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Old 17-01-2021, 08:16 PM   #1
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Default BF ute taillights onto AU series 2 & 3 ute

Just thought I'd share this. I was told by the usual "experts" that a BF XR6 tub tailight loom doesnt work on AU utes when swapping IN bf tailights & XR6 rear bumper onto an AU.
Well, it was so easy,.... just plug n play. about 40 mins all up to swap out the loom & plug it in.
I was also told the bf reversing lights won't work when connected to AU loom (connector is just inside RH drivers wheelarch.
This wasn't true either, reverse lights worked great, much better than the dim AU bumper light.
Lastly I was told that BF XR6 auto and manual tub tailights looms are different for reversing light. Both BF auto and manual tub tailights looms are identical.
Just for the record I used a BF XR6 tub tailights loom (auto) onto 2001 AU XLS ute.(manual).

Hope this helps someone, listen to good advice like here on the forums, not the AU experts that seem to pop up at wrecking yards & car shows...
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Old 19-01-2021, 08:40 AM   #2
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Default Re: BF ute taillights onto AU series 2 & 3 ute

I hear you on the experts. I’ve taken time (years) out from car hobbies in the past when the clamour of idiots dribbling half-baked nonsense drowned my enjoyment. You take their “advice” in good faith and it shunts your down a rabbit-hole of fictional irrelevance.

Had an imported car with a coach built body, everyone was an “expert” about where it had been built. I looked up the business in Sands’ Sydney Directory to check the address, confirmed over several years. Not only were they wrong by about 2km but the coach builder’s premises still existed (as a furniture shop)! You could even see the original driveway into the street.
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