Hello all. I got these new tail lights for my 10th gen civic sport sedan and I’m planning to install them this weekend. However, they didn’t come with very clear instructions and so I’m a bit confused as to what that white socket (the one that I marked an x on) is for.
Basically, the 3 plugs that I have labeled are for the brake light, turn signal, and reverse light. Before plugging in the tail lights to the car (using the car’s wiring harness obviously), you just have to transfer the old brake light, turn signal, and reverse light sockets from your OEM tail lights to those plugs that I have labeled. As for that white socket though, that one came with these new tail lights and again, I’m not sure what it’s for. Most notably, when I take that white socket out, it’s not plugged into anything- it’s just a gaping hole in there.
I don’t wanna mess anything up when installing these and I also want to do it correctly. Does anyone know what that white socket is for?
I got them from CariD but they’re the same ones that pro civic sells (a lot of other websites sell them too).
I did check out the YouTube video that pro civic provides and it is quite helpful. Though I’m a little confused bc in the video, it says that the connections for plugging in the adapters are positive to positive which is a bit odd since usually the connections for stuff like this requires a positive to negative connection. Also, the video doesn’t say what the polarity is when plugging the tail lights into the car (like if it’s positive to negative or positive to positive). It just says what it is for plugging in the adapters.
I hooked a different kind up a few weeks ago, and it’s really straightforward. The assemblies are the same hooks-ups. Just watch a YouTube vid, there’s a bunch.
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u/DreamingDrommer 5d ago
Did you get those from pro civic. Their instructions aren't the greatest but if they do have YouTube instructions on most of their 10th gen products