Cali Raised ditch light brackets and pods installed. Wiring tip:

[toyoda80]

1st. Thanks @Cali Raised LED for excellent customer service. There was a delay on the shipment but they let me know about it right away. After I received the package, I saw one of the pod lights had what looked like a bunch of cracks on one side of the reflector part. Imagine wrinkles in foil. I sent them photos and video and they immediately told me they would be sending a replacement pod. I watched 2 of their videos on how to install them on a 2024 Tacoma and it was the same for the 6th gen 4Runner.

The way they instruct you to wire it up is the easiest but it bothered me that the button did not light up with the other buttons. Thanks to @StickerFab and his YouTube video. He mentioned his diode dynamics button used the yellow wire for the backlight. It’s the same for the cali raised buttons. I decided to guess which color wire for the stock buttons controlled the backlights. I guessed green and got lucky. I used a triple tap thing( sorry I don’t know the actual name for it). Here are some pics of the splice and the backlight on and the backlight on with the bar light on to show the pod lights are on.

Oh! I used the fueling button for the tap.

Green factory wire is for backlight. You’re gonna splice the yellow wire from the Cali raised button to the factory green. It would have been easier if I tapped into the auto high beam button, which was my original plan. Don’t know why I went with the fuel cap button.

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[Josalbrec6G]

Did you run new wires through the firewall or did the switch wires already connect under the hood somewhere. I am trying to find the connection under the hood from the blue and grey connectors. They have to connect somewhere

 

[toyoda80]

Did you run new wires through the firewall or did the switch wires already connect under the hood somewhere. I am trying to find the connection under the hood from the blue and grey connectors. They have to connect somewhere

I ran the wires that came with the kit through the firewall and spliced right at the switch location.

 

[BonRunner]

Might do this soon. Thank you!

 

[BonRunner]

Bump this thread.

Just want to share that you DON'T have to splice the yellow -> green (per 1st post from OP) to get the button light up.

I got the Cali Raised Ditch Lights. Wired up per their YT video instructions (non for 4Runner but same as 2024+ Tacoma). I also attached the wiring instructions below.

The switch will light up when pressed. Very OEM-like! I tried what OP did in first post & had weird flickering so I removed it.

Work as intended now!!

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