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Ever since I got my truck back, I've had an issue with the rear lamps. I put this down to the rear harness being a bit messed up, after I removed the tow bar electrics. I was looking at a new harness, which worked out at well over £300 from Toyota.
I decided to pull the lamps out today, and compare the connections on the lamps themselves with that of my originals. Lo and behold, there was an incorrect pin layout on the nearside unit. After I corrected it, the lamps are working as they should. I also wired up the license plate lamps.
The stainless MK6 rear bumper came with a single lamp in the middle, though there are the usual cutouts for the twin lamp set-up. Interestingly, the MK5 lamps are a direct fit. I guess it makes sense, seeing as the MK6/7 also has a base model, which lacking a rear bumper, has the licence plate and lamps on the rear valence. All I had to do was extend the harness, and wire them up.
Tomorrow I'm booked in to have the headlamps aligned, as right now the beams can be seen from space. Time permitting, I'll fit the front wheel arch liners. I've only got one rear, the offside, and before I can fit it, I need to extend the fuel filler neck. I'm still on the hunt for a nearside rear, and most of the usual suspects only have Double Cabin models breaking, and I'm not sure how different they are to the Single Cabin version.
The hunt continues.
I decided to pull the lamps out today, and compare the connections on the lamps themselves with that of my originals. Lo and behold, there was an incorrect pin layout on the nearside unit. After I corrected it, the lamps are working as they should. I also wired up the license plate lamps.
The stainless MK6 rear bumper came with a single lamp in the middle, though there are the usual cutouts for the twin lamp set-up. Interestingly, the MK5 lamps are a direct fit. I guess it makes sense, seeing as the MK6/7 also has a base model, which lacking a rear bumper, has the licence plate and lamps on the rear valence. All I had to do was extend the harness, and wire them up.
Tomorrow I'm booked in to have the headlamps aligned, as right now the beams can be seen from space. Time permitting, I'll fit the front wheel arch liners. I've only got one rear, the offside, and before I can fit it, I need to extend the fuel filler neck. I'm still on the hunt for a nearside rear, and most of the usual suspects only have Double Cabin models breaking, and I'm not sure how different they are to the Single Cabin version.
The hunt continues.
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