How to install OPT7 Redline Tailgate Light Bar on 2018 4th Dodge Ram 

Happy customers here! I've installed products from OPT 7 for my cars and friends', just wanna give a shout out to the team behind, keep up the good work!!!

Great product as always from OPT7, keep in mind, I am not very handy, I know some basics like oil change but that's about it, if I can install, you can. I've had bought other things from OPT7, never disappoint, great quality.

I have the 48" installed on my truck, looks and works amazingly well.

Everyone keeps talking about it covering the spare tire hole. It comes with mounts so you can take it off and on as much as you want. He tells you in the video that it comes with mounting hardware. I absolutely love mine.

Can you explain in detail for the hard wire splice in. I can see green goes to green yellows goes yellow but other white goes white and brown goes too? also can we wire the reverse light to 7 pin connector?

Love it, as always

I absolutely love mines!!!! Fits and looks perfect on my 2015 Chevy Silverado!

Ok so how do you get your spare tire out if you cover the hole with this light bar which you didn't said anything about ?

What wires on the truck do you connect the brown and white wires to?

So I just ordered two of the 60 inch and ended up ordering a 48 also. I have a semi truck and I'm going to turn them and run them up the rear fairings. I got the additional 48 inch because I really need 7 feet so I'm hoping I can modify the 60 inch by halfing the 48 to extend the 60 to 84. I wish places could make custom lengths. I saw one place but it was cheap looking unlike yours.

How did you know what the hot and ground wires where before you tapped into the reverse light ? I got a 2015 ram and I'm not sure which is the ground and the hot wire.

Also, I have the backup camera and backup sensors, will this interfere?

Bruh you made it look easy now the hard part starts that praying for better weather 😂 and more sun.👍👍

Does this interfere at all with the backup camera?

TIP: Adding silicone to all your electrical connections as they're being crimped will ensure a waterproof seal that will make it practically IP67 rated.

How do you attach the light bar? There’s a plastic piece between the bumper and tailgate that doesn’t let me attach anything there..

What is the wiring diagram in the OPT7, factory 4x pin wiring harness (the one going to the LED bar). My connection corroded to dust due to the salt here. I see red, green, blue & black when I cut it?? I need to splice it to another 4x pin connection, then hardwire it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

why remove the taillight and tap into the reverse light wiring? There is a reverse light wire on the 7 pin trailer connector. The center pin is for the reverse lights.

Don't use the 3M Scotchlok crimp spices ever. They will let corrosion build up and then the wire will break at those weak points and you will be back fixing it a few years down the road. Just get the Curt 55384 inline tap for the 7 way plug. It comes with a 4 way flat connector build in. Only 1 wire to splice and that's the reverse. Get the double wall heat shrink once you have made the solder joint, just a tiny bit of RV Silicone over the joint, then slide the heat shrink over it for a waterproof connection. Cut the reverse wire on the tap and slide on your heat shrink. Next solder the 3 connections (reverse light from ) OPT7 and the 2 cut wires from the tap) and apply the RV silicone and slide the heat shrink over it. VIOLA! A perfect splice that will ever fail or corrode. Been making waterproof connections for years using this method and have never had 1 failure due to corrosion. I have also fixed hundreds upon hundreds of connections that have failed from the 3M 801 Scotchlok connectors! you'll be happy you too the extra time to do it this way! OPT& should be showing you guys this method as the one they showed only ruins your wiring where the Scotchloks cut into your wiring exposing it to potential corrosion. Pull the rubber grommet out of the spare tire tool hole and use either neodymium magnets attached to the 3M tape or use the provided brackets to mount the OPT7. If you mount it just right after the grommet removal, you will have enough room to sneak your tool in! [That's what she said!] LOL

Hello. Good day. Can this be intalled on 2008 toyota sequoia? I am trying to figure out but I do not get. I have a volvo XC60 and also wondering if this can be installed on it.

Do you have this available for the Honda CANBUS connector? Like to see this on a 2017 series Ridgeline.

When you installed the light bar you covered the access to the spare tire release hole.

Did you hard wire the ram hitch light as well

I HIGHLY recommend NOT using the " quick " connectors. They are not a good long lasting connection. Instead, use weather proof, heat shrunk wire connectors .

Okay so I have a problem. 2015 ram tradesmen and I don’t have brown or white wires. I have brown and white and white and orange. I tried with brown to brown white and white to white orange no joy. Anyone else have this setup and get it to work?

You show connection the reverse light wire to the black on the Ram,,black didn't work for me,but the purple one did

So called "Quick Splice" should be outlawed. Only a true hack would use them!

The plug-n-play using like a Hopkins adapter costs a little more. I did that. Friends that used the quick splices, found that vibration and water intrusion caused malfunctions. .The harness grin Hopkins, and others, plugs up tight and had solid connections for around $15. For me, it's been worth it and flawless functions .👍 😉🏆

Isnt that in the way of the hole to remove the spare tire?

When mounting like this, we would not have access to the spare tire dropdown mechanism. Does Opt7 provide clips so that we can remove the light bar to access the hole for the drop down?

Theres all so a adapter you can get for the 7 pin connector if you think that would be easier for you

After reading the comments there seem to be 2 show stoppers here for this tailgate light and maybe for many tailgate light bars. First it blocks the spare tire access hole, so that's no good at all. The product should be designed to ensure access one way or another. Second most newer trucks do have a trailer installed function and it's not apparent that this product or the others have been tested to ensure if you wire into the trailer harness, that this function is not compromised.

Can this be installed on a Tahoe?

Is exclusive for pick up trucks only?

So how do you access the hole for the spare tire in order to lower it with the strip covering the access? 2018 Dodge Ram 2500

Wirioto the headlights didn’t work for these Sidekick Sequential Running Board Switchback LED Strip Kit 60 inch for my 2016 Ram Outdoorsman. Where do you wire them to?

My Dakota dosen't have the bumper/tailgate space ,so do I mount to bottom of tailgate?

But how do you get your spare down now. It looks like the light bar covers the whole to lower spare

Covers the spare access hole

What colors does the harness match up with on a 2015 ram

Is it me or does the reverse not seem that bright at all?

What color wire on the plug did you connect the brown to!?

Cool. But I hope that ram owner doesnt ever need to drop his spare tire as you just blocked the hole.

So if install that, and get a flat the same day, u cant drop the spair tire....

How do you remove the spare tire without damage to light bar

Do you guys have a installation for directly to the taillights for trucks that have BLIS

So I tried hooking that white wire up to the center pin AND tried hooking it up to the tail light reverse. Either one didn't work. Thinking it might be defective. Everything else works though.

How are you supposed to remove your spare tire if you cover the hole to lower it?

Curt 56584 5 pin so you dont have to splice into reverse light wire.

I bought this for my 2014 Chevy Silverado everything was works great except the reverse lights can't get into work at all I tried to contact the company but they won't return my call

I hard-wired mine on my 2017 Ford F-150. However, since I installed it, there are a couple of issue, not major ones. First, it prompts me on the dash when starting up that a trailer is connected, however that is not the case, and because it thinks that it is connected to a trailer, two functions that my truck no longer does is the automatic shut-off when at a stop, and the backing-up assist is disabled. Please let me know if there is a way to resolve these issues with my truck since that started once the triple taillight bar was installed. Any feedback would be great.

This looks really nice. However in the case of a tire puncture and being able to lower the spare tire, how do you use the tool when the light bar is in place? It looks like the light bar blocks the access hole.

Ok but how do you know what wire to splice the white wire too? Because I saw two wires that are connected to the tail reverse light.

how do you know witch ones the reverse wire

Just out of curiosity. How do you get the spare down

How remove spare tire after instalation this light bar? Did you close hole for spare tire access?😅

Is there a hump where u went over the rubber grommet for the spare tire?

How do you get your spear tire if you need it

And how do I lower my spare tire now that you covered the tool access hole with the light bar?

On your website you have this: Adapter Module - Add if vehicle has a rear camera, tow-assist or a rear parking sensor: My vehicle has all of these (2016 F350 Platinum short box). Can you please tell me what the "adapter module" is?

I've heard there is a slight delay between the vehicle light activating and the bar lighting. Is that true?

Make one without the full second delay and I'm sold...

This led bar should be a solid beam and not just a single row of leds, correct? Not what’s shown in this video.

What size was installed on this truck?

How wide is the triple row?

YOULL BE SORRY USING SCOTCHLOCKS !!! ALWAYS SOLDER & HEAT SHRINK!!!

When making this video did they not think that different years have different wire colors? I’m trying to hardwire mine but this video is pretty much useless because of my year. 2015 Ram.

You just fixed it so you cant get to the spear tire lol

those blue connectors are problematic

Scotch locks......No!!!!!!!!

If you don't hard wire it in, you're going to look like the guy from the ghetto with his power wire going from underneath his hood over the door pillar.

its soooooo dim

Beware.. I've been thru 3 of these light bars. And its cost me money to get them returned. Customer service is in China and they are terrible to talk with. No phone number only email and take days to respond. I'm done with this company.

Just coming in from a Instagram ad. I must say the pictures that are posted vs the actual product vary a ton. Definetely a red flag and I wont be buying anything. Be honest about your product or you'll run your business in the ground.

Mine went to shit after 3 months. Customer service sucks. I don't recommend opt7

Which wire are you attaching the reverse wire to?