I prefer the ford rigid 360 4 inch rounds. I like the round look and the ford performance black covers are a bonus. No backlighting but not important to me. My rigids look like new where my diode dynamics on my f150 have some fading on the powdercoating. Shop around and you can find the ford performance for a good deal...ebay etc... I got another set for $250 so I'm going to run duals on each pillar with zroadz bracket.
The Ford Performance kit is nothing more then a set of Rigid 360-Series lights and a sub-par wiring harness that you need to hack apart. I've also seen first hand that the hardware that they provide rusts REALLY QUICK.
Where are your lights installed? The 360-series feature an amber back-light (unless you get the SAE fogs, which are only intended for down low in the fog area... SAE fogs should not be run up on the pillars).
Definitely don't go the Ford Performance route if you actually want to have backlights. The Ford Performance version does not have backlights on any of the normally backlit Rigid lights because they cut off the white wire that connects the backlights.
Our kits plug directly into the back of the light and are truly plug and play. There is no need to splice any wires at the light or cut anything. We also don't require the customer to use additional adapters to convert a DT plug to a WP plug and vice versa. All of our a-pillar kits include the correct harness out of the box.
That's what I'm saying, these plug and play kits, still require stripping/crimping/heat shrinking the factory wire. Sure the FP one should've done some steps to save a guy 10 extra minutes, but the bracket and the price make it out to be a pretty good option for those that want just functional lights, and don't need back-lights, which are pretty much decoration.
The Ford Performance kit requires you to do a LOT MORE work then our kit does. You actually have to cut wires, install relays, bypass switches, etc... it's not as easy. Not only that but they don't even really protect the wire properly or give you stainless steel hardware.
No relays or bypass switches are required to install the Ford Performance Rigid 360 4" kit. Cutting the wire take all of 1 second, talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. If you can't install that kit, there's no way you could install any of them.
Agree. Ford Rigid kit is exactly the same as the kit you get on the Rigid website but better. No backlighting but you get black powdercoated brackets (dont like ahiny metal brackets) and Ford performance covers. Harness is awesome and you simply connect a wire to aux switch and battery...pretty simple. No scare tactics needed it is just a set of lights. Round Rigid is a great choice. Square Baja and Diode is great.
If you ordered SS3 Max from us we have those in stock.
