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(approx) 30 Minutes
Difficulty Level:
Simple installation for anyone.
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- How to Install Rugged Ridge Accessory Brake Light LED Ring on your Jeep Wrangler
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When you upgrade your tire carrier, finding one that's compatible can be pretty tedious. This third brake light LED ring is for all '87 and up Wranglers and will be a third brake light that other drivers won't be able to miss. This will be a unique way to accommodate for a different tire carrier, or even just to upgrade your look and even add it to your existing third brake light. Not to mention, if you already upgraded your tail lights to LEDs, this will complete that clean LED look. Installing this will be very straightforward, at one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter, and I'll show you how to do that in just a minute.There's really not much to this, nonetheless, this will definitely be an eye-catcher while you're out on the street and a lot more noticeable than your stock light. This will consist of a full LED ring that will be a lot more efficient and cleaner looking than the factory halogen bulb, as well as being weatherproof with weatherproof connectors. The ring of light will be mounted to a plate that you'll be able to mount in between your tire carrier and your tire, making this universal for all generations, as well as sturdy so it's not flapping around while you're driving.At the moment, this is gonna be right around $70, and as a full LED ring, I don't think the price on this is that bad at all. Mostly, all other third brake lights on the page will be upgraded to LED lighting, but those will be direct replacements that will replicate the stock design. This will singlehandedly be your most unique third brake light on the page as well as one of the most affordable ones. So you really can't go wrong with being different if that's what you're looking for. Not to mention, this has a five-year limited warranty so you can keep a peace of mind. This just mounts between the tire and tire carrier with some very basic wiring, so the install is gonna be a one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter. And now we're gonna pull the Jeep in and I'll show you how to bolt this up.The tools that we used for this install are a 1/2-inch ratchet, a 1/4-inch ratchet, a 19-millimeter deep socket, and a T20 Torx bit. Now that we have our Jeep in the shop, we can go ahead and install our LED third brake light ring, but first, we have to take off the spare tire. I'm gonna take this off with a 19-millimeter socket and a ratchet. Before we go ahead and do any wiring, we're gonna have to mount this up to the spare tire carrier. So now we're gonna open the tailgate so we can access the back of the spare tire carrier. Now, you're gonna take out these Torx bolts so we can access the wires inside. You're gonna be using a T20 Torx drive. We're gonna take that off, being careful of the wiring harness inside. And you're gonna untuck this to give yourself a little bit of extra room.So now, we're gonna go ahead, after we untucked the wire from here, we're gonna unplug this, depressing the pin, put this aside, and then, we are going to plug the factory harness into the new LED ring harness. Now, if you are installing this like we are on an '07 to '17 JK, then you won't have to do any cutting and splicing, but if you are installing this LED ring on an '87 to 2006 Wrangler, then you will have to do a little bit of cutting and splicing to wire it into the third brake light. But Rugged Ridge provides all of those wiring diagrams in their instructions.So, in order to keep the wiring clean, I took the wiring harness from the LED ring and tucked it underneath the tire carrier, to pull through this top portion here, and then, we're gonna just tuck it in the back of the stock third brake light and reinstall it. Now, we're gonna reinstall our spare tire over the LED third brake light. So, after you tighten your lugs down to the factory spec, you're all set.For more installs like this, keep it right here at extremeterrain.com.
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Brand | Rugged Ridge |
Accent Light Type | LED Brake Light Rings |
Fitment:
Rugged Ridge 11585.04
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Installation Info
Installation Time
(approx) 30 Minutes
Difficulty Level:
Simple installation for anyone.
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