Tailgate light bar with reverse

[Grey_04]

here's a pic and a link to a popular mechanics magazine page that may help more with what your doing..

the link to the site i got that pic from..
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/maintenance/1272556

hope that helps more..

the light strip would be were the trailer lights are in that pic..

 

[mywhip]

Alright, ill have to find where the other set of wires are then. I know where one set is(the end plug chopped off like i said before), but the other wires i was not able to locate as of today. ill have to look better tomorrow.

 

[--weezl--]

what other set? there's 1 wire loom with a connector, you unplug the connector, put the t in, plug the 2 halves of the connector into the t, so it's a T, then it's wired... if the t is already there but the trailer connector is cut off, just splice your trailer connector onto the end of the cut wires...

 

[mywhip]

That's the problem, since the one end was chopped off i have to find the other end.

 

[--weezl--]

what end? this makes no sense... edit the picture from popular mechanics and circle or point it out...

 

[mywhip]

I was only able to find the one that is circled.

 

[--weezl--]

and there's nothing plugged into it? no t or other wires? i would think that the passenger side lights wouldn't work if that were the case... plug a t into that and see if it works...

 

[mywhip]

Nope, the end was just chopped off and hanging down. All my lights work normally...

 

[Grey_04]

if the connector is there you have circled that's the one i was talking about. you unplug that one and the "t" adapter with the flat plug goes between the 2 parts of "that plug circled"
your basically unplugging your factory tail lights and adding another wire harness for the trailer lights..

if anyone can help explain any better than i have please add to what I've posted

 

[mywhip]

I understand perfectly, but it wasn't plugged into anything, and the end was cut off..so i have to find the other end that gets connected to it. I haven't had time lately.

 

[a-5 freak]

Dude, if you would snap a pic really quick it would clear things up alot better...

 

[Grey_04]

Dude, if you would snap a pic really quick it would clear things up alot better...

x2 as to what he's dealing with, I'm beginning to think the wires are there but the flat 4 plug is cut off which if it is it's a defendant recipe for a short,loss of tail lights or worse an electrical fire and loss of a rbv.

 

[mywhip]

Ill try to remember to snap a picture tomorrow, but i don't see what's so hard to understand..the end of one of the sides is missing (cut off), and was just hanging down. I didn't really get to look at the rest yet, so i can't speak for the state of the tail light wiring.

 

[Grey_04]

Ill try to remember to snap a picture tomorrow, but i don't see what's so hard to understand..the end of one of the sides is missing (cut off), and was just hanging down. I didn't really get to look at the rest yet, so i can't speak for the state of the tail light wiring.

if only one side was cut then the tail lights on that side wouldn't work..

 

[mywhip]

Well then obviously the truck is rigged i guess, because all my lights work properly..