99 2WD Silverado w/o tow package

[Chris97K1500]

Friend of mine just installed a hitch and reciever for his truck, but is running into problems wiring the lights for the trailer. I told him to look for a plug and play setup, so he wouldn't have to splice into any wires. He said, they don't have a plug and play for his truck, only the splice kind. Is this correct and if so, anyone got a link or instructions on how to wire his truck for his trailer lights? I tried the search feature, but got 22 pages of trailer brake wiring. Thanks, Chris

[silverado man]

There should be a set of wires attached to the underside of the bed just above the spare tire I believe, that what I've heard that GM already put in the wires for it. Hope this helps.

[Chris97K1500]

Thanks, I'll pass that on to him. Chris

[bobc]

You can also get a pre-wired connector for many of the brake controllers which will allow you to install the controller without hacking the under dash wiring harness.

 

I installed a Tekonsha Prodigy that I bought online for less than the local trailer guy wanted to sell me a basic tekonsha controller... I picked up the prewired connector (http://www.tekonsha.com/bch3025.html ) and I was wired up in less than 5 minutes. Mounting the controller added another 10mins.

 

I'd recommend this setup in a second. Works great and total cost of $130.

 

later,

bobc

[99-2door]

Does the factory plug on one of those plug into the realy center on the back of the bed? If it does couldn't he get one of those?

[Chris97K1500]

That's what I thought, but the RV place said there is no direct plug into that box in the back. Seems odd that it wouldn't be a direct plug in. Chris