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I ended mounting lights in my spare tire delete, it’s amazing haha.

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How did you fit those lights behind that plate? Aren't they much deeper?

I love it, but then I'd have to put my spare in my only trunk space. Which may not be bad with a bikini and no carpets setup...

:movember:
 

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How did you fit those lights behind that plate? Aren't they much deeper?

I love it, but then I'd have to put my spare in my only trunk space. Which may not be bad with a bikini and no carpets setup...

:movember:
Yes the lights are deeper than the allowed space. I cut the center out of the air outlet vents in the tailgate to allow room for the lights. I tucked the wiring inside the trim panels along the side and up to the aux wiring under the dash (aux4).
 

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Here is what I did a week ago. Wired into the left tail light. The white wire with the brown stripe is the reverse light circuit. I like how the lights go right along the guidelines on the screen. I used the flush mount rigid LEDs that you guys were talking about putting in the reflectors.

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Here is what I did a week ago. Wired into the left tail light. The white wire with the brown stripe is the reverse light circuit. I like how the lights go right along the guidelines on the screen. I used the flush mount rigid LEDs that you guys were talking about putting in the reflectors.

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Nice job. Looks very clean!
 

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Now that's a great jog--congrats !

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Here is what I did a week ago. Wired into the left tail light. The white wire with the brown stripe is the reverse light circuit. I like how the lights go right along the guidelines on the screen. I used the flush mount rigid LEDs that you guys were talking about putting in the reflectors.

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Love it
Is that a plastic or steel bumper?
 

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You can also install these bad boys in the spare 😎😜

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what i'm inclined to do, is stick a single laser spot right in the center, above the spare tire mount, with the light carefully aimed directly at the retinas of tailgating drivers. what i need, is the lidar that is used in adaptive cruise controls, so when you get in range, the closer you get, the brighter it gets. i want something that will zap you at high noon on a sunny day. i need a tailgater repellent.

my work car is a CTS-V, and that has a throttle pedal that renders tailgaters null and void. the jeep however, won't pull strongly to 185, and so i need a death star light....
 

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Bodam said: "How do you tie into the existing LED reverse lights? I can't find any wiring anywhere."

Bob, I tied into the driver side LED just above the clip with "t"-wire connectors. The Orange wire is the "hot" wire for the reverse light aspect of the LED.

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The wiring in the left tail light. It’s been over a year since I did it. It’s either an orange wire with a white stripe or a white wire with an orange stripe. I tapped into that one and mine only come on with the reverse lights.
 

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These are finally out now! I preordered mine and they shipped two days ago! Can’t wait...

 
 



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