I don't remember which color wires go to which number pins, but yes, you have the basic idea.
Understood! I have a feeling I have the wires connected incorrectly too. I'll go out and take a look here shortly.
The IPMA in the Lightning is above the driver's side left knee, not above the rearview mirror .
I would skip that and use the method of making your own 4-wire harness from the IPMA to the new radar unit (CCM) in the front bumper. Much more direct and easier to get to the IPMA plug than the plug behind the glove box/passenger foot well.I'm still gathering the supplies needed to make this mod, but today I was able to take off the front trim to see what wires are present at the front bumper. I don't have the four wires at the IPMA at the driver kick panel, but surprisingly they are present at the front bumper (C134). Picture below.
C134. Gray, Green/White, Brown/Blue, and Grey/Blue present.
I then tried to see if these wires are also at C265 inside the cab at the passenger kick panel. Man, that connecter is a pain to get to. I wasn't able to unclip it but I tried my best to get a video of the wires. I *think* the four wires are present here, but it's hard to tell. Pic below.
C265. I couldn't even tell which side was the female and which side was the male.
All to say, if the four wires are present at C265, then I will just need to tap into C265 and run the wires over to the IPMA, correct? I think getting the C265 connector in a accessible spot will be the hard part, but running the wires inside the cab should be relatively easy.
Just want to make sure I'm on the right track here. Thanks in advance! (By the way, I have read all 52 pages of this thread, but it has been several months since I read through everything.)
One thing I should have said before, I'm also planning on adding front parking sensors along with the 360 cams. The harness referenced at the beginning of this thread is the exact same one used for the front parking sensors, which is nice. Although - thinking out loud now - I guess instead of plugging the CCM into the new harness I could just cap off that specific plug and run my own harness back to the IPMA like you suggest - right? It wouldn't be as "clean" but I think it would be easier than messing with the C265 plug as you suggested.
You shouldn't need to "cap" anything at the new CCM as the current wires should just already terminate to nothing since they're not used. I'd leave them however Ford decided to leave them.
I haven't bought the new front bumper harness yet, but I'm assuming there will be a smaller plug "downstream" from C134 that the CCM/radar unit actually plugs into. Instead of plugging the CCM in at that connector, I would just create my own harness and run it back to IPMA through the firewall like you mentioned. That's what I'm implying by saying I would have to cap the smaller plug. Does that make sense?
Yeah, I think I'm following you....your new bumper will have the CCM harness. Using that and tapping into those wires, then running your homemade 4-wire harness to the IPMA. That sounds like the smart move.
Good thought. I don't think I will, but I could be wrong. My next step will be to get the new front bumper harness. I can then use that to follow the wires to my C134 plug as-is from each of the four new parking sensors I'll be adding. That will help me figure out which of my existing wires are now going unused, and what they are actually for once the new harness is in place, if that makes sense.
I hear ya.... I have the Tow Tech, but wish I bought a trim with ACC and lane centering instead of just the lane keeping. I never bothered to learn the difference until it was too late.
