Taillight grounding
 

I am going to add a RH taillight to my sedan. Do the mounting bolts ground it, or does that happen somewhere else in the wiring?

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Tail light housing to stand to fender to the body !

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Thanks. That’s sorta what I thought, but I needed confirmation. Happy New Year!

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As long as they aren't fiberglass fenders. :)

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If it's in doubt as to whether or not I get a good ground, I typically will run a separate ground wire whether it needs it or not.

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From where in the light?

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Ground the socket body.

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Solder a ground wire to the outside of the socket and run it though the wiring loom and to a good ground. Why didn't Ford run dedicated grounds ? To save a nicklem!

BTW when I mounted the right hand light I measured 6 times and it didn't look right before drilling holes, I then used a straight edge across both faces of each light and then when it looked right I drilled the holes. But I can hang pictures without a level!

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Or powder coated stand or to much paint, it would be best to run a ground wire from outside of the light socket through the wiring loom back to the chassis.