How To Hard Wire an LED Tailgate Bar: Tacoma TRD Offroad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ม.ค. 2020
- 👋 I have been wanting to do this and do it right for awhile now!! In today's video it's time to install an LED tailgate light bar for my 3rd generation Toyota Tacoma! This was a pretty cheap kit and I think it's well worth it to give your truck another cool feature for the rear! The kit came with a 4 prong adapter so you could just plug it in, wire the reverse lights and call it a day, but I like having everything look factory and I didn't want a plug just sitting there exposed. So I took a little extra time to hard wire in the lights and after some testing it's all set! It's really not that hard to do and this is the easiest way to keep the trailer plug in the stock form meaning if I had to disconnect the light bar I could easily do that and it would not have any affect on the stock wires, everything could go back to stock. I made the mistake on my red tacoma cutting the trailer light connector off and reattaching all the wires, so this is definitely the way to go! Hope you guys enjoyed this one!
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WIRES FROM THE TRUCK TO THE LED BAR:
WHITE with Black Stripe (ground) to BROWN
RUNNING LIGHTS - tap into driver side tail light with the Green wire and WHITE wire from led bar
PURPLE (left turn signal) to YELLOW
This BLUE (right turn signal) to GREEN
Thin WHITE (reverse) to RED and BLACK wire
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Looks good guys, I will definitely be picking up one of those. Nice to see you guys are local, so I can use the same sources for the work I can't do.
I want a Tacoma. I use to drive my stepdad Tacoma and a friends manual loved it! Will need one soon to tow my jet ski lol preferably in the same blue haha
I always hate doing electrical work when it comes to lights in a car. Glad to see you guys got it done!
I learned a lot from my 2nd gen tacoma and what I did wrong, so always learning especially on electrical!
Thanks for doing the research to figure out the wires. Used your info to install auxiliary reverse lights in an aftermarket bumper.
Glad it helped!! Sounds like a fun project as well!
Keep up the how to videos . I have trouble screwing in a lightbulb normally But watching ur videos I’ve done quite a few mods to my Tacoma.
Hahah, nice!
I would recommend using the new heat shrink tubes that have a low temp melting metal solder piece in the center to connect and seal the connections better. Those connectors are magic for all outdoor wiring. I use my truck near the ocean, well actually in the ocean when launch my boat and having the copper exposed (not heat shrinked) would corrode in less than a year
I just joined the Taco club! Got myself a 2012 trd sport and she’s supercharged 😍 I am really looking forward to doing mods and making her my own.
And to be honest I usually hate the way light bars look on trucks but it looks clean on the Taco! Now you got me wanting one lol
Haha nice! I'm sure it's fun supercharged!
I've wanted to do this to my 18 Tacoma just haven't gotten around to it. Thanks for showing me how to do the wiring!
No problem!! You'll love it once you get it on!
Love what you guys do! Big inspiration ! Love all the DIY things helps me mod my cars and know how to
Do it or see a better way I may not have thought of! Would be cool to
Win that go pro so I can shoot my family adventures!
Thanks for the comment! And that'd be a great way to use it!
A tad late, I know. But I just did this to my 17 TRD sport. Looks awesome. Thanks guys.
FYI , the cover on the hitch plug is labelled for wire reference, at least in mine it is.
I saw that, that helped some, but I just wanted to double check before I started doing anything!
Thank you!!!
Looks good. Was thinking of doing that to my Tacoma also. Your video will help me out thanks.
Glad I could help!
Glad you did this video. I have been interested in doing one of these on my truck.
It was actually pretty easy to do!
Dude that’s nice , like the bright colors thx for the video
Glad you like it!
Wanted to try this out. Thanks for the video.
So far it's been working great!
Glad to see it will work on my 3rdGen
awesome lights there 💪
I just love giveaways !! 👍🏻
Need some night shots 🤷♂️
Nice job guys, it looks great. I'm sure that it will be especially cool at night.
I'll have to post an update with night shots!
@@BrosFOURRSpeed Thanks that would be great.
Good stuff. Cheap.
Still works fine. So I have liked the mod
I love all y’all videos
Thanks! Glad you like them!
Easy! Good job guys.
Thanks! It was a fun project and I still love how great it looks for the price!
Looks good!
im here because of mattie awesome dog ♥♥♥
Great job guys. Question: did the light bar / strip block the small rectangular opening for releasing the spare tire?
Only like 1/8 of it! I never had to drop the spare but if I needed to, I still could have!
0 to 60 greatly improved now
Looks good i liked
Very nice an helpful video.
Glad it was helpful! Still have this and it's now been hard wired into my trailer connection!
Nice job guys, it really looks great. Can't wait to see it at night. Maddie was a good touch, she's so cute.🤗👍
I'll have to make an update with it at night!
Decided to upgrade my 2017 Tacoma to the 2020 in @ a month. So, this is one mod I'm not going to do at the moment. Can't beat the $20 proceed tag. Looks great! Thanks guys!
@8gojunior
Nice! It's a simple mod, but I've always liked seeing them because not many trucks have them!
Great mod!
Looks good👍👍
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For some reason idk if my Tacoma has break light and turn signal separated or what but break light doesn’t work but turn signals work, anyone else have that problem ?
Hey Guys, Great vid! I have a 17 Tacoma and one question on the mounting. Did you mount the lights just above the spare tire tool slot? The slot to insert the tool to raise and lower the spare? Does everything clear? Thanks!
It is just to the bottom side of that space, so if I had to use it, I could easily get above the light to access it.
Nice. Looks good.
Thanks!
Nice I'm thinking about doing that to my Tundra
Not sure how the wiring will be compared to the tacoma.
are there any plans on installing a dashboard mount similar to the DMM from taco garage or the 3TPAM powered mount from tacoma beast?
I haven't had any plans on that!
NIce video, thank you for dong the oops work for us. I think I will add to taco.
For sure! It's nice to show ppl how to do these fun projects!
Keep up the nice content
Thanks, we have a lot on the way!
Awesome job, nice
Thanks man!
Bros FOURR Speed you welcome
Hey Bro’s Four,
Where can I find the blue clip cables to connectors below the truck?
I got them at a local auto parts store, or home depot or Lowes!
Nice Truck!!
Thanks!
I have a 2011 Toyota Tundra and had the same issue when using the tap-in connectors, they would not puncture and make good connection for a four color wire LED bar:
Truck : LED Bar
White: White
Yellow: Yellow
Brown: Brown
Green: Green
Reverse Red Wire : Drivers tail light Red/Blue reverse light.
When I installed my high clearance bumper, I had to extend the wires so I just spliced them in this time!
Did the reverse light brighten up the picture on the backup cam? I have been wanting a brighter backup light and this would be perfect if it works.
If haven't tried it too much at night time yet, but I would think it would help. I'll try that out!
I think It's more for others to see you better since it's tucked in and the bumper is blocking the light from hitting the ground.
That'll look good on my tacoma. It's completely stock other than a ceramic coat I did myself.
Oh nice!
Thanks for label them
Did having reverse come on mess with the rear camera view ? Too much glare from the light?
It didn’t really bother me, helped in some situations though!
Nice!
Good video
Thanks!
Thanks for your xtra work showing the wiring, and not bring afraid to show the 'oops' it failed the first time.
Doesn't anyone (or you) make a plug-N-play harness already for this model truck?
I'm not a big fan of the type of wire 'connectors' used.
This kit comes as a plug and play, so I could have just left it plugged in, but didn't like the look of leaving it like that.
@@BrosFOURRSpeed
Yeah, that's not what I was thinking of.
Where one would unplug from behind the bumper, like you did before tapping in
@@garydp9760 I haven't seen any of them that would do that from the backside.
What wire did you tape into for just the brake light function?
Honestly I can't remember, I wrote in the description all the wire to wire colors if that helps! Is that the only function you need?
How well is this working? I see a lot of reviews saying it is very poor in bad weather. Is it still holding up?
I don't have any issues with it! It's been great for the price!
Any big lighting projects coming up? Like off road lights I mean.
Not really, I have a few lights so far, maybe even more for the rear, but that's about it.
Is using this type of connector will still allow me to use the trailer plug ???
Yeah! It won't affect that, I'm just tapping into it for the power.
Does the light bar get in the way of the spare tire release whole??
No it doesn't! There's still some room to access that, I put it just above to give it some space.
I’m here because Mattie was in the thumbnail
Nice!!
I think this is the best mid sized truck ever
Me too!
Cool truck...
Thanks! What kind of car do you have?
Would love this for my 2 gen, would help in snowstorm.
Nice. I had one on my 2nd gen. Just adds a nice touch!
Is the hard wiring you did in this project the same for a 2nd generation 2007 Tacoma?
Thank you
You're welcome!
Nice
What color wire does the reverse connect to??
Thin WHITE (reverse) to RED and BLACK wire, I have those in the description if you need to look at all of them!
Do you still have he 2016 370z nismo??
Haven't had that for about 2 years!
Looks tough ash, my dad has a tundra it’ll look good w a light bar too I just thought of that
Light bars are pretty sweet! Any other mods on it?
How do you guys feel about Silverados?
They're cool, we have a few reviews on them coming soon!
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Where you plug the reverse light? Never mention it
At 9:54 I went over the running light, but that's how I hooked up the reverse light as well.
Can you share the wire diagram you used
I wrote that all in the description to better help!
easier to run it to he rear light. all wires to one and the opposite turn signal wire to the other light.
Sweet………!
These guys did make a mess of something so easy to do. I'm glad they could get it installed in the end without anyone ending up in the ER.
How did we make a mess? Haven't done this before so anytime you learn something new it doesn't go as smooth as if you have done it before. We've done wiring, but just had to figure out which wire it hooked up too. Not entirely simple..
So what was the diagram? I couldn’t really read it from the video
I have the colors in the description which should help a lot!
Should be able to pause the video when we showd it. Check the description as well
Thank you so much
Also do you know which green wire to tap into on the tail light? because there are two green wires
Lit
nice light sir...im a disabled vet trying to find one for my 2013 tundra...
Thank you for the view! And thanks for your service! I hope things are going well for you! This product should work on the Tundra too!
to bad you cant depin the plug and put them like factory, or use a trailer plug splitter and then its plug and play
I could have just plugged it in and been done, but I don't want it being seen all the time, just doesn't look as clean in my opinion.
Nice mod
That was humorous. Looks nice to. @djtringale
YEET
I love your dog. @longkdinh
Video never made it to 500 likes, you still sending one to someone? Maybe me? Hahah
lol I totally forgot about that. But if it makes it to 500, we'll still do that ;)
Good job reverse white light looks great . Don't think I have the patience to do it.
@fgx6t
It's not all that bad of a project, but yea a little time consuming.
I think I'd want to hardwire to my Tundra rather than use the plug
Yeah it looks much cleaner hard wired. And won't have to worry about the blue falling out. That happened with my 07 a bit. It'd come loose every now and then
U KNOW THEY MAKE A T HARNESS CONNECTION SO U DONT HAVE TO SPLICE INTO ANYTHING AND EVERTHING IS STILL HARD WIRED AND STILL HAVE USE OF FACTORY TAILER CONNECTION
I just don't want anything plugged into the actually connection all the time, to me that doesn't look good and I still have the connection available for when I tow, but everyone has a way they like!
Thats what I am saying you still have the factory tow available. The t harness plugs in where u did the hard wiring and u still have access to the factory plug. Here is the link to the one i used with my light bar so u will know. BTW LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!! www.amazon.com/CURT-55384-Custom-Wiring-Connector/dp/B0009FJ38Q/ref=pd_gwm_ci_mcx_mr_hp_m_0?pf_rd_s=blackjack-experiment-1&pf_rd_t=Gateway&pf_rd_i=mobile&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pd_rd_wg=ak3Z4&pd_rd_r=NR9J6C7A033K2R0TY0KN&pd_rd_w=S1eDN&pf_rd_r=NR9J6C7A033K2R0TY0KN&pf_rd_p=f3f879ab-8e36-4a44-8c85-c7ce64280930&pd_rd_i=B0009FJ38Q
Bros FOURR Speed just wondering if u seen my response about getting u hard wired t harness and still keeping your factory tow plugin
Love this channel! @dream_car_driving
Thanks!
Making a future wiring nightmare for a light strip held on by double sided tape? No thanks
It can easily go back to stock so nothing has been messed up.
500th like!! I think I win 😂
lol very nice!! Thank you for the support!
Led light strip not bar...other than that good video.
Sounds like the same thing to me :)
Noooooo. Don’t use taps like that. They corrode. Do it right. Solder and use heat shrink tubing.
I still have this light and zero issues…I’ve used these before and been fine, there’s nothing wrong with using them.
horrible wiring explanation
What questions do you have? I think I explained it pretty good, but also put everything in the description as well to help..
@@BrosFOURRSpeed explaining what goes to what color to color in the video. Chart was hard to read and many points were made out of context. I did not see the description before so thanks for that, just wasn’t said as smoothly in the video
@@ColtonYoungblood I know it could’ve been a little confusing, we spent a lot of time off camera figuring it out. So filming and doing that, we did the best we could and tried to summarize at the end. Hopefully the description helps you. It’s the same as the diagram I showed so it’s more clear.
@@BrosFOURRSpeed still having problems man got basically everything down except the running lights. they just won’t work. hooked the white to the green from the tailights and noting, any suggestion?
Looks good!
Looks good!
Thanks!