HOW TO: Rigid SR-L Series Lights for ARB Rear Bumper Installation

[Rubenc87]

I did the same with mine several weeks ago. Love it!

Looks good

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[scythanith]

I did the same with mine several weeks ago. Love it!

Excuse my ignorance here. I thought we only had Aux 1-3 on the 2024 TH's? Did you run your own wiring to make an Aux 4 for your bumper lights? If so, would you be willing/able to share how? I'd like to preserve my 3 aux switches and hate the blank to the right of them.

Cheers!

 

[Ray T]

25’s have a 4th Aux switch

 

[JimScotty0]

Excuse my ignorance here. I thought we only had Aux 1-3 on the 2024 TH's? Did you run your own wiring to make an Aux 4 for your bumper lights? If so, would you be willing/able to share how? I'd like to preserve my 3 aux switches and hate the blank to the right of them.

Cheers!

I have a 24 Pro which only came with AUX 1-3. I didn't want to use the higher amp 1 & 2 switches for the rear lights that only needed about 2-3 amps. What I did was to repin the jumper connector to use the AUX 3 power and switch. I took out AUX 1 and replaced it with AUX 3. I now have AUX 1 & 2 free to use as I need for future options. I also have a 6 gang AuxBeam switch that I use for other lighting. So my AUX 3 is the switch I use to turn on/off my rear lights.

I replaced my AUX 3 switch with this, and still have a blank on the right.

Here is what I put together back on May 14th, 2025 describing my process.

Project still in the works, but I did finish the Toyota pigtail jumper.

This is the original Toyota Jumper.

Unpinned the Black wire (AUX1) and pinned the White wire (AUX3) using a similar pin as used in the Toyota harness.

I believe this pin is a 621-2-2A

Using my own 3 pin waterproof female connector, I crimped the pins on AUX1, AUX2, and Ground.

Here is how it looks when finished. I will build a male 3 wire pigtail jumper for future potential use if or when needed and tuck it away. I have no plans for use right now since I will be using my Auxbeam RGB 6 Gang Switch for most of my lighting project which includes ditch pod lights, fang lights, grill DRL lights, and a hood scoop light.

 

[scythanith]

25’s have a 4th Aux switch

Agreed. But his bio says he has the 24.

 

[Andrace]

I have a 24 Pro which only came with AUX 1-3. I didn't want to use the higher amp 1 & 2 switches for the rear lights that only needed about 2-3 amps. What I did was to repin the jumper connector to use the AUX 3 power and switch. I took out AUX 1 and replaced it with AUX 3. I now have AUX 1 & 2 free to use as I need for future options. I also have a 6 gang AuxBeam switch that I use for other lighting. So my AUX 3 is the switch I use to turn on/off my rear lights.

I replaced my AUX 3 switch with this, and still have a blank on the right.

Here is what I put together back on May 14th, 2025 describing my process.



Thanks for validating this approach. I will be doing the same.

 

[scythanith]

Thanks to everyone that out in their experiences for the install. Helped me through it fairly quickly. I am going to pull the Toyota patch cable at some point to send power to the back via AUX3, Right now it's AUX 1.

 

[BLtheP]

Thanks for the write up. Swapped my bumper today and installed the SR-Ls right after. For anyone wondering, you don’t need to pay much attention to Toyota’s warning that this bumper doesn’t work with the SRs without BSM. It works fine, it’s just that the harness doesn’t fit the bumper perfectly where it clips in. It can be made to work just fine and while I am not using as many clips as I used to and may adjust the clips to improve that, it is perfectly safe as-is currently.

Not to disparage SPV as I appreciate what they are doing to support the market; however I wasn’t thrilled with the harness. I went with the simple tail light tap because I don’t have aux switches and don’t feel like adding them at the moment. It was significantly longer than needed and required looping it into a bundle to waste slack. Also not a fan of weatherpack connectors or the ring terminal needing a bolt for ground. I’d rather it pull ground from the tail light T harness. I’m running it as-is for now so I can benefit rom the lights immediately, but I’ll probably rewire in the near future. Also tapping at the tail light is a pain (sort of bulky to add the t-harness behind the tail light). I might use the trailer connector option if I redo it myself. Probably will use Deutsch connectors as well if I redo it. Again, I appreciate that SPV fixed up what Rigid offers and that they are supporting the market, I just wish the harness was done a bit differently and was more precise than mine was.

The results are fantastic and I couldn’t be happier with the performance of the lights or appearance of the bumper. Sure makes a base model truck look cool.

Next up will be to remove that ridiculously out of place 4x4 badge and install my black tailgate inserts.

 

[Rubenc87]

Looks good Just plastids the 4X4 and it will blend in better.

 

[BLtheP]

Looks good Just plastids the 4X4 and it will blend in better.

I don't like having a badge on one side and empty on the other...looks asymmetrical. I'd rather just remove it, plus with the Tacoma letters it starts to look sort of busy keeping it.

 

[Rubenc87]

Saw a white Tundra with the same badge in black, looked OK. Your truck do as you like.

 

[daneg6]

I pulled the trigger and added a yellow film to try and use them as chase lights as well. Holy crap they are bright and the light just goes everywhere!

 

[rijc99]

What

I pulled the trigger and added a yellow film to try and use them as chase lights as well. Holy crap they are bright and the light just goes everywhere!

Do You feel it’s too bright as chase lights? I have one light currently as chase but could swap the Rigids to yellow and the Baja to white.

 

[daneg6]

What


Do You feel it’s too bright as chase lights? I have one light currently as chase but could swap the Rigids to yellow and the Baja to white.

I just put them in last weekend and have not been able to test with someone I know behind me yet.

 

[SPV Parts]

Thanks for the write up. Swapped my bumper today and installed the SR-Ls right after. For anyone wondering, you don’t need to pay much attention to Toyota’s warning that this bumper doesn’t work with the SRs without BSM. It works fine, it’s just that the harness doesn’t fit the bumper perfectly where it clips in. It can be made to work just fine and while I am not using as many clips as I used to and may adjust the clips to improve that, it is perfectly safe as-is currently.

Not to disparage SPV as I appreciate what they are doing to support the market; however I wasn’t thrilled with the harness. I went with the simple tail light tap because I don’t have aux switches and don’t feel like adding them at the moment. It was significantly longer than needed and required looping it into a bundle to waste slack. Also not a fan of weatherpack connectors or the ring terminal needing a bolt for ground. I’d rather it pull ground from the tail light T harness. I’m running it as-is for now so I can benefit rom the lights immediately, but I’ll probably rewire in the near future. Also tapping at the tail light is a pain (sort of bulky to add the t-harness behind the tail light). I might use the trailer connector option if I redo it myself. Probably will use Deutsch connectors as well if I redo it. Again, I appreciate that SPV fixed up what Rigid offers and that they are supporting the market, I just wish the harness was done a bit differently and was more precise than mine was.

The results are fantastic and I couldn’t be happier with the performance of the lights or appearance of the bumper. Sure makes a base model truck look cool.

Next up will be to remove that ridiculously out of place 4x4 badge and install my black tailgate inserts.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah. It's understandable that some people prefer to do their own wiring or manual installs.
I just thought I would share the point of the harnesses, adapters, etc.

The harnesses are part of a system. Meaning the short rear harness can work with a Toyota, F-150, Dodge, Chevy, etc. They are universal.

The same with the tail light adapters. The tail light adapter from any make model or brand can plug into our short harness. The extension can plug into the short rear harness.
So the main point with the harness system is that it is plug n play for those who have little wiring experience and want an easy solution. Most any component can work with any make model vehicle and any brand light. More like USB cables, HDMI cables, etc.

When I hook up my TV to say my Apple TV. I use an HDMI cable. 3 feet may be too short. 6 feet a little too long depending on placement. But I don't have to cut and splice. I plug it in and secure the slack.
That's the intension of the harness system. Simple for those that don't want to manually wire things and you can take them with you to your next vehicle.

A quick note on the weather pack connectors. The reason we went with those as the "Universal" connector was because of their power capabilities. I agree with you that the DT connectors are so much easier to plug in. The issue with DT connectors are their pins have a 13 amp limit. Weather Pack pins have a 20 amp limit.
While the SRL lights are clearly less than 13 amps. To have a true universal system that is all interconnecting and plug n play... you have to make a choice on ONE style common connector. Being that the capacity was much higher with the Weather Pack Connectors. That why it made more sense. 2 Baja LP6's draw 15 amps. Too much for Deutch.

For those who have been limited to ONLY experiencing the few harness components in this SRL kit. Here is a link to ALL the pieces, adapters and components that can interconnect to basically like a LEGO set. Build anything you can imagine without tools (With the exception of adding a connector to a light that doesn't have it.)

https://www.specialtyperformanceparts.com/collections/spv-parts-harness-system

This is a video when we introduced the system on the Motor Trend Channels "Motorhead Garage"



So we didn't actually "Improve Rigids Design". What we did was EXPANDED our system to include a tail light adapter for a Tacoma model and a plug in adapter for the prep connector in the bumper.

A quick note. You should REALLY be careful with the wire clips (AKA Side Splice, Vampire Clips, etc) on factory wires.
They allow moisture into the factory wire and that can allow corrosion inside. I have seen many issues of people needing to replace an entire vehicle harness because the corrosion spreads UP the wire inside and it can go a long distance and compromise the whole vehicle harness.
My recommendation if anyone wants to splice into a factory wire is to do it clean. Cut the wire in half. Put a butt connector on it joining the factory wire and your splice on one side. Slide on a heat shrink GLUE tube. Then crimp the other factory wire on. Slide the heat shrink tube over the butt connector and shrink it down. The GLUE in a glue heat shrink tube will SEAL against the insulation locking out any moisture.

Hopefully that makes sense.

On the ground ring. You don't need to use the ground ring in many cases. It's actually removable. You can unplug the connector with the ground ring and plug in the adapter that plugs into the factory bumper that has a ground built in.

In the event you have a truck without switches or convert over to an ARB bumper on a truck that didn't come with it. You can get the "Full Rear Harness Extension" which is a long cable you plug in and slide up the frame side rail to the engine bay and plug it into a switch there. It also has a ground built in.

Here is a link to some of the many ways to plug in and assemble a rear harness with the different pieces to work in any scenario with any light and or vehicle-

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0179/4493/6512/files/Rear_Harness_Configurations.pdf?v=1761866472

You can also see the more specific Tacoma Bumper Pig tail for trucks that DO have the connector in their bumper in the full instructions on page 6 here-

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...oma_SRL_INSTALL_INSTRUCTIONS.pdf?v=1765395459

Hopefully this makes a little more sense.

There is nothing wrong with doing your own wiring if that what you prefer. I just wanted to point out the reasoning behind the "System" and why it is intended for people who want a simple plug n play solution.

John

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