Tectico LED fender light side marker install

[VampireX]

Finally figured it out!

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[Dude]

Finally figured it out!

What was the solution you figured out? Others may want to know.

 

[Winds of Change]

What was the solution you figured out? Others may want to know.

There is a thread on these already. Just search the tectico lights. There is good info there.

 

[VampireX]

What was the solution you figured out? Others may want to know.
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Finally figured it out!

My only issue was thar I couldn’t get the stock marker lights to unplug. Between working blind and not familiar with the plug, I couldn’t figure how the wire was attached.

I’ve had cars where they twist on and was just being cautious not to break it. I finally figured out that’s there’s a small tab in the top of the plug and they just pull out.

Otherwise, the Tectico plug and play will install was very easy.

 

[Dude]

There is a thread on these already. Just search the tectico lights. There is good info there.

It’s ok he just had a specific question that he was not able to find the answer in any other post. He solved the issue he was having.

 

[cario65]

Finally installed these on my Badlands. I got the two-wire version and decided to make my own harness that goes between the factory headlight plug and the headlight. On my harness I matched up the wire size to the factory harness and split off a two wire plug for the side marker. Making the harness myself from parts from Digi-key was cheaper than buying a premade harness or prebuilt kit.

Removal of factory inserts was easy on the quarter panels with the passenger side a little more tight to work on. The Tectico clips make for a tight fit, so taking off ever will be more challenging than factory ones.

I also wrapped all the wiring with Red Wolf wire harness cloth tape.

 

[Rhel]

Well got them installed - and of course, the left driver's one doesn’t blink amber, but instead the white lights blink (daytime running works fine). Thinking there’s a wiring issue somewhere inside the light itself and that’s why it’s doing that.

Either way, attaching some photos of the install to see if maybe I'm just an idiot and doing something totally wrong here:

if you want amber as a daylight and have blinker as well you need to put wires together before they go into black box where the white connection is

 

[CODIY]

Matches with my plans for the weekend. I initially ordered the Tectico harness, but it was long, the socket was unreasonably large, and would still ahve required me to tap into the wiring. I decided to also go the Digikey route, and am glad I did. Hoping that the install goes well. I had planned to include a 2-position connector like cario65, but the ones I bought would not hold the wire gauge of the lights, despite the description. Shouldn't have bought cheap amazon connectors :/ A couple of butt connectors should be fine, though. Honestly, though, it seems like this should be an option for sale.

 

[CODIY]

Finally installed these on my Badlands. I got the two-wire version and decided to make my own harness that goes between the factory headlight plug and the headlight. On my harness I matched up the wire size to the factory harness and split off a two wire plug for the side marker. Making the harness myself from parts from Digi-key was cheaper than buying a premade harness or prebuilt kit.

Removal of factory inserts was easy on the quarter panels with the passenger side a little more tight to work on. The Tectico clips make for a tight fit, so taking off ever will be more challenging than factory ones.

I also wrapped all the wiring with Red Wolf wire harness cloth tape.

Interesting that it looks like your ground wire is in a different position from mine. Looking at your second picture, my ground wire is on the bottom left of the connector going to the vehicle socket, whereas yours looks to be top right?
Here are pics of my OEM connectors in place:
Driver side

Passenger side

 

[cario65]

First pic is of my headlight plug on the OEM harness. Second is the harness I made matching the OEM layout. What model do you have? I have Badlands and that has the Signature LED Lighting standard

 

[Bucko]

Ok this is how my mechanic hooked them up. Left headlight wiring harness. Red wire goes to the white wire. Yellow wire goes to blue wire with green stripe. black wire goes to black with green stripe. Good luck

Terrible way to run wiring. very sloppy looking, and potential for a wiring short.

 

[Mrmike]

Terrible way to run wiring. very sloppy looking, and potential for a wiring short.

I couldn't agree more Bucko. I didn't say anything because I don't want to insult anyone. Several folks on this thread have similar installs. Certainly, looks like an amateur job. I wouldn't be going to that "mechanic" anymore.

 

[JAD67428]

Terrible way to run wiring. very sloppy looking, and potential for a wiring short.

What pic are you talking about ???

 

[Bucko]

What pic are you talking about ???

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[CODIY]

What model do you have? I have Badlands and that has the Signature LED Lighting standard

Ah, that is likely the difference. I have the Bigbend. Hopefully the wire colors still apply for my model as well. I guess I will find out when I install it.

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