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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 07:02 PM
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is it possible to put r/t tail lights with lift gate led (racing track kind) on a stock duro 13 thanks in advance
 
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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 09:14 AM
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Different body panels, they will not fit in. 2014 and 2013 are different lift gates. I had to trade in my 2012 for a 2014 to change tail lights.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 09:31 PM
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You can do it but it costs more than a grand to do
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 09:07 PM
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SAme tailgate but way different wiring
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 11:58 AM
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it can be done, i got the two taillights for $200 in ebay.. and the lift gate at 100 (total steal), total spent 300. wiring can be done just leave the original wiring intact in case you change your opinion.... you have to put a resistor on the tailights to avoid the blown light warning... total worth it... harder part was to connect the reverse lights due that prior to 2014, reverse are in the tailights and in the 2014 are located at the lift gate.



2014 liftgate installed... worth it





prior to install new 2014 liftgate
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 01:04 PM
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okay im going to do this if its only ~300, what about the led right and left taillights?
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 05:10 PM
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there are two connectors on each side, one is used for the reverse, ground and live....the second connector has three wires for the tailights, ground, stop and directionals I used a tester in order to know which wire does what, then I used a 9v battery to check which wire does what , see attached wiring.. hope will help..

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led tailight wiring..
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 05:14 PM
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male aftermarket connector
 
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 11:38 PM
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I think you have your wires mis-labeled. The three wires should be Directional/Stop, Tail/Parking, and Ground. You need the resistor (5-7 ohm power resistor) between the Directional/Stop and ground, otherwise you'll have a fast flash rate.

A couple weekends ago I replaced my bulbs with LEDs and confirmed that a resistor was needed between the turn/stop wire and ground to keep the flash rate correct. Once I installed the resistor on each side there were no issues.

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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by durangomty
it can be done, i got the two taillights for $200 in ebay.. and the lift gate at 100 (total steal), total spent 300. wiring can be done just leave the original wiring intact in case you change your opinion.... you have to put a resistor on the tailights to avoid the blown light warning... total worth it... harder part was to connect the reverse lights due that prior to 2014, reverse are in the tailights and in the 2014 are located at the lift gate.



2014 liftgate installed... worth it





prior to install new 2014 liftgate
Do your LED lights NOT go around the side lights ?, the picture it looks odd, .....to complete the "racetrack", why Dodge calls them RaceTrack LEDs.
 
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