Here the skinny, kenwood stereo (kdcbt652u), regular toyota stereo (hooked back up but still not dashlights). Just in case, replaced all the fuses. Yup dimmer positive and negative were hooked together which caused this whole scenario. Dimmer is turned all the way up. The harness, dont recall...
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thanks all for the suggestions. Still no dash lights. No fuse blew. Just as an fyi. The idiot I am, I connected two orange wires from the same wiring harness. Strange thing is, if I connect them, the dash lights up but......only when the light switch is in the "off" position. Stumped...
Just installed a new head unit in my 2005 4runner. The aftermarket wiring harness had two orange wires labelled "dimmer". I connected the wires, installed the stereo and all works great except.......the dash gauge lights worked opposite (on when lights off, off when lights on). I figured its...