So I have a set of Toyota tails offered to me, cheap, but they don't include the wires or bulb holders. How would I make these work, I think the normal bulb holder will slip into the red light side of the tails, but I have nothing for the orange side, let alone any wires to color match. I can probably figure this out, but I figured I would try asking if anyone could help anyway.
fluffy wrote:how-to: toyota tails
so i'm not the best at how-to's but heres the basics
Driver Side:
Wires from Toyo Tails: From Car:
Brown-------------------------------------------------------Brown
Blue----------------------------------------------------------Yellow
Black---------------------------------------------------------Black
White-------------------------------------------------------Tap into 3rd brake light
Passenger Side:
Brown--------------------------------------------------------Brown
Blue----------------------------------------------------------Green
Black--------------------------------------------------------Black
White--------------------------------------------------------Tap into 3rd brake light
its simple as that now you have many options for running the brake light. i have heard of people running a wire on ech side of the trunk to me thats trashy so i came up with a new more oem look.
first wire the new harness in as listed above. start with the passenger side first and dont wire the stop light yet.
then the drivers
now i ran the stop light wire under the plastic cover by the trunk latch, its simple easily hidden and short. i spliced that to the drivers stop light whichthen in turn is spliced to the third brake light.
the wire is hidden inside the original trunk harness leaving a factory look.
(i need day time for these pictures)
dont forget to test that the brake lights and turn signals light up as they should (right now they will all light with the brakes since your brake lights are stilll a part of the hazard circuit)
yay they work 
now comes the dangerous part cutting the white wire.
basically that wire is what tells the brake lights to work as turn signals too. it comes off of the hazard switch in the steering column. so the dangerous part is so does the air bag harness! be very careful and very sure that you are in fact cutting the right wire.
first remove the upper column cover by simply pulling it up
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remove the lower cover by removing the 3 7mm screws in the bottom. it will be hard to squeeze it past the ignition so dont be afraid to pull a little hard
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now locate the hazard switch connector
follow the wire down to the underside of the column
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pull back the electrical tape and reveal the white wire
and cut 
now your done reassemble
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the finished product will be similar to this (minus crappy fart can without resinator lol)
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poisioncavi wrote:after 2 days of finding which wire to cut, id figure i'd make a post on a how to on toyota taillights installation and wiring. in addition to the instructions(which has already been provided as you know), im adding pictures(cuz some of us are visual learners like myself). mods, sticky this if you feel that this is worthy of it... ok here we go!!!!
the product:
the materials you will need:
electrical tape
solder tool OR
butt connectors (your choice)
about 10 ft of extra wire
wiring cutter/splicer
7mm socket and socket wrench
and most importantly, patience!
the install:
Pop off the steering column top cover. You may need to unscrew 3 t-25 torx head/7mm bolts under the steering wheel column to do this.
the tool:
this is the 3 t-25 torx head/7mm bolts under the steering wheel column that you have to take off:
Locate the white wire on the turn signal switch harness. This is the feed from the brake switch, which tells the signals to flash on and off the brake light on each side. Do not confuse it with the gray cruise control wire. DOUBLE CHECK that it IS the brake wire by testing with a multimeter or a test light. It should have +12 volts when you press the brake pedal. Cut the white wire and tape it off. Give it an inch or so, just in case if you have to reconnect it in the future.
here are 2 good pictures that show the famous white wire that they are talking about.
this is where it's located:
this is a pic of the white wire cut:
Reinstall the steering column cover.
In the trunk, either cut off the factory plug to the brake light, or pull the wires out of the plastic connector. You can solder the new connections or use butt connectors (your choice).
Ok now, this can throw some people off, which is why I took some pix to explain this.Rewire the plug as follows: the black wire (ground) goes to black, brown wire (marker lights +) goes to brown, yellow from car (left signal +) to light blue on Left tail, green from car (right signal +) to light blue on Right tail.
drivers side wiring of the wiring harness:
an illustration of the black wire (ground) going to black, brown wire (marker lights +) going to brown, and yellow from car (left signal +) to light blue on Left tail
passengers side wiring of the wiring harness:
an illustration of the black wire (ground) going to black, brown wire (marker lights +) going to brown, and green from car (right signal +) to light blue on Right tail.
in the pix you also se the white wire hooking up to another white wire. you will need to buy about 10ft of extra wire in order to acheive this next part.
Tap into the white wire(s) that go to the third brake light/high stop light on the spoiler or rear deck. If you don't have one, you should at least have the wiring for it under the rear deck. Using some extra wire, connect the white wire from the third brake light to the remaining wires: yellow on left tail, green on right tail. NOTE! Some 02 models (and possibly 03 models) should use the yellow 3rd brake light wire. DOUBLE CHECK the brake wires with a multimeter or test light first.
in my case i didn't have a third brake light/high stop light on the spoiler or rear deck, but the wiring for it under the rear deck was there. here is a pic of the extra white wire i bought connected to the wiring under the rear deck:
Now test everything and it should work! hope this helps everyone in the future....
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That should do it.
And my search took all of 2 minutes. Easy to find.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edited Tuesday, September 07, 2010 6:49 PM
I'm sorry I should have been more specific, that solves one issue:.. But the other, harder issue is what type of bulb holder can I fit in the blinker holes, since these came without them.
take the tails with you to an auto parts store and fit them there... only true way to find out. autozone or kragen will have replacements there
Sounds easy enough haha, I'll do that then.
yup.. save you alot of headaches bro..
My toyo tails were also missing a turn signal socket when i bought em... I went to the junk yard and got one off the front signals of an impala like
this one... it fits in there perfectly
***Rogue*** wrote:My toyo tails were also missing a turn signal socket when i bought em... I went to the junk yard and got one off the front signals of an impala like this one... it fits in there perfectly
thats an idea... i bet a caprice would work too
Hmm this makes me want to rewire my brake lights I have a wire going to each side it does look pretty crappy I also did it like 4 years ago and hardly open my trunk but I like this idea
