Putco tail gate light bar

[Darmichar]

1 minute ago, Jaychevy81 said:

I have the curt on mine I have a 2018 works great


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The 55384 linked to above?

[Jaychevy81]

I saw somewhere where someone tapped the reverse line in the Curt connector between the two 7 pin plugs which is probably what I will do.

That’s exactly what I am going to do prob solder and tape I hate those scotch locks. Just waiting on the NJ weather to change a bit.


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[Darmichar]

Just now, Jaychevy81 said:

That’s exactly what I am going to do prob solder and tape I hate those scotch locks. Just waiting on the NJ weather to change a bit.


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Yeah, I'm trying to stay as far away from the scotchloks as possible.  You're just asking for trouble using those.

[Jaychevy81]

The 55384 linked to above?

That’s the exact one I have


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[Darmichar]

Just now, Jaychevy81 said:

That’s the exact one I have


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Awesome!  I'll go ahead and order one then.

[fatkid24]

Any idea if that will work on 2018's?  Curt doesn't match it to the 2018's on their site.  Amazon says it will work but I'm leery of trusting them.

I put one on my 2016 and the exact one on my dad’s 2018. Zero issues on either truck.

[Jaychevy81]

Also I bought this off amazon I don’t trust the Small sections of double sided tape. Esp in NJ so I’m gonna run one full strip down the light bar


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[fatkid24]

That stuff is great! Just make sure it’s above 45 degrees when you apply it. They call it “permanent tape”
But you can make small adjustments for a few minutes until it really cures.

[Jaychevy81]

While I’m waiting to do the install I figured I would clean up the wiring. I didn’t like how it went from the shrink tube to exposed wires to plastic tube. So I wrapped the whole thing in wire loom and taped it with harness tape. It matches the rest of the factory look. I also extended the reverse wire to make it match the Curt T I have installed on the truck now.


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[fatkid24]

Only thing left to do is show off the finished product!

[Jaychevy81]

Only thing left to do is show off the finished product!

I know I can’t wait just waiting for a day above 50 here lol tomm it’s 50 but I’m at work lol.


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[Jaychevy81]

It’s installed bright that’s all I have to say LOL what a difference. Couple things though the harness is def way to long made it hard to keep it neat and out of the way. The second thing I noticed it’s only 57 1/2 inches long overall and then each end is like 1 1/2. Compared to the street glow I had was 60 inches lights to the end. But so be it those are my only issues. The 3m VHB tape is amazing I tried to make a slight adjustment on the one side yea wasn’t happening it’s like weld no joke. Here are a few shots I also changed the reverse bulbs to LED.


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[Druder]

I thought the OPT7 was pricey but this is on another level. I like $50 mods and diys haha

[alkrisma]

I bought the putco wire harness and didn't have to cut any wires

https://www.putco.com/blade-quick-connect-harness

 

[EpicLT]

On 2/14/2019 at 9:38 AM, alkrisma said:

I bought the putco wire harness and didn't have to cut any wires

https://www.putco.com/blade-quick-connect-harness

 

No splicing into the reverse lights either? Do you have a picture of under the bumper of this setup?