Raxiom Vector Tail Light Unboxing and Installation

AnotherS197GT

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These are a direct replacement for your OEM tail lights. They come complete with their own wiring harness and sequential LEDs. The only things you need to reuse from your stock lights are the reverse light bulbs and the retaining nuts. The lights come packed insanely well and look even better!

Link to the lights:
http://www.americanmuscle.com/raxiom-smoked-vector-tails-whitediff-0509.html


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Tools Needed:
10mm socket
Ratchet
Trim Removal Tool or Screwdriver
1-2 Beers


Open a beer
Open the trunk, remove the trunk mat, and remove the interior trim panel. There are two plastic screws and 4 push pins that hold the trim panel in place.
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Once the trim panel has been removed, remove the 3 lamp mounting nuts on the drivers side.
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Disconnect the wiring harness, pull the lamp assembly out, and gently pull the wiring harness through the hole in the body.
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Remove the reverse bulb from the factory lamp assembly and transfer it to your new Vector tail light.
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Pull the Vector wiring harness through the hole in the body. Be sure to fully seat the grommet, or you may get water intrusion. Connect the wiring harness to the body harness.
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Position the Vector light so that the 3 mounting studs line up, and push them through the body. Fasten the lamp in place with the 3 mounting nuts you removed, torquing to 6 Nm. These just need to be snugged, so don’t overdo it!

Repeat steps 3-7 for the passenger side. If you have a Shaker 1000, removal of the subwoofer assembly may be necessary for access to the retaining nuts.

Reinstall your trim panel, place the trunk mat back in the car, open your other beer, and admire your work!

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ghunt81

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I bought these on the black Friday sale. Not yet sure if I'm a fan of the white diffusers but otherwise I love these lights.
 

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They look pretty nice, $450 got damn.

I love em, but I don't love the price fo sho!

They always do pretty deep discounts on Raxiom for their Black Friday and Christmas sales, so you could probably scoop them then and save some cash!

I bought these on the black Friday sale. Not yet sure if I'm a fan of the white diffusers but otherwise I love these lights.

I like the diffusers! It so nice not being able to see each individual LED light, they look so much more OEM that way. I do kinda wish the housings were red like the OE 15+, but they're still badass lights!
 

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here are mine, I have the red diffusers. Now the description for them says they don't sequence when the hazards are on but mine do.
 

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Gabe

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A friend has these on his red 2005 and they look awesome on there.
I think they look even better in person than in pictures.
 

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Raxiom is $pendy, but their products are top-notch. I did the Gen-5's on my Bullitt last fall (10% AM discount applied) & really like the look/function. One added note, cover your trunk-deck when installing b/c they will scratch if you're not careful/watching. I put a few small dings in while working those damn light grommets into their sockets. Nothing a little scratch-fix & elbow grease didn't fix, but enough to piss me off.

Otherwise...sweet new look to your Mustang's ass-end. ( )*( )
 

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Anyone knows if these will be made for 2011-2012 models? would love to put a pair of these one.
 

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