Retrofit 2016 OEM led tail lights to 2014 Silverado

[Abe879]

I just bought 2016 led taillights that usually come on the 2016 ltz silverados. I have a 2014 Silverado and these taillights are not plug n play for the 2014-2015 Silverado models. I just need some help figuring out what wires I need to put the 2 50w6ohm resistors on. I am using a pigtail to connect these taillights because I don't want to mess with the factory harness. I tried putting one resistor in between the turn and ground and the other in between the running and ground but I'm still getting hyper flash when I put my turn signal on.

Edited February 5, 2017 by Abe879

[Abe879]

Here's a pic of how they look

[Horacio]

I think one side of the resistor goes on the dark green wire (turn signal) and the other end goes to the black wire.

Same for the opposite side.

That's it.

Edited February 6, 2017 by Horacio

[Abe879]

I tried that but it didn't work. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with using a pigtail. The 2014 taillight harness has three sockets (two for turn signal/brake/running and one for the reverse) I used a pigtail on the top socket and taped off the second socket. I didn't use a pigtail for the reverse.

[Horacio]

It may be the pigtail you're using. Consider cutting off the harness at the point where you have all 4 wires and disregard the old light sockets.

Wire up the new connector that you see below. I know the pin-out if you need it.

 

 

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[Abe879]

Is there any way I could test it without cutting the harness?

[Horacio]

I don't know. Maybe someone else might have an alternative method.

[x219c]

If you have a pinout diagram for how the pigtail should be, you should be able to use an ohmmeter and see if it's wired up correctly.

If you know where each wire from the truck is supposed to go on the new lights, it shouldn't be hard to figure out if the pigtail is wired right. If anything, you should be able to pop the wrong pins and swap them so it's right. You might even try putting the resistor on the pigtail, that way you're not getting into the factory harness.

 

Sorry; I don't know how those should be wired though.

 

 

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[Arth]

I think you need to put the resistor on the 2016 tail light side. I have a harness I bought and it only has 1 resistor per side. I think the LED tail only have one wire for the turn signal.

[Abe879]

I did put it on the 2016 tail light side. I'm not sure what's going on. It seems like an unusual problem

[cbrsilv15]

Gen5diy sells a plug and play harness for the 16 ltz tails.

[Abe879]

Thanks! I didn't know that website existed

[Darmichar]

I just bought 2016 led taillights that usually come on the 2016 ltz silverados. I have a 2014 Silverado and these taillights are not plug n play for the 2014-2015 Silverado models. I just need some help figuring out what wires I need to put the 2 50w6ohm resistors on. I am using a pigtail to connect these taillights because I don't want to mess with the factory harness. I tried putting one resistor in between the turn and ground and the other in between the running and ground but I'm still getting hyper flash when I put my turn signal on.

 

Did you get these through the dealer or ?

 

I have a cracked lens on my 2014 and am looking to upgrade the tail lights to LED's but the reviews for aftermarket stuff is bad.

[2017_whitez71]

I would order the harness from gen5diy That way you don't have to cut up any old harnesses. I installed the OEM led taillights on my 2017 lt. Used the gen5diy harness, made it a piece if cake to install.

[Abe879]

 

Did you get these through the dealer or ?

 

I have a cracked lens on my 2014 and am looking to upgrade the tail lights to LED's but the reviews for aftermarket stuff is bad.