getting type r rearlights working

[Deano_EK]

A few months back i purchased some 00 model tailight to replace the 96 ones on my EK, they are genuine type r ones, no difference on the outside but theyve got the extra bulb down the bottom and already wired up from factory, however they dont light up do i need a different prong from the wiring or something else thats missing? i thought it would of being a plug and play.
Deano.

[adu]

wth

i wuld think its plug n play aswell?

hmm

i wish u luck buddy

[I heart the SSS]

I thought so too..?

I think the Type R rear light requires an extra bulb though..?

/ look out for people flaming you because you put a type R part on your car!11one

[Deano_EK]

i didnt realise till after i had bought them dont know if the seller even realised lol they look exactly the same as any other 99-00 from the outside

[[ricer]]

i always thought that the bottom light was like a rear fog light and u would need another switch for them to turn on and not actually how people here wire them up as brake lights...

[I heart the SSS]

hmmm... I've never thought of the rear ligh being a foglight.

But it makes sense, since a lot of JDM cars have rear foggies.

There's a DIY on here on how to turn your standard lights into EK9 replicas.

I guess you could follow that, and splice another break light off the existing one!

[vinnY]

afaik it should be off the same harness, but the bottom light will be missing a third wire which makes the bulb brighter when you hit the brakes
you just gotta splice into your stock harness properly and it should be fine

[Deano_EK]

sounds easy enough but im a bit of a noob when it comes to eletrical, care to enlighten me?

[Deano_EK]

bump.

[swannno]

Have a look at the diy. All you gotta do is put the bulb in the bottom hole, check which of the 3 wires from the bulb is the ground/parker light/brake light... then wire them accordingly.

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53321&highlight=ek9+light
Read that and it should tell you which of the stock wires are the ground/parker/brake
then just cut and strip the wires and then either twist or solder them back together