1981-83 MALIBU
WIRE SPLICING INSTALLATION
WIRE SPLICING INSTALLATION
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2. Find and access the taillight wires.
Pick a point in the rear body panel between the driver’s side quarter panel and the driver’s side
taillight housing assembly and remove the cloth tape to expose the taillight wires.
3. Splice the LED SIGNAL wires into the stock SIGNAL wires. Match the LED harness
to the corresponding stock harness as shown below.
Stock harness
Notes
Green
Brown
The light socket ends on the car harness
can be removed.
4. Connect all the ground wires.
Connect all the ground wires together. Bolt them to the trunk latch support along with the original
rear body harness ground. The ground connection must be good in order to the operate the LED
tail lights.
Black
Yellow
1. Review the wiring diagrams found on the last page.
Each LED panel needs five connections. Listed are the LED harness colors and their
respective function. Note: Depending on make and harness, colors may not match.
ORANGE
- Constant 12 volt power source.
BLACK - Grounded to body.
YELLOW
- Driver side turn signal.
GREEN
- Passenger side turn signal.
BROWN
- Running/park signal.
Black
Orange
Function
Passenger side turn signal/
Brake light signal
Driver side turn signal/
Brake light signal
Running/Park signal
Constant 12 volt
Ground
LED Harness
Find power at fuse panel/trunk light/dome light/fused battery feed.
Ground to Body/chassis
Running light wires.
There is no dedicated Brake light signal wire. When the brake pedal is pressed the brake
switch sends power into the turn signal switch and then power through both the driver
and passenger signal wires to activate the brake lights.
Note about
brake lights
Yellow
Green
The light socket ends on the car harness
can be removed.
