Recon Lights Installed

hoosierdiesel · Feb 13, 2012

So over the weekend I installed a few goodies from Recon.

Smoked Side Mirror Lenses
Smoked Third Brake Light
Smoked Tail Lights
White Lighting Tail Gate Bar
Interior DOME Light LED's

I'll post some pics up tomorrow when its a little warmer and I can get the snow off the truck.

I did have one issue and another little thing I would like to get some feedback on.

For those of you who have installed the mirror lenses how did you tuck all the excess wiring away? Sine the LED Recon lights plug into the lighting socket for the stockers there is excessive wiring and not much room to stuff the old lighting sockets into the mirror. I did eventually get them in there but I just didnt like the way all that fit...

Also for the white lighting bar, what did you do with the white wire? There was nothing in the directions mentioning its purpose... I'm guessing its for the reverse lights?? Any info on that would be appreciated.

Other than that I LOVE the look of the smoked covers on the truck. The LED's are great and they look awesome. Also installed the interior dome lights, WOW those things are insanely bright!

Also have to give huge props to the guys at Recon, especially Ryan. He was great and hooked me up with some great stuff and a military discount. His was great with answering all my questions at the time of purchase and making sure I got everything I need.

hoosierdiesel · Feb 13, 2012

The white wire does indeed splice into the positive wire going into the tail light reverse light.

Supplemental Instruction Sheet for Installing LED Tailgate Bar with
White Reverse Lights (Hard Wiring Instructions)
Once you have followed the instructions on the first installation instruction
sheet, simply hard wire (aka splice) the white wire coming out of the RECON
LED tailgate bar directly to the postive wire of your drivers side reverse light.
This wire can be found by simply removing your drivers tail light lens and
following the two wires for the reverse light. The negative is typically black.
Splice into the other wire which is the positive wire.

Jhaddox · Feb 13, 2012

If the white wire is for the reverse lights tap in to the reverse signal on the taillights or trailer wiring harness

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hoosierdiesel · Feb 13, 2012

Yeah I though about just splicing into the 7 pin connector instead of running it to the tail light. Depends on which one looks better. I'll probably just stick with the tail light since the splice will be more shielded from the weather.