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Added 18 lights with harness now i have an issue.

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by darkknight2014, Jan 14, 2018.

  1. Jan 14, 2018 at 7:51 AM
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    darkknight2014

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    Ok i put the lights, followed instruction to a T. Depinned wires that needed to be swapped. Lights work as the should, awesome. While driving i noticed my havoc lights were on that illuminate the knobs, basically the truck was lit up like i put the lights on. When i used the signal the interior lights flashed along with the blinker..wtf!! I put the parking lights on and we are back to normal as far as the interior not flashing with the blinker. At night time i even noted the taillights are on very dim. Does any one have insite to this. Never had this problem with retros.
     
  2. Jan 14, 2018 at 7:54 AM
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    Where did you get your harness from?
     
  3. Jan 14, 2018 at 8:04 AM
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    Sorry to hear this. Even more sorry for imagining the interior lights flashing with the blinkers... Probably 1 stupid wire wrong...
     
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  4. Jan 14, 2018 at 8:43 AM
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    Well here is the thing because i lost sleep on this last night. I unplugged the driver side blinker connector that u have to repin. Tucks normal lol. Wtf only swapped the ground and purple wire like the directions said. I plug it back in thw lights turn on. Im goona try and delete the purple wire to see if thats the issue.
     
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  5. Jan 14, 2018 at 8:55 AM
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    Sounds frustrating. I hope you get this resolved Phil.
     
  6. Jan 14, 2018 at 9:16 AM
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    Well i hope this is a legit fix, the guy i git the harness from said it had to do with my kenwood headunit and the maestro datalink. Kinda hard to believe. So i decided to depin the purple wire on the harness and what do you know all the lights work as they should in the cab. I left the wire depinned and tapped up with electric tape. Hopefully this is not frowned upon by the electric gods but im content. So the lights do as an oem limited would with the dim feature.
     
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  7. Jan 14, 2018 at 9:17 AM
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    Thanks sean had ur syrup this morning on waffles amd it gave me brain power to fix my issue lol. Best syrup ever!!
     
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  8. Jan 14, 2018 at 9:28 AM
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    Just a few weeks away from sugaring season. Can't wait.
     
  9. Jan 14, 2018 at 9:35 AM
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    I need two more of those jars u sent me lol i put that sh*t on everything!!
     
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  10. Jan 15, 2018 at 10:41 AM
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    Ok so an update...the purple wire had nothing to do with my issue even though it resolved the lights blinking in the cab. I decided that i would try the drl delete being that the truck had the dim feature harness as if it was oem. What do you know i plug in the purple wire and now it is 100% working. So if any of u guys do the dim harness on an sr5 and you happen to have my issue do the DRL DELETE.
     
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  11. Jan 15, 2018 at 10:55 AM
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    Hey remember when you said some people were having issues or whatever when U first contacted me and I said it’s because they don’t disable the oem drl! Lol I thought you had already done this with your retro
     
  12. Jan 15, 2018 at 11:03 AM
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    Nobody said i was the sharpest tool in the shed lol. Never did with the retros cause i just did the resistor.
     
  13. Jan 15, 2018 at 11:04 AM
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    I had to do it with mine because of the switchbacks. At least you got it fixed. And then Ihacker lowers his prices after we buy.
     
  14. Jan 15, 2018 at 11:24 AM
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    i want to know what you're planning on doing with 18 lights.... :anonymous: :boink: :cool:
     
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  15. Jan 15, 2018 at 4:15 PM
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    Not sure what you mean. I put 2018 led oem headlights on the truck and switched out my month old retros.
     
  16. Jan 15, 2018 at 4:21 PM
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    Lol he meant, total of 18 lights
     
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  17. Jan 15, 2018 at 4:25 PM
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    yea, sorry, i was being totally sarcastic but it must not have come off that well. :cool: :cheers:
     
  18. Jan 15, 2018 at 5:10 PM
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    Lol, my bad was so pissed how i screwed up a rather easy upgrade by not disabling the factory drl.
     
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    What's the plan for your retros?

    Edit. I see them for sale now
     
  20. Jul 26, 2018 at 3:27 PM
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    Does anyone have a pic of what the re-pinned harness should look like once I re-pin it. Sorry I’m just confused on what to do with purple wire.
     
  21. Jul 26, 2018 at 3:49 PM
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    So you have a 2018 sr5 and did the led headlight upgrade? Just asking because im considering swapping out mine , i too have a sr5
     
  22. Jul 26, 2018 at 9:41 PM
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    My issue was found to be the viper alarm. Removed alarm professionally and no problems since.
     
  23. Sep 13, 2020 at 6:35 AM
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    So I realize this message is a little old but I just installed the TRD Pro 2018 LED headlights on my 2015 SR5 tundra. I have the amber DRL's and want to keep them. My turn signal switch had the 3 pin connector and I switched the 2 pins that I had seen on many instructions in order for the turn signal to get the correct power and be bright at night. (current recall for this on 2018+ tundras). HOWEVER, I have noticed the same issue as the above, during the day my climate controls and other lights are lit and flash with the turn signal. What is the resolution?? I have read the purple wire in the 3 pins should NOT be reconnected and others have just disabled the amber DRL to resolve. It took me almost a month to catch this happening, since in daytime you hardly see the lights on and if not looking at them with turn signal on you never catch this, I imagine others have this issue and perhaps have realized it yet.
     
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    Maybe you need the I-hacker harness?
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    Thanks for this link, so frustrating that I was not sent a harness that is supposed to work, when ordered I specified I had SR5 with amber running lights, not sure or difference with harness I got without comparing the 2. I did have the DRL harness to fuse box and connected that, other harnesses look similar. So is this the only solution to this issue if I want to keep the amber DRL's? I ordered from Xkstensive off-road, lights came from dealership and harness shipped separately, so I may need to ping them and see what they sent.
     
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    Hi there. I added the same headlights to my 17 dc and used a headlight revolution harness and my amber drl was on with my new drl for 2 months without any problems. Today I noticed the same thing you guys had. Lights on the climate control knobs blinking with my turn signal. How should I fix this?
     
  29. Dec 8, 2020 at 6:02 AM
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    I de-pinned the purple wire on the 3 pin turn signal, this kept the amber DRL working with headlights off, but deleted it with headlights on, works fine now, others have done the completed amber DRL delete but I like these on during day with headlights off.
     
  30. Dec 8, 2020 at 6:57 PM
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    Hi. When you de pinned the purple wire the dash lights stopped blinking while turn signal was on?
     

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