Difficulty

Easy

Steps

5

Time Required

                          45 minutes            

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  • Truck High Mount Brake/Tail Lamp
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Truck High Mount Brake/Tail Lamp               
  • Take the Philips screwdriver and remove two Philips head screws on both sides of the high mount brake lamp.
  • Be sure to store the two Philips screws in a safe place so they don’t get lost.

Take the Philips screwdriver and remove two Philips head screws on both sides of the high mount brake lamp.

Be sure to store the two Philips screws in a safe place so they don’t get lost.

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Step 2

  • Pull out the truck high mount brake/tail light housing.
  • We recommend you pull out the housing with both hands so you don’t break the water tight seal.
  • If in the event that you happen you break it, you may have some water leak issues so you would have to fix the high mount brake/tail lamp housing with some glue.

Pull out the truck high mount brake/tail light housing.

We recommend you pull out the housing with both hands so you don’t break the water tight seal.

If in the event that you happen you break it, you may have some water leak issues so you would have to fix the high mount brake/tail lamp housing with some glue.

Step 3

  • Remove the stock bulbs from its socket.

Remove the stock bulbs from its socket.

Step 4

  • Replace with the LED bulb.
  • Test your new LED truck high mount brake lamps to make sure everything works.
  • If the LED lights don’t light up, check the polarity by flipping the bulbs 180 degrees.

Replace with the LED bulb.

Test your new LED truck high mount brake lamps to make sure everything works.

If the LED lights don’t light up, check the polarity by flipping the bulbs 180 degrees.

Step 5

  • Put back the light housing and screw in the two Philips screws.

Put back the light housing and screw in the two Philips screws.

Test and enjoy your new LED truck high mount brake/tail replacement lights.

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richard - Dec 24, 2018

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The problem is there are no screws to remove.

there are no screws to remove on my 3rd light I can’t change the bulb