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Ok, so I did most of this already and I didn't have a camera, so a few steps do not show progress, just show it finished.
Items needed to buy:
The 7 pin harness I bought from the Nissan dealer for about $55. The kit comes with directions and pictures, but they are kinda messy since B&W.
Also you will need these tools if you are planning on placing the receiver in the bumper itself
I bought these from Lowes for about $22.
First go to your passenger side kick panel and remove it. You start by removing the side strip first, careful pulling on it with even pressure, it is held in place by 2 white pop things.
***WARNING: air bag sensors are in this area on some models!!***
These are two white things you will keep
Those attach here on the 2 retainers (im just holding the panel up with my finger, not pointing)
Put those to the side and continue pulling it off. Then remove the kick panel, it is held on in 3 places. 1 is on the floor and 2 are on the side of the truck. Pop out the 2 on the side first then just pull and the one on the floor will pop off.
Side top
Side lower
Floor retainer
Once inside you will find 3 relays that need to have fuses added to them, depending on what way you're hooking up the harness. The directions tell you what setup you will use for your particular vehicle, you're either going to hook up only 2 of them or all three of them. Then wrap the foam tape that came in the kit around the relays and zip tie them to a place inside there.
Button that whole side back up. Place the white clips in their retainer.
Once you have put the bottom rail back on push down along the whole panel to ensure that it is clipped in the correct places.
Now go to the back and drop out the spare tire, it makes it much easier.
On the driver side to the rear of the truck, there is a grey plug and a black plug; they have their factory caps on them to prevent them from getting clogged when not in use. Before you remove the caps, separate the black plug from its mounting location and route it back near the grey plug. Now remove the caps and plug in the corresponding pieces from the wiring harness. You can zip tie everything in place and move on.
Run the cable along the route described and securing it with the supplied mounting brackets already on the harness to the corresponding locations on the frame. (picture taken from the rear of the truck on driver side)
Now to mount the receiver onto the bumper.
Use these now
I taped off the bumper in order to outline where I knew the receiver could fit.
Then I started the drill hole using the Bi-metal bit. The trick here is slow and steady. Don't run your drill to fast otherwise you'll burn up the bit, keep it at a medium fast pace (insert Adam Sandler medium pace joke here) with constant even pressure, every now and then stop and spray the bumper and the bit down with WD40 to keep it cool. You will see a little smoke while drilling, this is normal. When it seems like its smoking to much or looks dry, stop and spray some more; spraying also helps keep the bits of metal from flying so much.
WEAR EYE PROTECTION!!!!!After a bit you will get through. Just be patient.
I took a dremel and cleaned up the insides and front from any metal shards.
Then came some trimming, I trimmed a little on the right of the circle I just cut.
Then I un-clipped the receiver from the harness and trimmed the edges on the backside of the receiver where it was hitting.
Once I got that all done, I placed the receiver in the hole and marked the first drill point. Drill the first hole, and then mark your second hole, drill that one out and bolt the receiver to the bumper. Reconnect the harness to the receiver and you're done.
Items needed to buy:
The 7 pin harness I bought from the Nissan dealer for about $55. The kit comes with directions and pictures, but they are kinda messy since B&W.
Also you will need these tools if you are planning on placing the receiver in the bumper itself
I bought these from Lowes for about $22.
First go to your passenger side kick panel and remove it. You start by removing the side strip first, careful pulling on it with even pressure, it is held in place by 2 white pop things.
***WARNING: air bag sensors are in this area on some models!!***
These are two white things you will keep
Those attach here on the 2 retainers (im just holding the panel up with my finger, not pointing)
Put those to the side and continue pulling it off. Then remove the kick panel, it is held on in 3 places. 1 is on the floor and 2 are on the side of the truck. Pop out the 2 on the side first then just pull and the one on the floor will pop off.
Side top
Side lower
Floor retainer
Once inside you will find 3 relays that need to have fuses added to them, depending on what way you're hooking up the harness. The directions tell you what setup you will use for your particular vehicle, you're either going to hook up only 2 of them or all three of them. Then wrap the foam tape that came in the kit around the relays and zip tie them to a place inside there.
Button that whole side back up. Place the white clips in their retainer.
Once you have put the bottom rail back on push down along the whole panel to ensure that it is clipped in the correct places.
Now go to the back and drop out the spare tire, it makes it much easier.
On the driver side to the rear of the truck, there is a grey plug and a black plug; they have their factory caps on them to prevent them from getting clogged when not in use. Before you remove the caps, separate the black plug from its mounting location and route it back near the grey plug. Now remove the caps and plug in the corresponding pieces from the wiring harness. You can zip tie everything in place and move on.
Run the cable along the route described and securing it with the supplied mounting brackets already on the harness to the corresponding locations on the frame. (picture taken from the rear of the truck on driver side)
Now to mount the receiver onto the bumper.
Use these now
I taped off the bumper in order to outline where I knew the receiver could fit.
Then I started the drill hole using the Bi-metal bit. The trick here is slow and steady. Don't run your drill to fast otherwise you'll burn up the bit, keep it at a medium fast pace (insert Adam Sandler medium pace joke here) with constant even pressure, every now and then stop and spray the bumper and the bit down with WD40 to keep it cool. You will see a little smoke while drilling, this is normal. When it seems like its smoking to much or looks dry, stop and spray some more; spraying also helps keep the bits of metal from flying so much.
WEAR EYE PROTECTION!!!!!After a bit you will get through. Just be patient.
I took a dremel and cleaned up the insides and front from any metal shards.
Then came some trimming, I trimmed a little on the right of the circle I just cut.
Then I un-clipped the receiver from the harness and trimmed the edges on the backside of the receiver where it was hitting.
Once I got that all done, I placed the receiver in the hole and marked the first drill point. Drill the first hole, and then mark your second hole, drill that one out and bolt the receiver to the bumper. Reconnect the harness to the receiver and you're done.
