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They look like each lamp has a power wire, and the adapter from the car, to adapter
harness are just triggers for the lights. I hooked up LED Panels to a 69 Camero,
and that's how they needed wired; the panels got their own battery lead, and then
the signals and brake from the factory wires are the triggers.

Did they not come with instructions?

The lamps have five pins, right? Factory is four, so that coil of wire is for a separate power
source? You can run ONE power lead back, and tie all four into it.
 
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Unfortunately they did not include any instructions.
I am not handy when it comes to wiring.
I had my co-worker look at this thread and the advice.
He said he may know someone that can get it all done for me.
I rather do it on my own but can someone advise on where to hook up the power cables?
All 4 adapters do have a grey wire that is extra long that does not connect to anything.
I am assuming that is what needs to get connected to power.
How do I figure out how to connect it to power? I really hope my questions don't have common sense answers.
Thanks in advance.
 
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Yes can you please post it!
I have a coworker trying to figure it out because he had done taillight replacements on his Jeep but it seems like he is having difficulty as well.
A diagram or even a video would be amazing.
The lights sit amazingly! I just want them to light up properly!
 
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mykill787 said:
Unfortunately they did not include any instructions.
I am not handy when it comes to wiring.
I had my co-worker look at this thread and the advice.
He said he may know someone that can get it all done for me.
I rather do it on my own but can someone advise on where to hook up the power cables?
All 4 adapters do have a grey wire that is extra long that does not connect to anything.
I am assuming that is what needs to get connected to power.
How do I figure out how to connect it to power? I really hope my questions don't have common sense answers.
Thanks in advance.
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Run a power wire back to the driver side seat bolster trim, under it.
Bring all four power wires from the trunk, to that area, the
TRUNK LID tail power wires will need run like this (note the white wire I installed):
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Then run it to here:
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This is under the rear trim piece, driver side.

The trunk lid is not all that hard, the grommet comes out, just fish the wires
down there, pull them through, then poke through the grommet, run and
fasten to the arm as shown, and out into the car. Make sure it flexes with
the factory bundle like mine does.

Your outer tails will be easier to run just get them to the same spot. They won't
need to run along the trunk arm, run them behind the fabric liner, to get to the
same spot.

Splice all four of those wires into the fused power wire. Fuse where the power
wire connects at the source, not all the way back there. If you run it from the
battery, fuse it there.
 
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azgman said:
Paging amancuso!
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LMAO, he definitely has the answer. He installed them and I've seen them work in person. I think he also had to use a few load resistors or something too to avoid bulb errors. You can try PMing him @amancuso
 
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Well today the left inside led turn signal stopped working now I don’t know what to do but a new set or somehow find a replacement.


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