This might be useful for someone, I recently changed the bumper tail lights to the regular tail lights. On the LJ the tail lights come on the bumper and the tails lights on the body are used for reverse and fog light only.
The reason I did this is because I changed the OEM bumper for an aftermarket bumper. When I did this, I decided to install some trailer lights at the moment, it did the job for a while but it wasn't working correctly. It took me a while to finally get to that, I bought a pair of new tail lights from @cruiseroutfit a couple months back. While doing the research on parts I found out that the tail light harness is the same as the 80 series, lucky me I was able to get a pair from my local Toyota dealership. P/N 81565-60241
Once I got the harness I tried on the lights housing and for a second I thought that it didn't fit but after a few tries I realized that I wasn't trying hard enough. Later on, I started working on the main wire harness. I noticed that someone spliced some wires at the end of the harness and it wasn't a color match, I got new color match wires to repair those but I didn't want to make a splice or solder them. Instead I used a connector, I used 4 pin Deutsch weatherproof connectors with terminals male and female side. I crimped every wire and inserted it in the connector. With the new wire I made a jumper to extend the wire harness from the rear bumper to the body.
The reason I did this is because I changed the OEM bumper for an aftermarket bumper. When I did this, I decided to install some trailer lights at the moment, it did the job for a while but it wasn't working correctly. It took me a while to finally get to that, I bought a pair of new tail lights from @cruiseroutfit a couple months back. While doing the research on parts I found out that the tail light harness is the same as the 80 series, lucky me I was able to get a pair from my local Toyota dealership. P/N 81565-60241
Once I got the harness I tried on the lights housing and for a second I thought that it didn't fit but after a few tries I realized that I wasn't trying hard enough. Later on, I started working on the main wire harness. I noticed that someone spliced some wires at the end of the harness and it wasn't a color match, I got new color match wires to repair those but I didn't want to make a splice or solder them. Instead I used a connector, I used 4 pin Deutsch weatherproof connectors with terminals male and female side. I crimped every wire and inserted it in the connector. With the new wire I made a jumper to extend the wire harness from the rear bumper to the body.
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