LaughingBeagles Ride.. The Mods

[LaughingBeagles]

Ok, so time for the next mod. This was a tricky one as the previous owner used the bottom left bumper bar lights to power just about everything (kidding but you will see what I mean).

Tools

You will need:

1. Solder and Solder Iron
2. Pliers
3. Crimping Tools
4. Phillips Head Screwdriver
5. Flat Blade Screwdriver

I purchased from Fleabay Rear LED Lights:

I also grabbed:

1. A roll of 7 core trailer wire (again from Fleabay)
2. Left over 3mm figure 8 autowire
3. 5x WIRE CONNECTOR PLUG car truck motorcycle 6 PIN (Fleabay again)

Steps

Step 1

Remove the plate from rear floor to in order to insert the wire from the left hand to right hand side. I used the flat blade driver to gently put upwards pressure on so I could unscrew the clips:





Step 2

Remove the dummy rear tail lights

As all the other posts say, there are two 10mm screws holding the light in. Undo those and gently pull back on the light so it pops out. You may need to use your flat blade (wrapped in tape to prevent damage to the paintwork) to gently pry it loose but I found I didn't need it).

Step 3

Remove the left hand bumper light to access your wiring. Unfortunately, the guy who had it before me, used it for a range of things so it was tricky working out what belonged to what. I found the best way was to make some notes. Green = Indicator, Black = Earth, and so on.




Step 4
I then soldered the trailer wire and noted the colours eg green = indicator = green on trailer wire etc. Once soldered, I removed the little rubber grommet right near the light (you can't miss it) and fed it up to the rear where the light is:



This is where i deviated from the usual ones. Basically, everyone said to go find a Nevara Plug or to a wreckers to get a plug, some got inserts for stereo looms and the list goes on. I tried all that and after a week of banging my head against the preverbal trying to source something that would work, I decided to purchase the plugs and rewire both looms.

So, follow the directions on how to crimp (let me know if you want more details it can be a bit fiddly if you've not done it before). You should end up with something like this:



These then slide into your plug and hey presto, a new plug with no dramas. Rinse and repeat for the light and the right hand side.

Step 5

Once the looms are wired up, take your earth and reverse light over to the right hand side via the removed plastic plate and feed up and through the jack opening:



Step 6

Wire up the other side using the bottom bumper bar loom (as before).


Step 7
Reassemble your lights and hey presto a christmas tree of your very own:



The biggest pain for me was working out what the previous owner did.