altezza bulb help

[krz2fer]

I installed g3 altezzas on my 92 civic today..... when i got to the inner housings (on the trunk) i realized the company only sent a harness that powers a single bulb although there are two holes - one for reverse and one for the rim of brake light. to make a long story short, all I have on these trunk units is a reverse light -- no driving light/brake light, which reduces stuff by 50% in terms of people behind me. the stock box housing the bulbs and harness doesnt fit onto this new unit.

My questions is a) is this legal and b) where can I get a harness that will allow for me to put in both bulbs? i called autozone and they said to call the dealership (blah). i have other friends with different types of altezzas and their trunk units are 'on' when the lights are on.


im wondering for my own safety and because i think it looks dumb for the trunk units to only come on in reverse.

please help! :bow:

[krz2fer]

lots of views.. no posts... any suggestions anyone?

[ebpda9]

can u post up a pic so i know what are you talking about ?

[pauls-si]

Does the harness not split off to the two bulbs?

[krz2fer]

The harness that comes out of the trunk from the car is a 4 wire harness, which supports the brake light and the reverse light. The actual stock housing is a large plastic piece with both bulbs in it and doesn't fit into these aftermarket lights.

The joining harness that came with the altezzas is only a 2-wire harness that supports the reverse light. In other words... the 4-wire car connector connects with this new one that only has 2 wires... so basically 2 wires (for the brake) are doing nothing for the 2 trunk pieces of my lights.

So... I want to know where to get a 4-wire harness that supports 2 bulbs.

[krz2fer]

I went ahead and bought a couple bulb sockets, coresponding bulbs, and wired them directly to the harness. Although the red bulbs dont get a "brighter red" when I brake, they do stay on when I have my lights on. Better than no trunk lights at all.