What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Blasphemy!

 

Did I mention I was a total noob when it comes to wiring and lights?

My new LED lights came today but I noticed there's no wiring harness for them in the packaging...I guess I naively thought they'd come with all that since my Hellas did that I bought a couple years ago.

My question then I guess is this...can I reuse the wiring harness that's already installed in my truck to run these LEDs, if I just remove the halogen Hellas and splice the LED lights into it? Or do I need to get a harness specifically meant for these LED's?

Last thing I want is to end up on the side of the road with my truck on fire because I improperly wired my new lights, so even if the answer is obvious I'd rather ask and look dumb lol

 

I sold my old 15" Toyota Alloy wheels and tires to a guy with a bright red Ford Ranger 4x4. I thought he was crazy.

 

Going by memory, but didn't you sand the metal with 1000 grit? It will be hard to get paint to stick to that smooth of a surface. Try 200-400.

 

You should be able to use the Hella harness. The Hella harness hould be even better since (I presume) it has a relay. When I swapped my KC halogen lights with KC LED lights, the harnesses were identical in exception of the KC halogen light harness already having a relay and the KC LED light harness having no relay. I just plugged the LED lights into the Halogen harness and it all works fine.

 

Highest I go is 400 grit. I believe I went DA Sander 120 > DA Sander 180 > Wet Sand 400 Grit.

The metal sure does look like it was sanded with 1000 grit before I hit it with Primer though.

 

Awesome, that's what I was hoping. Yeah, the Hella harness has a relay.

Only problem is...the Hellas haven't worked since about a month after they were installed. Well...one of them stopped working then the other quit about 6 months later. I can't figure it out, and neither could a couple other guys I had look at it so I almost wonder if this harness is bad. Everyone I've had look at it says it's probably a bad ground but after trying out different spots they still don't work. So who knows...maybe it's the lights themselves. Guess we'll find out when I put the LEDs in.

 

What Hella lights were they? I'll take a look at the wiring schematic and tell you where to look for short. Could be a short-to-ground somewhere where the cable insulation wore off.

 

oh, my bad! haha

 

That'd be awesome, thanks dude...they were these lights:

$81 HELLA 005750941 500FF Series Driving Lamp Kit, Multi, 6"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TWD5GY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Inspect each of these wires and make sure the cable insulation is fully intact. I feel like one of the wires is shorting somewhere.

 

Lesus is300 wheel installed today.

 

You mean the powerhouse combo of the 3RZ Auto?

 

oh man that's like looking at a page full of written/drawn foreign language to me haha....ok I'll study it up when I get home tonight and have a look. Appreciate it

 

It got me to Fresno on Monday, 200 miles. Gotta Finnish out the week for work and then come back next week. On the way down I averaged 79 mph. And used 9 gals of fuel. Not to bad

 

The 3RZ with an auto is borderline dangerous on the highway haha

 

I'm just glad its not a 2RZ lol

 

I obviously have 30 extra Horsepower from my K&N Hot Air Intake

 

I was so surprised to see my 5-Lug had the v6 in it. Toyota stopped putting the 5VZ in 5-lugs in around 97/98 I believe. I'm always on Craigslist and Copart and 99% of the 5-Lugs I see are all incredibly high mileage 2RZ's.

 

lol right? When I saw yours I was like wtf