DIY Led bed lights

[cmysstailights]

Didnt feel like spendi g 100 bucks, found everything in my garage so decided to give it a shot.

 

I used the stock blank plug. Just drilled out the corresponding holes.

 

Stripped inserted the wires. Soldered them on. When pushing them in place just make sure the orientation is correct, otherwise the terminals wont line up.

 

Ran my wires, installed the strip lights and they work.

 

Pics too big. When i get a chance ill post them

[cmysstailights]

Heres link to thread on another forum i was able to post pics.

2014 silverado diy led bed lights

http://www.ny5thgen.com/forum/index.php?threads/6012/

2014 silverado diy led bed lights

[cmysstailights]

 

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[cmysstailights]

 

Night time view

 

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[cmysstailights]

Thx to another post on here replaced diode with wire and now cargo lights work with key fob.

 

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[silveradosid]

nice job

[hayes369]

Link to where you got the LEDs?

 

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[cmysstailights]

Thx, led were bought from ebay. They were $4. Not waterproof ao make sure u get the waterproof ones.

 

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[nolabell]

Thanks for the write up. I think i am going to go this route as well. Couple questions:

 

1. When you said "soldered them on" what are you referring to there?

 

2. Wasnt sure what you used those gold connectors for? See pic below

 

[cmysstailights]

I soldered that connector to the wires. That connector fits in the white plug after i drilled the hole.

 

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[nolabell]

I soldered that connector to the wires. That connector fits in the white plug after i drilled the hole.

 

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Is that just a 16-14 disconnect terminal? Also, the picture is a little blurry, which end connects to the wire and which end sticks through the drilled hole? I wasn't quite sure about your note about the orientation being correct.

[cmysstailights]

I will look in garage for another connector for better pics

 

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[cmysstailights]

i removed the insulation so it would slide into the drilled holes i did in the blank cover

 

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[cmysstailights]

U solder the wires to the end of the female that gets crimped

 

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[cmysstailights]

Thanks for the write up. I think i am going to go this route as well. Couple questions:

 

1. When you said "soldered them on" what are you referring to there?

 

2. Wasnt sure what you used those gold connectors for? See pic below

 

Gold connector gets inserted into the holes u drill in the blank plug. Make sure u put the wires through the holes first before soldering on the connectors

 

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