Pics below (in case anyone else wants reference material for their own install) of my Custom Dynamics LED center tail light install. Fast shipping by CD to my doorstep again, so :2thumbs: to them!
Start by removing the seven T30 torx screws that fasten the under tray to the bottom of your tail section. I used a 1/4 inch drive ratchet with a T30 bit.
Next I used a thin bladed screw driver to press the two tabs on either side of the R tail trim piece, and lifted gently on it to remove it.
The tail with the under tray and R tail trim removed. Red arrows show the L & R tail light plugs; blue arrows show the tabs you pull out to unplug the halves from each other. You can use either plug to splice the CD LED center tail light into.
R tail trim piece with the 1/4 inch hole for the CD LED center tail light wires drilled in it.
CD LED center tail light installed (double sided 3M sticky foam....all you do is peel off the backing and wipe down the trim piece with 3M adhesion promoter [included in kit]), then press the LED tail light into place.
Wires sticking through the R tail trim piece; I used a Dremel tool with a cone stone grinder bit to chamfer the inside of the hole.
I used some black RTV silicone sealant to help insulate the wires from rubbing on the inside edges of the hole (probably overkill as the R trim is plastic anyway).
This was the most difficult part of the install as those clever manipulators at Custom Dynamics said in their written instructions to connect the black to black wires, white to white wires, and orange to orange wires of the LED tail light and CD supplied plug (used to splice into one of the stock tail light plugs/circuits). The sharper eyed amongst you will have noted; there is NO white wire on the LED tail light pig tail, only black, red, and orange wires. This is apparently a subtle and sophisticated psychological technique to get us to call into question our electrical engineering skills, necessitating a call to tech support at Custom Dynamics. :joke: Flanker ain't goin' for it! I wired the red pig tail wire to the white plug wire. Tail light works fine that way. Wankers (not to be confused with Flankers!)!
R tail trim with newly installed CD LED center tail light back in place with the new tail light (blue arrows) spliced into the L side stock tail light plug (red arrows).
Used a zip tie to help keep the extra wiring up out of the way once the under tray was back into place.
As an added bit of insult; I'd tightened the last of the 7 torx screws of the undertail, turned the ignition on, and checked the new CD LED center tail light for tail light and brake light function (both worked great), only to discover the stock R tail light bulb filament is out......................gotta take the whole shebang apart again to get the bulb out for a replacement! :cus: :cus: :cus: Stuff happens as they say.
