memphiscbrider Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 If this has been asked somewhere else within the forum, I did a search and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. My 17 lariat came with the amber chicken lights on the roof from the factory and I'm wanting to change them to another color and I'm having problems deciding on what I want. Does anyone have any pictures of your chicken lights with a different color and if so, what brand are they? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Flatter Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 4 hours ago, memphiscbrider said: If this has been asked somewhere else within the forum, I did a search and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. My 17 lariat came with the amber chicken lights on the roof from the factory and I'm wanting to change them to another color and I'm having problems deciding on what I want. Does anyone have any pictures of your chicken lights with a different color and if so, what brand are they? Thanks in advance Aren't forward facing clearance lights required by law to be amber colored, and rear facing red? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphiscbrider Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 15 hours ago, Mirage Flatter said: Aren't forward facing clearance lights required by law to be amber colored, and rear facing red? Not necessarily on private vehicles. Commercial, yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, memphiscbrider said: Not necessarily on private vehicles. Commercial, yes Any truck 80 inches or wider must have them, private or commercial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmith2786 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Deleted Edited September 21, 2023 by rsmith2786 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdm Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Anything other then amber here is illegal and would be a huge cop magnet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewbs Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) It’s a federal regulation. 49 CFR § 393.11 covers vehicle lighting. Here in PA only ones that are gonna give you a problem is the state police. Edited July 19, 2021 by Dewbs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUEC135ELEVATOR Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) I know to the original poster this is not the case but I'm writing this to anybody else contemplating adding them or not. I think adding them on to any 350 would be a good call. When I've sold heavy trucks in the past not having them seemed to turn some buyers away. I don't think any of the guys buying my trucks really needed them I think they just wanted them. But I have never heard anybody say" man, I really like this truck but I really wish it didn't have those lights up top" Guys that buy big trucks like lights, doesn't matter what kind of lights or where they are as long as they are good quality, we just like lights and lots of them.? Edited July 19, 2021 by IUEC135ELEVATOR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Our dealership stocks all Super Duty pickups, where optional, with the Roof Clearance Lights. In 35 years, we've never had a customer say they didn't want them and no one has ever asked about different color lights. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmacist Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I think the new clear lights with the amber leds look great, put them on my ordered 350 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Flatter Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 What's up with the whole "chicken lights" thing? Roosting on top of the cab or what? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch8628 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Mirage Flatter said: What's up with the whole "chicken lights" thing? Roosting on top of the cab or what? A quick google search got me this: I had not know what they were, or why the were called this. Quote One legend says that the truckers in the 1920s, driving slow trucks on then-dark streets, were often the victims of thieves as they moved loads of chickens through small towns. To help stop this problem, truckers started putting lanterns around their cargo – thus the name, Chicken Lights Quote Those strings of amber lights on 18-wheelers are known as chicken lights. But why? Although the term's origin is unclear, a participant in a discussion forum of the American Historical Truck Society suggests they may have been originally associated with trucks hauling Frank Perdue chickens. Edited July 20, 2021 by mitch8628 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I ordered them on my new truck and will leave them amber as designed. I have seen people change the bulb color, which works pretty well with the clear/smoked covers they use now. Figure out the bulb style and I bet you can find any color you want on the interweb. Colored LED's are a super popular modification in general. Whether or not this will garner you actual negative attention from law enforcement is clearly up for debate. On your personal vehicle I bet in most places you never get confronted. The lights are not exactly super bright and distracting and I think you keep the originals if it does become a problem you can swap them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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