Hey all, I installed one of these Kingpin Lighting 40” lights in the back of my Tundra and I liked it so much I want to put one in the back of my 80 on the hatch. Where and what wires would be a good source to tap into to power this light? The light itself pulls about 1 amp when on.
FYI. There is existing wiring for a rear or hatch light. It can be wired up to come on when the hatch is open or on permanently or off permanently, depending on switch position of the fixture installed. If your light has that switch, I would recommend using this wiring. The harness is located in the left rear most pillar, near the headliner, IIRC. The FSM wiring diagrams will help you to figure out the wiring connections. Hope this helps!
FYI. There is existing wiring for a rear or hatch light. It can be wired up to come on when the hatch is open or on permanently or off permanently, depending on switch position of the fixture installed. If your light has that switch, I would recommend using this wiring. The harness is located in the left rear most pillar, near the headliner, IIRC. The FSM wiring diagrams will help you to figure out the wiring connections. Hope this helps!
I cannot take credit for this idea. I saw it on the rear cargo light install thread. I sourced my cargo light and pigtail from a part out (Thanks Arcteryx).
What I did,
Remove cargo light behind second row seat.
Remove D-pillar seatbelt on driverside and the plastic.
Remove caps holding up headliner and separate the headliner at the rear cargo hatch.
Remove grab handle and plastics from rear hatch.
Allow headliner to droop a little in order to run wire (2 separate 18G) to rear cargo light
Run wire from body to rear hatch utilizing rubber "conduit" already in place for rear...
@MK80 I just found the thread where I documented some of my install for my cargo light. There should be some helpful info for both finding the harness and wiring up your light. Thanks to @Shoredreamer for giving me a better phrase to search on than I could come up before. My posts are near the end of the 1st page of the thread, but it's only 2 pages long and there's lots of pics on tearing into the pillar before my posts.
