Anyone install this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...302#vi-content

If so, how was the fit and light brightness at night?

 

Have had it installed for 3months now. Comments:

• despite what the ad indicates, it DOES NOT "Install...using existing factory plug". *It needs to be spliced into the bulb socket wires -or- (as I did) fabricate a connector that plugs into the bulb sockets.
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• fit is
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• brigtness (day|night) is *CAVEAT: Since I have a hard tonneau cover I only wired-up the stop-light.

FYI ... The manufacturer is PILOT and the part # is TB-205S.
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So did you add a connector to the ends of the 3 wires so it plugs into the factory connector that holds the oem blub?
If not, please discribe in a little more detail what you did there.

 

...Forgettaboutit...

This seller wants $49.99US to ship 1 of these lights to Canada via USPS.

Is this guy greedy or am I not in touch with reality....

 

Yes. Except that since I didn't intend to use the cargo light(s), it only involved 2 wires ( red and black ) and 1 connector.

• bought a light socket pigtail that matched the existing.
• converted it to a male ...
  • 2 sections of 14guage copper wire stuck into the connections in the socket.
  • then filled the socket cavity with silicone adhesive (NOT sealant).
  • after setting-up, trimmed the 14guage copper wire prongs to the appropriate length.
• attached the red / black wires to the male socket (twist, solder, shrink-wrap).

The new, male socket now plugs into the bulb socket and the two are held together via a lengthwise zip-tie.

NOTE: I'm **** about cutting / splicing into OEM wiring and trust me ... THERE IS NO READY-MADE MALE COUNTERPART TO THE BULB SOCKET (other than a bulb). YA! I LOOKED!!!!!

To use the cargo light(s), you'd need another socket pigtail and make a male socket with 1 14guage copper wire pin. The lead for that pin would be attached to the white wire and the male socket would plug-into either of the cargo light sockets as white <> white. *Ground is shared with the stop light and their hot is shared between the 2.
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As you probably already know ... Some will not ship at all to CA.

FYI ... That's the best price that I've seen and MUCH less than I paid in Aug'2011 from another eBay seller.

If you're up-to a leap-of-faith let me know ....

• provide me funds.
• will purchase item.
• you provide funds to cover shipping co$t.
• will ship the item.

But 1st to determine the UPS shipping co$t ... NEED YOUR CITY -AND- POSTAL CODE, eh?
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gDMJoe,
Is your offer still good?

 

Yes sir. But as noted .....
Send info' in a PM.
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You have a PM.