You're very welcome. Maybe you drive south some for the warmer weather. Supposed to get up to the mid to upper 60's with sunshine here in the Houston area. And where I'm at in the south Houston area, a few degrees warmer than that!! Come on down and you can use my driveway and I'll supply the beer!
My BD S2 Reverse Light Kit Install
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You're very welcome. Maybe you drive south some for the warmer weather. Supposed to get up to the mid to upper 60's with sunshine here in the Houston area. And where I'm at in the south Houston area, a few degrees warmer than that!! Come on down and you can use my driveway and I'll supply the beer!
Yeah, that connector is different than mine. Mine was 4 wires by 4 wires in two rows. So I can't say whether you got the correct wire. I'm not home right now. I think I remember seeing a picture of the connector in the instructions that matched my connector. My connector was more square shaped than what yours looks like.
To be certain you have the right wire, you could use a voltmeter and touch the female side of the connector and a ground point to make sure you have some voltage/current on that wire when you put the vehicle in reverse. That's what I did to confirm the wire. Of course it's best with two people. One behind the wheel with multiple brakes on and one using the voltmeter.
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The Baja upfitter wire uses a crimp style connector which woks 5/10 times. Anybody who’s been around trucks long enough can tell you the quick splice/crimp connectors are awesome AND a pain at the same time
I’d recommend strip part of the wire back so you are bare wire and then crimp onto the bare wire it lol make a better connection
The little teeth tend to lose connection after time since they are mainly holding the plastic
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I'm waiting until I can get to a dark location so I can take some before and after pictures on just how much additional light gets thrown towards the rear with these lights versus just the stock reverse lights in the taillight assembly. So I'll post those pictures soon. But for now, here is a great shot of the rea r of the truck with the S2 lights on!! Awesome!! They are super bright!
Here is an attempt to see what the rear area looks like through the back-up camera.
Stock reverse lights looking at back-up camera.
And here is the view through the back-up camera with the S2s illuminating.
Stock reverse lights looking at back-up camera.
And here is the view through the back-up camera with the S2s illuminating.
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sixshooter_45
2019 Ruby Red Metallic SC, 3.5 L Twin Turbos.
Great write up, will be installing my S1 when it gets warmer.
Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas to all.
91Eunos
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Nice write up...
I put mine in a year ago, and this would have been very useful. Definitely a great reference for future installers.
I put mine in a year ago, and this would have been very useful. Definitely a great reference for future installers.
salvagediver
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Looks good man. I installed some S1's a couple weeks ago.
Speeddeacon
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Nice organized write up and excellent pics. Using upfitters adds to complexity but worth it if you want to control it. Tapping into the reverse wire of trailer harness was a breeze.
From BD website, draw for pairs of S2 Sport is 1.8 amps and 3.4 amps for Pros.
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From BD website, draw for pairs of S2 Sport is 1.8 amps and 3.4 amps for Pros.
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