The entire process took about 30 minutes.
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After a 6 month wait, I received my sequential turn indicators from Boodmo. It was an exhausting weight as the possibility of vehicles on the rear not being able to see my turn indicated weighed heavily on my mind. I used to glance at the rearview mirror to make sure the guy behind me saw the turn signal and was taking evasive action. It was that bad.
My XUV had done 15,000 kilometres by then and I did not want to wait for another 5000 before 20k service to get it installed. So, got into action and decided on a DIY.
Before starting disconnect the battery negative. It is not necessary to do so, but better to be safe. It can easily be done with a size 10 hex socket.
- Start by removing the small tail panel on both sides. Pull the panel down and it should come off easily.
- Locate this screw behind the panel and unscrew it. This screw holds the larger tail panel in place
- After doing the above steps on both sides, you can now proceed with removing the larger tail panel. The larger tail panel has plenty of lock tabs and I would suggest removing it in this precise order:
- The tail panel was removed and carefully kept aside.
- The lock nut that holds the tail light in place can now be accessed. It can easily be removed with the same size 10 hex socket that was used to disconnect the battery negative
- Post removal of the nut, the tail light can be removed. A standard connector connects to the tail light and can gently be pried out.
- A side-by-side of the sequential and the non-sequential tail lights. Absolutely no physical difference between the two. The non-sequential one even has the sequential light in place but it lacks the computer chip inside that controls it.
- The only telltale difference between the two is the wires coming out of the light. The sequential light has 5 whereas the other has only 3.
- Finally, connect the new lights, put all the panels back, and re-connect the battery.
Sequential tail lights in action
The entire process took about 30 minutes. And seeing the lights in action at last gave me a big relief. Now, no more worries about the visibility of the rear turn signal.
Ordering from Boodmo is a hit or a miss. Estimated delivery is within 14 days. But the RH tail light took 2 months and the LH took 6 months.
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I’m waiting for the body section of the tail lights to be delivered to complete the sequence.
Cheers!
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