camper shell wiring 2001 tacoma

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Topic: camper shell wiring 2001 tacoma

Posted By: poker123
Subject: camper shell wiring 2001 tacoma
Date Posted: July 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM

wiring info for 2001 toyota tacoma prerunner xtra cab. In particular I'm trying to access 3rd brake light wires for my camper shell without removing entire headline. Thanks

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: July 21, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Stand in the bed of the truck, remove the third brake light, access the wires and run your new wire to the drivers or passenger side of the vehicle. Then you will only have to remove one piece of the headliner to access your new wire.

Posted By: Phreak480
Date Posted: July 21, 2008 at 5:21 PM

surprising there isnt somewhere on the vehicle designed to be tapped for this purpose. many pickups i've seen have a wiring tail somewhere accessible (usually under the bed near the taillights) for exactly this purpose. might be something to research. or why not tie into the trailer wiring?

Posted By: poker123
Date Posted: July 22, 2008 at 2:57 AM

thanks for your reply,I ended up just accessing from the trucks brake lights. Much easier than messing with the headliner.

Posted By: Phreak480
Date Posted: July 22, 2008 at 7:35 AM

indeed it is much easier that way. glad to hear it worked out. hope you put some kind of quick disconnect type of plug where the wiring meets the camper, so that when you need to remove it you can just unplug the brake light wiring.

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