How to install 03 and up Silverado taillights

[GenIII_4Ever]

Tools and Items Needed

Dikes
Screw Driver
Wire Crimpers
03 Silverado Tail Lights With Harness
Wire Connectors
And a Brain

1. Open your tailgate and locate the 2 screws holding the tailight in. Unscrew them both and pop the taillight out.

2. Locate the harness and cut it with your dikes. Cut maybe 3 inchs down from the last bulb.


3. After you cut the wires strip both the wire ends on the truck and the ones from the new taillights. Then with the Crimpers connect the wires According to there color. On my 04 Sierra there was 3 black wires which was a ground for each bulb the Silverado only has 1 so connect it to one of the 3 black wires the others u wont need.


4. After the wires are connected put the wires back into the wire lume and wrap the lume and connectors with electrical tape.


5. Reinstall doing the same method used to take them off and take a minute to appreciate your new look.

[06-crewhauler]

u dont half to cut the harness get the ones for those lights they unplug write under the back off the bed takes like 4sec i have some of thoese harness if u buy the lights new they come with the harness

[TxStVanWilder]

yeah you dont have to cut them..... but when i didnt have teh harness for my truck thats exactly what i did

for those who do have the harness, it plugs in right underneath the middle of the bed near where the trailor hitch plug is located....

[TxStVanWilder]

looks good btw

[ff_jeff]

Looks good. Hope you have lights on that licence plate. If not youll get pulled over.

[GenIII_4Ever]

Well since i bought them with the harness allready cut from the junk yard for a whole $5.oo It doesnt matter but i wish i would have known that thanks guys. And no i dont have a light on the plate yet.

[TexasCowboy26]

looks damn know of where i can get those tail lights at im wanting to get some they look nice

[Nathan39]

I have a 2002 Silverado, I bought a set of 03 tail lights and the wire harness off Ebay. When I pluged the 03 harness into my truck the brake lights wouldn't work. The 03 harness has 5 wires and the 02 harness has 7 (2 more black wires). Anyone know how to fix this

[agreif]

send an email to kdubbz, he's done the swap into a pre 03.

[DAmarcus28]

what do you know about instaling them on an 02 silverado?