How to light up your Rear Hatch area 💡 - 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime 

For future reference to anyone trying to install these lights (or anything electrical) I suggest you DO NOT plug in the hot connecting wires before snaking any and all wires to the locations you need since you will most likely short out the wires when you touch them together either by taping them or just touching them to pass them thru whatever space you need to. I suspect that's what happened here when you blew the fuse since you plugged in the wire harness where the existing light is before placing all the cables where they needed to go. Thanks for the installation help and hints of installing these lights.

Amazing installation video and so much easier than a lot of the other videos. I ended up snaking it through the left grommet as the right one was just too tight. Buddy taping it to a zip tie and pushing rather than pulling was the way to go. The key was taking it slowly and not losing my patience! Thanks for a really helpful video. I don't think I would have tried without your video!

Can't believe you pulled this off using just one hand. I probably need double the time with 2 hands :-)

Thanks for taking the time to create these video's as they are so helpful for those of us who look to improve our RAV 4's with these incredibly useful mods. 👍

BIG DISCLAIMER for installing the rear hatch lights on the RAV4 2022 models: they have changed the plugs on the 2022+ RAV4s and the wiring harness/piggy-back plug used on these lighting kits will not work (the new plug is way smaller). I took off the entire trim, installed and routed the entire cable before discovering this, and had to manually re-wire/solder the wiring harness with my own connector to make it work (not particularly hard, but definitely not plug-and-play. Thankfully, they appear to be running the same power, so no issues once the plugs were changed over. If you're looking to install this on a 2022+ model of RAV4, just be aware it likely won't fit if you buy a kit previously made for a 2019-2021 model, unless they update the wiring harness supplied with them!

Will install that for sure - when I get my Prime in 4 weeks time👍🏼

Next time you need to go through a wiring boot: fish a large zip tie though, tape (with electrical tape) the wire to fish to that, lube over the tape with a little bit of something like sunscreen.. it will slip right through

Thank you, thank you for this video! It just walked me through the process - I did the trailer wiring at the same time. A bit over 2 hours for both. My only major glitch with the lights was getting the wire through that short flex tube - same problem you had. I got it through with the black covering on thanks to WD-40. The lube did the trick.

15:14 instead of fishing the zip tie out, do it the other way around. just insert the tie from that hole! Anyways, love your videos and jealous of the prime! Opted for the hybrid xse instead cuz there was 2 years wait for the prime 🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm wondering if these can be somehow retrofitted to the prev Rav4 generations. I have a 2016 Limited AWD and can't find these liftgate lights even though they have the same trim covers with slightly diff shape.

What amp fuse did you use? I also blown mine.

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Nice video. Can you do raptor light installation?

Nice job on the lights. Will they turn on when you open the tailgate? Or only by touch?

Hey how did you replace the fuse? Have the same lights but I think the fuse is blown as well

Hello, do you think these lights will work in a 23 RAV4 Prime?

Are you worried that making these modifications will void your car warranty? If anything happens to the car's electronics, I can see Toyota blaming it on the modifications.

I got a letter last week about my Rav4 Prime that with my warranty on my vehicle that if I use any aftermarket parts or modify my vehicle in any way I void my warranty. I am located in the United States. Can anyone else confirm that they got this letter from Toyota?

Good lightning, but exaggerated with alle the wires and connectors, lol