l2yan
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This is just a quick write up to make LED tails light up on the top as well as bottom when your parking lights are on. This should work with all Tail Lights but I'm not of the wiring in OBS and NNBS. I did this on an NBS. I initially wanted them to all blink and all light up brighter when brakes are applied but will work on that later. In order to do that I may need to change out the actual harness or install resistors. Not something I was up to doing today =)
Here is a picture of the style lights that I have. Only the bottom stayed on with parking lights and the top Blinked with blinkers. Now all of them stay on with parking lights. The top still only blinks and the bottom still only brightens with brakes:
After Removing the Tails you will see this, or something like it. I had to switch positioning of sockets when installing these. Blinker Top - Reverse Middle - Brake/Running Bottom:
So what you want to do is cut the blue wire and the black wire coming from your harness for the blinker. Be sure to cut them off not splice into them.
Then you want to take the end coming from the socket and connect the blue wire to the brown (running light) wire. Then take the Black wire and connect it to the Blue wire coming from the body (The one you just cut). This will leave you with one open ended black wire coming from the body that I just looped back into the plastic covering. Connect these however you see fit. I used a T-Tap for the Blue to Brown and just stripped wire and connected the black to the blue.
After that test to make sure and your done. Quick and easy. Mine is kinda messy I will probably go back and clean it up once I actually figure out how to make them blink and brake in unison.
Here is the end Result:
Thanks for Looking!
Also if anyone knows the part number to the lock cover for the spare tire please let me know!
Here is a picture of the style lights that I have. Only the bottom stayed on with parking lights and the top Blinked with blinkers. Now all of them stay on with parking lights. The top still only blinks and the bottom still only brightens with brakes:
After Removing the Tails you will see this, or something like it. I had to switch positioning of sockets when installing these. Blinker Top - Reverse Middle - Brake/Running Bottom:
So what you want to do is cut the blue wire and the black wire coming from your harness for the blinker. Be sure to cut them off not splice into them.
Then you want to take the end coming from the socket and connect the blue wire to the brown (running light) wire. Then take the Black wire and connect it to the Blue wire coming from the body (The one you just cut). This will leave you with one open ended black wire coming from the body that I just looped back into the plastic covering. Connect these however you see fit. I used a T-Tap for the Blue to Brown and just stripped wire and connected the black to the blue.
After that test to make sure and your done. Quick and easy. Mine is kinda messy I will probably go back and clean it up once I actually figure out how to make them blink and brake in unison.
Here is the end Result:
Thanks for Looking!
Also if anyone knows the part number to the lock cover for the spare tire please let me know!
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