4th Gen LED to LED Morimoto Harness Help

[Houston Peterson]

Hey brother any updates?

 

[kase4387]

Has anyone been able to figure this out? I am having an issue with these tail lights as well, with my Factory LED lights.

 

[LPMASON27612]

Has anyone been able to figure this out? I am having an issue with these tail lights as well, with my Factory LED lights.

I'd like to know was well. I'm in the same boat.

 

[LPMASON27612]

Sounds good . You don't by chance have a direct link for the 2 and 3 pin Female connectors to plug into the morimoto h harness do ya? Those links were to a generic page and there's tons of options, not exactly sure how to narrow it down. Good luck with it man! Hope to hear some good news!

Did you ever figure this out? I'm dead in the water too.

 

[Houston Peterson]

I haven't made time to try anything. Really haven't dug into any further. I bought the mx+and alfaobd but everything's still in its boxes. My theory is to find a 1500 thats non factory led at a salvage yard clip those connectors and rig em up (so some testing to see which wire performs each function) to a male/ female pigtail (can't remember which it calls for?)that'll plug into our trucks taillight connector that way you can utilize the resistor/ module or whatever is included in the morimoto harness. Sorry no help. I am curious what you might've tried already though

 

[LPMASON27612]

Hey brother, actually I was able to create my harness! After a few re-pins & soldering, I made a clean plug & play harness. I did get the “bulb out” warning on the cluster. I’ve been slammed at work, so tomorrow I’m going to go through and shut the signal off with the obd-mx+. So I’ll update you guys asap this weekend, hopefully with a more direct way to handle the led tails > led morimotos.

Hi, do you have anymore updates on this? Would greatly appreciate anything you learned about the harness.

 

[LPMASON27612]

I haven't made time to try anything. Really haven't dug into any further. I bought the mx+and alfaobd but everything's still in its boxes. My theory is to find a 1500 thats non factory led at a salvage yard clip those connectors and rig em up (so some testing to see which wire performs each function) to a male/ female pigtail (can't remember which it calls for?)that'll plug into our trucks taillight connector that way you can utilize the resistor/ module or whatever is included in the morimoto harness. Sorry no help. I am curious what you might've tried already though

I figured these out today. Essentially, I bypassed the tail light harness from the truck and ran the Morimoto tail wires to the 7 pin trailer harness.
To make things cleaner, I found an older wiring harness from a RAM and used the 2 pin and 3 pin connectors to attach to the Morimoto tail. Then I ran those wires (4) to the 7 pin.

All lights work as expected and there are no errors.

if anyone needs additional info, let me know.

 

[LPMASON27612]

Has anyone been able to figure this out? I am having an issue with these tail lights as well, with my Factory LED lights.

See my response below. Figured it out.

 

[LPMASON27612]

Hey brother any updates?

See solution below.

 

[Houston Peterson]

Excellent! Can't wait to install!

 

[Houston Peterson]

Thanks brother!!

 

[LPMASON27612]

Excellent! Can't wait to install!

I ended up hooking into the back side of the 7 pin to make it cleaner. That involves using wire splicers. But, with a little bit of liquid electrical tape, all will be good.

If you need wiring positions, let me know.

 

[Houston Peterson]

That would be very helpful and time saving

 

[LPMASON27612]

 

[LPMASON27612]

That would be very helpful and time saving

I’ll post this evening.

 

[LPMASON27612]

That would be very helpful and time saving

Here are the detailed instructions that I was speaking about earlier. Feel free to ask additional questions. I know that this was stumping me for the past week. I pulled this together from multiple sources online and offline.

 

[LPMASON27612]

Here are the detailed instructions that I was speaking about earlier. Feel free to ask additional questions. I know that this was stumping me for the past week. I pulled this together from multiple sources online and offline.

The only issue that I have now noticed (very minor) is that since the 7 Pin trailer harness doesn’t get power until the ignition has been triggered, the right tail light won’t blink when pushing unlock on the key fob. I might turn that option off and go with horn blow instead.

 

[Kemoulton428]

Hey brother, actually I was able to create my harness! After a few re-pins & soldering, I made a clean plug & play harness. I did get the “bulb out” warning on the cluster. I’ve been slammed at work, so tomorrow I’m going to go through and shut the signal off with the obd-mx+. So I’ll update you guys asap this weekend, hopefully with a more direct way to handle the led tails > led morimotos.

Hey Beard. Can you help me get the parts to make my harness. Looking to get my headlights installed this week.

 

[Fito_18]

Hello guys, new to the forums here. So I apologize if this should be posted elsewhere etc. With that being said, any/all help is greatly appreciated!

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I have a 2016 Ram 1500 Laramie that comes stock with LED Tail Lights. I came across a good deal on the Morimoto Tail Led Tail Lights, as I already have the Morimoto Head Lights, and am trying make the lights match up. Now, as many of you already know where this discussion is going, I am looking for some help with creating a harness that will allow for the Morimoto tail lights to work with my current setup.

I did some bench testing, and here is what I determined for wire color coding: (if I'm incorrect on these, please let me know)

STOCK LED HARNESS: (harness that is actually connected to the stock tail light)

• Black - Ground (-) (x2)
• Yellow - Running/Park (+)
• Purple - Reverse (+)
• Green - Turn Signal (+)

MORIMOTO LED HARNESS: (harness that is actually connected to the morimoto tail light)

• Black - Ground (-) (x2)
• White - Reverse (+)
• Blue - Running/Park (+)
• Red - Turn Signal (+)

With the above info, from what I can tell is accurate, would I be able to simply create a new harness? I've been reading about the "bulb out" warning in relation to the central body controller (cbc). I've also seen suggestions of adding a relay, a voltage reducer etc.

Has anyone actually created a harness for this type of setup, and if so, was it successful? I am looking to create my own and want to just confirm the wiring layout/configuration. I'm not a wiring expert but get the concept. Again, I am new to this model and am looking to come up with a solution because I've searched high & low and reached out to several harness companies with no luck at this time. There has to be a way lol

I have some wiring parts coming in tomorrow, so I will do some more testing and update my findings. Again, any input is welcomed!

~joe

Did you ever find a hardness that help you with the problem?

 

[Sustyi]

Hello guys, new to the forums here. So I apologize if this should be posted elsewhere etc. With that being said, any/all help is greatly appreciated!

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I have a 2016 Ram 1500 Laramie that comes stock with LED Tail Lights. I came across a good deal on the Morimoto Tail Led Tail Lights, as I already have the Morimoto Head Lights, and am trying make the lights match up. Now, as many of you already know where this discussion is going, I am looking for some help with creating a harness that will allow for the Morimoto tail lights to work with my current setup.

I did some bench testing, and here is what I determined for wire color coding: (if I'm incorrect on these, please let me know)

STOCK LED HARNESS: (harness that is actually connected to the stock tail light)

• Black - Ground (-) (x2)
• Yellow - Running/Park (+)
• Purple - Reverse (+)
• Green - Turn Signal (+)

MORIMOTO LED HARNESS: (harness that is actually connected to the morimoto tail light)

• Black - Ground (-) (x2)
• White - Reverse (+)
• Blue - Running/Park (+)
• Red - Turn Signal (+)

With the above info, from what I can tell is accurate, would I be able to simply create a new harness? I've been reading about the "bulb out" warning in relation to the central body controller (cbc). I've also seen suggestions of adding a relay, a voltage reducer etc.

Has anyone actually created a harness for this type of setup, and if so, was it successful? I am looking to create my own and want to just confirm the wiring layout/configuration. I'm not a wiring expert but get the concept. Again, I am new to this model and am looking to come up with a solution because I've searched high & low and reached out to several harness companies with no luck at this time. There has to be a way lol

I have some wiring parts coming in tomorrow, so I will do some more testing and update my findings. Again, any input is welcomed!

~joe