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Old 11-27-2018, 01:49 PM
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Center Hatch Tails

For those familiar on your wiki, is there any PINOUT difference on the hatch lights in the LID rear light assembly ?

Just debating/looking at tail option/options ?
I have a Pre with Post Tails. I do recall I did a pinout swap
My hatch is also wired up with rear fogs.

I think I'm that guy wearing mis-match socks.
I sorta remember it's post tails, but the originals on the hatch.

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Old 11-27-2018, 02:02 PM
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On my post face lift they look like this. The ones marked in yellow are the factory running lights and I modified mine with rear fogs too. There was no wire running to the 3rd connector for the fog bulbs, I wired everything through my trailer module as factory.

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I'm such a idiot....somehow I had full working sockets and fugged up one socket as the futzing with a bulb. Swapped socket positions and it is indeed the socket.

All good on the rear tails then I suppose, if I switch things up or not. Yes, mine is wired up per the original tcm as per the original writeup years ago.
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OB -

Did you do a full LED bulb swap in the rear including fogs ?
Going to need to see how the lightout/intensity looks on just the tails before I do the fog.

My concern is that that it might be too ~intense~ for the rear fog ?
Be curious what's your take if you have a LED in the fog
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Have you retrofitted rear fogs already? Just putting the bulb in there won't make it work.

I have to wire mine up, the bulbs in place and got the euro headlight switch.
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Old 11-27-2018, 03:18 PM
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Yes, rear fogs retrofit has been done.

What the OP was asking was if the pinouts are the same on rear hatch housings on pre vs. post (if I change housings).
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OB -

Did you do a full LED bulb swap in the rear including fogs ?
Going to need to see how the lightout/intensity looks on just the tails before I do the fog.

My concern is that that it might be too ~intense~ for the rear fog ?
Be curious what's your take if you have a LED in the fog
My only LEDs are reverse lights and license plate lights. If they are intended to shine white I go with LED. All other non white illumination is stock incandescent lighting.
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Heh. I'm the opposite on License Plates. Well, in general, alot of lights - aesthetically.
I think interiors, license plates should be dim. Warm lights - to a degree. Eh, it's like a box of Crayons I suppose. Subjective
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