These little things aren't that bright compared to my retrofits haha. I didn't know you could fit four 6 inch lights behind the grill. I may have to do that lol. What brand did you get? I can only find stupid expensive ones or cheapish one (35$ a piece) of Amazon. But then again amazon is the only place I have checked so far
     
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    I've got two KC Daylighters and three Procomps right now. You can find the knockoff KCs and install a cheap HID kit with the H3 bulbs and save a lot of money.
     
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    These are the ones I'm looking at. They look like knock offs of the hid Hella lights which are $300 a piece uploadfromtaptalk1447793076078.jpg I may try these just cause they are relatively cheep and they have internal ballast. But I'll look into the knock off KCs with a cheap hid kit. I think the ones I posted will probably be cheaper but I'm not sure what would be better. It's not like they will get used a whole lot tho
     
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    I tried wet sanding for the first time today on my tailgate. There is still a little bit of orange peel but it's better than it was and it's only visible at this one angle uploadfromtaptalk1447793322853.jpg I probably could have used a corser grit and got rid of it but I was afraid I would take away to much. other than that I would say it was pretty successful. uploadfromtaptalk1447793415693.jpg
     
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    My concern with those lights is how deep they are, there might not be enough room between your grill and the radiator. My KCs just barely fit and I mounted the ballasts remotely.
     
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    Those HID lights actually do fit. My friend had them on his truck and really liked them with his PnP HID kit in heads and fogs. They might be a squeeze but they fit.
     
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    I didn't think about that I'll have to measure it
     
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    Thats a good idea. My 9" Lightforces tapped my radiator just enough to leave a mark, but not damage anything. It would suck to pop a leak just for some lights.
     
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    PnP hids? Gross lol
    I'll measure everything just to be sure I don't wanna cause a leak, but thanks for the info! I'll probably get them.

    TRS black Friday sale is coming up tho, time to upgrade the mh1s to Evo xr.
     
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    Which one do yall like better? I'm thinking about asking for wheel spacers for Christmas so I'm not worried about the offset. If I get chrome wheels I'll be going back to 2 tone also. Not sure what I'm gonna do for tires I would love to get some toyo MTs but they are so expensive
     

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