i was searching around and read that if i buy OEM taillights from a type S to swap to my 2000, i need to buy a new harness??

i bought some OEM taillights today off a type-s, and im wondering what exactly i need to do, i cant just unscrew the old ones and put in and connect the new ones?

also, if anyone has a walkthrough on how to properly connect the wiring and shit please put it up, i have all the nuts and bolts stuff down but im still confused around the wiring cus i heard the harness is different....also where can i buy a harness

 

the harness is different b/c the turn signal uses a different bulb than our 99-01 tl.. something like that.. but i know you can get the wiring harness at the dealer.. and if you want to save money get it from ray laks acura.

 

from what i understand, the bulbs are different therefore you would need a new harness, but i know some people just took some tape and taped the bulb in the hole

 

You can also get the harness from autocarparts.com , I ordered both the tails and harness through Tim....

 

can you elaborate a little more on this? what exactly does the harness look like? id rather just tape the bulb in instead of shelling out 40 bucks

is it the little plastic ring that you stick the bulb into and then turn so it stays in place?

also can someone post up a DIY on how to do this....it looks like theres seven inverted screws on the new taillights

 

well i just went out and tried to look at the taillights....had a little trouble getting the carpet off....i unscrewed the big black one and couldnt find out how to pull the rest out so can someone help me with this, i also saw metal plates covering some of the back but i geuss i just screw that off

i took a look at the back of the taillights, everything pretty much looks the same, what exactly is the harness

 

Bump Cus I Need Some Info!!!!!

 

it's a simple plug and play mod.. just unscrew and screw in.. okay.

now,


now you will notice that the turn signal bulb is clear, so when it blinks, it will blink white.... which is illegal. so you'll try to go to the auto store to find the orange bulb.. they don't make it in that size..

so this is where the wire harness comes in, you need it so you can buy the orange bulb and put it in for it to be legal.. or what people have done, is just buy the 02-03 turn bulb (which is orange) and tape it in.. but it's messy, just..... i dunno.. if you're cheap do this.. but most are not and can easily shell out the 30$..

 

so this is only becuase a white bulb is legal?? i was takling to my uncle today and he said to just use the white bulb cus cops dont give a shit where im from abuot white turn bulbs....he cleared out his 330ci and hasnt gotten any shit for it

hmm....i migth just use the white bulb but im gonna try the orange first

 

just get the harness and the orange bulb.

or you can go to a salvage yard, cut the wire clip for the bulb you need and splice that in place of your oem 1 and have it work

 

if you are going to change it out, the get the Chrome/Amber bulbs, they look way better than the fried-egg look

 

I did the change without the harness and just changed the bulbs twith Chrome/Amber bulbs -

 

haahha you guys were trippin, the only reason the harness was needed is because you want to avoid the fried egg look?

i just did the swap, didnt use a harness or tape or anything, complete just unscrew and rescrew

the type-s lights i had already had bulbs in them so i just used the amber bulb that was in it, all i did was disconnect the wiring thing, unscrew the sockets, take the light out, and plug it all back in

the turn signal does look kinda "fried eggy", but i dont really care

but it was a fun install, my first DIY on the TL, i cant stop staring at the back end now, damn shes sexy

 

The red + white + blue combo looks wikid doesnt it?

 

yea...MBP is definately a nice color....the best part is that its 2000-01 exclusive so you will almost never see one with type S features

 

i've only seen a handfull around