lagunamiata
06-06-2006, 10:55 AM
I picked up a trailer about a month ago from a friend in our Miata club. It's the 4 foot Harbor Freight one. The trailer needed some work, new wiring and cleanup, but the price was right - free. I fixed it up and it's now ready to go on the road.
Now came the wiring issue. I read up on the options for wiring trailer lights to the Miata.
In the garage section (http://miata.net/garage/trailerlights.html) of Miata.net was a set of instructions using a tail light convertor. Only problem with this is you have to cut the factory wiring.
Then I came across a review of the Hobby 43756 (http://miata.net/products/pmisc/hoppy.html) harness. According to the review, it's a plug and play with the NA Miata. The harness is for the 1985 - 1993 Mazda pickup.
Off to Hoppy's web site, I found that harness was gone, replaced with Hoppy harness 43755 (http://www.trailerwiring.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?part=43755). After some searching I found it on Amazon for $35.
Next I went to eBay. I searched for mazda trailer wiring (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2 F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=mazda+trailer+wiring&category0=) and found this one - Trailer Wiring Kit DIY '85-'93 Mazda Pickups NEW (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Trailer-Wiring-Kit-DIY-85-93-Mazda-Pickups-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33653QQitemZ8008231 005QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V).
Buy it now was only $11.99, so I ordered.
The harness arrived yesterday and truely is a plug and play option. The stock plugs for the NA tail lights unplug and plug into the convertors plugs.
Installation took me about 30 minutes because I chose to hide the convertor behind the trim panel and had to pull my storage bags.
Hope this helps those that haven't done a trailer wiring job yet!!
Now came the wiring issue. I read up on the options for wiring trailer lights to the Miata.
In the garage section (http://miata.net/garage/trailerlights.html) of Miata.net was a set of instructions using a tail light convertor. Only problem with this is you have to cut the factory wiring.
Then I came across a review of the Hobby 43756 (http://miata.net/products/pmisc/hoppy.html) harness. According to the review, it's a plug and play with the NA Miata. The harness is for the 1985 - 1993 Mazda pickup.
Off to Hoppy's web site, I found that harness was gone, replaced with Hoppy harness 43755 (http://www.trailerwiring.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?part=43755). After some searching I found it on Amazon for $35.
Next I went to eBay. I searched for mazda trailer wiring (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2 F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=mazda+trailer+wiring&category0=) and found this one - Trailer Wiring Kit DIY '85-'93 Mazda Pickups NEW (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Trailer-Wiring-Kit-DIY-85-93-Mazda-Pickups-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33653QQitemZ8008231 005QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V).
Buy it now was only $11.99, so I ordered.
The harness arrived yesterday and truely is a plug and play option. The stock plugs for the NA tail lights unplug and plug into the convertors plugs.
Installation took me about 30 minutes because I chose to hide the convertor behind the trim panel and had to pull my storage bags.
Hope this helps those that haven't done a trailer wiring job yet!!