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- Open the hood and using the flat
screwdriver remove the retaining clips that hold in the black plastic
panel over the headlight assemblies.
- Remove the (4) 13mm bolts that hold
the headlights in place.
- Now you will have access to the front
turn signal assemblies in the bumper. Remove these by twisting
the bulb socket counter-clockwise. Both front turn signals have 3 wires (blue, brown, black), so keep track of your left and right
side connections.
- Cut the blue
wire and connect it in-line with the new 18GA wire that wire be routed
to the rear of the car. Do this to both the right and left sides
and route these two wires through the firewall.
- Pry up the side moulding along the
drivers door and pull
back the carpet. Run the wire underneath the carpet and beside
the back seat and underneath the carpeting in the trunk.
- Open the trunk and remove the 4 T-shaped screws that hold the cargo net in place.
- Pry up the piece over the trunk latch,
it's held in with four clips.
- Next pull back the carpeting and now
you will have access to the outer taillight assemblies. Now look
at the inboard lamp assemblies in the trunk lid itself. Remove
the sockets to the back-up lights by twisting them counter-clockwise.
- Remove the stock bulb and replace it
with the new #3057NA bulb.
- There will be 2 wires going to the
back-up bulbs (green & black). Cut the green
wire to each bulb, and attach
the 18GA wire to the side of the wire still connected to the bulb.
- Take the other end of the green wire
that you cut and tape it up. Note: this wire can be used if
desired to connect to a new bulb housing to re-install the back-up
light function.
- Route the wires along the inside of
the trunk lid shell toward one of the hinges.
- Next find the wiring going to the 3rd
brake light assembly - there will be 2 wires (white & black)
going to a connector. Cut the white wire and connect a piece of
18GA wire in-line that will be routed to the brake lights.
- Route the wire inside the shell along
with the 2 wires you just ran from the back-up bulbs. Attach
the wire loom to the trunk hinge and route the 3 wires though it
into the trunk compartment. Be sure that the lid will go up and
down and not damage the wires.
- Next find the brake light socket that
will have 3 wires (Pass side = green, brown, black) (Driver
side = yellow, brown, black). Cut the green
wire (pass side) and attach 2 pieces of the 18GA wire running from
the 3rd brake light to the end still attached to the bulb. Tape
up the other end of the green wire to prevent shorting.
- Run the 18GA wire not connected to the
drivers side, cut the yellow wire and
attach the 18GA to the bulb end. Tape the other end of the cut yellow
wire to prevent shorting.
- Next connect the other 2 new wires
that you ran from the trunk lid to the ones you ran from the front
bumper turn signals, keeping track of right and left sides
respectively.
- Test all circuits, brake lights,
parking lights, turn signals, etc. before re-installing the front
assemblies. If everything works then you're done!
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