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05-06-2022, 01:45 PM | #1 |
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Blackline LED Taillights on Halogen - Easier wiring method
After reading all the how-to's I did it slightly different on my install.
My goals were simple:
To get to this, I tapped into the license plate lights so they stay on whenever the license plate lights turn on and don't dim/get brighter. This is fairly standard to other DIY's, the main difference is where I tapped into for the other end. You will need:
Locate the wiring loom for the license plate lights. Remove the passenger side trunk panel and on the top corner you will see a loom of wires. View post on imgur.com Locate the Gray/Brown wire. There are two pairs of these with the same color. I tapped twice (one for each taillight) into the slightly thicker one (the other one didn't work, no idea why). View post on imgur.com Route the two wires - one will go to the passenger and one will go to the driver side tail light. Leave enough slack so you can run the wires in a hidden fashion. I removed the plastic center trim panel secured by two Phillips screws. Under that there is a smaller trim piece that holds the main power wires so I remove that with a torx driver and routed the driver side wire behind it. I used Velcro wiring tape instead of zip ties. View post on imgur.com On each tail light, you want to locate and remove the outside corner bulb. This is the 3-pin connector that others normally modify. I didn't want to find the right pin to use in that connector so I by-passed it and spliced directly into the wire on-board the tail light. View post on imgur.com Locate the red wire after removing the bulb and foam seal. View post on imgur.com I tapped into this wire with the inline splice. View post on imgur.com Re-applied the foam seal. View post on imgur.com And test to make sure it functions before reinstalling. Next I plan on coding out the front turn signals and rear lights so they only turn on when engaged. View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com
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07-12-2022, 09:31 PM | #2 |
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Hey man im wondering if you did this to make the led strips works, the problem im having right now is that i have the pre face lift and the led strip is not working and im trying to find a solution
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I just got a set of the blacklines today and installed them, I just pulled the cable out from slot 2 and put it in slot 3 for now, trying to decide what my long term solution will be. |
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