Justin: The Morimoto XB Sequential Side Mirror Lights that we have here today will be a small
but impactful modification for all '09 to '14 F-150 owners looking to add a little bit
more customization to an often forgotten about area.
Now the markers themselves will feature a smoked lens loaded with the bright amber LEDs
that will sequence whenever your turn signals or hazards have been switched on and will
be sold in pairs of course for right around 100 bucks.
All right.
So first things first here guys, these options for Morimoto will only apply to the 7th Gen
trucks that already have the mirror-mounted turn signals as these are designed to replace
those, not basically add that functionality.
Now if you have those already on your rig, well then the XBs will be again a small but
cool mod.
It really isn't terribly expensive but will increase the impact of those mirror-mounted
turn signals.
Now at first glance, guys, Morimoto's do appear identical to your factory marker lights, say
for the dark smoke lenses of course, but however, once those turn signals or hazards have been
fired up, those high powered amber LEDs are going to sequence basically giving those lights
a little bit more character.
Now the housings themselves from the Morimoto's do feature an OEM-level build here guys with
very similar materials and had been designed to be a direct swap Plug and Play option with
your factory marker.
So again, there's no need for any modification or wiring.
Now that amber LED strip has been loaded into that housing first before being sealed up
nice and tight to prevent any moisture or condensation from entering that housing over
the years.
Now finally guys, everything has been topped off with a super dark smoke lens which I think
will deliver a more aggressive look and should flow nicely with other smoke lighting already
on your truck.
Now that lens by the way has been given a UV coating kind of baked in to prevent any
fading and the entire package is backed by an industry leading two year warranty from
Morimoto just in case you run into any issues.
But now we want to show you just what it takes to get the MBs in place on your '09 to '14
F-150 at home.
Again very straightforward plug and play job guys, So therefore, site's just going to stick
with a one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter, call it maybe 30 minutes at most to
complete from start to finish.
Now you guys will notice in the install portion of this video that the AmericanTrucks customer
did install both the front and rear mirror-mounted turn signals at the same time.
I do want to point out that is not required.
In fact, Morimoto does include the necessary harness to install these signals by themselves.
Now to give you a better idea of just how things will go down, here's an AT customer
to walk you through it.
Male: For this install, all you need is a ratchet, extension, the adapter to get down
to the small bit, a T-20 star bit and then a flathead screwdriver, that's all you need.
To get started, the first thing you'll have to do is on the mirror since these have the
glass that's removable is you push down on the glass to allow space up here, that's where
a lot of people think that you have to put a screwdriver in to release tabs or not, but
these are actually made to where you pull down on them, just a couple of times and it
removes and all the tabs are still in place.
Be careful here with heated mirrors to make sure not to pull too much on the prongs.
For some ease, some let them hang.
Other people may want to remove those so that it's just not hanging by the wires, but this
is the inside of the mirror.
It has four screw holes, one there and then one in that very bottom corner that allows
this front side to be removed.
So let me go get the star bit and then we'll move on to the next step.
For this next part, you'll take a T20 Star bit, I put it on extension with a 3/8 drive,
we're going to just back these out.
Have to get all four, just going to use one hand.
So just remove four of these and then I'll show you the next step.
All right.
So once you get all for the screws loose, you can come to this side.
This will pry off, you just need to work your fingers around it and pry off this backside
which holds your reflector and gives you access to the back of the side turn signal.
While this back side is exposed, I'lll go ahead and unplug the turn signal, just takes
a little bit of pressure.
And then right here you can see there's a little tab that you have to push in so that
the turn signal comes out on the inside.
This is a quick comparison of the old original on top there of the turn signal, and then
the new sequential for Morimoto.
This is the backside of the mirror.
On this side, we need to remove this reflector right here.
It's got a tab right there and then on this handout here, you can just push the screwdriver
in to remove that time.
Pry up and then it's off.
So once that's off, we can get ready to install our new one which will just fit in that same
spot.
On the Start mirror housings, there's tiny holes where those tabs go.
With our new Morimoto kit, you will have to feed your little plug into that hole and that
will allow your neon timer.
You have to go from the bottom side there and grab the wire and just pull it through.
Make sure not to leave any kinks in that wire or anything in the bottom side.
Put that side in.
Once you get it there, you can just press that in and make sure it's good and that's
what it looks like once it's in the front side of the mirror.
And then the two wires hanging out.
Where the old hole is for the turn signal that's on the backside, the new Morimoto one
fits in but you have to put it in from the outside.
You see that clip right there, once you get the running going there, push it in, and it
snaps into place.
If it sits flush everything like that.
For these I went with the smoked option, it's a lot cleaner, especially on a black truck
and then you still have access to both the plugs on the side.
As you see the old original turn signal only has one set of prongs for the plug.
The new one has two and that's because it takes power from where the actual mirrors
are right here and plugs in and then gets the wire from the backside of this to plug
into the other set of prongs so that they run at the same time.
If you look closely, you'll see that one set of prongs there on the right is two straight
slots, and then the one on the left is two-prong steel but one's faced the opposite direction
one is horizontal and one is vertical.
That plug right there is meant for the original ones because that's the way they came.
If you look on the in there, you can see one is turned up.
So you twist that core to match accordingly and then plug them in.
Work that plug on there and then that's it.
Once it's right there, that means you have power to that turn signal and everything,
and then you just have to work on plugging your existing plug from the housing, the front
side housing right here onto that prong right there.
For this next part, I'll be plugging that plug right there into those two prongs, and
you see it's sort of your bed straight up and down.
So the prong... sorry.
So the prong literally just plugs into the back right there side of that and it goes
into the prongs and see try and make it go all the way up against the back of that and
then everything's plugged in all the way up to the backside of the sequential turn, and
then the sequential backside of the turn signal.
At this point, you can actually work on hiding that wire in and then working your mirror
back on.
Once you have your wire tucked in, everything's plugged in.
You can take your mirror.
Make sure you put that back, make sure all the seems lined up.
There'll be a clip right here you have to press to get it to go back together and that's
on top of the mirror there.
So you're out there.
Easy clip.
Bottom side's got a clip.
Right there on the same one, and then right there along the line, you have to make sure
it's all back together and then get ready to put the screws back in.
Once you have all four screws in, you can see them in there, you can take your mirror
back now.
In the same way, turn it off, you just have to apply pressure to it and it'll click back
in and you're ready to go.
Justin: So if you're looking for a high quality way to spice up those mirror mounted turn
signals on your '09 to '14 F-150 at home, be sure to check out the smoked options for
Morimoto right here at americantrucks.com.