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Caprizzy · Sep 29, 2016

This thread has some good info about wiring in the lights

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/courtesy-lights.446163/

Caprizzy said: ↑

absolutely, just curious about how they were wired in.
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Frito said: ↑

Same idea here, but thought it might be cool to have something inside on the floorboards too....
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hrmancha20 · Sep 29, 2016

piercedtiger[OP] said: ↑

Several ways to do this, but this one was the easiest for me, and I haven't had them come on 4-hours after turning the ignition off like other methods cause. Apparently at least one other method ties into some ignition or emissions circuit that turns on 4 hours after the truck is turned off to deal with emissions so the fogs come on for a few minutes. I parked in front of my living room window for a year after doing this and never saw them come on once so.....

Tools/items needed:

wire stripper

1 quick splice

1 female blade connector

6" of wire

drill/bit same diameter as wire

shrink tube/electrical tape to reinforce crimp connection (optional)

Locate the green wire on the plug in the pic

splice into it

run the wire to the fog light relay through a hole to keep it low and not hit the cover

crimp on the female blade connector onto the wire

pull the fog relay and bend the terminal in the pic to the side

put the female blade connector onto the bent terminal on the fog relay

replace fog relay

NOTE: The 2012 relay is located in a different position

This is how the relay tab is bent:

Edit:
Yes, this will allow you to turn the fog lights on or off whenever you want using the fog light switch as long as the key is turned to ACC or ON. Doesn't matter if headlights are on, off, low beam or high beam.

To help reduce confusion, this is what a quick splice looks like:

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I followed the directions to the tee. My fog lights come on automatically when I start the engine and they turn off when I turn on the headlights, Fog light button has no control. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

krzysnwbrdr · Sep 30, 2016

Does anybody know by any chance where i can find "Metric" T-slot nuts that fits 16 Tacoma?
I tried finding it on ebay but couldnt find whats equivelant to standars.

bblake00 · Oct 1, 2016

krzysnwbrdr said: ↑

Does anybody know by any chance where i can find "Metric" T-slot nuts that fits 16 Tacoma?
I tried finding it on ebay but couldnt find whats equivelant to standars.
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$21 Te-Co 41406T Black Oxide 1018 Steel Tapped Through T-Slot Nut, 3/8"-16 TPI, 5/8" Height x 7/8" Width x 9/16" Table Slot (Pack of 5)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009SWGLHW/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

krzysnwbrdr · Oct 2, 2016

bblake00 said: ↑

$21 Te-Co 41406T Black Oxide 1018 Steel Tapped Through T-Slot Nut, 3/8"-16 TPI, 5/8" Height x 7/8" Width x 9/16" Table Slot (Pack of 5)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009SWGLHW/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
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Thanks bud, I did find the "inch" T-slot nuts, but im looking for "milimeter", since I cant find inch bolts here in Japan.

Taco Jax · Oct 10, 2016

CountryDan said: ↑

I was looking at this idea months ago. I don't recall seeing this one though. I may have to give this a try.
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Or just have the dealership disable the seat belt chimes. It's one of the customizable prefrences on your trucks. I found it in the owners manual and showed it to the dealer and they sure enough did.

lpfe42 · Oct 15, 2016

borderbrat said: ↑

this an addition to piercedtiger's bed light and underbody light mod.

so my idea when i started this mod was i wanted the option for everything to light up when i unlock my truck or open the door to get out.
it took a little bit of disassembly to investigate how to do it but what i found was going to the dome light in one constant hot and two grounds on is always grounded and the other is on a relay so the light comes on under certain circumstances. this is the wire i tapped in to we'll come back to it.

so the first thing i did when i pulled my lights out of the box was chop off the plugs as i did not want to use the control box that came with it. wired all the pos+ wires together this will take a little bit of trial and error with a battery to find which wires are which. there is only one neg- wire in my set of lights. I did not use relays for this mod as the lights only draw 3 amps total thats as much as a normal relay itself wasn't worth the extra wiring.
so i wired the pos+ side of the lights directly to the pos+ power point in the fuse box under the hood the neg- side of the lights go to the center point on my double throw switches.i then wired a constant ground to one side of the switch. all the wires came in the cab through a ruber gromit in the floor on the drivers side.

this is where that dome light ground comes in to play i found the easiest way to access it was in the drivers side piller its a light blue wire for my truck it may be different depending on model and year. this ground was wired to the other side of the switch.
this way you have the option of having the lights on weather the truck is on or not. (up position) off (middle position) or the lights with come on automatically with the dome light.(down position)

and here is a basic wiring diagram to make things a little more clear

and a video of it in action

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I have a 2015 do you think is will work for my Yoda?? Also you your lights fade like the dome light does???

Tijeras · Oct 16, 2016

dsds said: ↑

Shoot, I wish I had an Offroad instead of the Sport to do the locker mod, abs, VSC stuff detailed earlier.

Here is a mod originally from TRDtoy79.
It is one of my favorites because it's free and clever (only for 2008):

How much are you willing to pay for me to tell you the code that turns the seat belt chime off?

No, I'm not kidding. I have the code and tested it on my '08 Taco.

No takers??? Fine then! Hope you enjoy listening to that endless, annoying seat belt chime.

OK, I give. Here it is. BTW you guys are no fun :

1) Turn the Car 'ON', but do not start the engine (Leave your foot off the brake). Cycle your trip reset knob until it reads ODO. Turn the ignition back off. Wait a couple of seconds.
2) Make sure seat belt is not fastened
3) Turn the ignition back on, do not start the car (Leave you foot off the break) As soon as you see everything light up, press and hold the trip reset knob and do a long 12 second count.
4) Keep your finger on the trip reset knob. Fasten your seat belt, as soon as you fasten your seat belt, you should see the ODO display go from XXXX miles to "b-on". At that time take your finger off the trip reset knob and press it again. It should cycle to "b-off". You should be all set and turn the ignition off and unfasten your seat belt.

SWEET!!
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Nice!!! Thank you for that..that really bugged me

lpfe42 · Oct 29, 2016

Has anyone ran rock lights to the dome light?

CountryDan · Oct 29, 2016

lpfe42 said: ↑

Has anyone ran rock lights to the dome light?
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I've heard there is away. I want to do this too, when I install my rock lights, but have no idea how to actually do this.

Caprizzy · Oct 29, 2016

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/courtesy-lights.446163/

Check this out this may help

Caprizzy · Oct 29, 2016

lpfe42 said: ↑

Has anyone ran rock lights to the dome light?
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Caprizzy said: ↑

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/courtesy-lights.446163/

Check this out this may help
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lpfe42 · Oct 30, 2016

Thanks Cap

ThaGreenTaco · Nov 3, 2016

Nice

ThaGreenTaco · Nov 3, 2016

Helpful

SamuelJ · Nov 7, 2016

I have done more than 80% of the mods on this thread and piercedtiger, you are the man for putting this together and I also have to give some props to crom. I don't know how you come up on some the posts you have but dude, your badass. I've had people stop me to ask how I did "that"... I tell em look it up on TW. Keep it coming guys I need more. Lol

i8boots · Jan 17, 2017

For the record, I used search and couldn't find this, and so I thought it best I post it here!

****NOTE - I totally stole this from somewhere else (cited) and helped a friend with it. Now that I'm looking for it here I don't see it on the tacomaworld forums:
http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f23/diy-utilli-trac-tie-down-points-41784/

END NOTE ******

DO IT YOURSELF BED TIE DOWN ANCHORS:

This mod is simple to do with 1 wrench and about $10's worth of hardware that can be found at Home Depot.

Items you will need:

2010-2013 Chevy Equinox & GMC Terrain Hitch U- Spring Nuts by GM 11610645

Spring Nuts (can be found in electrical section of Home Depot)

Square Washers (can be found next to spring nuts)

2"

$24 The ROP Shop | (3-Pack) Trip Spring Eye Bolts 5/8" for Meyer Fisher Boss Diamond Blizzard Snowplow Blade

Eye Bolts w/ nuts (found in hardware section)

The spring nuts and washers came in packs of 5 so I bought 1 package of each and 5 Eye Bolts.

***NOTE**** I also bought some wingnuts/thumb nuts so that I could easily unscrew / move these anchors, and I use it in place of the little nut used for tightening *****

Step 1: Assemble your materials

Step 2: tighten nut on eye bolt to about halfway up the threads, and place the washer on. Then thread the

$11 Thomas & Betts GIDDS-461512 ZA1003/8EG-10 Spring Nut 5 Per Bag, 3/8", Silver

spring nut onto the eye bolt.

Step 3:Place your newly assembled part in the Utili-trac just like the stock adjustable cleats. Then while holding the eyebolt use a wrench (9/16 in my case) to tighten the nut on the eyebolt. **OR use a thumbscrew instead so you don't need a wrench*** Then you are ready to use

Step 4: Stand back and enjoy!

EDIT: I own a 2017 and I finally got around to trying this myself. Sadly, the spring nuts do not fit in the channel properly. I had to use my angle grinder to cut them down a bit. They now work very well, but are not as cheap / easy as previously believed.

DrFunker · Dec 3, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMKhi1R22w0

Theloraxcross · Dec 3, 2016

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spinglow · Dec 6, 2016

350TacoZilla said: ↑

this isnt really a mod and its really not the season for this here but.... ever time winter weather starts I spray the seals around my doors with pam cooking spray...keeps seals from freezing to door and tearing
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Great idea I tried this and it works and I don't have the door Whistle no more killed too bird's with one stone!!!!

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