Truck Cap Third Brake Light Wiring

Installing a leer truck cap on your vehicle adds security to the items stored in the bed as well as a distinct look that accents the body of the vehicle.

Truck cap third brake light wiring.

How to correctly wire led 3rd brake light leer topper dodge ram using the factory wire harness located to the left of the spare tire jan 15 just bought a used leer cap for my truck xq and it has the brake light dome light and keyless entry locks. Doing this will guard against damage to yourself or your vehicle in case there is a short. Although they re easy to install and bolt onto your truck the wiring process isn t always as straightforward and making sure the third brake light is. Fortunately ford has included a light green wire in the rear bumper wiring harness exactly for this purpose.

Put on the safety goggles before you crawl under the truck to make sure you don t get any dirt or debris in your eyes. Wiring a truck cap for a collision avoidance high mount brake light. 2 finding positive wire have your assistant to push the brake and you crawl underneath the truck to locate where the wiring runs. Disconnect the battery from your vehicle.

In order to power the third brake light on a truck bed cap you will need the pacer performance 3rd brake light logic module part pp20 702 the reason you need the module is that the brake turn signal circuits and trailer lighting circuits are combined so you need to separate the brake turn signals or else the third brake light would blink when turning. The seller didn t have any instructions for the wiring and i haven t heard back from leer. This can t be easily wired into a 3rd brake light because you need a logic circuit to somehow only turn on the 3rd brake light on your camper shell when the brakes are applied and not flash with either signal light.