I haven't even noticed the difference. I just went out in my garage and took this pic. I'll do another tonight when it's darker.
I am pretty competent working with electricity and electronics having worked as an Electronics Tech in my early career. The idea of me taking my brand new car apart like this gives me the willies. I guess having the pros install this and their remote tailgate products just means we don't see what they do. How does this affect the warranty.
It only affects the warranty for the parts of the car that the illuminated emblem touches. So, perhaps the electricals that are at the tail light connection that it tees into, the interior panel of the lift gate, and the emblem and emblem retaining stuff. ??
Yeah, that's what I figured. The emblem just plugs in basically unless you want the emblem to switch to white while in reverse. For that you have to tap into that wire. That was the only part that would concern me if I were a novice but it is pretty simple to do.
This really makes me want one! I had installed a white front lighted pony on my Premium without any issues. Wonder how much harder this one is?
A challenge to install! The hard parts were getting a couple of panels off (corner pieces) and getting the backup wire through the rubber conduit (used a long screwdriver and gorilla tape). I'm a little concerned about the backup wire not being fastened to much in the bottom of the car by the backup light. I may splice on a thicker wire from the trunk to the light. The alternative would be to completely remove the cover underneath to get better access, so I could ziptie the wire to something down there. Also a plastic conduit to run the wire through would be good, going out of the trunk to the bottom area. Hopefully it will not come loose or rub off the insulation.
Ours is still looking great. Sorry to hear you had issues.
