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New Full LED Tail lights installed

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Old 11-14-17, 06:27 AM
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Default New Full LED Tail lights installed

I figured I would start a new thread so the pictures of these new tails didn't get lost. Over the weekend I installed the Dark Smoke tails and smoked LED bumper reflector replacements. I only wired the lower LED lights to come on with the brakes, not parking lights. I found out that although the lights are advertised as 2011-2014, the harness they sent is NOT plug and play for 2014+ LED Plate lights. The inner lights get power from the license plate connector. The connector on the harness they supply does not match up with the LED lights on 2014+. I had to tap the power from the OEM plate lights and just not use the connector on the harness the new tails have. Everything works as it should, but I did let the seller of these lights know of the problem. Overall I'm happy with the look of the lights and the brightness. Time will tell how they hold up.



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Just parking lights on.
Just brake lights on.
Parking lights and Brake Lights on.

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Old 11-14-17, 07:19 AM
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What an incredibly strange setup, but at least they look good.
Old 11-14-17, 02:35 PM
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Can you post a pic of the brake lights during a sunny day from about 15 ft away?
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Nice lights. The brake lights discourage me a bit, but I like the look overall. We have the same color car. BTW, where did you get that rear trunk spoiler?
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Not bad. Can you post a few more pics a bit further from the car. It looks nice.
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Not bad. Can you post a few more pics a bit further from the car. It looks nice.
Where did you buy them?
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Ordered them from an ebay seller.
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New Tail lights with smart tap flasher

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Default Dim brake lights

I've been on the fence about this because of the brightness of the brake lights. Does it look like the bulbs can be replaced?
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Nice upgrade! Cosmetically it looks great and I like what you did with the lower reflectors in making them supporting breaking lights. However, a concern I have are the reverse lights - IIRC, there are only 2 LEDs on each side. Any chance you can take a picture of those? Also, where did you get that lip for the hatch?
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I've found that the reverse bulbs are more then bright enough. 4 per side in total. However none of the bulbs look to be serviceable.
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