With the T-Tap in place, take your wire/pigtail combo and plug the male quick-disconnect into the T-Tap. Cut a piece of wire insulation tube/loom to approximately the same length as the wire/pigtail combo and cover the wire with it:
With all that completed, take the 3-pin plug you've ordered and pop up the retainer. Insert the three wires into it: signal, parking light, ground.
Make sure the wires are inserted in the order as pictured below:
One thing you should keep in mind is that the middle wire is always the wire/pigtail wire that's being tapped to the parking light wire.
Once the wires have been inserted, snap the retainer of the 3-pin plug back into place to secure the wire terminals, then plug the 3-pin plug into the 3-pin socket (with the two sawed off tabs), plug in the wedge bulb and then plug the connector back into your taillight assembly
Test out your newly rewired taillights by turning on your parking lights. Both circular lens should light up. Flip on the left turn signal with the parking lights on, your left turn signal lens should light up AND blink at the same time. Repeat with the right lens. Next, turn on your emergency blinkers and see if it works without strange flickers. If you passed all the test, you are good to go. If the blinker either blink to fast, doesn't blink or flickers, then you probably have the wire mixed up when you inserted them into the 3-pin connector. Remove the retainer and start over.
Don't forget to store the original bulb/socket and plug in a safe place in case you want to revert back to stock:
Basically, repeat the same process for the opposite taillight. The whole mod took me no more than 30 minutes, including clean up.
I will post up some videos of both lens light up at night later on this evening. Hope this guide helps all j00 '05 owners wanting to re-wire taillights. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks
EDIT: Be prepared to blow your turn signal fuse if you accidentally cross the ground and signal/parking light wires while inserting them into the plug. So.. make sure your light switch is off and you have a few 10amp Mini fuses handy just in case!
With all that completed, take the 3-pin plug you've ordered and pop up the retainer. Insert the three wires into it: signal, parking light, ground.
Make sure the wires are inserted in the order as pictured below:
One thing you should keep in mind is that the middle wire is always the wire/pigtail wire that's being tapped to the parking light wire.
Once the wires have been inserted, snap the retainer of the 3-pin plug back into place to secure the wire terminals, then plug the 3-pin plug into the 3-pin socket (with the two sawed off tabs), plug in the wedge bulb and then plug the connector back into your taillight assembly
Test out your newly rewired taillights by turning on your parking lights. Both circular lens should light up. Flip on the left turn signal with the parking lights on, your left turn signal lens should light up AND blink at the same time. Repeat with the right lens. Next, turn on your emergency blinkers and see if it works without strange flickers. If you passed all the test, you are good to go. If the blinker either blink to fast, doesn't blink or flickers, then you probably have the wire mixed up when you inserted them into the 3-pin connector. Remove the retainer and start over.
Don't forget to store the original bulb/socket and plug in a safe place in case you want to revert back to stock:
Basically, repeat the same process for the opposite taillight. The whole mod took me no more than 30 minutes, including clean up.
I will post up some videos of both lens light up at night later on this evening. Hope this guide helps all j00 '05 owners wanting to re-wire taillights. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks
EDIT: Be prepared to blow your turn signal fuse if you accidentally cross the ground and signal/parking light wires while inserting them into the plug. So.. make sure your light switch is off and you have a few 10amp Mini fuses handy just in case!
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