tail lights on gu patrol

G'day John,
Its all to do with ADR, you'll notice any? 4x4 with a factory rear wheel carrier has the same set up. Our fun police reckon the wheel obstructs the view of the rear lights so they had to go into the bumper. I believe some people have got them to work though as the plugs are there...
Cheers

The only globes in the main tailights are the reversing globes!.....to comply with the ADR's, the manufacturers have to fit tail/indicator lights on the bumper bar so that the can be seen, the idea being that as the spare wheel obstructs the view of the main tailights, the bumper bar lights can be seen from any angle at thre rear of the vehicle....there are kits to connect the tailights....the loom is already there to accept the tailight wiring..some guys have bought globe holders and hooked them up that way....seems a bit silly not to have them working, but I guess that Nissan see it as an unecessary expense for the Oz market...the reversing lights are pretty feeble, I have fitted 2 reversing kights to my early GU

Thanks for the info guys. Gee that really is rediculous. It looks rediculous. Any idea on where to buy the kit and how much? Please dont tell me nissan. For the sake of a few bolbs and holders you would think they would have made them standard.

This is a classic case beaurecratic bull.... in action. Nissan & some other manufactures are required to fit another set of taillights in the bumper in order to satisfy archaic ADR's. In order to reduce costs Nissan ellected not to connect the original taillights. This in my opionion is a ludicrous situation as if you have ever followed a GU towing a trailer the original lights are obscured. ( And we all know trailer lights are notoriously unreliable. especially boat trailers). In my GU I had an auto electrician rewire the original lights so I had both sets working. Cost me aout $300.
Ferris