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04 XLT Driving lights

I am planning to add more lighting to my Ranger that did not come with driving lights. Do the areas where the lights would be pop out, or do I need to cut them?
 

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dur? do you mean fog lights on the valance?

you need to get a 4x4 or edge valance with the fog holes and fog lights if you want it to look stock if you dont care just cut away...
 
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I found these and thought it may work with the stock valance.....

 
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i cant see the pic.
 
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I found these and thought it may work with the stock valance.....

um.. you would need the 4x4/EDGE valance to have them foglights plug and play (like Zach pointed out)

Your stock XLT bumper would not work with the foglight in the picture.
 
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Mine Didn't Come With Fog Lights But The Area's Were They Go Just Pop Out And Those Light's Shuold Go Right In With Out Any Cutting
 
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On my '03 they don't pop out. The recessed area is molded in, at least on my '03 it is and there are no hardware mounting points for the fog lights to bolt/screw in. The '04 and up models may be different, and probably are but I'm not sure. If you were good with plastic adhesives and epoxy stuff (like I am not) you could probably graft these fog light assemblies into the bumper as they appear to be nearly the same shape as the openings on a pre -04 bumper valance "where the fog lights should be" area. It would be alot more pleasing to the eyes to just invest in a new bumper and valance that already has the fog lights and openings that have the mounting hardware. Thats what I am looking to buy right now as I ruined one stock '03 2wd XLT valance trying to graft in some foglights.
 
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Mine Didn't Come With Fog Lights But The Area's Were They Go Just Pop Out And Those Light's Shuold Go Right In With Out Any Cutting
Glad to hear, I got to go check mine out a little better to be sure, but now I know what to look for. Apparently a change was made on 2004.
 
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I checked it out, and he is indeed correct! My wife's 2006 Explorer is the same way!! I see a project coming! Where can I tie into to have them come on automatically with the key. I suspect I should run a relay?
 
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my truck had all the wiring there and the plug for the switch was behind the radio console just had to add a fuse and make a switch because i had no place in the console (bezzel) for it ...
 
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