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Ive been thinking about painting the "Ranger" thats on the door sill of my truck but on the way to work today i thought that i might be able to light it up. I know they make them for a superduty and mustangs but not for rangers. I was wondering what i could use to light them up after i cut it out? it doesnt seem like there is a lot of room under it.
 


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you could probly use l.e.d. strips, they sell them at advance auto parts.
 

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You mean you want something along these lines?



High an low areas are to be painted, and a couple blue LEDs will provide illumination on the edges of the raised areas and outer border.

And yes, I made that. The pic was from a test fit in the truck. And they're a PITA to make without a CNC router.
 
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whare did you get that sill plate?? i must have a set!
 

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whare did you get that sill plate?? i must have a set!
lol, I made 'em... I can make more in either that design or another, but since I don't currently have access to a CNC router (I cut that one by hand with a dremel), it wouldn't exactly be cheap for a set...
 

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thats pretty cool. seems like a hell of a lot of work though. i think im going to just use a dremel and cut the "ranger" out of the stock sill and then get an electroluminescent sheet to put under it. we will see though
 

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so do newer rangers come stock with sill pplates that say ranger??
 

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Not sure how well that would work, the stock sill is held on by a bunch of clips molded in the back and it's pretty flimsy, plus I'm not sure if those sheets can stand being wet.
 

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Yea, I traced the letters from mine onto the plexi that I cut out.
 

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Not sure how well that would work, the stock sill is held on by a bunch of clips molded in the back and it's pretty flimsy, plus I'm not sure if those sheets can stand being wet.
i was going to fit some plexi in it so the sheets wouldnt get wet. i didnt realize that it was held on by clips though. just thought it was stuck on with an adhesive
 

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i was going to fit some plexi in it so the sheets wouldnt get wet. i didnt realize that it was held on by clips though. just thought it was stuck on with an adhesive
Yup, there's a bunch of clips on the back that go through holes in the metal there.
 

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