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Old 05-01-2017, 02:08 AM
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SOB. Wish I would have gotten the KR tails lol
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Loving those KRs. Im gonna slow play it and wait till everybody wants to switch to the 2018s. And then I'll make my move to the KRs.
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so you got the red and Amber lights to work? How does one do that?
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Originally Posted by Mudder Fudder
so you got the red and Amber lights to work? How does one do that?
no mudder fudding amber bro , only red !
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Hey I bought all the supplies the exact same that you ordered. I wired everything up the way you said to here and I'm getting nothing. The LED tail lights do not come on at all. Any suggestions? Thanks!





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Not a major job at all guys. Here's the run down:

You will need:
- (2) Motorcraft WPT-1279 Wiring Pigtails
- LH LED Taillight Assy. I used FL3Z-13404-F w/Blis
- RH LED Taillight Assy. I used FL3Z-13405-F w/Blis.
- (2) Sylvania LED Load Resistors (Just buy Qty 1. Comes 2 in a box.) http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/s...m=sylvania+led
- Misc wiring supplies/fabric tape/screws
- 12x12 piece of plexi-glass (or similar) and some silicone to make a door to cover BLIS module hole as the light does NOT come with the BLIS module.

So here's what you do:

Passenger side - Remove taillight. (2) 8 mm bolts, pull the light towards the back of the truck to remove from clips. Your stock light will have 5 wires going to it. See the attached pics of the pinout of the new 16 terminal connector. Note on the right side, you will only use (6) of those wires.

First, install the led load resistor. Tap (dont cut, just tap into) one wire on the led load resistor into the black/yellow wire that goes to the upper turn/park socket. Tap the other wire on the led load resistor to the green/orange wire on the upper turn/park socket. I just screwed (with aluminum screws) the load resistor behind the taillight.

Backup light has a black/yellow and a green/grey wire. Turn/park light has a black/yellow, green/orange and a blue/grey wire. Tie both of the black and yellow wires to pins 1, 8 and 9 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie the green/grey backup wire to pin 4 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie green/orange to pin 2 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie blue/grey to pin 3 on the new 16 pin connector. Either cut off the extra wires, or remove the terminals and wires from the connectors. (PITA) Tape it all up with fabric tape, done.

Driver side - Remove taillight. (2) 8 mm bolts, pull the light towards the back of the truck to remove from clips. Your stock light will have 5 wires going to it. See the attached pics of the pinout of the new 16 terminal connector. Note on the left side, you will only use (5) of those wires.

First, install the led load resistor. Tap (dont cut, just tap into) one wire on the led load resistor into the black/yellow wire that goes to the upper turn/park socket. Tap the other wire on the led load resistor to the grey/orange wire on the upper turn/park socket. I just screwed (with aluminum screws) the load resistor behind the taillight.

Backup light has a black/yellow and a green/grey wire. Turn/park light has a black/yellow, grey/orange and a blue/grey wire. Tie both of the black and yellow wires to pins 1, and 8 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie the green/grey backup wire to pin 4 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie grey/orange to pin 2 on the new 16 pin connector. Tie blue/grey to pin 3 on the new 16 pin connector. Either cut off the extra wires, or remove the terminals and wires from the connectors. (PITA) Tape it all up with fabric tape, done.

Measure you out the hole on the back of the taillight, have Lowes/HD cut some plexi for you, silicone it on the taillight and screw it into the holes for the BLIS module to mount. That'll keep it waterproof.

My thoughts:

They look MUCH MUCH better. Amazing how bright both the LED ring and the brake light are. The brake light is insanely bright. I already had the Sylvania LED bulbs installed in my brake lights, I'd say the OEM brake light is 20x brighter.

Don't be scared. No special programming or anything like that needed. NO HYPERFLASH using the linked resistors.

I bought my lights from Tasca - they were the cheapest. They had to order them and shipped them out the next day. The connectors came from Rockauto.

If anyone has any questions, let me know.
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Originally Posted by 808XLT
no mudder fudding amber bro , only red !
guess I'm color blind, lol...looked Amber to me


Anyway is the parking light (for those that can see) the same color as the oem front led parking lights?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by TB17
Hey I bought all the supplies the exact same that you ordered. I wired everything up the way you said to here and I'm getting nothing. The LED tail lights do not come on at all. Any suggestions? Thanks!
How did you wire these exactly? You can send me a pm also I may be able to help
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Originally Posted by Mudder Fudder
.......is the parking light (for those that can see) the same color as the oem front led parking lights?
Thanks!
no sir , amber front/ mirror & red rear. just need some green led strips somewhere for a proper rastafarian look. yaaaa mon!
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Got the KR non-blis tails installed tonight. What a pain to get the orange signals working separately from the brake lights. Definitely not for the faint of heart. Had to tap off of bcm for brakes and signals separate and run wires back to the tails. All was well until I fired it up and then signals weren't working properly even though they were working fine when the truck was off. Added a couple relays to lessen the load until I can have a solid state controller built for them.

they look great though!


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