UM, hey Z, nice lights, but aren't you missing something?

Awesome Z!! do you have closed up pics? where did you get your lights?

lol...where's your tire?

does it help your rear view without your tire there?

Z, Question on the rear light set?? Did you have to Drill, and how did you wire ??? Thanks.

Yeah I know, it's them cheap ass tires. I got a branch stuck right dead in the center of the tire. I was on a dirt trail and ran over a branch and that's all she wrote. The Cut is over 1" and unfixable. Time to sell my tires and get some real off-road rubber.

Wired internal and to the tail lights. I hope this answers your question.

Wired internal and to the tail lights. I hope this answers your question. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

BRAVE...

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Well, I must have done something wrong. I installed 3 LED small marker (each has 3 LED's) lights centered on tailgate, wired them all to driveside rear light they worked. Added 2 additional LED marker lights (one on each top rear corner of tailgate) and now no workie!!!! Any thoughts, I afriad that the extra load from the LED's (would think so as LED is very low load) has cooked the wire from the front of vehicle to rear. :crying: I'll be pulling it apart tonight to see what I can find. All wiring is installed corrected and protected from accidentail groundings.

BTW all other lights are working, just the driver taillight and LED's are not working.

Any advice would be appreciated.

SR1355
06 H3

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I have the tailight back up and working now. :D I'm going to wire the LED markers into trailer wiring harness under bumper.

SR1355
06 H3

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Wow, I remember this thread. I don't have those lights anymore. They look good at night though. :giggling:

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Quick question - what color wire did you tap into? I am thinking about adding lights like your set up.

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i also like to do the rear mark light using the trailer wiring harness, will appreciate some pictures when done..need to know what color of wire that can use for power. and so on...

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OK, try this post again as it didn't work the first time. The LED light I purchase only require one wire for power. The ground is provided when you screw them to the tailgate. I will be using the brown wire in the trailer wiring harness located under the bumper just behind the lic plate. I hope to have it done today if it doesn't rain all day. The lights have been installed and the wiring is in place I just need to make the final connection.

SR1355

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That looks sharp
:beerchug:

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thanks, but I don't have the lights anymore..:D

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Well, LED markers are final done. Problem with drivers taillight was blown fuse. LEDs are now wired into trailer harness.

Here's rear pic:

Paul M

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Here's close up of center three:

I'll take some pics later with them on.

Extra brackets on rack are for PIAA 2100 Foglights.

Paul M

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Well, it later:

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nice job! :beerchug:

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Looks awesome!:perfect10s:

Can you tell me the dimensions of the lights and where did you get them?

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Thanks for the good words, here'a link to marker lights with size info:

http://shop.easternmarine.com/index....5&categoryID=0

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Thank you for the info :beerchug:

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Would you mind giving me a rundown on the rout of your wiring from the lights to the actual connection.

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No problem, the lights I used only require a power wire, they ground to the body but if you need to run a ground it would be the same.

1) Start by placing a piece of duct tape accross the top of the tailgate where you are going to mount lights.

2) Layout lights, it is very important to be accurate with your intended layout. Take a drill bit just small enough to fit in mounting holes on light and twist by hand to mark duct tape.

3) Remove lights, center punch mounting hole locations, drill holes for mounting screws as required (hole size will be dependent on screws used), remove duct tape.

4) Install light mounting bases, be sure to use some silicone sealant.

5) Once bases are installed you can drill hole for wiring, the lights I used allowed me to drill 1/2" hole and then I installed 3/8" grommet to protect wiring from sharp edges.

6) After holes are drilled remove jack storage compartment door and cover, you will need to pull alittle on the but it will come off. There is no need to remove upper interior trim on door.

7) Take 6' peice of 12g solid copper wire and insert into one of wiring holes you drilled (this is just a pull wire). You should be able to fish (push/pull) this thru door structure and down side of door structure till you can see wire on one side or the other. I may take a feel times to get it in the right place but you can do it. Once you have wire in hand tape actual wire you will be using securely to pull wire. Pull back pull wire till you have roughly 12" of extra wire on exterior of light mounts. Repeat for all lights.

8) Assembly all light wires in one convient location for wiring. I used the trailer prewired harness that is on all H3s. The brown wire is the wire for trailer parking lights. Connect a feed wire to this, make sure to use some type of weather proof connection as this will be exposed.

9) Run this feed wire over to drivers side, up thru taillight unit, and over to tailgate wiring umbilical. Make sure to secure in place as required and watch for sharp edges or hard bends that may damage wiring insulation.

10) I ran feed wire on the backside of umbilical and secured with black zip ties, extend feed wire into tailigate door thru umbilcal grommet and connect to rear marker light wires install earlier.

11) Wire lights in as required and complete installtion of lights.

12) Double check all connection, turn parking lamps on and check light operation. If all is good your done, if not you will need to trouble shoot the system. I prefer to back up all electrical connections with several layers of black electrical tape to protect connection once everything is working.

Enjoy, one quick note on the lights I used, they were a little tricky to get ground to make contact with screw head. If you use the same lights just keep that in mind. I wired mine all up, checked light operation and had one not working, after taking things apart several times I finally narrowed it down to the ground prong not making contact with screw. A quick bend and all was working as designed.

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Will the factory H2 tailgate lights fit the H3?:beerchug:

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I've been away for a while...did TGL get a new 3? Congrats!! What happened to the infamous TGL hoab mobile?

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uhhh yeah, im an idiot...didnt look at the posting date...:( ...it was the bling, TGL, it threw me wayyyy off.:p

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I bought my lights today... Going to try and install them tomorrow...

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What are you doin' bringing this thread back? :giggling: