LED tailgate light bar installed (harness wiring diagram attached)

[White willy]

So,how are you getting the brake lights to work?

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[Rclancy1023]

Nope, returned them to Ford. Putco ( manufacturer) told me they do not support the model Ford is selling and at this time, they do not have one for the 2025 Ranger Raptor.

 

[Joe T]

@ntbruncie,

Thanks so much for sharing the wiring diagrams for the lightbar install. Can you please post a picture or explain where on the vehicle you hard wired the light bar harness. I have tried to hard wire in front of the hitch connector but it still registered as having a trailer attached. Thanks.

 

[ntbruncie]

@ntbruncie,

Thanks so much for sharing the wiring diagrams for the lightbar install. Can you please post a picture or explain where on the vehicle you hard wired the light bar harness. I have tried to hard wire in front of the hitch connector but it still registered as having a trailer attached. Thanks.

Look at the outsides of the hitch, on each side you will find the harness and a plug. They are directly under where the tail lights sit.

 

[Joe T]

Thanks for the quick reply, ntbruncie!

 

[Jetsss]

No, the access hole to lover the spare is next to the license plate.

Thanks for the post, the lights look aweseome. I love the letter on the tailgate..was that difficult to put on? If you don't like it, is it easy to take off? Thanks.

 

[superj]

the tailgate letters are very easy to put on but i am not sure how easy to take off. they are stickers with good adhesive on them

 

[fordgt]

Where did you tap into the harness, at the end where you can see the colored wires going into the plug? Or did you unwrap the harness somewhere in the middle?

 

[fordgt]

Where did you tap into the harness, at the end where you can see the colored wires going into the plug? Or did you unwrap the harness somewhere in the middle?

Worked on this for a couple hours today, tapped into the backup and left turn signal successfully. The right turn is acting strange. Instead of flashing amber, the center 2 sections are flashing red. No brakes or running lights so far.

 

[Sauce]

Is this where you tapped into the harness?

 

[fordgt]

That is where I am tappin, I peeled about 5” of tape back.

 

[Neil S]

I used an XKGlow on my 25' Lariat. My custom shop said it did not need a signal isolator like my 19" Lariat did but, it needed to be hardwired to keep all the warnings from lighting up/ringing.

 

[ntbruncie]

Yes, there will be one on each side of the hitch. One to the left one to the right side tail lights.

Is this where you tapped into the harness?

 

[ShadowDragon24]

You can run a wire up to the BCM, per the ford Body builder guide. you tap the 3rd brake signal wire off the bcm. I did thhis for my cap brake and my Diode Dynamics C1R's. just had to take the brake module off the c1r 7pin harness, and cut the trailer turn/stop wires off thr module. and instead wire them into the new brake wire I ran, ground, marker and reverse still come from the trailer plug. and got rid my trailer turn signal errors.

there are also 3 blunt cut behind deiver kick plate. pos light(marker) high beam, and run/start(ignition) my labeled high beam wire was actually my marker. and my labeled pos light(marker)wire was actually my highbeam. lol the run/start wire is powered off the #92 accessory fuse in fusebox, so before I knew about it, I just used a fuse tap on that fuse. but now I can eliminate that tap aswell.

 

[fordgt]

I did this job this weekend, not too difficult. Thanks very much to Nick (ntbruncie) for posting this. He also answered some questions I had.
I will add my thoughts here.
When you order from Amazon you need to order the connector kit that has a standard 4 wire trailer plug and the crimp connectors (about $12).
Don’t buy the magnetic attachment kit, the area where it attached is hard plastic so you have to use the 3m tape already on the unit. I would recommend a good wipe down with denatured alcohol and getting some 3m adhesion promoter (either the individual pads or the jar which is a much cheaper alternative).

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