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NEW Fog Light Kit! Diode Dynamics SS3 & VanMade Gear Fog Light Brackets for Ford Transit 2020+
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May 2, 2025
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thank you hey guys welcome back to the
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shop working on Thomas's van also known
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as Marine One
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and he has recently purchased from
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Freedom Van Gogh uh
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so their website that you go to to get
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this part which is this fog light is a
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van Parts Warehouse
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and so now they have a fog light that is
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a factory
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not necessarily Direct Factory
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replacement but the
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cable end is supposedly going to snap in
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no problem and this is going to mount in
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the existing fog light uh mounting hole
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location
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now
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one you got to have fog lights
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they need to refactory
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um because this is going to be connected
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to the actual
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fog light switch inside the van
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so even though this is all aftermarket
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here it is uh custom wired
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to be a direct plug-in so we're going to
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see if that's true first and then
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secondly
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foreign
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the trim ring right here for the fog
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light itself
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so I already popped this off so it does
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not come off this easily but this trim
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ring right here
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uh has to be modified in order for this
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uh the big lights to work
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so instead of modifying this you'll also
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receive on the kit
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a forward part
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that has been
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cut out
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so they go ahead and they cut out this
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excess plastic
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and that's going to allow you to fit
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these chunky fog lights
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in there
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all right so what we're going to do is
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we're going to
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so this is the wrong side I'm gonna go
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uh put it back in I haven't installed
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these before so this would be fun it
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doesn't get to see exactly how we do it
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but this will make it so that we have
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the extra space for the new fog lights
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we're going to take the old one out
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if you don't want to do something this
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crazy there is a live stream video that
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I put together
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we installed the Ford Transit uh Raptor
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style Grille from the transit Trail of
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the UK model
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we install a new front bumper because
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ours got a little scratched up so
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before it gets sold we want to have a
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nice new bumper
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and by doing that that allowed us to
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access the back of this so I'm already
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familiar with how to unbolt this fog
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light and change the bulb but if you
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want to just do a simple yellow fog
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light bulb you can
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so right now what we're going to do is
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go ahead and there's only
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three screws here
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and they're actually not Phillips I
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think they're a t
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25
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so luckily we already have all this
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stuff from when we do the bumper
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let's try a T25 Torx yep that's it okay
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that was easy
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so the fog light from the factory
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actually has three
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mounting locations the
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uh one here only has two mounting
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locations this is pretty hefty so I'm
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curious to see
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how much support we're gonna get
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for the bowl I'm in for the bracket
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now if you do want to do your own lights
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so this is a diodynamic
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lighting so that's what they sell
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technically you could do Baja Designs
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but you're gonna have to do your own
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pigtail
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and you can get the bracket separate if
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you want to do your your own thing
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about two bolts here or screws and then
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there's one in the bottom and just be
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careful because this lens is solid glass
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so you don't want to drop it
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and if you watch our other live stream
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what we're going to do is
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uh if you were changing the bulb so say
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you wanted to change your bulb and you
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didn't want to do this this is what you
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would do you just take the lens out
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um you'll need to take this
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plug off first this Factory pigtail
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for the back of it
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you may need a flathead screwdriver to
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do that
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try not to break your
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plastic tabs on here
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but you can just open that up and that's
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going to disconnect this
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there's a little special tab right here
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so it doesn't allow this to come out of
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place when you're driving
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so you do have to disconnect this cable
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if you just simply wanted to replace
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your fog light bulb
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so
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I guess it's you know I feel safe but I
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thought it's kind of silly because
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uh
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it's kind of complicated anyway so take
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this remember this is glass so put it
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somewhere safe
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and here is our
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uh pigtail our Factory pigtail
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and that is what is going to plug into
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this
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uh now technically there is a
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locating thing right here between
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positive and negative
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so as I'm looking at this I don't see
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that this thing doesn't have anything on
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the inside
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to locate it positive or negative so it
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may work in both directions
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so before I put this whole thing
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together I'm going to take the yellow
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forward wire
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and I'm going to make that my positive
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and I'm going to just plug this in
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and we're going to test to see
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to see if there's a polarity issue
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because there's no
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instructions in the Box
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there could be a video but I didn't
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watch it so we're just going to plug
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that in
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and we're going to turn the key on and
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then see if our lights light up
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this is bright so
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okay so we're gonna put these fogs in
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here
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a bolt go up top and then they scoop
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underneath
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so that's how this pops in and then this
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bottom bracket has like a little
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so this one this little hole is a
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locating pin and it's on the inside of
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the fog so inside on the this side and
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it's inside of the other side
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um so I haven't plugged it in because I
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need to take it back out
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so you will not be able to adjust these
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while you are
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you'll need to um
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adjust them before
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you get them in here
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so I'm just
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get some adjustment and then when I take
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it out I can tighten it down
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yeah so I'm just adjusting them
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looking at the vehicle to see where they
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need to be
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and I'm happy with that so we're going
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to take this out carefully
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and we'll
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lock this adjustment down
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all right the last thing we're going to
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do is
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I can get these lined up
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so essentially if you get them Square
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to the bracket
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that is what you want
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as far as We Know
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we could get up we're going to get
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outside later tonight and
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we'll do a video showing you what these
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look like
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this little piece of plastic right here
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we may have to
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this trim just a very little bit of that
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because it's going to put pressure and
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you're going to make the
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light one move
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so we don't want that all right you can
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see I've got everything squared up on
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the bracket
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so if this
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stays like this
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it'll be easier for you guys to
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mount it instead of mounting it taking
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it out mounting it taking it out
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uh so positive is going on yellow wire
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oh
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this is really hard to get the
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pigtail on
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man
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okay yeah playing the pigtail line is
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extremely difficult
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you feel like it's tough then that is
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you're not wrong
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it does SNAP individually
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just that if you guys have ever worked
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with plastic plugs that plastic is like
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hard on your hands because it's very
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sharp
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all right when you get it in here you're
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going to make sure that this
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part of the frame is outside of the
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bumper
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because when you put it in uh you go
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under it'll get stuck on the lip but it
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needs to be outside of the lip
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and then that's where it's supposed to
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be take our
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T25 Torx
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put a one up here
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don't over tighten this because it is
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plastic it's a metal nut going into
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plastic
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oh
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okay it feels solid
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now let's take our trim cover let's see
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how he did
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how good a job they did with the trim
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cover fitting
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all right looks good
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inside of the German Shepherd here
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okay
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so let's put this in here
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I'm gonna test it one more time to make
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sure connection is good
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yeah these things are awesome looks
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great
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all right so take your trim ring and
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we're just going to pop it into place
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all right
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and it seems to be
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tight and the side over here
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foreign
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goes in easily
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top part
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so the top part is not
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the end is easy
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and it looks like so this bracket right
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here another subject needs to be outside
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the bumper I'm going to try to lift this
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piece of plastic I'm gonna do the top
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first and then do the bottom
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all right
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okay so that looks like what you need to
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do
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you have to bend that your light up a
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little bit to get it to come around the
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bottom side
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but yeah just remember this is custom so
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it's not going to be
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like putting a forward part on but
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there's limited options for cool stuff
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like this in a Transit and
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this actually looks really really good
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and you can see the bracket it's on very
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good it's not going anywhere
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okay
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I think we are good to go
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yeah as far as put this in
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it's very easy the pigtail is very hard
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to put in
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to snap the two halves around it so you
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really need to put it up in there very
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very tight
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and then the second thing that was
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challenging is this bracket part right
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here needs to be outside of the bumper
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and the trim ring for it to snap in
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make sure it snaps in really really good
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you want to go down the highway and air
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catch it and rip it off
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um but once you do that so we did no
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modification the bumper we used all the
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parts in the box and it went in just
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like this
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and it's very very it's very stable
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um surprisingly
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yeah so this is the uh
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new Ford Transit uh fog light kit
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all right guys I'm going to show you how
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quickly you can actually take this off
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um and install this light so this is
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already off but if you have a body panel
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removal tool like this you can give it
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Advance Auto Parts AutoZone O'Reilly's
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but you'll take this pop it into here
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and then just pop this back one
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it's back uh snap and then you can just
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slowly pop the rest of them out and then
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come down to the bottom and pop it out
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so it takes about just as long as I've
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been talking to you on that
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the next thing you're going to want to
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do
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as you saw earlier in the video is
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you're going to want to get a T25 Torx
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so that you can undo this
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now remember this is a glass bulb our
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Glass Lens so don't drop it
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so it probably will shatter
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but there's only three
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three screws in here
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that you need to take out
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okay so once you've taken out all of the
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screws you're going to pull this out
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and then with a
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flat head
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screwdriver
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you're gonna
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gently
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move these uh
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edges back
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so when I'm just using the the flat head
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to pry it open
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and then take my finger and pushing
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so I'm not bending it I'm just barely
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opening it like that
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and then I'm pushing this
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and then it'll actually
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open up like that and it'll
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come out
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lay that down somewhere safe
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next step is very easy we are going to
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take this
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and we're going to get our box over here
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on the passenger side what I did was I
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plugged in
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the yellow Factory wire
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to the positive there's a positive and
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negative on here
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and I guess this will be a good way to
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to show you guys if polarity matters
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uh let's see here
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so let's do positive on Brown
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check
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that works
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and let's put it in the opposite way
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make sure it's in here tight
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okay so that is a good thing to find out
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polarity does matter
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so what you want to do is have the
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positive
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you want the positive
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to be with the brown wire on the
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driver's side and with the yellow
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to be with the positive on the passenger
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side
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so we're just going to put this back on
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here
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let's double check it
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yeah
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now once again for the harder part of
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the insulation is trending
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get the uh
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this
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if you go in here
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so we got one tab the other tab is just
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tough
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there we go okay that one was much
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easier
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okay so now we get it plugged in
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and the wire's short enough you
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shouldn't have an issue with it flopping
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around
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um there's a lot of space underneath
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there
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but again we're going to take this and
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we're going to get our lenses squared up
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on this unit
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a half inch is going to do it for
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the top
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get that tightened down
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okay
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and then I don't have I don't have the
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size of this allen wrench so
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you guys will just have to figure that
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out
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and you can micro adjust this after you
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get it installed
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there's a little bit of play on these
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brackets so if you want to really
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get OCD on it
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you can do that
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Okay so we've got those tightened
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uh remember this hole is going to go on
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the inner side so if you hold like this
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you know you're upside down
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if you do decide to get the white and
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yellow combo
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which I think is pretty awesome uh you
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do have to make
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uh it's almost like a special order I
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have to modify it
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but if you do that make sure before you
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install it that
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the yellow is on the inside or wherever
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you want it and it's the same as is the
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opposite of the other side just you know
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before you install the whole thing
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next we're going to take the top two
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bolts and put them underneath here
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we're going to get our bracket inside
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and keep those tight and then the next
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thing we want to do is
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these wire right here gets caught so you
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got to kind of pop it under
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and just keep moving this
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then all of a sudden it'll come free and
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then you can
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uh it'll go right in now make sure that
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this piece right here is poking out and
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it's not underneath this
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okay it's gonna make it much more
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difficult
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all right and then once we have it here
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we're going to take our T25 Torx
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we're gonna put our two screws in
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now they're going into a plastic clip so
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don't over tighten it
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okay
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all right once you have that done it's
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going to do a quick
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double check for squareness
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that looks good to me
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and then last but not least you're going
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to take
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your modified
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bracket
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and just like we did the other side
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you're going to do the top first
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to make sure that this bracket Edge
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doesn't
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you don't do the top first then it'll
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keep it from
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going in properly in my experience
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so you get this top one in
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then your light right here you may have
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to just move up a little bit
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and then once you have that done
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everything else will snap into place
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and then all you need to do is just do a
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little again like a micro adjustment
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and move that fog back down same thing
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for this one
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and that's it that is uh yeah these
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lights take 10 minutes to install
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per side very very easy very easy for a
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