AZ99FRC

Anybody had any trouble hooking these up? I put them in last night and now my upper (OEM) brake lamps won't light when the brake is applied. I plugged in the harness as shown and clipped the white wire to the brake switch....upper lights work with headlights on, etc, but no brake lights. Reconnecting the white wire gets the lower (amber) lamps to light but I think that's a no-no in AZ. Also, my flashing third brake light function doesn't work now. Could it be a fuse? Could I have pulled a wire loose somewhere? any help appreciated.

if you're in central phx today...watch out for the yellow brake lights!

Bill Reid

Give Mike a call today at Xtreme... perhaps he can help you troubleshoot... :)

AZ99FRC

Thanks, I will. And I just checked the statute (A.R.S. 28-939-1) and it looks like yellow lamps are legal for stop lamps (brake lights) in AZ. Hmmm...I always thought they could only be red....

mbtc5vette

Please post any additional findings you have after talking to Xtreme. I have a pair on the way from them and am concerned about the issues you've encountered.
:eek:
:cheers:

DTSNGIT

Check the wiring of the new harness and make sure all of the wires are "stripped" going into the connectors. I found this not to be the case on a friends harness. Once we "stripped" a couple of wires that were not, everything worked great.

Mike :seeya

TRAYC7

I have a pair on order too... should get them Wed... please post... thanks :seeya :seeya

Nate@CorvetteGarage

Please give us a call! We have never had one problem with our kit so Im not sure why you are having a problem. If possible, please stop by and let us look at the install! thanks!

Nate

AZ99FRC

Thanks Nate. It's not your problem....since I bought this kit from LAPD, not you guys. I never said where I got it from but somebody just assumed it was Extreme's kit.

Also, my key fob was screwed up causing the panic alarm to go off when I pushed lock and a couple of other electric gremelins. After what DTSNGIT wrote about the new harness, I just got back from under the car where I plugged in the stock harness and, sure enough, everything works again. So obviously there's some kind of short in this brand new wiring harness! Kinda ticks me off since I spent 2+ hours last evening in a hot garage trying to figure out where I'd screwed up another mod install. Good thing I was able to temporarily splice that white wire back together.

I'll call Shawn in the morning and I'm sure he'll take care of it. Whew!!!

And thanks for the tip, DTSNGIT, that's what's so great about this forum!

L.A.P.D.

AZ99FRC,

We will get you a replacement right away. Manufacturer defects always occur no matter what the part.

Just call us and we will have it to you no later than Wednesday morning.

Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Shawn

AZ99FRC

Thanks Shawn, I'll call you tomorrow morning.

Peter

AZ99FRC

Just a quick update for those who asked me to post the outcome. LAPD overnighted a new harness to me and I put it in this morning before work. Everything works fine now...and the yellow lamp turn indicators do look better in person as folks have said on here. Thanks to Shawn for the prompt and always friendly customer service.

My only tip is if things don't work right after install, check the new harness first by plugging the stock one back in. And don't clip the white wire first as the instructions tell you to do but after you've installed the harness and made sure it works.

vettvert

My question is that when the lights are on by themselves, only the red upper half lights up but when the brakes are applied, both the red upper and the lower amber light up. Is this normal? I always assumed that the amber, or lower half of the euro's were for the turn signals only. Any help would be appreciated. :cheers:

AZ99FRC

Did you clip the white wire that runs into the brake light switch? Your description sounds like what they look like w/o clipping that wire. Once you clip it the ambers only light up for turn/hazard signals...they don't light when you apply the brakes.