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Old Oct 24, 2024 | 07:21 PM
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Looks good Ben! The heat down here in AZ is murder on these lol.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2024 | 08:27 PM
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I am trying to decide on what to do with the grey one. I may pass it along to someone who can use it, or keep it as a spare in case I need it later
 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 08:25 PM
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The wiring harness for my third brake light has seen it’s better days and the lense was a bit rough so I decided to replace it. Ended up with a smoked LED unit. This was my second choice as I wanted to keep the red lens but the wiring on my first pick was junk and I didn’t want it on the truck with that trash.


 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 08:27 PM
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The white bed light is pretty bright and the LED matches the tail lights pretty well.




 
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 10:38 PM
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Led lights looks nice, where"d you get them from?
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 09:31 AM
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Nice
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 01:53 PM
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Here is the link to the 3rd brake light

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i think the other lights are a couple of pages back
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 01:59 PM
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Here is the one that originally ordered. The wires plug into the bulb sockets and the harness just lays hanging free. It doesn’t have a place for you to twist them in so they will not flop around. I was not a fan. It was disappointing as I like the more factory appearance with the red lens.

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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 02:59 PM
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Are there any issues associated with led 3rd brake lights?
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 04:07 PM
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My truck is a manual and doesn’t have cruise control so the LEDs don’t affect my low class truck
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 04:25 PM
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My truck is a manual and doesn’t have cruise control so the LEDs don’t affect my low class truck
So led there can mess with the cruise control? Thats poopy
 
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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 04:45 PM
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So led there can mess with the cruise control? Thats poopy
knottyrope mentions what resistor needs to be in parallel to fool the PCM somewhere here recently.
cleatus mentions this also, perhaps first(?)

Tried brake light LEDs in my 96 xlt once, same issues with converter lockup. Didn't have time to troubleshoot so went back to incandescent lamps.
 

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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 06:04 PM
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So led there can mess with the cruise control? Thats poopy
Yes, they can mess with cruise and the torque converter on the autos and cause some weird shifting problems. I know that is the case for LED replacement bulbs. Both of mine are full light replacements. The taillights came with individual control boxes for the lights so these may not affect anything but since I can’t confirm it because of the options on my specific truck. If someone is close with an auto and wants to test drive these to check for problems I would be glad to do it
 
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Old Dec 31, 2024 | 01:46 PM
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TC uses Ground from the brake to lock the TC
CC uses the same GND to disengage

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can be put inline
 
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Well I finally got around to installing a new dash bezel. It went in pretty well and looks good without any cracks like my OEM one had. I did some cleaning while I had it apart and apparently dorked up the temp gauge. Vanilla Ice ain’t got nothin’ on me.




I guess I will take it back apart and see if I can get it back going in the right direction.
 
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