To chicken light, or not

Chrome (or chicken lights) dont get you home ( or pay the bills etc.).

 

I don't like the air filter lights, but I like the filler panel lights.

 

I'm personally a fan of the Christmas tree aesthetic, so I'd be inclined to keep them. But if the writing's giving you that much of a headache the. I'd at least rip it out and redo it to a quality you're satisfied with. The cool-factor on that east coast look goes right out the window when half the markers are flickering from a loose/bad connection.

 

Chicken lights are cool but once you put them on, you always have to make sure they work! I like the look of someone else's truck all fancied up, but personally don't need the extra maintenance of chicken lights on my truck...

 

Yep, take all that baloney off. My trucks always had what came standard, nothing more. I figured, better to blend in than stick out like a sore thumb, and it worked. Same with the dash, I wanted it as simple and straightforward, just like off the showroom floor. I never understood why someone put all that junk on in the 1st place. The Marmon I drove, the guy replaced all the gauge lights with red ones, like 15 of them, and it made it extremely difficult to read the gauges.

 

Rare is the accessory installation that is done to OEM specifications. Wandering around Iowa 80 and looking at all the Chinese made crap, particularly the "wiring harnesses" I just shake my head. I would be some unhappy if I had to stop on the side of the road on February 12th in 10 degree weather at night because of a faulty part or craftsmanship. Or worse, watch my truck burn to the ground.

 

All those lights connected by "Scotchlok" connectors on Chinese wiring,, what's the worst that could happen,,,

 

It’s not a truck without chicken lights.

That’s the reason I installed my own lights. I’ve seen our shops work, between crappy lights, and the cheapest electrical tape you can find it’s a nightmare.

I added 4 additional strobe lights at $50 a piece, two years later and they are working like day one. Another one of our drives did the same thing but bragged about getting a great deal on 10 lights for $200. He’s already on he’s 3rd round of 10 cheap light and his truck has been non the road 4 less months then mine.

good quality lights and good quality insulation and any lights will be trouble free.

 

When installed properly they are trouble free. Quality parts and quality installation = no problems.

The lights on mine weren’t done right when I bought it and would need repair every couple of months, till I completely rewired them one afternoon and I ain’t had a problem with them since and that’s been 6 years or so.