Raptor Mirror Turn Signal Upgrade - WITHOUT Removing the Mirror

Here's our Raptor mirror turn signal upgrade (without removing the mirror) and puddle light LED install. This is the seventh video in our Cheapest Roush Raptor in the Country series and today we're going to tackle the broken puddle light on the driver's side. But as you can tell from this Roush Performance equipped Ford Raptor, we don't like to keep things stock. Out with the factory reflectors that are only pretending to be turn signals and in with these RUXIFEY Sequential LED smoked turn signals and powerful LED puddle lamps! This is a full how-to, without having to remove or disassemble the mirrors, for 2009-2014 Ford F-150s including Raptors. Join Uncle Jake as he makes a functional and very clean-looking upgrade to the Roush Raptor!
Here are the lights we used:
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LED Side Mirror Turn Signals: amzn.to/3kTJuBY
Puddle Lights: amzn.to/32cr1tL
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[@jeffbowen2164]

Just bought a really nice 2014 Ruby Red Limited Edition last Thursday that has about $11k in RPG stage 3 suspension mods, 3-inch lift, and 37in Maxxis Razr's on black Method wheels. I was able to use your video, not only as a sweet upgrade to the Raptor (completed yesterday and it really tied things together as a black and red package without those ORANGE REFLECTORS), but also as a teaching moment for my 3 teenage kids: "Slow Down to Speed Up" After watching your video and using the links I didn't even have to look at the directions or shop for the products! Essentially, my message to the kids: if I had not found your post, I would have tried to figure this out myself after purchasing the products and it would have taken probably 3-4 hours to disassemble the mirrors and actually use the directions. So by scouring the web to find cool upgrades which took some amount of time, we were able to use your video post and do the install in about 45 mins; and that includes a trip to O'Reilly's to get wire connectors and wire. Still wondering why the driver side wire was so much shorter than the passenger side....? Anyway, thanks for the post and keep it up! I see your question / comment below about a heated steering wheel! This is my first vehicle in about 10 years that does not have one and I didn't realize how freaking much I used it / liked it until not having one - so good luck getting us an answer! PS - someone can and probably will shoot holes in my message to the kids, but I'm trying to teach them all the positive benefits of internet research because I didn't have this luxury growing up as a kid...

[@MotorsandMischief]

This is an awesome post, and thanks for taking the time to make it! So glad this video helped you, and we think life is all about teachable moments. That's why you need to be present so that you can seize them when they come along. So good for you for not only making the effort but for recognizing the moment. Kids won't pay attention to everything you have to teach, at least mine sure don't, but they will pay attention to *some* of what you have to teach, so good job. On the heated steering wheel, we are bound and determined to find a fix!! We've narrowed down that the newer one's have it, but that's not likely to provide an upgrade path for the Gen 1s, but we think we've found some Platinum editions the same year as the Gen 1s did have heated steering wheels. Stay tuned, you know we'll have an awesome video as soon as we figure it out!

[@wildbrosNW]

Man anyone that takes the time to share an experience like that gets a thumbs up from me. Cool story!

[@sheiladoherty919]

Those black lights look so much better than the reflectors. Nice job!

[@MotorsandMischief]

Thanks! We love the blackout look too! And the sequential... like KITT lol

[@reubinthornton]

I just did this exact retro on my '14 Raptor. Your video inspired me to do it. After about 3 weeks of research I was able to figure out how to get the mirror glass out. It was a LOT easier to remove the glass than I thought. Once glass is out it's about a 15 minute job. I couldn't get the puck LED light to snap in, ended up using some silicone on the inside to make sure they stayed in place. Thanks again.

[@MotorsandMischief]

That's awesome! Good job getting the glass out without breaking it; we always seem to break it. Thanks for commenting!

[@zgrothus]

Hey guys. Love the Raptor series! My 14 Raptor just went digitized over the weekend following y'all's video and I love it. I found a tailgate light bar with sequential signals that I installed at the same time and it looks killer with the mirror and bar signals all in sequential sequence. It's the OPT7 60" Redline light bar. Found it on Amazon for $106.00 with 4.5 stars and over 5k reviews.

[@markdavey2107]

Very smooth upgrade forsure👀👍

[@KStory-md4py]

I was SO glad to see this video. I thought surely there HAS to be a way to do this without removing the mirrors! You did a good job explaining what you did and how you accomplished it. Thank you! I'm a 66 year old woman with a 2012 F150 King Ranch. I had to splice the wires on the Driver's side, but managed to get the passenger side done without having to cut any wires! I decided to do the 'hardest' (driver's) side first, but I don't think there was any more play in the passenger side... I just managed to get a little better angle and those wire are now very tight!!

[@MotorsandMischief]

Nice job!! Thank you for the kind comments and thanks so much for commenting!

[@bryblanch]

Keep the videos coming!!!

[@irregularf150]

Finally getting around to do this. Glad to see i dont actually have to remove the mirror. Now just hoping my wires not short 😆

[@Caterider]

Awesome!

[@bryblanch]

Freakin sweet!

[@frankmoses4707]

Thanks for sharing... been needing to change mine on the Platinum... Now I know how.

[@MotorsandMischief]

Glad we could help! Hey, since you have a Platinum, we have a question for you. Does your truck have a heated steering wheel?

[@frankmoses4707]

@@MotorsandMischief No....

[@MotorsandMischief]

Darn! We're working on a video about how to add a heated steering wheel to the truck. No worries, we'll keep looking!

[@frankmoses4707]

@@MotorsandMischief got the lights you listed.. changed the puddle lights.. work great.. tried to change the small lights but not working at all... the front facing bigger lights are coming tomorrow. checked the fuses and relays. I hear a ticking sound from the relays when the lights are on .... what am i doing wrong?

[@MotorsandMischief]

So the ones on the back, that you can see when sitting in the truck, aren't marker lights. They are just turn signals. Do yours not work as turn signals?

[@stevealarid2689]

Okay bro 👍/ I no how do a lot of repairs/ for other people, you need too show them everything, connect them up too, good work 💯

[@MotorsandMischief]

But bro we’re trying to give you advice AND a friend, so we gotta talk! Just watch it at 2x speed and you’ll have the best of both worlds!

[@jefferyeberhard4416]

Question! When you said that you extended the wire did you splice more wire onto it?

[@MotorsandMischief]

We did! In retrospect we're not sure how that footage didn't make it into the video but we actually soldered on about 6 more inches, just to make life easier.

[@robertcourtney6913]

I really want to get one of the Official Malicious Mischief work benches lol

[@MotorsandMischief]

In a lot of communities, they will even bring it right to your house on a big truck!

[@wildbrosNW]

Haha!

[@derickdouangnouanexay]

I can’t get my driver side to work any idea driver side I clamp it really good and also clamp the driver side good but still can’t get the driver to work

[@maverickmetcalf]

do you have to buy the two different sets to have the front and the back of the mirror lights?

[@MotorsandMischief]

There's three different products that are needed to do everything we did in the video, the LED turn signals that go on the front of the mirror and are visible from the front of the truck, the LED turn signals that go on the back of the mirror and are visible from the rear of the truck and the puddle lights. There's links to all 3 in the description. Thanks for the question!

[@robertbooker3468]

I just upgrade my side mirror blinkers and puddle lights like this. The blinkers started blinking fast did you have this problem?

[@MotorsandMischief]

We did not, however that problem is typically caused by a turn signal relay that is relying on a certain resistance in the bulbs to time the blinking. When you upgrade to LED's the resistance goes ways down and so the circuit in the replay trips faster. Not sure if your truck has a stand alone turn signal relay but if so, you can upgrade to a type that doesn't rely on resistance to pulse.

[@joshharrigan4131]

Just ordered mine what size wire did you use to extend it (the gauge)

[@MotorsandMischief]

Excellent question... and we can't remember. The factory wires are pretty small, 16 gauge perhaps? We're pretty sure we used whatever the next size up was as we didn't have the exact same gauge, but bigger is fine. We'll try to pop out one of the lights and check it for you as soon as we get a chance.

[@robertbooker3468]

I just upgraded my mirror blinkers and puddle lights my blinker started fast blinking. Did you have this problem?

[@kai-el7868]

Try disconnecting your negative battery cable for about 10 minutes.

[@jamesburton247]

Your Driveway Work Bench looks like mine Lol

[@MotorsandMischief]

Those work benches are super popular with DIYers we've noticed lol

[@damnimcooltom1]

MM will be receiving a letter from Doctor Torque's lawyers. Cool Consulting filed a patent on the garbage bin workbench almost 20 years ago.

[@wildbrosNW]

LOL

[@Mullets_and_Mutts]

I just started mine last night. The passenger side is possible the driver side you have to make modifications there’s no other way or take the glass out

[@jmmart4]

How do you turn on the bottom lights ?

[@wildbrosNW]

They should come on when you hit the unlock button on remote. Im not sure if they come on any other way besides the unlock button, might have to play with that.

[@DrFoxyGaming]

I want to get these. Can I just tap the front ones into the rear facing ones? Also are these removable if I want to get new mirrors?

[@MotorsandMischief]

So you have to buy both the front and the year lights as listed in our description. If you do, the rear light has a pigtail for the front light to plug into - they work together. The factory doesn't have a light there, just the reflector, so you can buy just the rear, and keep the stock reflector, or do like we did and buy the rear and the front. You cannot buy just the front, as it will have no where to plug into without the rear that comes with the pigtail. Don't totally understand the second part of your question, they are removable yes, in the sense that they are not glued in or permanently mounted or anything. Thanks for commenting!

[@DrFoxyGaming]

@@MotorsandMischief so I don’t need to tap in or solder anything correct?

[@MotorsandMischief]

Correct! We checked with Uncle Jake and he said as long as you buy both the front and rear, the new rear comes with a connector for the front, as there is nothing there from factory. One issue we had was the wires were *really* short so we did solder on about 6 inches more of length to make life easier, but Uncle Jake says this is not strictly necessary if you just work carefully with what's there.

[@DrFoxyGaming]

@@MotorsandMischief ok thank you!

[@stevealarid2689]

You need LED relay fuse, too stop fast blinking/ get a ( Blinker genie) and wire it up & you will have running lights & turn signals okay/ hope this helps you folk's out there 🏞️

[@aayjayyg6672]

Can you turn them into running lights???!

[@MotorsandMischief]

Interesting idea. You would have to tap a running light circuit. Most of the lights on the Raptor are computer controlled but snaking a wire down and just tapping it into the truck's existing running light setup wouldn't be hard.

[@derrickscott4543]

I have a 2010 raptor an could have swore the outside reflectors were turn signals as well maybe I was mistaken great tutorial tho

[@wildbrosNW]

I would love to know if your Raptor has those as functional blinkers.

[@MotorsandMischief]

Yeah we thought so too and we swear we've seen them on some Raptors when doing research. So either they are an option or a lot of people have done this conversion lol! How do you like your 2010?

[@derrickscott4543]

WantedToPost unfortunately they are just reflectors in mine as well I popped them out after watching this video I guess I had mistaken a reflection haha

[@derrickscott4543]

Malicious Mischief as do I, I swear mine had them but as far as my raptor I love it just wish I had the 6.2 instead of the 5.4 haha

[@wildbrosNW]

Digitize!

[@MotorsandMischief]

Digital is 1 or 0, on or off, so technically you're correct, it's digitized!

[@Maugwa]

The outside mirror reflector was ONLY a reflector, that's the way it came from the FACTORY.

[@MotorsandMischief]

Absolutly right Maugea, that was only a reflector from the factory. We sure like it better as a blinker, though. What are your thoughts?

[@robnation2475]

5:47 No...you do not pry them out. Unless you like pry marks and broken parts.