First off, thanks for the help KingoftheRanch, piece of cake.

This method does not require headliner removal.

After removing the lens and unplugging the lights, up to the right in between the roof and headliner you'll see where the white harness clip is fastened through.





You must push the white clip through to release the wire harness. I used a long #1 screwdriver and tapped it w/a hammer.

 

Then I just pulled the harness through and unplugged it.



Plugged in the new light and that was it. Took me about 20 minutes



The fitment isn't as good as I would have like to have seen. I will keep a close eye on it to make sure I have no leaks.

 

All in all I like it. The cargo light really lights up the area around the bed. It looks good also. The only thing I don't like is the fitment and maybe the $ tag.

Later

 

Putco's have REALLY bad fitment on all of their products. You should've went with Recon. They look OEM-ish plus fit 100% perfect. I hope you didnt pay a penny more than $100 or else you got skrewd

 

the recon is a nice piece. i bought one for my dad for his birthday. when it came time to get mine, in figured i'd try the revotec lights from ebay since rock pick liked his so much. i actually prefer it to the recon. the incandesant bulbs for the cargo light up the bed better than the blue LED's in the recon, imo. the fitment was as good or better than OEM too, with the thick foam gasket. price was ~40.

 

mine was some random brand from fleetfarm, fit was great and it lights up great.

 

I'm loving those aftermarket brake lights. Definitely looks cool to me! Thinking of installing one of those too.
__________________
Autopartswarehouse

 

I am starting to feel a little sore . But seriously, I didn't pay that much but close enough for what it is.

 

How hard was the installation? Since it reuses the cargo light bulbs, is it all just plug and play without any extra work like the Putco?

 

Damn man that looks good, nice instructions. Thanks!

 

Looks great. The fit was perfect with mine, no leaks so far. I went with the smoked version.

 

The fitment wasn't the best (at least mine wasn't) but knock on wood, no leaks detected thus far

 

Nice! No trouble getting the stock one off? Looking at getting an LED brake light soon myself.

 

No problems, two screws and that's it.

 

Looks good.


Hella also makes a really nice 3rd brakelight. It keeps the two bedlights and the reds are all LED's.