ok, i recently added the tire carrier to my runner, and i've been debating it in my head since i got it, as to how to power the lights for the license plate. what i've come up with is, connecting them to the driving light wire in the passenger side taillight. pretty sure the extra draw won't hurt the wires. but just want to be sure.

running the white wire to the driving light power wire, and then the black wire to the ground in the light assembly.

opionions, thoughts, objections all welcome, thx. OR if someone has the stock carrier could you let me know how toyota ran the wires so i can mimic it?

 

thats probably fine...... jsut no using a 50w foglight for lighting hte license plate

 

nope, just a couple lil bulbs.. my guess, 10watts for the pair. (even though one is currently burnt out.. )

thx

 

Well, since my tire carrier comes on/off, I'm going to power the additional license plate frame using a pigtail wiring harness that will plug into the trailer lighting pigtail, so if I take the tire carrier off, I can just unplug it and remove it. Wax on, wax off.

 

as far as power goes you should be ok.....I got a towing harness and hooks into those wire and powers 2 brake bulbs and 2 parking light bulbs with out any problems.....

 

Neon license plate lights. Gotta get you some. And maybe you should consider making them blink. Oh yeah. Dat would be sweet!

 

actually, looking at the diagram from toyota, the wiring had a plug on the end, why i dont know.. as it's not that easily removed


i have the hitch package, but i'm not getting any power to those wires.. gonna have to try and figure that out... don't ya just hate previous owners..


haha, no thx... i'll stick with the factory lighting.

 

*bump* noone with the stock carrier got any pics then?

 

one last bump for good measure..