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gbo62280 Enthusiast

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were you just not able to get the diode to stay in place at first? When I first went to do this mod i had some trouble getting the diode to want to stay in

 

 

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I sure thought they were in place fine. Like I said I only had a few minutes, but I was able to remove it and put it back in a few times as this setup was much easier to get to then the Fog light mod. I tried placing the leads in a couple different ways (left of the pins, right of the pins, etc...). Hopefully when I try again tomorrow I'll get it to work.

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El Conquistador
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Okay so I was inspired by 2 threads here, one being the fog lights on with high beams, which I did and love. The other is a thread about putting a switch in the bed by the tailgate to turn on the car

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Did you jam it in far enough? She will take it

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Hello,   Good idea, but I took your step little different. I have the puddle light and I tapped into that.     This way, when vehicle is in "run" position, puddle lights and the cargo lights w

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gbo62280 Enthusiast

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Did you jam it in far enough? She will take it

I dont usually have that problem!

I'll try it again tomorrow, and the next and the next day! :lol:

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SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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I just did it and works perfectly. Haven't tried to see what it looks like through the camera at night, but I'll look at it later tonight. I have the extra diode so I may try the fogs on with high beams tomorrow.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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Just checked it out tonight and through the camera and I love it. Was hoping for a little more light for the camera, but it's still much better without having to add aftermarket lights.

gbo62280 Enthusiast

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So I tried again today before work in the afternoon and still wasnt getting it to work. I noticed, however, that none of my lights were coming on (LED DRL's, tail lights, etc..) except my turn signals. So I thougth, well maybe those lights only come on at night. I left the diode in and went to work. When I got out of work about 30 minutes ago, I hit my unlock button and VIOLA all the lights were on. Maybe I missed it somewhere in this thread or maybe I have a different setting, but if you try this, ridiculously easy (under 30 seconds, literally) and cheap mod during the day and its not working, wait till nighttime to double check. Thanks guys!

stevev Enthusiast

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so I just did this too, however I just used a regular piece of wire. So the cargo lights do come on in reverse, but also when I turn on the cargo light switch, the reverse lights also come on too. Didn't cost me anything since I had some scrap wire laying around and didn't have to goto RadioShack to buy a diode.

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Rock1500 Senior Enthusiast

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Awesome idea. What I did because I got as a gift some cargo lights was put magnets on them and hooked them up on the bed and ran them to a switch and a 9 volt battery. None of it permanen on the truck but it really works and allows me to move then around easily.

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Just did mines and it works just fine, thanks El Conquistador. Now just have to wait for this hurricane to pass us in Hawai'i.

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Thanks conquistador! Did mine as well. Not the prettiest diode setup, up it works. Now I just need to change my reverse lights so everything can be xenon white.

 

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My mirrors have the puddle lights on them and I was wondering if anyone knew the number they are so I can jump my cargo light off of them

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kye Enthusiast

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First time to upload pic. Hope this works.

 

 

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so in this pic, do you also have your fogs set up with your highs?

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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I cannot get the diodes into the hole. Any suggestions

 

Maybe you need your woman's help to get it in the hole... jokin lol. The way I found easy was to stick the leds in the corner of the square of the harness. Slides right in and stays in. But, you have to make sure it's in there pretty far or it won't stay in that good..If you can't get it right after trying that then you might have bought diodes that were too big.

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