etrailer.com's LED light kit for Tow Ready, Rola, Pro Series, and Draw-Tite cargo carriers with integrated light brackets features 12 super-bright, powerful LED's per light with the faceted mirror gleam reflector for a superior look.
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LED Light kit for Draw-Tite, Tow Ready, Pro Series, and Rola railed cargo carriers
Light Kit Installation
Step 1
Mount rubber grommets on both sides of cargo carrier tray making sure grommets are seated securely.
Step 2
Press tail lamps into grommets until seated securely on both sides of carrier tray.
Step 3
Route plug with green wire under cargo carrier to the passenger side (right) and plug into cargo carrier tail lamp.
Route plug with yellow wire under cargo carrier to the driver side (left) and plug into cargo carrier tail lamp.
Step 4
With supplied cable ties, secure all wiring to the bottom of the cargo carrier.
Please note: With the off-set Y-harness, one wire lead (about 3' long) is run straight to a light. The other lead (about 6' long) is run along the back edge of the carrier before it curves up to the second light. On the 40101 and 59502 cargo carriers, the wires come up through the carrier's mesh floor to attach to the back of the lights. On the Tow Ready carriers 63153 and 63155, the tighter mesh floor is not large enough for the plug to pass through. Therefore, run the wire leads under the platform to the lights, then up the front of the carrier and around to the back of the light. This also helps prevent the wires from getting pinched by the cargo. On vehicles where the 4-pole trailer connector is tucked under the vehicle, a 4-pole extension may be required to connect the two plugs. See related items.
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Great product, great shipping, honest price
Lights like these are great. Will try them out soon.
Great product and with it being LED I;ll never have to change it out!
Bright LED LightsPerfect Looks good Bright even in bright daylight really gets your attention.
Easy to install. Needs to be longer by 6". Nice and brite.
Nice item but plug in side of the harness should be longer because it barely reaches the socket on my silverado pick-up.
This product came with my cargo carrier and am very pleased with it also.
Oscar K.
As said before. Driverside wires almost too short. This should get fixed. Otherwise does the job.
Excellent lights. Easy to install, and really stand out to help precieve depth behind the vehicle to those that are following us.
Installation was a breeze until the wiring was too short. I was a little unhappy that I had to go to the local Advance Auto Parts to get an extension.
Wiring harness must have been in the hot rinse cycle- its too short to make for a decent installation. You'll need to extend the wiring about 24". I would not buy another one of these.
Wow! Awesome LightsI am a big fan of LED lighting and this kit is really cool. Would highly recommend.
This Light Kit is wonderfully awesome !! And this review is coming from a guy who has to "rig up" everything myself. I'm so glad I didn't attempt to piece this project together. SO worth the money. I actually wanted to stop the installation and call up etrailer to thank them for a great product.
Yes you will need a trailer light extension. And the grommets/lights fit loose into the pro series (and possibly other racks) so I plan to seal with silicone along the edges to secure. Other than those two complaints that I knew before purchasing, the lights are very bright, and work as they are intended. I still recommend them- just be prepared for the short wires and loose fit.
I chose the LED light kit for my cargo carrier. The lights installed in a flash and work very well. I would recommend the optional LED lights for this carrier. They are very bright and easy to see.
High quality construction and assembled easily. My only complaint is the same others have mentioned, the wiring harness is too short. You really have to stretch it to make it fit.
Only ok. The cable connecting the driver side light is too short to be installed in a manner I would have liked, which seems to be a common problem in reading the reviews. I ended up having to buy an extension wire to make it work, and the set up is still less than ideal. If E-trailer's servicenwasn't so great with all the other products I have purchased, I would have rated it less.
Easy installation. Passenger side wiring length was ample, but driver side wiring was a little short. In the end, everything worked out OK. Must pay close attention to routing of driver side wiring. Nice lighting kit.
Once installed, there is no physical protection for the rear of the lights and wire connector. When installed, they protrude far into the usable cargo area to be easily damaged or displaced. There should be some type of metal protective cover provided.
Fit too looseIn the Ask the expert question below, can you get replacement lights, the person stated that the light popped out and was just gone. I bought this kit to install on the Tow Ready Hitch Cargo Carrier – 63154. The lights fit loosely and fall out. I have them zip tied right now to hold them in. I don’t know how well that is going to work. Maybe there is an adhesive that may work. If I had to do this over again, I would have bought the lights that you hold in with screws. Otherwise, the kit was easy to install and the lights work fine.
LED Lights Shine BrightNice package makes tail light installation for a Tow Ready cargo carrier a snap. Definitely needed to allow drivers behind to see your brake lights when carrying cargo or to see the carrier when empty. Instructions easy to follow, but drivers side wire is a bit short but was able to make it work. Dressed it up with a bit of wire loom to make it look professional. You will need the extension wiring as you can't route the wiring along the main bar and then to the vehicle plug. Light wiring plugs do stick into the cargo area a bit much.
Like the other reviewers stated, I did need the extension wire, which is not expensive. Since I installed this on my RV, I also needed a 4 to 7 pin adaptor which was also inexpensive if you get it at Amazon. And yes, the lights do protrude into the cargo carrier storage area. Since I knew all of this before hand, thanks in part to the other reviewers, I was prepared. Installation was very easy, and I used silicone (dielectric grease) on all the connections, and added some electricall tape to help keep dirt and water out. The lights seem secure in the carrier and they look great. They look exacly like the Rola lights, at least the pictures I've seen, but are a better bargain. If it were not for the fact that they protude into the storage space and the connectors don't have a 90 degree angle to them I would have given this product the highest rating.
I have mixed feelings about this product. The rubber gasket that goes around the light and literally holds the light onto the carrier is flimsy. I'd like to see a screw in package that holds this lights in the carrier and makes it more solid. Also the wiring harness is routed only one way and you can't really run the wires that you want to. Its like they wanted to use the shortest amount of wire in the package to save a few bucks in wire. It would just make it "look" better in my opinion if I could hide the wiring harness rather than having it exposed.
Was a little upset with fitment, plug would hardly go in to light and right now its fitting well enough to have the light work, but found it odd that one would fit fine, and one wouldn't. Black cord cover only covers first 12-16" of wires. Should cover all. Zip ties of good quality, but fitment of lights into gaskets could be tighter, but that may be the bracket i bought seperately, not the gasket... Cords definitely not long enough. I put this kit on a folding hitch basket (albeit not the recommended mfr, and had to add brackets to mine) but if you don't want the cords running diagonally across the basket you will have to splice. I did, and added black conduit, and it works fine. Set out looking for a folding hitch basket that had lights, none did, so i made some mods to these kits, and it works great.
The light kit was easy to install, as I have driven only a short distance with nothing in the cargo unit. I hope the lights stay in when loaded. The only con at this time is that the wire length on the drivers side is short by about 8 inches, I had to make a extension from trailer plug on car to harness.
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