Help On Wiring Needed

[jac114]

O.k so i am just about to get a new spoiler and fit it, How hard can it be lol then you remember that you know nothing about electrics and the spoiler has a brake light built in..lol, I hoped it would be just a case of splicing the wires into the main rear brake light wires But then a freind of mine said that it may well make one of the rear brake lights dimmer than the other....

Help!!!!!!!

does anybody out there have any ideas

Thanks

jac

[Rodders_UK]

If one bulb is brighter than the other - it'll be the wattage of the bulb and not the voltage - I'm sure your spolier will work on 12V - splice away mate

[SteJ]

Yeah,

Ditto for me jac as well.

I chucked a high-level brake jobby on our Shogun last year, splicing into one of the existing brake light feeds.

Didn't make any difference to original light etc.

Steve J.

[jac114]

Cheers guys.. you have confirmed what i thought... i know i dont know a hugh amout.. but i did think he was talking out of his rear..

thanks

jac

[james2210]

My Civic has a boot spoiler with an LED brake light. I noticed after fitting it, that the left brake light and spoiler brake light come on first, followed by the right hand one a couple of hundreths of a second later. Only noticed it one day after I painted my garage door white and was reversing down the drive

The LED's in the spoiler light are really really bright. Often see people at behind putting on their sunglasses at night

[randyreindeer]

If you look carefully around the parcel shelf area inside the boot should find a part of the loom that is taped up. This contains the take off wire for the brake light. :D

[jac114]

If i find some wires around the parcel shelf how will i know which are the correct ones.. or is that a really silly question.

Cheers

jac

[randyreindeer]

The wires you are looking for will be attached to a plug that has nothing going into it. One is live, One is earth. Its there as part of the loom for the factory fitted high Level brake light. :)

[jac114]

Like it....Just cant wait till i get the spoiler now B), just gotta remember measure twice drill once...lol

thanks again for the help guys..

And because everybody is so helpful at this club I have just signed up for gold membership,