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Plan on painint the underside of my bed and entire frame this weekend since I have everything apart on the truck.

Got me thinking to possibly install a trailer hitch. I've yet to pull anything honestly, so not sure if I am getting it just to get it type of deal.... anyways. I see that you can get a square trailer hitch light that acts like a brake light, which is nice.

Problem I keep reading about is when you use your turn signal the trailer hitch light blinks. Either with left or right turn signal functions. I guess this is a common gripe about not necessary the light but how the vehicle is wired/lack of separate brake circuit.

Just wanted to confirm if anyone on here has such a light and if that is the case. If it is, I will probably pass on this entire thing, but if not then it might be nice to have another brake light below.

Seemed to have found my answer:

https://www.etrailer.com/p-CR-007A.html

Is designed to cancel out the turn signal.

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-Nigel

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Looks cool but needs a LED 1157 :)

Cheap too, wouldn't fit my trailer hitch I have one of those smaller ones unfortunately.

They claim it's the model that doesn't blink but if you find one you like better and it does blink you could run a wire from your 3rd brake light back to the high side of the light.

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Yeah, you wouldn't wire it to the corner brake lights, but to the high level brake light instead.

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<BRAG> I wouldn't have that problem since I did a 3-bulb taillight conversion </BRAG>

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if you have 2bulb tails, it will probably blink with turns. i had one on my truck (3 bulb tails) and had no issue.
you could tap your 3rd brake light wires & run them down to the trailer hitch to connect to the hitch light.

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I think I am going to ax this idea. In the 6+ years of owning the truck I have yet to pull a trailer. Then now looking at things.

Curt trailer = $121
3rd brake light = $15
replace bulb to LED = $10

So in all reality paying $180 to have a trailer hitch light...lol I don't even own a trailer..hahah

Guess I'll just stick to original plan and painting the frame/bed this weekend so I can finally get the damn truck back together and drive it again.

-Nigel

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To answer the original question, though...as long as you buy the right one (there are two part numbers, one has an "E" on the end I think), it'll have the appropriate diode to plug into your four-way flat trailer plug and not blink with the directionals.

Rather than run a wire from the third brake light, I bought one of those off the shelf at WalMart and used some of the guts (diode, four-way-flat plug) to wire up the third brake light on my cap.

Worth $15 to me not to have to run a wire from the cab to the back of the truck, and have a solution with no cutting of factory wiring at all.

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