You're going to need the nylon panel poppers. I have had a lot of luck with this kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07917TDL6/?tag=fordraptorforum-20. This one looks cool too. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUPOU1O/?tag=fordraptorforum-20. If you don't want to wait for Amazon, most auto-parts stores carry these kits on the shelf. Make sure you use nylon because that soft touch plastic scratches super easily and I haven't figured out how to buff it out yet (I did some damage near my center channel on another install). You also need a smaller flat head screw driver for getting the door handle covers off. You will need a hot glue gun because there is a liner inside the door panel that may need to be peeled back a little. I also used the hot glue gun to glue all the little clips and nutplates in place, which solved all of my rattling issues when the music is loud, and a socket wrench or nut driver (I can't remember the size - the video gave a metric but mine was an SAE). It really was not too bad.
Helpful videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCEIE8oEzr4&t=25s
This video was helpful in taking the door panel off, but when removing the handle cover the video below has a much better method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOaKQwPk69g&t=216s
At about 2:05 he shows you how to put the little flat head screw driver in the bottom of the handle cover. This is the right way to remove that.
Neither video covered a couple of things.
First, when you go to remove the small plastic plate from under the door handle, there are two lines to wedge your tool under. It is the lower line. You can see him doing this at about 0:19 in the first video.
Second when you put the panel back on go slow. There is no rush and the new style clips don't need to be jammed on like the panel clips of yester-decade. When you put the panel back on I would put the top on first and put it on at an angle. On the second video you can see him do this at about 4:01. He doesn't say he went at an angle but you can see he did. I feel like he should have emphasized the angle.
One last note: If you order an extra of one of the foot well kits, you can probably easily replace the shifter light and the light in the cell phone holder under the radio behind the sliding door. Those use the same type of led breadboard and connector. You will need to run an extra line to a scotch lock on the LIN line from the cup holders to the LIN line on the other two. The LIN carries the instructions for the LED to change color. You could always come back and do this later though. You will understand this when you see it, when you do your cup holder.
I wanted the foot wells brighter. Drilling a hole in the housing on the back ones didn't really do much. On the front ones, taking the little diffuser stick out, made them much darker. Pulling them out of the housing and just having them blaze down into the foot wells was WAY too bright. Tin foil made them a little better, but I am going to redo the tin foil on the front two to see if I can make them work better. I also bought a mirror and glass cutter to experiment with making my own housing.
List of parts to add color changing ambient lighting.
**Note: I don’t know why the front passenger door was a different code than the rest. It absolutely was the right piece though.
**Note: The cupholder light is from the F-250. Not the 17 Raptor. I guess they changed cup holders for 2018.
**Note: I may have the footwell lights marked wrong, but the part numbers are correct, and installation is very obvious for them. The fronts don’t look anything like the backs, and then they are unique from side to side because of color tape, etc.
Front/Left (Driver) Door: FL3Z-13C724-D
Front/Right (Passenger) Door: FL3Z-14A318-Y
Rear/Left (Driver) Door: FL3Z-13C724-F
Rear/Right (Passenger) Door: FL3Z-13C724-E
Cupholder: HC3Z-14A318-E
Glovebox: FL3Z-14A318-R
Front Footwell: FL3Z-14A411-F
Front Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-Q
Rear Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-N
Rear Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-L
Helpful videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCEIE8oEzr4&t=25s
This video was helpful in taking the door panel off, but when removing the handle cover the video below has a much better method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOaKQwPk69g&t=216s
At about 2:05 he shows you how to put the little flat head screw driver in the bottom of the handle cover. This is the right way to remove that.
Neither video covered a couple of things.
First, when you go to remove the small plastic plate from under the door handle, there are two lines to wedge your tool under. It is the lower line. You can see him doing this at about 0:19 in the first video.
Second when you put the panel back on go slow. There is no rush and the new style clips don't need to be jammed on like the panel clips of yester-decade. When you put the panel back on I would put the top on first and put it on at an angle. On the second video you can see him do this at about 4:01. He doesn't say he went at an angle but you can see he did. I feel like he should have emphasized the angle.
One last note: If you order an extra of one of the foot well kits, you can probably easily replace the shifter light and the light in the cell phone holder under the radio behind the sliding door. Those use the same type of led breadboard and connector. You will need to run an extra line to a scotch lock on the LIN line from the cup holders to the LIN line on the other two. The LIN carries the instructions for the LED to change color. You could always come back and do this later though. You will understand this when you see it, when you do your cup holder.
I wanted the foot wells brighter. Drilling a hole in the housing on the back ones didn't really do much. On the front ones, taking the little diffuser stick out, made them much darker. Pulling them out of the housing and just having them blaze down into the foot wells was WAY too bright. Tin foil made them a little better, but I am going to redo the tin foil on the front two to see if I can make them work better. I also bought a mirror and glass cutter to experiment with making my own housing.
List of parts to add color changing ambient lighting.
**Note: I don’t know why the front passenger door was a different code than the rest. It absolutely was the right piece though.
**Note: The cupholder light is from the F-250. Not the 17 Raptor. I guess they changed cup holders for 2018.
**Note: I may have the footwell lights marked wrong, but the part numbers are correct, and installation is very obvious for them. The fronts don’t look anything like the backs, and then they are unique from side to side because of color tape, etc.
Front/Left (Driver) Door: FL3Z-13C724-D
Front/Right (Passenger) Door: FL3Z-14A318-Y
Rear/Left (Driver) Door: FL3Z-13C724-F
Rear/Right (Passenger) Door: FL3Z-13C724-E
Cupholder: HC3Z-14A318-E
Glovebox: FL3Z-14A318-R
Front Footwell: FL3Z-14A411-F
Front Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-Q
Rear Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-N
Rear Footwell: FL3Z-14A318-L
