DesertMistTL

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lol i could have saved you the trouble the driverside loom is easy to find the red wire with blue line--that's how i did it on my 05.

jfman55

I have a marker light just in front of the passenger door that's a blinker. I spliced into that and spliced into the loom in the door jam. It works perfectly on the 4 ways but when I have just the passenger side blinker on it blinks really fast. Anyway I can slow it down?

jfman55

I talked to a dealer friend and he said I need to wire in a resistor. If everything works this is a hell of a lot easier than running a wire from the back. I'll let you guys know on the weekend

jfman55

Ok so my bad lol. I first went to rewire a wire from the tail light to up front. When I was looking at that I unplugged the tail light and forgot to plug it back in. That's why it was flashing quick. Now my blinkers work fine and my mirrors work perfectly. All I did was wire a wire from the light in front of the door straight to the door wire loom. Simple easy and very quick.

wusty23jd

I’m assuming for this to work, you probably have aftermarket side markers as the OEM ones do not blink when the turn signal is engaged (hard to tell from the pics). I agree that wiring into that trigger wire would be a heck of a lot easier due to its close proximity. I’m glad to see it is working for you.

Now get started on restoring those headlight lenses

jfman55

Seriously lol I've tried but it's condensation from the inside 😒

Superunknown

...That is not condensation.

Get a DA or a headlight kit and fix it, your headlights are practically worthless as-is.

wusty23jd

I think I have to agree. It looks like UV fading/yellow hazing to me, not necessarily condensation.

I've used the 3M headlight restoration kit as well as Meguiar's. I've found that I like the Meguiar's Heavy Duty Headlight Restoration best. The 3M kit left a lot of swirl-like scratches in the plastic when I used it twice before. The Meguiar's method by hand was noticeably better in my opinion.

jfman55

Ive tried the 3m kit and I have paid a shop to do it. Doesn't help much. The shop didn't even charge me in the end because it wasn't perfect. It looked better but they even said it has condensation. I'll try the Meguiar's this weekend to see if it works better. Otherwise I was waiting to save some money to buy 2 new ones with clear corners.

Superunknown

Did the kit have wet sanding supplies, and did you use them? Those drill attachments alone won't cut through that much oxidization.

jfman55

Personally I used the drill attachment. I don't know what the shop used but it's an aftermarket like rim shop. I was a little busy so I didn't look into the Meguiar's. Is that one better?

Superunknown

Some kits are more "complete" than others. What really matters is that you use one with sanding discs in several grits. The drill attachment is a final polish step with very little cutting ability.

wusty23jd

Absolutely... if you want great results, don't by the cheap-o kit for 10 bucks with a tiny bottle of polish and one drill attachment. The whole process should involve 3 or 4 steps of sanding/polishing.

Like I said, the 3M kit, I referenced, highly emphasizes the use of drill attachment sanding (They do offer a hand version as well). There are 3 stages of cutting disks, but found that I had less control and poorer results when using the drill. This left a lot of swirl-like micro scratches on the plastic headlight lenses. The lenses are indeed clear, but in certain lighting, you will see what I'm talking about. I do have a picture that I can share if anyone is interested, but I will have to track it down after work. Let me know.

With the Meguiar's kit, the micro scratches were not present and the results were far better in my opinion. The whole process takes about an 60-90 minutes if done thoroughly.

In the end, you will just have to see what works best for you. Reviews are great, but personal experiences sometimes trump what crazy people like us say on the internet.

Real Raf

I'm confused on what you did here, do you know which color wire ( on the mirrors ) that I could run to my signals ?

David_BNSF

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pink/black wire for anybody else curious about the wire colors from the mirror.