2008 Suburban custom tail light Mod

[kbuskill]

Well I finally got time to do this tail light mod that I have been wanting to do. Its nothing real special but I think it kinda gives the truck a more modern look like the 2015+ trucks because some of them have amber turn signals.

I rewired the original turn signal location as an additional brake light and installed an LED bulb that strobes a few times before staying on.

I removed the original 2 wire socket for the reverse light and replaced it with a 3 wire socket and put White/Amber type 2 switchback LED bulbs so that the clear portion of the lens now acts as the reverse light and the turn signal so it does double duty.

I also installed Can bus LED bulbs in the original brake light location so the cruise control still functions correctly and I installed a resistor on the turn signal to keep it from hyper flashing from the LED bulb.

The first video shows the left tail light with the Mod complete and the right tail light in stock format.

This second video shows the tail light up close after dark.

Let me know what you guys think.

My next will be an Escalade 3rd brake that is modded for full width LEDs but with a twist... Lol stay tuned.

 

[Fosscore]

Those are some cool modded tail lights. Nice work.

 

[Drok]

Nice job..

 

[kbuskill]

Thanks guys... I like them and they were relatively cheap so that's even better.

 

[05Single]

Nice job!
I have red/white switchbacks for the same idea in the reverse lights, just need to do the wiring.

Link to can bus bulbs ?
And will you add the esky 3rd mod to this thread ? Don't wanna miss that

 

[kbuskill]

Nice job!
I have red/white switchbacks for the same idea in the reverse lights, just need to do the wiring.

Link to can bus bulbs ?
And will you add the esky 3rd mod to this thread ? Don't wanna miss that

Here is a link to the Can bus bulbs I bought:
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/222390929400

And yes.... I will be installing the Esky 3rd brake light tomorrow and will post pics and a video to show the twist... Lol

I sprayed the spoiler for the Esky 3rd today with the 3 stage white diamond tricoat and I am letting it cure up over night and will get it installed amd wired tomorrow.

The only "problem" that i have had with this mod is that I am getting power backfeeding through to the front parking lights when I step on tge brake pedal. I assume it must be one of the LED bulbs allowing the power from the brake side of the bulb to cross over to the parking light because I didn't cut or splice into any parking light wires for my mod. I will investigate this further tomorrow. I know it is the parking light side of the front lights because the turn signal still makes the front bulbs get brighter even when the brake pedal is depressed.

Anyway... Here is a pic of the spoiler after I painted it.

I know... Nothing we all haven't seen before... Lol

 

[kwOH]

Here is a link to the Can bus bulbs I bought:
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/222390929400

And yes.... I will be installing the Esky 3rd brake light tomorrow and will post pics and a video to show the twist... Lol

I sprayed the spoiler for the Esky 3rd today with the 3 stage white diamond tricoat and I am letting it cure up over night and will get it installed amd wired tomorrow.

The only "problem" that i have had with this mod is that I am getting power backfeeding through to the front parking lights when I step on tge brake pedal. I assume it must be one of the LED bulbs allowing the power from the brake side of the bulb to cross over to the parking light because I didn't cut or splice into any parking light wires for my mod. I will investigate this further tomorrow. I know it is the parking light side of the front lights because the turn signal still makes the front bulbs get brighter even when the brake pedal is depressed.

Anyway... Here is a pic of the spoiler after I painted it.

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I know... Nothing we all haven't seen before... Lol

May not be something that we haven't seen but still awesome and one of my favorites, first thing i did to my nnbs. You'll have regular people with escalades thinking theirs is brokin lol


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[05Single]

Interesting, even tho canbus still might have to wire in some resistors

 

[kbuskill]

Yeah I thought about adding a couple diodes to keep it from backfeeding but I am not certain if it is the upper brake light bulbs doing it or the "new lower" brake light bulbs that are the culprit... I will test it today when I pull them and figure it out.

 

[Fosscore]

Looking forward to the secret Esky 3rd mod.

 

[kbuskill]

Here you go...

Brake light with integrated turn signals.

I have never seen this done before... Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[007matman]

It would be great if you could do a bit of a write-up on how you did that brake light. I have an Esky and a few of the led's are burnt out. I'd also really like to have them all the way across. There is an aftermarket unit but I'd rather fix the one I have. Could you provide more details on the supplies you used and how you wired it up?

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[Fosscore]

Damn. I knew you were going to stretch the envelope. That is sweet!!


How did you wire that in to get the turn signals in. Man that is cool as heck.

 

[kbuskill]

It would be great if you could do a bit of a write-up on how you did that brake light. I have an Esky and a few of the led's are burnt out. I'd also really like to have them all the way across. There is an aftermarket unit but I'd rather fix the one I have. Could you provide more details on the supplies you used and how you wired it up?

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I actually bought this light and "kit" to make it full width from a forum member on here, I just wired it a lil differently than everyone else.

I cannot provide a parts list because I was sworn to secrecy... Lol

I can tell you that all of the factory LEDs are replaced with this mod.

 

[kbuskill]

Damn. I knew you were going to stretch the envelope. That is sweet!!


How did you wire that in to get the turn signals in. Man that is cool as heck.

I wired all of the resistors and voltage regulators for each half separately and then used a wiring converter for a trailer to go from a 5 wire system to a 4 wire system to make it function as turns and brakes.


Thanks for the compliments.

 

[05Single]

Ha I knew it's was integrated turns. For some reason you said twist and I was thinking of the same concept as the line of fire strip with separate turns all the way across.
It was either that or integrated reverse lights.....or sequential turns

Looks awesome man, first one that I've seen or know of in the world. My kind of mods!!!

Now eventually you have to get esky tails

 

[kbuskill]

[QUOTE="0, post: 110147, member: 39693 knew it's was integrated turns. For some reason you said twist and I was thinking of the same concept as the line of fire strip with separate turns all the way across.
It was either that or integrated reverse lights.....or sequential turns

Looks awesome man, first one that I've seen or know of in the world. My kind of mods!!!

Now eventually you have to get esky tails[/QUOTE]

Thanks... I would love to have sequential turns in the 3rd brake light but that is beyond my skill set.

I have thought about it but I kinda like my modded stock lights because nobody has those except me (yet) and lots of folks have the Esky lights... I like to be different.

I also removed the plastic "handle" from the rear glass... But not until after the video... So I guess I'm not entirely a rebel... Lol

 

[Goodinblack]

AWESOME.

So happy to see this

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[HiHoeSilver]

I wired all of the resistors and voltage regulators for each half separately and then used a wiring converter for a trailer to go from a 5 wire system to a 4 wire system to make it function as turns and brakes.


Thanks for the compliments.

Sweet, dude. Smart.

 

[adventurenali92]

Dang dude that esky 3rd is sick!! I wanna do that to my esky 3rd on my nbs! That would be so awesome! But way beyond on my skill level haha.