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How To Install Sequential LED Taillights

Add Sequential And Brighter Operation To '05-'09 Mustang Taillights With LED Technology From Mustang Project
By Jim Smart
Photography by Jim Smart
How To Install Sequential Led Taillights Front View
The '05-'09 Mustang LED Sequential... 
   
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The '05-'09 Mustang LED Sequential Taillight Kit from Mustang Project plugs into your Mustang's taillight sockets in a matter of minutes. Connectors crimp onto the taillight harness without cutting. Both sides are identical; one side is shown here.
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To get to the taillights and harnesses, from inside the trunk remove the press-in plastic rivets at the latch and unscrew the plastic retaining nuts at each side. Then remove the trunk tail panel.
How To Install Sequential Led Taillights Front View
How To Install Sequential Led Taillights Front View
With an 11mm deep-well socket,... 
   
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With an 11mm deep-well socket, remove the taillight module fasteners, three on each side. Then slide out the taillight modules from the rear of the car.
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This is what you can expect to see with the module out. Take note of the sockets and number of wires to each socket. There is an inner, middle, and outer socket. The inner socket is the only one with a blue wire, which makes it easy to identify. The middle and outer sockets are both fitted with the same red and white color code wiring. However, the middle socket has four wires and the outer three. Both sides are mirror images of each another.
How To Install Sequential Led Taillights Front View
How To Install Sequential Led Taillights Front View
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If you trust your memory, remove all sockets as shown. Otherwise, do one socket at a time, removing each bulb and installing each LED module. Use a small screwdriver to gently remove each bulb if any happen to be stubborn.

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