My sequential tail light kit is in!
10-01-2007, 02:38 PM
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My sequential tail light kit is in!
My wife just called me, and my sequential tail light kit just came from http://www.meter4it.com/ It will probably be this weekend before I can install it. Can't wait. Too bad you can't see your own turn signals when you're driving, LOL.
10-01-2007, 03:15 PM
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RE: My sequential tail light kit is in!
I'll be sure to report back. There are others on here who have reported that they are easy to install. That's part of the reason I ordered these.
10-01-2007, 03:22 PM
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RE: My sequential tail light kit is in!
ORIGINAL: wthalliii
Too bad you can't see your own turn signals when you're driving, LOL.
Too bad you can't see your own turn signals when you're driving, LOL.
of the taillight bulbs up to the dash. It also lets you know they
are working and not burned out. Cool mod.
I would also replace all the bulbs including the B/U bulb
with LongLife bulbs while you have the housing out.
10-01-2007, 03:39 PM
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RE: My sequential tail light kit is in!
It took me about 30 or 40 min to install mine. That night I drove to the video store and intentionally parked facing away from the store so I could see the reflection of my tail lights in the windows. Very Cool!!! Everyone loves them when they see them. Great mod!
10-01-2007, 05:09 PM
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RE: My sequential tail light kit is in!
Nice. I put them on my 05 and then transferred the harnesses to my 07. I found out later through the grapevine that some of the 05 stuff only randomly worked in the 07s. No idea how true that is, mine worked fine. The snap ins were a little bit tighter, but that coulda been anything. I've loved em since day one.
It is about a 2 beer install. The biggest pain for me was working around the Shaker 1000 in the 05. The 07 was much faster (shaker 500). Make sure to tell anyone who says that it is "rice" that the original shelbys had the sequencers on them so its now "retro" just like the rest of the car.
The kit will likely come with some instructions. The guy i got mine from 2 years ago was doing the harnesses for you . I think CDC got smart and decided to just do that rather than sell the Dynamite sticks alone. The instruction set was a direct print of TacoBill's install guide. LOL
It is about a 2 beer install. The biggest pain for me was working around the Shaker 1000 in the 05. The 07 was much faster (shaker 500). Make sure to tell anyone who says that it is "rice" that the original shelbys had the sequencers on them so its now "retro" just like the rest of the car
. The kit will likely come with some instructions. The guy i got mine from 2 years ago was doing the harnesses for you . I think CDC got smart and decided to just do that rather than sell the Dynamite sticks alone. The instruction set was a direct print of TacoBill's install guide. LOL
10-02-2007, 10:28 PM
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They're installed!
They're installed. As promised, here's some comments.
1. Get yourself a decent wire connector crimping tool. I had trouble crimping some of the connectors. My cheap radio shack tool just wouldn't crimp them. The only thing I had that would work was a set of wire cutters, but I had to squeeze really hard, and I actually acidentally cut a couple of them. Extras were included, but it was a pain to get good connections in some places.
2. It took me three hours, but I'd consider that to be probably a maximum time. I'm not very fast with this sort of thing. I'm old for one thing, LOL.
3. Read this thread https://mustangforums.com/m_3959005/...tm.htm#3959371 about removing the fuse box cover. I couldn't figure out how to get it off.
4. I love them. They look great. It made me nervous cutting into the wires, but I only made one mistake which I immediately spotted and fixed. I also had one connection that I hadn't crimped well enough, but once I reconnected that, it worked perfectly.
1. Get yourself a decent wire connector crimping tool. I had trouble crimping some of the connectors. My cheap radio shack tool just wouldn't crimp them. The only thing I had that would work was a set of wire cutters, but I had to squeeze really hard, and I actually acidentally cut a couple of them. Extras were included, but it was a pain to get good connections in some places.
2. It took me three hours, but I'd consider that to be probably a maximum time. I'm not very fast with this sort of thing. I'm old for one thing, LOL.
3. Read this thread https://mustangforums.com/m_3959005/...tm.htm#3959371 about removing the fuse box cover. I couldn't figure out how to get it off.
4. I love them. They look great. It made me nervous cutting into the wires, but I only made one mistake which I immediately spotted and fixed. I also had one connection that I hadn't crimped well enough, but once I reconnected that, it worked perfectly.
