Installing Blue Ox tow plates
Just bought a tow plate assy for my 07 Pontiac G6, looking for someone in OK to install it under 500.00. That's what I'm getting quoted, which seems high.
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Willald:
The wireless lights cost $100.00 on sale. You can find them on e-bay and at many automotive shops. Cheap - no but only about the same cost as the Blue Ox bulb kit.
Each light takes 4 AA size rechargables. A charge is good for a couple of days. I got a recharger (Energizer) and 8 batteries on sale at Walmart for $19.99. So -- no big deal. I plan to buy 8 more rechargable batteries when I see them on sale next and then I will always have a set charged and ready to go.
I would have preferred to use the bulb socket insert by Blue Ox but it was not to be. My car has LED light strips in the rear tailights. The tail light housings are not hollow and there is no place to drill a hole in them and insert an additional bulb. The tail lights on the 2013 Taurus come as a sealed unit, amd when replacement required you need to do the whole tail light assembly, noy individual bulbs.
I thought about diodes but my dealer recommeded that we not change the OEM wiring, even with plug and go components. Potential warranty issues, this might be BS but why take the chance?
So that is the path that ended up with wireless tow lights for the toad.
So far so good.
Here is a link to a video showing the model lights I use. The price quoted in the video is crazy, they are available for less!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFqFhQOpVk0
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The wireless lights cost $100.00 on sale. You can find them on e-bay and at many automotive shops. Cheap - no but only about the same cost as the Blue Ox bulb kit.
Each light takes 4 AA size rechargables. A charge is good for a couple of days. I got a recharger (Energizer) and 8 batteries on sale at Walmart for $19.99. So -- no big deal. I plan to buy 8 more rechargable batteries when I see them on sale next and then I will always have a set charged and ready to go.
I would have preferred to use the bulb socket insert by Blue Ox but it was not to be. My car has LED light strips in the rear tailights. The tail light housings are not hollow and there is no place to drill a hole in them and insert an additional bulb. The tail lights on the 2013 Taurus come as a sealed unit, amd when replacement required you need to do the whole tail light assembly, noy individual bulbs.
I thought about diodes but my dealer recommeded that we not change the OEM wiring, even with plug and go components. Potential warranty issues, this might be BS but why take the chance?
So that is the path that ended up with wireless tow lights for the toad.
So far so good.
Here is a link to a video showing the model lights I use. The price quoted in the video is crazy, they are available for less!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFqFhQOpVk0
Safe Travels
