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Greenlee · 01-20-2014, 09:16 AM

I did the same thing you are doing on my stepside, but I can't rember the colors. I bought the lights at O'Reilly's and it seems like there was a diagram on the box.

I don't think any of the wires are ground. Seems like i remember one wire is tail lights, one is brake/turn signal, and the last one is for your reverse lights. I believe white is going to be the reverse light. They get their ground from bolting to the bed. I also had to run a ground strap from the bed to the frame to get my lights to work properly.

01-20-2014, 09:16 AM	#3
Greenlee Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: El Lago, TX Posts: 1,670	Re: Bought new tail lights, wiring doesnt exactly match up. I did the same thing you are doing on my stepside, but I can't rember the colors. I bought the lights at O'Reilly's and it seems like there was a diagram on the box. I don't think any of the wires are ground. Seems like i remember one wire is tail lights, one is brake/turn signal, and the last one is for your reverse lights. I believe white is going to be the reverse light. They get their ground from bolting to the bed. I also had to run a ground strap from the bed to the frame to get my lights to work properly.