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Free with some touch up paint I already had.421e89f3c7e51b12280109ee96dbfd83.jpg

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22 hours ago, Honch said:

I bought this LED kit for $13.99, it had enough modules to do the interior and the bed. I'm very impressed with the quality for the cost of these modules.

 

The modules are UL listed, waterproof and pre-wired. The kit came with a harness, additional wire, real 3M adhesive pads, and screws if you chose to hard mount the modules.

 

The light is 5000k, and looks to me just slightly yellow to the factory interior lights although that might just be the surface its shining on, its very close.

 

I used 1 module at each seat and put the remaining 8 modules in the bed in addition to the factory bed lights. The bed has areas under the rail where the steel is stamped at an angle that made a perfect spot to mount these lights.

 

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what did you wire them to on the inside.. .. ??.. man they look great... cheap too!

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7 hours ago, Crstfr said:

what did you wire them to on the inside.. .. ??.. man they look great... cheap too!

I tapped into the dome light wire in the BCM. Its above your left foot when sitting in the drivers seat, once you remove the cover its the left most connector, bottom right grey wire. I believe its pin 1 but I didn't really look, I used a fluke meter to test it. There are other places you can tap in, behind the drivers a-pillar or at the dome light switch in the overhead console. Just don't use a crimp on wire tap, either remove the pin and solider to it or strip a spot in the wire casing and solider to it, then you never need to touch it again. If you cant solider use a posi-tap connector at least they don't damage the wire strands or corrode.

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SirenRed16 Senior Enthusiast

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You have back up camera because my camera doesn'twork right after installing led for reverse 
What do you mean it doesn't work right?

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1 minute ago, SirenRed16 said:

What do you mean it doesn't work right?

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7 minutes ago, Yordany said:

You have back up camera because my camera doesn'twork right after installing led for reverse 

Yes my backup camera still works just fine. Wasn't exactly a HD image beforehand, which has been my biggest gripe with this truck so far. 

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I am trying to find the bolbs that is right for The Back-up Camera before I keep buying I really love the white LED lights in set of that yellow ones I did not buy the same as you but something similar so far no luck and I cannot find anybody that has put LED with The Back-up Camera

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1 minute ago, strykerG8 said:

Yes my backup camera still works just fine. Wasn't exactly a HD image beforehand, which has been my biggest gripe with this truck so far. 

 what year is your truck because if this one's are working for you I'm buying them right now

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Just now, Yordany said:

 what year is your truck because if this one's are working for you I'm buying them right now

17 double cab

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1 minute ago, strykerG8 said:

17 double cab

Perfect so I will give them a try mine is also a 17 LTZ crew cab hopefully I can take care of the problem or I will go back to the halogen

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The image is blurry with lines 
Can you post a picture? I have some lines that can be seem when you unlock the truck but can't see them with the camera.

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4 minutes ago, SirenRed16 said:

Can you post a picture? I have some lines that can be seem when you unlock the truck but can't see them with the camera.

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What do you mean when you own unlock the truck

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