LED Tailgate Light Bar INSTALL!! *Super BRIGHT* 

Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for this video. I bought my Putco 48" this week, it came in yesterday and I got it installed last night. Super awesome light and have gotten a lot of compliments on it. I'll post a video and give you a shout out. Thanks again!

I love seeing this build come along, it's so satisfying.

I love my Putco Blade...i've had 3 since Christmas 2018. Thank God for the warranty.

Oh snap I need this!!! Subscribed great video I just got a ram 1500 ready to mod it up

I REALLY like the Reverse and Hazard light function and appearance. Thank for this information and post....

You are truly amazing and I enjoy all the videos !!!

Thanks for the recommendation. I am surprised you got one with Amber flashers when your truck doesnt have amber flashers on the rear. I want to get one for my 98 K1500, which only has red on the rear, so I hope they have one with Stop/Running, Reverse, and Red Flash. Great video!

Thos was great. I'm confident I can do it. Keep this videos coming, thank you.

Damn! I spent $20.00 on a light strip on Amazon and couldn’t be happier. You’re a better man than me coughing up 10Xs the price on yours.

That one is pretty sweet. I have the Opt-7 tailgate light bar and it’s pretty legit too. The yellow blinker light has a chasing sequential effect.

Thats sick bro. Great 👍🏾 install video.

I got one on my car silly I know But I do t have a daytime runner wired in (weird on a car) but the brake lights flash 2 times before staying solid and the turn signal goes from one side to the other sorta like an Audi signal. Cheap and easy mod!

That's install is major clean. Nice truck.

I've two of these light bars on my 2015 ram 1500. Great looking and functional when they work. First one lasted 4 months the shop replaced it and now this isn't working. Shop says they've had several issues and on the phone with putco. They'll install another one but said it'll happen again

I like it and ordered one from Amazon today. Thanks

Beautiful light bar definitely worth the money

Nice install. Great job with your video production.

That is sick!! Im most def getting that for my baby diesel.

Wow turned out great!

I have the same light bar. Love how bright it is. Keep the vids coming.

Looks good man

Godamn the edits on this video!

That was a good video I never realized you could put a light bar in there. I'm going to try to look for more videos of your truck because I like that color I want to see what the rest of it looks like I actually painted a old school Craftsman tool box the same exact color came out cherry and nobody else's got anything like it

Awesome truck, love the color!!!

Great video and info...you have any insight as to how I can install this light bar on a 2004 Suburban? The rear of these suburbans aren't straight across fully. Any help?

Need to swap out the taillight bulbs for LEDs so they're instant on/off like the light bar. That would drive me absolutely crazy seeing the stock signals and brakes fade in and out while the light bar comes on and turns off instantly. Edit: This would be a must for me, even without the light bar!

I love that tailgate light bar. You're whole truck is awesome and yes that tailgate light bar is really bright. Awesome job.

Ryan going back to an old video for some help I like how you set this light up but I wanna run flush mount leds in my bumber could I hook them up like this for reverse and then have it on a switch were I could turn them on when ever

Great video brotha!

Make one of the future mods full led tail lights to match the led light bar. Like smoke color

Everyrhing is great but yes but how to install if you dont have a tow hitch wiring harness???? Can it still be done if so i am in

I have a tail gate light bar on my 2016 Silverado and I bought a harness adapter the goes in between the factory harness and the bumper plug and has a 4 pin connector on it. No need to splice factor wiring and I tapped into the center wire(reverse light on the adaptor

My 50$ front ebay very bright led set-up has been goood for just over a year with no problems, still like new. Came with lights, wiring and switch for in cab. I dont think I'd get fancy ones and be spend 10x to 20x more for not much different. Cool look though!

I have a 21 rebel, with this setup can I still plug my boat trailer in with no problems?? Thanks great vid

How well does this stick on for going off road? Should your reinforce the mounts? Thanks

Sick man!

after you tap into the trailer harness, for your reverse, is that in the trailer harness as well?

I want to get one and put it under the tailgate but inside the flap so you don’t see the light bar directly, but you still see the light. So I’d be installing it across and above from where you did if that makes sense

This is fukn GREAT! Now i know exactly what I'm installing on my truck instead of the hitch lights. Thanks for the vid and that's an awesome truck.

I have same bar and love it when it works. Everything is wired and correct but occasionally the reverse light doesnt work

Thx for the video. Anyway to show the back up camera while light is on? Or maybe quick answer on if it effects the camera with how bright the light is? Im worried it might effect the back up cameras picture at night. But either way great video, keep them coming. Thx

WOW... ... That is so cool.

I love that light bar

Looks good nice install. I would have went red for turn but that's just me! Love the green!

Dude, sick color on your truck

Did you just wrap spliced wires on the under side of the truck with just electrical tape? No solder, connectors or heat shrink? Moisture problems ahead.

sick! and good song edit too

How are you going to access the hoist mechanism for the spare? The light bar covers the hole.

How's is Putco Blade holding up? Getting mix reviews as far lasting long!

I was waiting for you to upload lol😂

Did you check that you can get the spare tire crank bar extenders into the hole you just covered up with the light bar? You're going to bust the thing cranking down the spare.

Nice job. There is a plug and play harness for this too it looks like.

The adhesion promoter isn't for the paint side it's for the light bar side when you stick the tape too

Good job Dude!

Where are the strip lights that "trickle" when u put the turn signal?

Would love some of your LFTD decals how do I order

I love the bar I just hate that the turn signal is yellow do they make all red ?

I just got on of these lights for my 2016 Silverado. It has a trailer detection and I’ve been reading things about people having issues with the trailer detection going crazy after installs. I haven’t started my install just yet due to bad weather. The directions that come with it aren’t the most descriptive instructions. Have you had any issues with this?

I’ve heard good about these. I’m definitely getting one but as u know as well thanks to Ohio whether my bed is rusted on my obs f150 I’m getting a bed then painting it. And after then I’ll get a light bar but I don’t wanna get one for my rusty bed lol

Nice! I want one now.

Id do this on my crz rear diffuser...wonder if its duable

Mine doesn’t stay on when the lights are on, would running a wire to the daytime running lights keep it on ?

Great job. I like to add it to my 2022 Ram Rebel. 🇺🇲🤙🏻

@ryanmayer have you gotten stop by a cop cause of the brightness

Nice job!

Can you still get access to the spare tire looks like it's over the access hole

dude awsome video thinking of getting this for my Ram?

I have a 2016 ram 1500 and my tailgate bar has a separate brake wire……where can I tie that into……it doesn’t work properly if I tie into the tail light wire…… any advice?

Looks like a sweet rear end upgrade. To avoid future problems, I would highly suggest (as others have, but i'm trying to add a helpful factor in and not just name call) you do a better splice in job. The elements will make it through your electrical tape and corrode those connections. Those scotch lock connectors (t-taps) are no good and have seen them fail many times as well. I mean your connections, as is now, may last a week, a year, or maybe 10 years, but I'm sure you don't want to have to worry about it at all. I would suggest cutting the wires apart where you spliced in and either soldering them and then covering them with heat shrink that has adhesive inside that will help seal it up, or use butt splice connectors that have heat shrink with adhesive on them. You can get ones that can accept 2 wire on one side and one wire on the other side (like a yellow butt on one side and blue on the other). To take that even further in to the professional installation side, you could make or purchase an 8" adaptor with the correct connectors and amount of wires and then splice in off of that and have a connector there and install a connector on the light bar wires. You could then remove the adaptor and light bar if you ever wanted and just plug the factory connectors back together. Obviously this is just my opinion and someone else might call me an idiot or maybe have something helpful to add, which i'm fine with learning, But this is what has worked for me to make good wiring connections and not have to worry about them. Cheers

What's the model number of the putco blade tail gate lights. There are too many versions. Great video guidance. Thanks

Keep all the videos coming

Thoes auxbeam light what style are they and how's the quality.

How are you going to access the spare tire tool entrance hole?

Does it cover the hole where you put your spare tire key ??

How did you tap into the reverse light? Did you pill the rear light out ? And what wire? Thanks.

Can we get just a few more jump edits! Don't think you had enough in the 1st 2 minutes alone! LOL Love the vid all kidding aside

Did you just use tape for the connection? No soldering?

Hey bro why just not connect it directly into the 4 pin connector is there a difference other than making look much cleaner without the wires being visible ?

Nice man!

What’s the best way to wire up the back up light

I like the look I just wonder why they made the light with amber turn signals? Being in the rear it’s always red. That’s the only thing that stands out to be a bit odd. Definitely bright and visible though.

Very safe and great feature

Is there anyway to wire it without using the turning signals?

Does this mount cover up the spare tire release hole? And are you able to drop the spare tire with this on? I’ve heard of some people having to remove the plastic hole cover so the bar mounts flat, how was it in that area?

Super cool that it has feature for reverse

Did u take off the plastic part that goes around the hole to take your spare tire out?

Never really liked the O'Reillys/autozone ones but i didn't know something of this quality existed. Looks really good and clean. All you need now is some LED tails to match.

less talk more action

I'ma stick one of these on the top of the hatch on my Mazda 3

I wonder if light goes on tail gate why not take tail gate off to make install easier? if it goes on end of bed still remove TG for easier installation. just wondering

Did you just cover up the spare tire release mechanism ? what the hell you going to do if you get a flat ?

Did you tap all the wires into the 7 pin harness? Even the reverse?

If u splice that way you should use a punch to separate the wire core to make 2 half's then stick your wire in the middle then twist now it will not just unravel and u get a more secure connection

Hey man, that is some bright lights, I have a RAM 1500 and I need to figure out how to rig up a movable light bar for retrieving a boat at NIGHT, there are NO lights at the ramp i am always at. I wanted to light up the whole area because it's a sailboat, not a motor boat it goes on differently and you have to see things! Is there any way to make up a connection for this situation?

Has he heard of the CURT 55384 Vehicle Side Custom USCAR Vehicle Trailer Wiring Harness for Towing, 4-Pin Trailer Wiring? I used it to install my OPT7 Triple LED Tailgate Bar with sequential turn signal, and the only splice I had to do was for the Reverse cable. The CURT harness took care of the rest. In my case the bar already came with the 4-Pin connector pre-installed and a single cable for the Reverse.

good job buddy

Just saw on your IG story you were going to upload. Love watching your build. 💚 #NotifciationSquad !!! :)

Damn that Is a huge ghost trailer you were pulling does that affect your mileage?

Ryan I live in Texas and was pulled over for using my LED light bar and it was foggy asf And the SOB gave me a ticket stating that it was illegal to use on the highways or streets! Your thoughts

I went a much different route, I mounted a 22 inch led light bar on my truck bed to deter tailgaters....12,400 lumens of light is extremely effective, most won't come near me just cause they see it pointing directly at them at night