who wants extra length on their aux wires!? pics inside

HAP · Apr 6, 2014

Wreckless117 said:
No. This is on a 14' . It was just as tight as all the other pictures I've seen before i cut the tape and in did the harness connectors.

But you have to cut off ALL the tape, as far back as you can follow the harness, AND detach from the harness clips.

Thanks. Did you bother tying the bundle back together somehow?

Mad Max · Apr 6, 2014

I just connected the rest of my switches and installed a pair of KC rear bumper lights yesterday. Great write up on extending those wires, it is a pain to do it with what little wire the factory exposes in such a tight area.

daddycreswell · Apr 6, 2014

Wreckless117 said:
Well it all started with wanting some better back up lights, among the rest of the lighting I want to do. Because i found out how horrible the stock reverse lights were when i decided to back down my blacktop driveway, in the middle of the night, with no city lights around. So decided that I take care of these real quick. So i got these poverty lights off ebay, 10w single led floods, for $50.

OK so here come the dreaded aux wires under the dash everyone's been talking about, tight spaces and all. Well I fiqured there had to be a better way! So I start looking and seen that our aux wires are taped all along the wire harness so I started there and carefully cut ALL the tape off the wire harness. Then I found the white harness clips taped up too, so I undid those as well, i tried pulling them out, but space is limited to where its hard to get to them.

After cutting all that tape, I was able to pull down carefully.

And what do we get for 10-15 minutes!?!?!? Extra wire to work with!!!!! Adds much needed leg length to either way you want to work with.

OK so now that was done I got them all hooked up ready to go as we all know how. If you dont, check out Birdman's upfitter how to thread. Then I got my backup lights mounted and wire ran to the back of the truck and are all hooked up. Here's some output shots!!!!! Very happy for spending less than $75 on everything.

These were all taken from I my camera phone so quality not the best. But these made a HUGE improvement.

*not responsible for anyone damaging their vehicle following my tips*

You have a link to the light? I wonder if they would work for driving light?

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HAYNES OFFROAD · Apr 6, 2014

HAP said:
Thanks. Did you bother tying the bundle back together somehow?

I re taped the original harness (but left the aux wires separate) back together a few times but didn't bother with the white plastic harness hooks.

daddycreswell said:
You have a link to the light? I wonder if they would work for driving light

Yea here you go. 2pcs 10W Spot Beam CREE LED Work Light Modular High Power Reverse Lamp 12V 24V | eBay
I got them for $50 because they were out of stock on another set that I had originally ordered. They contacted me right after my order and gave me a choice of other sets of lights they did have in stock. Customer service was great. They told me if I had any problems they would take care of it. Id buy from them again for poverty lights.

Krab · Apr 6, 2014

Much better light for backing up! I'm glad you posted this because I had been wondering how some diffused lights would look mounted there. Good job.

HAYNES OFFROAD · Apr 7, 2014

Yes it made my day when I flipped the switch at night. I could actually see backing down my driveway. And they throw the light pretty far, so using them as a loading light could work well too.

Raptor Embroidery · Apr 7, 2014

I just got fed up and took my dashboard apart! Did some tidying up while I was in there and left a few pieces of wire to pull future wires through. Which was extremely helpful when it was time to install my VHF radio and Lowrance GPS w/ external antenna

I ended up being able to get some amp connectors in there so they can be disconnected at any time or replaced with a new accessory that is mounted inside the truck. Simply unplug and plug and add an amp connect to the positive and connect it up.

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matrix243 · Apr 7, 2014

Nice lights!

Blind1 · Apr 7, 2014

Nice write up. I don't know why Ford didn't do like they have with their HD trucks (F250's & above) with the upfitter wiring. They're actually labeled 1,2,3 & 4 under the dash, and the under the hood, and they were alot easier to work with.

Yea, I wished you were around 2 years ago with this write up.

HAYNES OFFROAD · Apr 7, 2014

Yea I fiqured it would be too late for most of ya, but I'm sure there's still quite a few people going to be needing to attach the aux wires. Its still a pain in the ace, but it made soldering under the glove box, almost on floor, almost easy.

if I couldn't pull them out, I would of just crimped them.

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